Aims to harness the academic and personal potential of students and educators in making a positive social contribution.
Is founded on the principles of effective teamwork and the commitment and passion required to apply them.
Teaches students to become producers rather than consumers of content.
Is not home to opportunists and politicians.
“학생들과 교육자들의 재능기부를 통한 비영리 사회 공헌 활동을 목표로 합니다.”
“사랑과 헌신, 열정을 바탕으로한 팀웍의 가치가 존중받기를 희망합니다.”
“학생들이 컨텐츠의 소비자가 아니라 생산자가 되기를 희망합니다.”
“정치가나 기회주의자를 양성하지 않습니다.”
Lectures & Conference
The educational activities of the KGSEA Math Circle occur on a semi-regular basis through the efforts of instructors and senior members. We participate exclusively in non-profit educational activities and prioritize the personal character and communication skills of our students.
Math Circle meetings are held, offline and online, once each month on a Sunday morning.
Open School
The KGSEA Math Circle regularly schedules Open School sessions in which members are encouraged to create, present, and disseminate independent lectures on various STEM-related topics. In doing so, students learn how to realize their theoretical goals by harnessing the potential of collaborative software. These presentations are shared with the world both online and offline, as well as being regularly featured in international seminars via the Open Research Forum.
Events & Projects
The KGSEA Math Circle encourages and prepares students for entry in team mathematics competitions, most notably the ARML (American Regions Mathematics League) and the WMTC (World Mathematics Team Championship). The KGSEA Math Circle also encourages members to collaborate with members of other Math Circles around the world and accumulate valuable followership or leadership skills in doing so.
Members of the KGSEA Math Circle actualize their passions and interests through an authentic creative process – brainstorming, investigating, presenting and documenting. In this way, the Math Circle promotes independent student growth both academically and interpersonally.
Starting June 2019, the KGSEA Math Circle has launched a series of student-directed peer lectures during its monthly meetings as part of its Open School Program. Open School presentations are geared towards content for middle school students and are open to all audience members even outside the Math Circle.
The KGSEA Math Circle gathers regularly each month, usually on Sunday mornings. All affairs and projects of the KGSEA Math Circle are shaped, determined and planned during these meetings. At the end of the year, members who have demonstrated excellent participation and attendance are awarded certificates and made members of the KGSEA Math Circle Honor Society.
The KGSEA Math Circle also hosts special lectures by Guest Speakers at least twice each year on a semi-regular basis. Lectures focus on a variety of higher-level STEM topics built to challenge high school students.
Basic coding knowledge is an essential piece of the KGSEA Math Circle. It is recommended, though not mandatory, that prospective applicants learn the basics of key languages such as HTML, CSS, WordPress and Python before applying for Math Circle membership.
KGSEA Math Circle members are also eligible to participate in camps and other projects launched by the KGSEA as Teaching Assistants and later receive formal recognition as official interns. Only a select few members who have fulfilled the rigorous standards of such programs may receive this honor.
Members of the KGSEA Math Circle often form internal teams to participate in major STEM competitions, while the Math Circle also operates its own competition – the World Youth Mathematics League (WYML) – in which members are able to write their own problems and solutions.
Examples of Weekly Meeting Programmes include:
Dear Mr. Patrick Yoo,
One of the things I find most unfortunate about the current pandemic is that it prevented me from ever being able to thank you in person for your never-ending care and guidance. Now that I finally have the opportunity to do so, I hope this short essay will be able to convey the sheer degree to which it has helped shape me as a person, learner, mentor, and friend:
Mr. Patrick Yoo and I first met at a small annual competition for middle schoolers, where he unexpectedly offered me a membership into his Association’s Math Circle. Neither of us could have foreseen the profound effect his compassionate, yet firm, mentorship would have on me.
Surprisingly, Mr. Yoo never pushed for me to study mathematics as a subject professionally. Instead, his guidance was focused on my development as a leader and communicator. As a sixth-grader, I would often sit alone at the team table following the mad rush of a championship, brooding over the problems I had missed. Mr. Yoo encouraged me to instead take my passion to others and interact with professors and students around the world, opportunities that frequently shaped my worldview and led me towards my eventual interests.
On airplanes, in restaurants, taking taxis to and from the hotels, Mr. Yoo urged us to create and disseminate rather than consume content, emphasizing the power of such content in connecting and educating our peers. Mr. Yoo’s vision taught me that community extends further than physical interactions – that we can touch those whom we have never met. His generosity of spirit has fueled nearly all my collaborative endeavors and continues to motivate me today.
Now and Forever Your Student,
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August 11, 2021
Quan K. Lam, Ph.D. Co-Founder & Chairman of World Mathematics Team Championship (WMTC) Co-Chairman for International Division of American Regions Math League (ARML) B.S. in Mathematics, Caltech Ph.D. Mathematics, UC Berkeley |
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David W. Brown, Ph.D.
Director of San Diego Math Circle B.S. in Mathematics and Physics, Bucknell University Dr. Brown received his Bachelors degree in mathematics and physics from Bucknell University, and his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from the University of Rochester. Following a career as an interdisciplinary research scientist at UCSD, his children led him to a heightened appreciation for the exceptional needs of gifted youth and to involvement with non-traditional education. Dr. Brown enjoys finding creative ways of opening young minds to new ideas. In SDMC he sees the opportunity to provide enriching experiences for talented young people who thrive on challenge, within a peer group that is self-selected for their aptitude and enthusiasm for mathematics. In recent years, Dr. Brown has become involved with international math competitions involving Pacific Rim countries, as part of a effort to expose US students to the broader realities inherent in global competition. |
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James H. Choi, Ph.D. Director of Sabio Research B.S. in Mathematics and Physics, University of Illinois at Chicago Dr. Choi has worked as a researcher at several global companies such as Siemens, Motorola, Aon and Borg Warner. His research topics include 3D Medical Image Reconstruction, Automatic Electronic Circuit Inspection, Earthquake Damage Prediction, Engine Component Defect Detection, etc. Currently he is running his own company Sabio Research which solves customers’ problems in data analysis as well as process/factory automation. He uses his areas of expertise – math, physics, image processing, signal processing, pattern recognition and artificial intelligence – in order to come up with innovative solutions for difficult problems. Dr. Choi finds it baffling that computers made so little difference in math education so far. In fact, he feels math, physics and computer science should not even be separate subjects because he never saw a problem in the real world that can be solved without using all three subjects at the same time. (By “problem in the real world“ he means “problems so real that someone is willing to pay to have them solved.”) He is now creating a curriculum that, he believes, will better prepare students for the real world so that students can also get paid – as opposed to getting high scores in tests – by making this world a better place for the customer. An interesting unintended side-effect of this training/knowledge is that it also raises test scores in math, physics and computer science. Dr. Choi also enjoys sharing his real world problem solving techniques and experiences with students. Many of his students presented their solutions at science fairs and went on to win prizes at ISEF (International Science and Engineering Fair) as well as KSEF (Korean Science and Engineering Fair) over the years. Dr. Choi has volunteered as a judge at ISEF and IJAS Region 6 (Illinois Junior Academy of Science) for many years as well. |
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Youngjin Moon |
Gyeong chul Lee |
Young Jun Lee |
Jae hee Lee
Graduate Member of KGSEA Math Circle |
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SooHyuk Cho
Alum, KGSEA Math Circle |
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Junghwan (John) Lee
Alum, KGSEA Math Circle
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Hyunji Kim
Alum, KGSEA Math Circle |
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Gheehyun Nahm
Teaching Assistant, Math Science Camp |
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Ran Wang
Teaching Assistant, Math Science Camp |
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Youngjun(Mark) Lee
Alum, KGSEA Math Circle |
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Rei Yatsuhashi
Alum, KGSEA Math Circle |
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Registration Process
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The year 2023
Jan 15 – Monthly Meeting (Open School) Online
Jan 18 – AMC 8
Jan 21 – HMMT Training Session
Jan 22 – HMMT Training Session
Jan 28 – HMMT Training Session
Jan 29 – HMMT Training Session
Feb 7 – AIME
Feb 11 – HMMT Training Session
Feb 12 – HMMT Training Session
Feb 12 – AIME Problem Solving – Lecturer: 문영진 선생님.
Feb 15~20 HMMT in the U.S. (MIT)
Feb 26 – Monthly Meeting (Open School) offsite
Mar 1 ~ 31: 2023 Registration for KGSEA Math Circle
Mar 5 – BAMO
Mar 13 – Team Selection for ARML Team Korea
Mar 26 – Monthly Meeting (Open School) Offsite
April – Purple Comet / ARML Local
April 30 – Monthly Meeting Online “Special Lecture-How to prepare application process”
May – ARML Training Session 1, 2 and Team Strategy
May 21 – Monthly Meeting (Open School) Offsite
Jun 2, 3 – ARML in the U.S.
Jun – Berkeley Math Circle Summer Program
Jun 18 – Monthly Meeting (Open School) Offsite
July 16 – Monthly Meeting (Open School) Offsite
July 26: Meeting for Math Science Camp
Aug 1~4: Math Science Camp – Seoul
Aug 6: Monthly Meeting (Open School)
Sep 17: Monthly Meeting (Open School)
Oct 20: Monthly Meeting (Open School)
Nov: AMC 10/12 A&B
Nov: WMTC
Dec 10: Monthly Meeting (Open School)
2023/24 Registration Period: Mar 1 ~ Mar 31, 2023
Late Registration Period: April 1 ~ April 9, 2023
For those students whose applications have been deemed acceptable, a further interview of each student’s parent or legal guardian will be conducted by phone.
After the decision of acceptance is made final, applicants can then proceed to pay the annual membership fees (1,000,000 KRW per year). Following this, applicants are immediately free to join the monthly meetings and will be added to the Math Circle’s Google Drive and Facebook pages.
Open Research Forum
Online Lectures by Students
List functions in Mathematica
Adobe Photoshop Minseok Kim
2015/6 MathScienceCamp(Physics_Special Lecture)
ARML Explanation
AMC10 12AIME 용어정리 Hyunji Kim
Proving 2 Irrational 09m55s Hyunji Kim
Calculating Molarity
Probability and Infinite Series
Mathematical Principles within Famous Printings
“Try not to become a man of success
but rather try to become a man of value”
By Albert Einstein
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