Stanford participates in the Putnam Competition, an annual math contest for college students, each December. Students can choose to receive credit for participating by enrolling in the 1-unit course Math 193, Polya Problem Solving Seminar, in Autumn quarter; however, enrollment is not required to participate. If you are interested in participating or want to learn more, be sure to attend the first class. See ExploreCourses for course schedule information.
Along with awards given by the Putnam Competition, the Polya seminar is generously supported by Two Sigma Investments. Their support allows us to give out cash prizes for the many students who performed excellently in the Putnam Competition: The Two Sigma Prize, and The Two Sigma/Mary Sunseri Award for outstanding performance by women.
Stanford’s Putnam Competition Results: 2015 | 2014 | 2013
Prize Winners: 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010
2016
Two Sigma Prize: Jie Jun (Morris) Ang, Huy Pham, Albert Zhang, James Allen, Richard Heru, Boris Perkhounkov, Bryce Cai, Andrew Chen, Harrison Ho, Luis Kumanduri, Pengda Liu, Patrick Revilla, Pras Ramakrishnan, Raj Raina, Ethan Sussman, David Xing
Two Sigma/Mary Sunseri Award: Ursula Hebert Johnson, Yelena Mendelshtam, Nitya Mani, Nina Zubrilina
2015
Putnam Competition Awards:
4th Place Team: Jie Jun (Morris) Ang, Gyujin Oh, and Albert Zhang
Individual Putnam Fellow: Gyujin Oh
Two Sigma Prize: James Allen, Jie Jun (Morris) Ang, Herman Chau, Andy Chen, Kevin Li, Gyujin Oh, Boris Perkhounkov, Huy Pham, Ying Hong Tham, Brian Wai, David Xing, Albert Zhang, Zhivko Zhechev
Two Sigma/Mary Sunseri Award: Caroline Ellison, Yelena Mandelshtam, Nina Zubrilina
2014
Two Sigma Prize: James Allen, Jie Jun (Morris) Ang, Vishal Arul, Chaitanya Asawa, Herman Chau, Caroline Ellison, Vineet Gupta, Zhuodong He, Peng Hui How, Jae Hee Lee, Gyujin Oh, Hieu Pham, Huy Pham, Sam Redmond, Matt Staib, Ying Hong Tham, Brian Wai, Albert Zhang, Zhivko Zhechev
Two Sigma/Mary Sunseri Award: Cynthia Day, Caroline Ellison, Ingerid Fosli, Peng Hui How
2013
Putnam Competition Award:
3rd Place Team: Vishal Arul, Ravi Fernando, and Sam Keller
Two Sigma Prize: Vishal Arul, Herman Chau, Charles Chen, Jack Chen, Cynthia Day, Caroline Ellison, Ravi Fernando , Tony Jin, Sam Keller, Harry Levine, Lyuboslav Panchev, Boris Perkhounkov, Hieu Pham, Jeong Soo Sim, Bryce Taylor, Brian Wai, Lynnelle Ye, Zhivko Zhechev
Two Sigma/Mary Sunseri Award: Cynthia Day, Caroline Ellison, Ingerid Fosli, Peng Hui How, Lynnelle Ye
2012
Two Sigma Prize: Vishal Arul, Ian Ball, Michael Celentano, Herman Chau, Jack Chen, Tri Dao Phuc Quang, Cynthia Day, Ravi Fernando, Zhuodong He, Brian Hooi, Peng Hui How, Tony Jin, Sam Keller, Zhi Kin Loke, Lyuboslav Panchev, Hieu Pham, Arjun Puranik, Marc Rasi, Chuanqi Shen, Jeong Soo Sim, Matthew Staib, Bryce Taylor, Brian Wai, Yushi Wang, Raymond Wu, Moor Xu, Lynnelle Ye, Renjie You, Zhivko Zhechev
Two Sigma/Mary Sunseri Award: Cynthia Day, Lynnelle Ye
2011
Putnam Competition Awards:
4th Place Team: Ravi Fernando, Seok Hyeong Lee, Gyujin Oh, and Lyuboslav Panchev
Individual Putnam Fellow: Seok Hyeong Lee
Two Sigma Prize: Jeffrey Chen, Ravi Fernando, Sam Keller, Seok Hyeong Lee, Sunkyu Lim, Zhikin Loke, Gyujin Oh, Lyuboslav Panchev, Jaehyun Park, Gregory Peairs, Deyan Simeonov, Moor Xu, Lynnelle Ye, Renjie You
Two Sigma/Mary Sunseri Award: Wendy Mu, Lynnelle Ye
2010
Putnam Competition Award:
Individual Putnam Fellow: Seok Hyeong Lee
Two Sigma Prize: Jeffrey Chen, Sae Ik Cho, Ravi Fernando, Michael Haynes, Marcello Herreshoff, Sam Keller, Taehyeon Ko, Pak Hin Lee, Seok Hyeong Lee, Sunkyu Lim, Zhikin Loke, Gyujin Oh, Lyuboslav Panchev, Nathaniel Shar, Deyan Simeonov, Elina Robeva
Two Sigma/Mary Sunseri Award: Laney Kuenzel, Wendy Mu, Elina Robeva, Lynnelle Ye