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Proffesor Sava Grozdev jury at The World Mathematics Team Championship
The World Mathematics Team Championship was founded by Mr. Zhou Guozhen (China) and Prof. Quan K. Lam from University of California (USA). Mr. Guozhen Zhou engaged in the mathematics education for over forty years, is a famous mathematic educator and is the founder of the Hope Cup and “The World of Math and Physics,” a very popular and widely distributed magazine. Each year, more than 1.5 million students in China from Grade 4 to Grade 11 participate in the Hope Cup, the largest math competition in China. Students are from over 400 cities all over the country. Students from cosmopolitan areas such as Beijing and Shanghai as well as underprivileged regions in the outskirts of China such as Shan Xi and Inner Mongolia take part in this math competition.Mr. Quan K. Lam is associated with the University of California’s Office of the President and is the co-chairman in charge of international teams for American Regions Math League (AMRL). ARML is by far the oldest and largest team-oriented national math competition in the United States.
In January of 2010, Mr. Lam and Mr. Zhou decided that it would be very beneficial for the international math community to organize a team-oriented international math competition using the Hope Cup’s resources in China and Mr. Lam’s experience with ARML. In July 2010, they announced the news at the annual meeting of WFNMC. This competition, the World Mathematics Team Championship was successfully held in Beijing in November 2010. 73 teams from 11 countries and regions attended the competition which was consisted three levels:Junior Level , Intermediate Level , Advanced Level.
This year proffesor Sava Grozdev is a jury at the elite math competition. He has a PhD degree in Mathematical Analysis. Professor in Mathematics Education in the Institute of Mathematics and Informatics – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Professor in Mathematical Analysis in the VUZF University.
Leader of the Bulgarian National Team in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) (1999—2003), when Bulgaria won 30 medals – 17 gold, 11 silver and 2 bronze. World Champion in Japan in 2003.
Founder and Editor in Chief of Mathematics Plus Journal since 1992.
Author of more than 50 scientific articles in Mathematical Analysis, Operational Calculus, Generalized Functions and Control and Stability of Systems. Author of more than 300 scientific articles in Mathematics Education (Didactics of Mathematics). Mentor o 15 PhD students and 12 of them with successfully defended dissertations. Author of 19 books and textbooks. Author of the monograph: Grozdev, S. (2007). For High Achievements in Mathematics. The Bulgarian Experience (Theory and Practice).
Honourable Professor of the South West University – 2006; Academician of IHEAS (International Higher Education Academy of Sciences) – 2008.