Akamai Foundation
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The Akamai Foundation is an American non-profit organization that sponsors mathematics competitions. It was founded and it is supported financially by Akamai Technologies
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The foundation awards annual scholarships to the winners of the high school competition, the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad
, makes awards for specific school mathematics education projects , and sponsors a "Magic of Math" program aimed at younger students.
Akamai Technologies
Akamai Technologies, Inc. is an Internet content delivery network headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US.The company was founded in 1998 by then-MIT graduate student Daniel M. Lewin, and MIT Applied Mathematics professor Tom Leighton...
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The foundation awards annual scholarships to the winners of the high school competition, the United States of America Mathematical Olympiad
United States of America Mathematical Olympiad
The United States of America Mathematical Olympiad is a high school mathematics competition held annually in the United States. Since its debut in 1972, it has served as the final round of the AMC series of contests...
, makes awards for specific school mathematics education projects , and sponsors a "Magic of Math" program aimed at younger students.