Education Program for Teachers of Mathematics

Department of Mathematics, Stanford University

Directors: Professors Gunnar Carlsson and Ralph. L. Cohen
Department of Mathematics,
Stanford University
Executive Consultant: Professor Patrick Suppes
Departments of Philosophy and Statistics,
Stanford University


Prof. Gunnar Carlsson

BA Harvard (1973), PhD Stanford (1976), Assistant Professor University of Chicago, and University of California San Diego; Professor University of California San Diego (1983-86), Princeton University (1986-1991), and Stanford University (1991-present). Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Award (1983-87), NSF grants 1978-present, approximately 50 research papers, numerous invited lectures, including International Congress of Mathematicians (1986).
  • Chairman, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University (1995-98)
  • Member of Palo Alto Unified School District curriculum advisory committee (1995-96)
  • Member of Middle School Textbook adoption committee for Palo Alto Unified School District (1996-97)
  • Consultant to the Texas Board of Education (1997)
  • Consultant to the California State Board of Education concerning the Mathematics Standards


Prof. Ralph L. Cohen

BS University of Michigan (1974), MS Brandeis University (1975), PhD Brandeis University (1978), Assistant Professor University of Chicago, Stanford University; Professor Stanford University 1983-present. Held visiting professorships at Northwestern  University; Princeton University; Oxford University, England; University of Paris, France; Cambridge University, England. Holder of NSF mathematics research grants continuously since 1978. Author of more than 50 research articles, editor of four international research journals. Invited speaker, International Congress of Mathematicians (1982), Sloan Foundation Award (1982-86), Presidential Young Investigator Research Award (1985-90).
  • Chairman, Department of Mathematics, Stanford University (1992-95)
  • Co-founder, Stanford University Mathematics Camp (a summer camp for mathematically talented high school students)
  • Member, Palo Alto Unified School District Curriculum Advisory Committee (1995-96)
  • Member, California State Mathematics Framework Committee (1997)
  • Consultant to Texas State Board of Education on Mathematics Standards (1997)
  • Consultant to California State Board of Education on Mathematics Standards (1997-98)
  • Member, State mathematics standards exam committee (1998)


Prof. Patrick Suppes

Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Stanford University. Director and Faculty Advisor of Stanford University's Education Program for Gifted Youth (EPGY). Past president of the National Academy of Education. Past president of American Educational Research Association. Member, National Academy of Sciences. National Medal of Science recipient (1990).

Prof. Suppes has been actively involved in computer-based education since the early 1960s and was the founder of the Computer Curriculum Corporation, which he directed until 1990.


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