Reid W. Barton
| Reid W. Barton | |
|---|---|
| Born |
May 6, 1983 Arlington, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Alma mater |
MIT Harvard University |
| Academic advisors | Charles E. Leiserson |
| Notable awards |
Morgan Prize (2004) 4× IMO Gold Medallist 2× IOI Gold Medallist 4× Putnam Fellow |
Reid W. Barton (born May 6, 1983) is one of the most successful performers in the International Science Olympiads.
Barton is the son of two environmental engineers. Officially homeschooled since third grade, Barton took part-time classes at Tufts University in chemistry (5th grade), physics (6th grade), and subsequently Swedish, Finnish, French, and Chinese. Since eighth grade he worked part-time with MIT computer scientist Charles E. Leiserson on CilkChess, a computer chess program. Subsequently, he worked at Akamai Technologies with computer scientist Ramesh Sitaraman to build one of the earliest video performance measurement systems that have since become a standard in industry. After Akamai, Barton went to grad school at Harvard to pursue a Ph.D in Math.
Barton was the first student to win four gold medals at the International Mathematical Olympiad, culminating in full marks at the 2001 Olympiad held in Washington, D.C., shared with Gabriel Carroll, Xiao Liang and Zhang Zhiqiang.
Barton has been placed among the five top ranked competitors (who are themselves not ranked against each other) in the William Lowell Putnam Competition four times (2001–2004), a performance matched by seven others (Don Coppersmith (1968–71), Arthur Rubin (1970–73), Bjorn Poonen (1985–88), Ravi D. Vakil (1988–91), Gabriel D. Carroll (2000–03), Daniel Kane (2003–06), Brian R. Lawrence (2007–08, 2010–11)). Barton was a member of the MIT team which finished second in 2001 and first in 2003 and 2004.
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