The commenter, Akhil Mathew, finished third in last year's Intel Talent search. He's a freshman at Harvard now. I googled him after the announcement, and when

The commenter, Akhil Mathew, finished third in last year's Intel Talent search. He's a freshman at Harvard now. I googled him after the announcement, and when I found his Math Overflow profile, I remember being really stunned--the idea that a high schooler could be interacting on such a high level with some of the best research mathematicians in the world is amazing.