The spread of the web had been amazing because it had happened not by a management decision or United Nations decree, but "through the grass roots efforts of thousands of people of all different sorts, collaborating - across the internet - just because they shared that same twinkle in the eye, " he said.

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There are professionals who make a living putting together conferences like this, yet all of it was done through the efforts of Ankur and a whole cadre of student volunteers.

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Through these efforts, we're going to expand the scope and scale of science and math education all across America.

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