The\u00a0results\u00a0of the 2018 International Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM) have been announced.\u00a0Three 91̽»¨ teams competed against others from around the world (10,670 teams in the MCM and 9,932 in the\u00a0ICM).<\/p>\n
In ICM competition, Colin Adams \u201919, Rachel Barcklay \u201920 and Carla Becker \u201918 earned the ICM Honorable Mention, and Nelll (sic) White \u201919, Marina Knittel \u201918 and Mackenzie Kong-Sivert \u201919 earned Successful Participant. In the MCM, Xingyao Chen \u201920, Nick Koskelo \u201920 and Tyler Sam \u201920 earned Successful Participant.<\/p>\n
The concurrent competitions give each team 96 consecutive hours to develop a mathematical model that solves a real-world problem and then write a formal paper describing their work. Solutions are judged not only in terms of scientific and mathematical accuracy, but also on clarity of exposition, insight\u00a0and creativity.<\/p>\n
The annual contests present an array of real-world problems in continuous, discrete or interdisciplinary mathematics that require ingenuity, collaboration and strong communication in order to be tackled effectively. This year\u2019s problems addressed topics such as multi-hop high frequency radio propagation, energy production, the influence of climate change on regional instability and the cost of privacy.<\/p>\n
The MCM and ICM are organized by the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP), a nonprofit organization that seeks to improve mathematics education for students of all ages and create learning environments where mathematics is used to investigate and model real-world issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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