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2020 MCM Problem C Contest Results 2020 Mathematical Contest in Modeling® Press Release—April 24, 2020 COMAP is pleased to announce the results of the 36th annual real possibility that these companies might have to relocate their Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM). This year, 13753 teams fishing base in order to continue operations. This created a situation representing institutions from twenty countries/regions participated in uniquely apart from large scale commercial operations capable of the contest. Nineteen teams from the following institutions were pursuing the two species wherever they may go. Teams were also designated as OUTSTANDING WINNERS: asked to address implications if the species relocated into new national boundary waters, an action that could have fishing companies running Beijing Institute of Technology, China afoul of established political agreements. With the U.K. poised to exit Beijing Normal University, China (Frank Giordano Award) the European Union at the time this problem was created, the A Dongbei University of Finance and Economics, China problem placed teams within a subset of very real implications of this (ASA Data Insights Award) move on the Scottish small scale fishing industry. Harbin Institute of Technology, China AMS Award NC School of Science and Mathematics, NC, USA The B problem asked a common question of children of all ages: what (SIAM Award & MAA Award) is the best geometric shape to use as a sandcastle foundation in the face North University of China, China, (SIAM Award & AMS Award) of tides and surf? Conditions restricted the problem setting to one Northeast Electric Power University, China supporting a cross-comparison of shapes, sizes, and designs based on Northwestern Polytechnical University, China measures of ‘best’ that teams developed. Water erosion dynamics Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (2) inspired teams to develop models capable of integrating specific shape Shenzhen University, China geometries with time-based effects in a novel and informative manner. South China University of Technology, China (AMS Award & COMAP Scholarship Award) The C problem asked teams to identify measures and insights that Southwest Jiaotong University, China would inform design, marketing, timing of participation, and other Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, China business decisions for a company planning on selling three products (INFORMS Award) online. Three very large datasets containing past online purchase Tiangong University, China (Ben Fusaro Award) information involving similar products were provided to support their University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China mathematical models. Requiring teams to use valid text-based analysis University of International Business and Economics, China techniques was new to the MCM this year. Cleverly blending (INFORMS Award) numerical and text-based measures into unified models extended the Wuhan University, China challenge in a very real way. (INFORMS Award & COMAP Scholarship Award) Xi'an Jiaotong University, China A selection from the Outstanding solution papers will be featured in The UMAP Journal, along with commentaries from the problem This year’s contest ran over two weekends from Thursday, February authors and judges. All 13753 of the competing teams are to be 13 to Monday, February 17, 2020 for Problem A, and from Thursday, congratulated for their excellent work and enthusiasm for March 5 to Monday, March 9, 2020 for Problems B and C. During that mathematical modeling and interdisciplinary problem solving. time, teams of three students researched, modeled, and wrote a solution to an open-ended real world modeling problem. The 2020 MCM was an online contest, where teams registered and obtained contest 2020 MCM Statistics materials through COMAP’s MCM Website. The 2020 MCM problems represented a variety of challenging • 13753 Teams Participated problems spanning the familiar to new. Each problem required teams • 3852 Problem A (28%) to apply unique mathematical modeling skills to answer the questions • 2455 Problem B (18%) posed. All three problems were created by the MCM Problem • 7446 Problem C (54%) Committee, a unique blend of academicians and industry professionals • 19 Outstanding Winners (<1%) with many years of mathematical modeling experience. Teams again had to be at the top of their game to excel. • 180 Finalist Winners (1%) • 839 Meritorious Winners (6%) The A problem asked teams to model and analyze economic • 3525 Honorable Mentions (26%) ramifications of climate change induced fish migration as it affects • 8956 Successful Participants (65%) small scale fishing operations dependent upon two commercially • 56 Unsuccessful Participants (<1%) viable species in the coastal waters of Scotland. Intentionally limiting • 177 Disqualified (1%) considerations to small fishing vessels with no onboard refrigeration • capability that were participating in fresh catch markets raised the very 1 Not Judged (<1%) To obtain additional information about the MCM and to obtain a complete listing of all team designations, please visit the MCM Website at: www.mcmcontest.com, or contact COMAP at: [email protected]. Major funding for the MCM is provided by COMAP. Additional support is provided by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) and Two Sigma Investments. COMAP's Mathematical Contest in Modeling and Interdisciplinay Contest in Modeling are unique among modeling competitions in that they are the only international contests in which students work in teams to find a solution. Centering its educational philosophy on mathematical modeling, COMAP uses mathematical tools to explore real-world problems. It serves the educational community as well as the world of work by preparing students to become better informed—and prepared—citizens, consumers, and workers. Contest Director Associate Director Patrick J. Driscoll, United States Military Academy, NY William C. Bauldry, Appalachian State University, NC Executive Director Founding Director Solomon A. Garfunkel, COMAP, Inc., Bedford, MA Ben Fusaro, Florida State University, FL 2020 MCM Problem C Contest Results Ctrl # Institution Country/Region Advisor Problem Designation 2002116 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Xiaofeng Gao C Outstanding Winner 2003717 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Xiaofeng Gao C Outstanding Winner 2004647 South China University of Technology China Yongkuan Cheng C Outstanding Winner AMSAward COMAP Scholarship Award 2007707 Shenzhen University China Weike Pan C Outstanding Winner 2009116 Dongbei University of Finance and China Rui Wang C Outstanding Winner ASA Award 2010638 Southwestern University of Finance and China Yunlong Sun C Outstanding Winner INFORMS Award 2000565 Southwestern University of Finance and China Yunlong Sun C Finalist 2000567 South China University of Technology China Weijian Ding C Finalist 2000645 Tongji University China teachers groups C Finalist 2001034 University of International Business and China Lin Lijia C Finalist 2001100 Central University of Finance and China Fan Xiaoming C Finalist 2001420 China three gorges university China Dawei Chen C Finalist 2001880 East China University of Technology China Lin Zhu C Finalist 2020 MCM Problem C Contest Results Ctrl # Institution Country/Region Advisor Problem Designation 2002040 Dalian University of Technology China Qiuhui Pan C Finalist 2002122 Shanghai Jiao Tong University China Xiaofeng Gao C Finalist 2002151 Huazhong University of Science and China Lijie Huang C Finalist 2002273 Sun Yat-sen University China Ying LIN C Finalist 2002296 North China Electric Power University China Li Ran C Finalist 2003037 Southwestern University of Finance and China Ding Chuan C Finalist 2003182 Nanjing University of Information Science & China Hua Zhang C Finalist 2003402 Xidian University China Handing Wang C Finalist 2004327 Xiamen University China Hualin Zeng C Finalist 2004437 Harbin Institute of Technology (Weihai) China Jiajia Yu C Finalist 2004460 China Three Gorges University China Taigui Qin C Finalist 2004553 East China University of Science and China Chunjie Su C Finalist 2004589 China University of Petroleum China Jiansong Zhang C Finalist 2020 MCM Problem C Contest Results Ctrl # Institution Country/Region Advisor Problem Designation 2004740 Southeast University China Xingang Jia C Finalist 2005008 China University of Petroleum China Yan Wang C Finalist 2005049 Huazhong university of science and China ZhiBing Han C Finalist 2005133 East China University of Political Science China Yingtao Hong C Finalist 2005158 Xiamen University China Meihong Wu C Finalist 2005752 Northwestern Polytechnical University China Quanyi Lv C Finalist 2006037 Northwest A&F University China Ning Wei C Finalist 2006543 Beijing Normal University China Wang Yingzhe C Finalist 2007495 XIDIAN UNIVERSITY China Jia Jiteng C Finalist 2007750 Harbin Institute of Technology China Boying Wu C Finalist 2008121 Xi'an Jiaotong University China Chen Qiao C Finalist 2008667 Taiyuan University of Technology China LIU Xiaofeng C Finalist 2008853 Nanjing University China WeiBin Deng C Finalist 2020 MCM Problem C Contest Results Ctrl # Institution Country/Region Advisor Problem Designation 2008886 Tongji University China Gao Zhen C Finalist 2008926 Xi’an Jiaotong University China Yiqing Wang C Finalist 2009502 China Agricultural University China Guohui Li C Finalist 2010118 Guangdong University of Technology China Zhenyou Wang C Finalist 2010121 Guangdong University of Technology China Zhenyou Wang C Finalist
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