SHNU Students Awarded in the U.S 2011 MCM

12 Apr 2011


 SHNU: News came that 3 SHNU students are awarded the first prize in the U.S 2011 MCM (Mathematical Contest in Modeling). The students who have won honor for the university are Wu Ming, Huang Yaying, and Zhao Feifei.
       
Hosted by American Institute of Applied Mathematics, MCM is a multi-day mathematics competition held annually. Students from over 30 countries take part in this event. Each competition team consists of 3 students and they will have to finish mathematical modeling and computer programming within 96 hours.

It is distinguished from other major mathematical competitions by its strong focus on research, originality, teamwork, communication and justification of results. It runs concurrently with the Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM).