The results of the 2016 Mathematical Contest in Modeling/ Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM) have been announced. Again, the University of Michigan- Shanghai Jiao Tong University Joint Institute (UM-SJTU JI) performed remarkably, with six teams winning Meritorious Award (first prize) and five teams winning Honorable Mention(second prize). JI student Wenhao Peng’s team was a finalist for the grand prize. Altogether, 24 teams from JI’s Innovation Club participated in the contest.
The 2016 MCM/ICM was held online from January 29 to February 2, attracting 12,446 teams from twelve countries, including the USA, Canada, Finland, the UK and Australia. Nearly 40, 000 students from world renowned universities such as U.C. Berkeley, Cambridge University, Tsinghua University and Beijing University participated in the contest. Only 2%, or 27 teams, won the grand prizes.
There are two categories of the competition: Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM) and Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM). Each team would select a problem and solve it within four days. Contestants would build a mathematical model and write a paper clarifying the problem, hypothesis, mathematical model construction, software, testing, improvement, strengths and weaknesses of the model, as well as the application of the model.

MCM/ICM was started in 1985 by the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP). It is the only international mathematical modeling contest of its kind and regarded as the Olympic Game of mathematical modeling. It has become the most famous international collegial contest and has been attracting increasingly more college contestants throughout the world. Since 2012, more and more teams from JI’s Innovation Club have participated in the contests and have recorded outstanding performances, having won a total of 17 first prizes and 37 second prizes.

JI Winner list

Meritorious WinnersFirst prize6 teams

Team 43823     才以德  毕泉智  张淳
Team 43825     陈力力  王子榛  龚兆杰
Team 43829     杜仪湃  王子钊  蔡思伟
Team 43842     韦成浩  陈汉青  宋杰铭
Team 43843     伍心翊  欧昕钺  凌晨
Team 43844     徐日上  戴玥     张赫
Honorable Mentions Second prize, 5 teams
Team 43821     卜晗     冯正扬  孟高乐
Team 43832     韩序     张民敏  陈志卿
Team 43835     连琪     何淳     陶斯旭
Team 43838     沈添翼  朱维宇  褚天逸
Team 43841     王子健  诸葛英杰   姚越
Successful Participants Participation prize, 10 teams
Team 43827     陈瑜阳  朱嘉徐  关淞元
Team 43830     高源     赏栩     董靖
Team 43833     侯越超  陆城林  马维卿
Team 43834     金诚诚  梁宇轩  季家桢
Team 43836     卢任重  彭铭燃  胡翀
Team 43837     乔天予  邹晓枫  曹越
Team 43839     宋宭     杨浩鑫  苏杭
Team 43840     王雨卓  楼建坤  吕其臻
Team 43845     叶蔚杰  柯子安  谢沐风
Team 43847     赵锡简  金林毅  李钰婷
 
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