The International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IMMC or sometimes IM2C) is an international mathematical modeling competition for high school students in team mathematical modeling co-sponsored by COMAP[1] and the NeoUnion ESC Organization.[2][3] Teams are selected on a country-by-country basis, with each country sending its top two teams to the competition. The IMMC was inspired by the HiMCM, a similar contest sponsored by COMAP but mainly attracting teams within the United States.[4] The HiMCM in turn was established in the 1990s to create a high school counterpart to COMAP’s MCM.[5][6][7] Contestants in the IMMC are given five days to research (the contest permits the use of any inanimate source) and write a mathematical paper detailing their mathematical model for a given situation.[8] At the conclusion of the five-day period, papers are sent to an international expert committee composed of mathematics faculty from the world’s leading universities. Traditionally, 3-4 teams are awarded the top designation of Outstanding and invited to an awards ceremony, held in a different country each year.[9]
Team selection
Each participating country is expected to choose its two best teams of four contestants each to compete in the IMMC. Globally, different methods have been used to select teams from their respective countries.
Hong Kong holds the contest early and allows any interested team to participate.[10] A national judging panel selects the two best papers to move on to the international round of the competition. In 2015, 60 papers came out of the Greater China region alone.[11]
In 2015, the United States used a different qualification process, inviting the top two teams from the 2014 HiMCM to compete in the IMMC. In 2016, the United States adopted a hybrid of Hong Kong’s approach and its own former approach: any team receiving a score of Meritorious or higher in the 2015 HiMCM (roughly 25% of competing teams) was invited to compete in the 2016 IMMC. As in Hong Kong, the United States held the IMMC early, completed a national round of judging, and selected the two best papers to move on to the international round.[12]
Most countries use a selection process similar to that used by Hong Kong, and countries entering the IMMC for the first time will also likely adopt a similar process.[13][14]
Judging
Papers passing the national selection round move on to the international expert judging panel. In 2015, the Expert Panel included:[15]
Dr. Frank Giordano, Naval Postgraduate School, USA, former Head of the Department of Mathematics at West Point Military Academy (Chair)
Dr. Konstantin K. Avilov, Institute for Numerical Mathematics, Russia
Dr. Ruud Stolwijk, Cito, The Netherlands
Dr. Yongji Tan, Fudan University, China
Results
2015
17 teams[16] from the following countries competed in the 2015 IMMC:[17]
Belgium
Hong Kong SAR
Macau SAR
People's Republic of China
Russia
Singapore
Slovakia
Thailand
The Netherlands
United States of America
Of these teams, four were awarded the top designation of International Outstanding and invited to the awards ceremony in Hong Kong:[17]
Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Advisor, Radu Toma
Eric Foster
Kathryn Li
Allison Zhang
Andrew Lee
The Affiliated High School of Peking University, Beijing, China
Advisor, Yaoyang Wang
Donghan Wang
Haimei Zhang
Wanchun Shen
Dingding Dong
Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Singapore
Advisor, Samuel Lee
Siah Kelly
Wang Huaijin
Li Anqi
Lee Estelle
Shanghai Nanyang Model School, Shanghai, China
[18]
Advisor, Gao Junxiang
Cai Yiyi
Chen Zhihao
Xiao Zhijun
Yan Yijia
Seven were awarded the Meritorious designation:[17]
Clover Hill High School, USA
National Junior College, Singapore[19]
Sint-Jozefscollege Turnhout, Belgium
MSU, Russia
Diocesan Girls' School, Hong Kong[20]
Yuen Long Public Secondary School, Hong Kong
Utrechts Stedelijk Gymnasium, The Netherlands
Four were awarded the Honorable Mention designation:[17]
Mahidol Wittayanusorn School, Thailand
IGiL SB RAS, Russia
Pui Ching Middle School, Macau
Gymnazium Alejova 1, Slovakia
Two were awarded the Successful Participant designation:[17]
PENTA College CSG, The Netherlands
Gymnazium Postova 9, Slovakia
2016
40 teams from the following 23 countries or regions competed in the 2016 IMMC:
Australia
Belgium
Bulgaria
Canada
Chile
People's Republic of China
Germany
Hong Kong
Japan
Macau
Malaysia
Mexico
The Netherlands
New Zealand
Philippines
Russia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
United Kingdom
United States of America
Of these teams, three were awarded the top designation of International Outstanding and invited to the awards ceremony at the International Congress on Mathematics Education in Hamburg, Germany:[21]
Palo Alto High School, Palo Alto, CA, USA
Advisor, Radu Toma
Eric Foster
Kathryn Li
Allison Zhang
Andrew Lee
Diocesan Girls' School, Kowloon, Hong Kong (SAR)
Advisor, Yeung Po Ki
Cheng Wai Chung
Liang Hui Lin
Poon Ho Kiu Allie
Jia Jimsyn
Pui Ching Middle School, Kowloon, Hong Kong (SAR)
Advisor, Lee Ho Fung
Wong Tsz Chun
Ling Janice
Ngai Chi Ki
Lynn Shung Hei
Fourteen were awarded the Meritorious designation:[22]
Chesterfield County Math/Science High School at Clover Hill, Midlothian, Virginia, USA
Trinity College, East Perth, Western Australia, Australia
National Junior College, Singapore
Perth Modern School, Subiaco, Western Australia, Australia
Staatliches Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
Hermann Wesselink College, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Gymnazium Postova 9, Kosice, Slovakia
KVIS Science Academy, Rayong, Thailand
Raffles Girls' School (Secondary), Singapore
Pui Ching Middle School, Macau (SAR)
Kaohsiung Municipal Senior High School, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Gyeonggi Science High School for the Gifted, Suwon, South Korea
Whangarei Boys High School, Northland, New Zealand
Seoul Science High School, Seoul, South Korea
Nine were awarded the Honorable Mention designation:[22]
Sint-Jozef College, Turnhout, Belgium
Shanghai Experimental School, Shanghai, China
Mahidol Wittayanusorn School, Nakornpatom, Thailand
Sacred Heart Canossian College, Macau (SAR)
College Nassau-Veluwe, Harderwijk, The Netherlands
Holy Cross College, Bury, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Nin Hua High School Klang, Selangor, Malaysia
Tainan Tzu Chi Senior High School, Tainan, Taiwan
Gymnazium, Alejova 1, Kosice, Slovakia
Fourteen were awarded the Successful Participant designation:[22]
Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Beijing National Day School, Beijing, People's Republic of China
OLVV Lowerdes College, Edegen, Belgium
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
Philippine Science High School, Metro Manila, Philippines (x2)
Kanazawa University Senior High School, Ishikawa, Japan (x2)
First English Language School, Sofia, Bulgaria
Liceo Eduardo De La Barra, Valparaiso, Chile
Senator O'Connor College School, North York, Ontario, Canada
Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus E., Nuevo León, México (x2)
Gymnasium Westerburg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
2017
49 teams from the following 27 countries/regions competed in the 2017 IMMC: [23]
Argentina
Australia
Canada
China
Denmark
Germany
Hong Kong (SAR)
Israel
Japan
Macau (SAR)
Malaysia
Mexico
New Zealand
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Russia
Singapore
Slovakia
South Korea
Taiwan
Thailand
The Netherlands
Turkey
United States of America
US Virgin Islands
Of these teams, one was awarded the top designation of International Outstanding and invited to the awards ceremony at the Harvard University, Cambridge MA., USA along with three randomly selected Meritorious teams from Argentina, South Korea and Russia.[24][23]
NC School of Science and Mathematics, NC, USA
Advisor, Daniel Teague
Ahmad Askar
Nikhil Milind
Nikhil Reddy
Sreeram Venkat
Seven were awarded the Meritorious designation:[23]
Gyeonggi Science High School for the Gifted, Suwon, Gyeonggi, South Korea
Capital High School, Helena, MT, USA
St Paul's Co-educational College, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)
Staatliches Heinrich-Heine-Gymnasium, Kaiserslautern, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany
St Andrew's Scots School, Buenos Aires, BA, Argentina
St Stephen's College, Hong Kong, Hong Kong (SAR)
School 179 of Moscow Institute of Open Education, Moscow, Russia
Twenty-seven were awarded the Honorable Mention designation:[23]
Konrad-Adenauer-Gymnasium Westerburg, Westerburg, Germany
Beijing National Day School, Beijing, China
Perth Modern School, Subiaco, WA, Australia
AY Jackson Secondary School, Toronto, ON, Canada
Sacred Heart Canossian College, Macau, Macau (SAR)
Ukarumpa International School (1), Ukarumpa, EHP, Papua New Guinea
Utrechts Stedelijk Gymnasium (1), Utrecht, The Netherlands
II Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami (1), Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
SMJK Katholik Petaling Jaya, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Whangarei Boys High School, Whangarei, New Zealand
Philippine Science High School - Main Campus (1), Quezon City, Philippines
Jerusalem College of Technology, Jerusalem, Israel
Kaohsiung Municipal Kaohsiung Senior High School, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan
John Monash Science School, Clayton, VIC, Australia
Pui Ching Middle School, Macau, Macau (SAR)
Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
II Liceum Ogólnokształcące z Oddziałami (2), Warszawa, Mazowieckie, Poland
Shanghai Jianping High School, Shanghai, China
Kanazawa University Senior High School (1), Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
North London Collegiate School Jeju, Seogwipo, Jeju Island, South Korea
H.C. Orsteds Gymnasiet (1), Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Utrechts Stedelijk Gymnasium (2), Utrecht, The Netherlands
Madeans College, Bucklands Beach, Auckland, New Zealand
Taichung Girls' Senior High School, Taichung City, Taiwan
Raffles Girls' School, Singapore
Gymnazium Postova 9, Kosice, Slovakia
Kanazawa University Senior High School (2), Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Fourteen were awarded the Successful Participant designation:[23]
H.C. Orsteds Gymnasiet (2), Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico
Ukarumpa International School (2), Ukarumpa, EHP, Papua New Guinea
Uygarlik ve Bilgi Okulu, Izmir, Turkey
Gymnazium Paula Horova, Slovakia
St. Croix Central High School (1), Christiansted, VI, US Virgin Islands
St. John Paul II Catholic Secondary School, Scarborough, ON, Canada
Secondary School of Valongo, Valongo, Portugal
Philippine Science High School - Main Campus (2), Quezon City, Philippines
Kamnoetvidya Science Academy School, Rayong, Thailand (x2)
Jurong Junior College, Singapore
St. Croix Central High School (2), Christiansted, VI, US Virgin Islands
Eyuboglu College, Istanbul, Umraniye, Turkey
Awards ceremony
The 2015 IMMC winning teams from the USA, Singapore, and China were brought to Hong Kong for the IMMC Award Presentation Ceremony on 5 July 2015 at Hong Kong University, sponsored by Guangdong Qtone Education Co., Knowledge Magazine, Hong Kong Federation of Education Workers, Competition on System Modeling & Optimization (COSMO), CUHK, HKACE, and the Hong Kong Entrepreneurs and Executives Club.
Special guests included Hong Kong political leader the Honorable Mrs. Fanny Law and movie directors Mr Tsui Siu-Ming and Mr Tang Yat-Ming.[25] Professor Frederick Leung, Chairman of the Board of Faculty, Faculty of Education, University of Hong Kong, gave the opening speech.[26] Law encouraged educators in Hong Kong and elsewhere to continue to pursue the type of educational innovation promoted by the IMMC. Given that the 2015 problem revolved around mathematically modeling a movie filming production schedule, directors Tsui and Tang discussed their own experiences in the movie industry and how applicable teams’ models were to real-world movie filming decisionmaking.[27][28]
The 2016 IMMC winning teams from the USA and Hong Kong, in addition to the Meritorious German team, were brought to Hamburg, Germany for the IMMC Award Ceremony on 26 July 2016 at the University of Hamburg as part of the quadrennial International Congress on Mathematical Education. Dr. Sol Garfunkel described how the contest has evolved and discussed plans for the future.
The four Outstanding teams and their advisors, plus the two Meritorious Hong Kong teams and their advisors, pose with the dignitaries and organizers of the contest at the 2015 IMMC Press Conference at Hong Kong University
Media coverage
The IMMC has received broad press coverage throughout the world, with the majority of coverage concentrated in the U.S. and Greater China. The IMMC has been featured by:
Apple Daily
China News Review (CRNTT)
Commercial Radio Hong Kong (人民大道中)
DBC Radio
Hong Kong Commercial Daily
Hong Kong Economic Journal
KRON 4 Television
KTSF Television
Metro Daily
Ming Pao
On.CC
Oriental Daily News
Palo Alto Daily Post
Palo Alto Weekly
San Jose Mercury News
Shumo
Sing Tao Daily
Sky Post
Ta Kung Pao
The Sun
Wen Wei Po
Wo Ke Ji
Leadership
The IMMC is overseen by an international Organizing Committee of the following people:[29]
Solomon Garfunkel, COMAP, USA – Chair
Keng Cheng Ang, National Institute of Education, Singapore
Fengshan Bai, Deputy Dean of Faculty of Science, Tsinghua University, China
Alfred Cheung, NeoUnion ESC Organization, Hong Kong SAR
Frederick Leung, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Vladimir Dubrovsky, Moscow State University, Russia
Henk van der Kooij, Freudenthal Institute, The Netherlands
Zbigniew Marciniak, Warsaw University, Poland
Mogens Allan Niss, Roskilde University, Denmark
Ross Turner, Australian Council for Educational Research, Australia
Advisory/Academic Committee for IMMC in Greater China:[30]
Professor Kam Fai Wong, Deputy Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Tong Yang, Head of Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong
Professor Wai Ki Ching, Head of Department of Mathematics, University of Hong Kong
Professor Guanhua Chen, Head of Department of Chemistry, University of Hong Kong
Professor Houmin Yan, Dean of College of Business, City University of Hong Kong
Professor Hong Yan, Department of Logistics and Maritime Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor Fiona Yan Liu, Director of Cognitive Computing Lab, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Professor Michael Ng, Head of Department of Mathematics, Hong Kong Baptist University
Dr. Simon Hoey Lee, Deputy Secretary-General, Our Hong Kong Foundation
Mr. Terry K.W. Li, Associate Director, Sun Hung Kai Properties-Kwoks’ Foundation Ltd.
Expert Panel for IMMC in Greater China:[31]
Professor Wai Ki Ching, the University of Hong Kong - Chair
Mr. James Hung, Hong Kong International Mathematics Olympiad – Convener
Professor Kam Fai Wong, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Jinxing Xie, Tsinghua University and China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM)
Dr. Zhonghua Qiao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Dr. Tuen Wai Ng, University of Hong Kong
Dr. Junhui Wang, City University of Hong Kong
Professor Chi-Kong (Kevin) Ng, Chinese University of Hong Kong
Dr. Simon To, Hong Kong Baptist University
Future contests
The 2017 IMMC contest period will end on May 8, 2017 (national rounds within certain countries will end earlier). Results will be announced in June, and teams awarded the Outstanding designation will be honored.
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