2004 Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling Press Release
—- March 22, 2004
COMAP is pleased to announce the results of the 6th annual Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM).
This year,
143 teams representing institutions from 5 countries participated in the contest.
Four teams from the following three institutionswere designated as OUTSTANDING WINNERS:
Harvey Mudd College, Claremont, CA (2 teams)
United States Military Academy, West Point, NY
University of Electronic Science and Technology, Chengdu, China
This year’s contest ran from Thursday, February 5 to Monday, February 9, 2004.
During that time,
teams of up to three undergraduate or high school students researched,
modeled, and submitted a solution to an open-ended interdisciplinary modeling problem.
The 2004 ICM was primarily an online contest.
Teams registered, obtained contest materials,
and downloaded the problem and data at the prescribed time through COMAP’s ICM Website.
(Problem C of the Mathematical Contest in Modeling)
This year’s information technology security problem was particularly challenging.
It involved optimizing security measures for academic and business information systems.
The problem contained various scenarios to be analyzed,
had several challenging requirements needing scientific and mathematical analysis,
and also had the ever-present requirements in the ICM to use thorough data nalysis,
creativity, approximation, precision, and effective communication.
One of the authors of the problem,
computer scientist Daniel Ragsdale,
was a member of the panel of final judges.
The other author was Ron Dodge.
The problem originated from
their research
on the challenges faced
by organizations over the security of their networks and
information systems.
The four Outstanding solution papers will be published in The UMAP Journal,
along with commentary from the authors and other judges.
All 143 of the competing teams are to be congratulated for their excellent work
and enthusiasm for scientific and mathematical modeling and interdisciplinary problem solving.
This year’s judges remarked
that the quality of the modeling and presentation in the papers was extremely high,
making it difficult to select just four Outstanding papers.
2004 ICM Statistics
143 teams participated
4 high school teams (3%)
32 U.S. Teams (22%)
111 Foreign Teams (78%) from Finland, Indonesia, Ireland, and P.R. China.
4 Outstanding Winners (3%)
26 Meritorious Winners (18%)
51 Honorable Mentions (35%)
62 Successful Participants (43%)
ICM is an extension of COMAP’s Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM),
which is held during the same weekend.
ICM is designed to develop and advance interdisciplinary problem-solving skills
as well as competence in written communication.
The first four interdisciplinary problems involved concepts from
mathematics,
environmental science,
environmental engineering,
biology,
chemistry,
and/or resource management.
Last year’s ICM problem began a shift to operations research,
information science,
and interdisciplinary issues in security and safety,
which will continue for another year (in the 2005 contest).
Each team is expected to have advisors and team members
who represent a range of disciplinary interests in applied problem solving and mdeling.
To obtain additional information about the ICM and to obtain a complete listing of all team designations,
please visit the ICM Website at:
www.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/icm
or
contact COMAP at:
icm@comap.com
Major start-up funding for the ICM was provided by a grant from
the National Science Foundation (through Project INTERMATH)
and
COMAP.
Additional support is provided by the Institute for
Operations Research
and
the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
The research that motivated this year’s problem was supported by
the Office of Artificial Intelligence Analysis and Evaluation
at the United States Military Academy.
COMAP's
Mathematical Contest in Modeling
and
Interdisciplinary 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.
Administered by
The Consortium for Mathematics
and Its Applications (COMAP)
Major funding provided by
The National Science Foundation
Contest Directors
Chris Arney, College of Saint Rose, NY
Gary Krahn, United States Military Academy, NY
Executive Director
Solomon A. Garfunkel, COMAP, Inc., MA
Associate Directors
Richard Cassady, University of Arkansas
Kathleen Snook, U.S. Army (retirired) |
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