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International Mathematical Modeling Challenge
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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 up to two teams to the competition. The IMMC was inspired by the High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (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, 2-4 teams are awarded the top designation of Outstanding and invited to an awards ceremony, held in a different country or region each year.[9]
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Team selection
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Each participating country is expected to choose its two best teams of one to 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]
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Judging
Papers passing the national selection round move on to the international expert judging panel.
Participation
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2015
17 teams from the following countries competed in the 2015 IMMC:[15]
- Belgium
- Hong Kong SAR
- Macau SAR
- People's Republic of China
- Russia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- Thailand
- The Netherlands
- United States of America
2016
40 teams from the following 23 countries or regions competed in the 2016 IMMC:[citation needed]
- 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
2017
49 teams from the following 27 countries/regions competed in the 2017 IMMC: [16]
- 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
2018
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2021
2022
2023
2024
68 teams from the following 36 countries/regions competed in the 2024 IMMC: [17]
- Argentina
- Australia
- Azerbaijan
- Austria
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Chile
- China
- Egypt
- Germany
- Hong Kong (SAR)
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Macau (SAR)
- Mexico
- Nepal
- the Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Poland
- Portugal
- Russia
- Singapore
- Slovakia
- South Korea
- Spain
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Thailand
- Turkey
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- USA
- Vietnam
Results
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