A Brief Introduction

CUMCM (The Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling) is an annual contest for undergraduates all over the world, organized by CSIAM (China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics). It has been held annually since 1992. In the year of 2010, more than 17000 teams (more than 50000 students) from over 1100 institutions participated in the contest.

In the contest, three students (it does not matter they are from majors in mathematics or from non-mathematical fields) advised by at most one teacher form a team. The team's task is to develop in three days mathematical and/or computer models to solve a simplified real-word problem in engineering, management, etc. During the contest days, the students can use any references or materials they can find (including the materials on the INTERNET), but discussions with the advisor or out-of-team members are forbidden. The role of the contest is to improve students' understanding of mathematics, especially mathematical modeling and mathematical software, and to enhance students' motivation for studying mathematics and to cultivate students' creativity and overall ability.

The Awarding system of the contest

The teams are rewarded as first and second prizes with certifications issued by the organizer. All other teams that successfully participate the contest will get certifications of "Successful Participation".

Contest Dates

The contest is organized every year. In each year, the contest starts on 8:00 AM (Beijing Time) of the 2nd or 3rd Friday in September, and ends on 8:00 AM (Beijing Time) of Monday followed. There are totally 72 hours for the contest time.

The Registration Procedures

Teams from outside China mainland must register to the organizer through this website one week before the contest starts. For registraton, each team must sign up an account in this website, and then provides registration information through "Membership".

Inquiries

If you have any questions concerning the contest or registration process, please contact:

Prof. Jinxing Xie

Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Email: jxie@math.tsinghua.edu.cn

Tel: +86 10 6278 7812

Fax: +86 10 6277 3400

or

Prof. Fengshan Bai

Dept. of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China

Email: fbai@math.tsinghua.edu.cn

Tel: +86 10 6278 7930

Fax: +86 10 6277 3400

Hope the information is useful to you and welcome the undergraduates all over the world to participate in CUMCM.