2015 Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling
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Press Release—April 4, 2015
COMAP is pleased to announce the results of the 17th annual
Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM). This year 2137
teams representing institutions from seven countries participated
in the contest. Nine teams were designated as OUTSTANDING
WINNERS representing the following schools:
Humboldt State University, (Rachel Carson Award)
NC School of Science and Mathematics, (INFORMS winner)
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, (Leonhard Euler Award)
Zhejiang University, China
Xidian University, China
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Tsinghua University, China
National University of Defense Technology, China
Also winning as a FINALIST is:
University of Colorado Denver, (Finalist), (INFORMS winner)
This year’s contest ran from Thursday, February 5 to Monday,
February 9, 2015. During that time, teams of three students
researched, modeled, and communicated a solution to an open-
ended interdisciplinary modeling problem. The 2015 ICM was
primarily an online contest, where teams registered and obtained
contest materials through COMAP’s ICM Website.
Teams chose one of the following two problems: The C
Problem involved modeling churn in an organization with the
intent of aiding managers and decision makers to build
successful systems for recruiting, hiring, training, and evaluating
employees. This year the new Problem D focused on the theme
of environmental science. Consistent with other ICM problems,
the environmental problem challenged teams to utilize science,
mathematics, and analysis in their modeling and problem
solving. The environmental problem involved developing a
model for sustainability and a 20-year sustainable development
plan for one country on the United Nations Least Developed
Countries list. The teams used their model to evaluate the effect
of their 20-year plan on the country’s sustainability. Teams
searched for pertinent data and grappled with how economic
development must consider ecosystem health and social
equitability. Teams came up with creative and geographically
relevant solutions.
Both problems also had the ever-present ICM requirements to
use thorough data analysis, creative modeling, and scientific
methodology, along with effective writing and visualization to
communicate their teams' results in a 20-page report. A
selection from the Outstanding solution papers will be featured
in The UMAP Journal, along with commentaries from the
problem author and judges. This year’s judges remarked that
due to the multi-disciplinary nature of the problems, teams were
able to solve these problems using a variety of tools. This
allowed teams to showcase their strengths in areas including
economics, ecology, environmental sciences, health sciences,
public policy, dynamical systems, geo-spatial techniques and
network science.
2015 ICM Statistics
2137 Teams participated
641 Problem C submissions
1496 Problem D submissions
45 US Teams (2%)
2092 Foreign Teams (98%) from China, France,
Germany, Indonesia, Singapore and United Kingdom
9 Outstanding Winners (1%)
21 Finalist Winners (1%)
324 Meritorious Winners (15%)
919 Honorable Mentions (43%)
864 Successful Participants (40%)
ICM is associated with COMAP’s Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM), which was held during the same weekend. ICM is designed to
develop and advance interdisciplinary problem-solving skills in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) and the humanities, as well
as competence in data science and written communication. Over the years the ICM problems have included topics in environmental science, biology,
chemistry, resource management, operations research, information science, public health, and network science. Each team is expected to include
advisors and team members who represent a range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary interests in applied problem solving and modeling. COMAP
is pleased to announce that next year the ICM will add another problem to the options for contestants in the MCM/ICM. In addition to the two ICM
problems involving network science and environmental sciences, the ICM will add a third problem in policy modeling. To obtain additional
information about the ICM and to obtain a complete listing of all the team designations, please visit the ICM Website at: www.mcmcontest.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). 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, workers, and community leaders.
Administered by
The Consortium for Mathematics
and Its Applications
Contest Directors
Chris Arney, United States Military Academy, NY
Tina Hartley, United States Military Academy, NY
Executive Director
Solomon A. Garfunkel, COMAP, Inc., MA
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