| Cumberland Valley | |
| Math Modeling Challenge | |
| Shippensburg University | |
| October 24-25, 2009 |
| Home | ||
| Rules | ||
| Schedule | ||
| FAQ | ||
| Contest Organizer: | ||
| Ben Galluzzo | ||
| (717) 477-1468 |
| Frequently Asked Questions | ||
| What exactly is the CVMMC? | ||
| The Cumberland Valley Math Modeling Challenge (CVMMC) is a regional modeling contest for undergraduate students. In 2008, the University of Iowa hosted the first such regional contest, (called the Midwest Mathematical Modeling Competition, or MMMC), which involved 13 teams from 5 different schools. This year, in addition to the Iowa site, there will be two additional sites: one at UW-La Crosse and one at Shippensburg University. | ||
| How is the CVMMC different from the COMAP MCM and ICM contests? | ||
| The
original 24-hour Math Modeling Challenge arose through an attempt to
address some of the (very few) shortcomings of the COMAP contests.
Primarily, the CVMMC is designed to provide students with immediate
feedback for their solutions and to give them an opportunity to interact
with students from other institutions and observe the different solution
approaches from other teams. In order to implement this structure,
there needed to be several key changes from the COMAP model: 1.
All student
teams work on their solutions at a regional host site. 2.
Teams have
only 24 hours to prepare a solution to one of the given problems. 3.
Each team
prepares a brief oral presentation of their model and a one-page summary
of their results. 4. An advisory panel reviews and provides feedback for summaries; students peer-review the oral presentations. |
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| Who may participate and what exactly constitutes a team? | ||
| An CVMMC team consists of three undergraduate students. | ||
| Is there a registration fee? | ||
| Generous financial support from Shippensburg University, the Shippensburg University Math Department and the Shippensburg University SIAM chapter are all helping to defray the majority of the costs associated with running the CVMMC. However, we still have some minor (food related) expenses to cover. The CVMMC will ask each participant to pay a $10 registration fee ($30 / team). | ||
| Is there a limit on how many teams can a school enter? | ||
| Yes. Due to space limitations we will (initially) impose a two team per school cap. More teams may be allowed to participate but this will not be determined until we have a better understanding of overall interest in the contest. Please respond with the number of teams you would like to bring (this number may be greater than 2) by October 16, 2009. | ||
| What will be provided? | ||
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Each
team will be provided with
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| Will sleeping arrangements be made for the student teams? | ||
| No. This is a 24-hour contest, students may bring items to make their room more comfortable but it is their decision how/if they choose to sleep. | ||
| What else should teams bring? | ||
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| When and where do we find the problems? | ||
| The problems will be presented to all participants simultaneously at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 24th. | ||
| Who are the judges? | ||
| Team
advisors (primarily math faculty) will judge the abstracts. Students will judge the presentations. |
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| How long are the presentations expected to be? | ||
| 10 minutes. | ||
| How long are the summaries expected to be? | ||
| No more than one page using single-spaced 12 point font. | ||
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