UIC students excelled in the 2021 China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modelling (CUMCM), awarded multiple national and provincial prizes. The team of three UIC's Statistics (STAT) students, Yin Jiaying, Huang Moyuan, and Zhang Junrong, was awarded the national Second Prize and Guangdong provincial First Prize.

(from left) Zhang Junrong, Huang Moyuan and Yin Jiaying

This year, 49,529 teams (over 140,000 students) from 1,566 institutions of China, the USA, Malaysia, and other countries participated in the contest. Overall, 101 teams from UIC participated in this contest, among which 75 teams got 76 awards, including one national Second Prize, three provincial First Prizes, ten provincial Second Prizes, 26 provincial Third Prizes, and 36 excellent prizes. The numbers of UIC teams and awards and the awarded percentage reached a record high.

(from left) Wang Siyuan, Zhou Pingping and Xiu Yiduo, winners of the provincial first prize

(from left) Yang Yu, Wang Ziyu and Tian Yuxin, winners of the provincial first prize

The CUMCM was jointly organised by the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education and the China Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (CSIAM). During the competition, up to three students form a team, developing mathematical models to solve a simplified real-world problem in engineering, management, etc. The team then have to submit the final academic papers within three days. The contest aims to encourage students to acquire more knowledge in math, enhance abilities to establish mathematical models, improve writing skills and problem-solving skills.

UIC students preparing for the competition

From MPRO, DST

Reporter: Du Jiewen

Editors: Deen He, Covee Wang