Mathematical Contest in Modeling

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The Mathematical Contest in Modeling is a multi-day mathematics competition held annually by COMAP and sponsored by SIAM, the NSA, and INFORMS. It is distinguished from other major mathematical competitions such as Putnam by its strong focus on research, originality, teamwork, communication and justification of results.

Around one thousand international teams of three undergraduates compete to produce original mathematical papers in response to one of two modeling problems. Once the problems are posted, teams are given 96 hours (usually Thursday to Monday) to research and submit solutions.