The South East Asian Mathematics Competition (SEAMC) is a 4-day math competition held in a predesignated location in South East Asia.
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SEAMC Website: http://www.seamc.asia
The location of the SEAMC rotates between different cities in South East Asia. Historically, the chosen locations have been:
http://www.jis-online.com/seamc
http://departments.sis.edu.hk/maths/SEAMC2010/Homepage.html
http://www.patana.ac.th/seamc09/
http://www.alice-smith.edu.my/microsite/seamc08/
http://hseagle.sas.edu.sg/seamc/
The competition is aimed at 14 - 15 year old's, but anyone who is under the age of 15 can participate, as long as they are affiliated with a participating school.
Guest Speakers have traditionally been invited to talk to the participants. Some notable guest speakers are:
The competition consists of the individual round, team round, and team challenges including activity round, suss the sequence (also known as the codebreaker), and the dragon round. Different years may see different appendages and different schedules. The individual round is a written test in which a contestant has to answer a series of questions in succession on a powerpoint, which progresses to the next slide after 2 minutes. The team round consists of teams of 3 answering questions, then handing the answers to a runner, who runs along guided lines to a grader. Multiple attempts at a question are allowed. The team challenges are various events which do not count toward the final score but are intended to challenge the participants by testing ability and teamwork.
There are only 3 schools which came into the first place, Garden IS, UWCSEA, and BIS Vietnam except the schools of Hong Kong.