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MCM: The Mathematical Contest in Modeling
ICM: The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling

2021 MCM/ICM
February 4-8, 2021

2021 Contest Dates and Times:

  • Registration Deadline: Before 3:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 4, 2021.
  • Contest Starts: 5:00 p.m. EST on Thursday, February 4, 2021.
  • Contest Ends: 8:00 p.m. EST on Monday, February 8, 2021.
  • Solution Report Deadline: 9:00 p.m. EST on Monday, February 8, 2021.
  • Contest Results: The results will be posted on or before April 30, 2021.

Each registered team may choose any one of the six problem choices and should submit a solution to only one problem.
• MCM problems are Problem A, Problem B or Problem C.
• ICM problems are Problem D, Problem E or Problem F..
You must login to the website and choose your problem.


CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A ZIP FILE OF ALL THE 2021 CONTEST PROBLEMS


2021 MCM Problems

Problem A: Fungi

Problem B: Fighting Wildfires

Problem C: Confirming the Buzz about Hornets

2021_Problem_C_DATA.zip

*Problem C (data insights) data (663MB).rar
*Problem C (data insights) data (663MB).rar

*This file was available starting on 1/21/2021 if you downloaded the file previously you do not need to download the file again.

 

2021 ICM Problems

Problem D: The Influence of Music

2021_Problem_D_DATA.zip

Problem E: Re-Optimizing Food Systems

Problem F: Checking the Pulse and Temperature of Higher Education

 

 

    Click here to download the 2021 MCM/ICM Summary Sheet in Microsoft Word

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    Click here to download the 2021 MCM/ICM Tips Article

    Problem Updates And Notes

    Problem C: THE DATE FLIES PROVIDED CONTAIN THE ONLY DATA YOU SHOULD USE FOR THIS PROBLEM
    General background data, such as that found in an atlas, an encyclopedia, or other standard reference may be used if documented. This might include elevation, climate, or other information. Additional data from Washington state on Asian hornets similar to what was provided in the spreadsheet is explicitly not allowed; in particular adding additional observations from the state website is prohibited. A reasonable number of additional and documented images to assist in training an algorithm is allowed, similar to how dictionary data was allowed in the text analysis problem last year. Contestants should explicitly explain where they got the information and how it was used.

    Problem D:
    The "data_influence" data set and "influence_data" dataset are the same file, named: “influence_data.csv”
    The similarity data will be the measures that you will develop from the influence data set.

     

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