第三届国际数学建模挑战赛（IM²C 2017）邀请函

IM²C 与 IEEE致中华中学生的新年之约

—— 第三届国际数学建模挑战赛（IM²C 2017）邀请函

2017年1月8日

致：来自中国大陆、台湾、香港和澳门地区的各中学

我们热诚邀请来自中国大陆、台湾、香港及澳门的中学生，参加将于2017年元月14日开始接受报名的第三届国际数学建模挑战赛（IM²C 2017）中华区域赛暨国际竞赛。2017，我们一起，共赴创造与发现的新年之约。

国际数学建模挑战赛(IM²C或IMMC)在2014年创办于美国波士顿，是一项面向全球中学生的国际性新型数学建模竞赛，其创办机构是美国数学及其应用联合会（COMAP）和香港儒莲教科文机构（NeoUnion），竞赛宗旨在于鼓励参赛者应用数学建模，探索和解决现实世界的重要问题，以普及数学建模教育，增强中学生数学核心素养与科技创新能力。IM²C既是中学生数学建模实践与历练的舞台，也是参赛中学的数学暨STEM教育成果展示与交流的园地。

IM²C 2017将充分体现STEM教育所提倡的数学与科技、工程的交叉融合。儒莲教科文机构联合国际电气与电子工程师学会(IEEE亚太)，共同主办IM²C 2017中华区域赛事。命题与评审委员会由来自IM²C和IEEE的专家教授共同组成，他们的学科与专业涵盖数学、科技和工程的不同领域。IM²C 2017命题委员会及决赛大评审团主席由IM²C国际专家组成员、香港科技大学理学院院长汪扬讲座教授担任。

国际数学建模挑战赛每支参赛团队须由来自同一所中学的2-4名同学组成，且须有来自该校的至少1位教师担任指导老师。来自世界各地的参赛团队经过国家/区域赛的选拔，进入国际赛程；在国家/区域与国际层面，皆有机会获取各级奖项。

来自中国大陆、台湾、香港及澳门的参赛团队将首先共同接受中华区域赛的挑战。在报名时，团队可以自行选择以“命题论文”方式参赛，自2017年2月14日上午8时开始，从A、B两道赛题中任选一题，在连续的120小时内，完成并提交一篇数学建模论文；或者，亦可选择挑战自我，即以“自主选题”(必须是现实世界问题)方式参赛，并自主决定完成论文的进度与时间，但必须在中华赛区本赛季截止时间 ——2017年2月19日上午8时之前完成并提交一篇自主选题的数学建模论文。在随后的专家评审中，命题论文与自主选题论文将分开评审，两类论文中成绩进入首20%的团队，将自动获得晋级国际赛程的机会。

IM²C 2017中华赛区国际赛程将在2017年3月31日上午8时—4月5日上午8时之间进行，国际赛程的参赛团队须在此连续的120小时内，就IM²C国际专家组制订的问题，完成并提交一篇数学建模论文。2017年度的IM²C国际赛程参赛队伍来自约30个国家和地区。

IM²C 2017中华赛区继续实行中英双语政策。中华赛程或国际赛程的论文与答辩可以中文或者英文完成。经国际赛程最终提交到国际评审环节的论文必须使用或翻译为英文。

入围中华区域赛程决赛与国际赛程决赛的团队将获得主办机构的邀请，于2017年4月27日莅临香港，出席由香港科技大学承办的答辩决赛，做论文演示与答辩。大评审团将分别对中华区域赛程与国际赛程的决赛团队进行评审。

IM²C中华委员会还将从中国大陆、台湾、香港及澳门进入国际赛程论文答辩的队伍中，各评选两篇最佳论文（中华区共八篇），推举进入国际评审（其他参赛国或地区亦各遴选两篇最佳论文进入国际评审）。

中华区各参赛团队将有机会以中华赛程论文或国际赛程论文的评审结果，获取区域及国际各级奖项。除了传统的中华奖与国际奖之外，IM²C 2017 还将在中华赛区特设IEEE创新奖。

每支参赛团队的获奖机会都将是平等的。中华赛命题论文、自选题论文与国际赛论文将分类评奖，你的团队无论是凭中华赛命题论文，或者自选题论文，还是国际赛题论文，都将有机会去竞争中华区域各大奖项，其中包括IEEE各级创新奖。

IM²C 2017中华区颁奖典礼暨IM²C中华创新峰会将于2017年8月初在香港隆重举行。这将是以中华区中学生为主角的高规格学术盛会，荣获中华赛与国际赛特等奖的团队将获邀做大会全体报告（Plenary Speech）。届时命题委员会专家成员亦将于峰会亮相，相关领域知名专家学者也将出席，与中华区中学师生共襄丰富多彩的学术切磋与交流活动。国际特等奖团队还将获邀出席随后在波士顿举行的国际颁奖典礼。

第三届国际数学建模挑战赛（ IM²C 2017）中华赛区日程安排如下：

IM²C 2017每支参赛团队无论是以命题论文方式参赛，还是以自主选题论文方式参赛，皆须缴纳报名费55美元（涵盖中华区域竞赛及国际竞赛）。

注册报名，请访问：

immchallenge.org.cn（大陆）

immchallenge.org.hk（大陆以外地区）

请参赛团队务必仔细阅读网站上IM²C 2017竞赛详情及赛制细则。

欲参阅样题论文、首两届国际数学建模挑战赛题目及获奖论文，以及更多关于IM²C信息，请访问国际官方网站www.immchallenge.org。

参与数学建模，做STEM实践的先锋！

仰望星空，你的创新基因中也将闪耀IEEE先驱爱迪生与特斯拉的灵感。

接受挑战，你的2017注定不同！

热切期待贵校团队报名参加第三届国际数学建模挑战赛IM²C 2017!

谢立强先生

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传真：+852-35211297

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电话：+86-10-87413351

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电邮：[email protected]

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中华国际数学建模挑战赛委员会北京代表处

■ IEEE简介

电气电子工程师学会（IEEE）的英文全称是The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.IEEE是世界最大的专业技术组织，致力于推进技术，造福人类。其前身是成立于1884年的美国电气工程师协会(AIEE)和成立于1912年的无线电工程师协会(IRE)。前者主要致力于有线通讯、光学以及动力系统的研究，而后者则是国际无线电领域不断扩大的产物。1963年，AIEE和IRE宣布合并，电气电子工程师学会（IEEE）正式成立。

IEEE及其成员通过其出版物、会议、技术标准和教育活动激励全球社区共创美好明天。IEEE在160多个国家有超过420,000名IEEE会员。IEEE在电气工程、计算机科学和电子领域出版了世界上三分之一的技术文献，也是支撑当今许多通信、信息技术和发电产品和服务的国际标准的领先开发者。随着会员所在地域范围的扩大，IEEE已经日趋全球化，并通过其会员的全球化，在航空航天、生物科技、计算机工程、新能源、地理信息系统、神经网络、无线通信等高科技领域的技术发展上走在了前沿。

IEEE官方网站是www.ieee.org

■ IM²C简介

国际数学建模挑战赛(IMMC或者IM²C)在2014年创办于美国波士顿，是一项面向全球中学生的国际性新型数学建模竞赛，其创办机构是美国数学及其应用联合会（COMAP）和香港儒莲教科文机构（NeoUnion），竞赛宗旨在于鼓励参赛者应用数学建模探索和解决现实世界的重要问题，以普及数学建模教育，增强中学生数学核心素养和科技创新能力。IM²C既是中学生数学建模实践与历练的舞台，也是参赛中学的数学与STEM科技创新教育成果展示与交流的园地。

中华国际数学建模挑战赛委员会是获主办机构授权的学术非牟利机构（香港特别行政区政府批准公共慈善机构代码91/14657），专门负责IM²C在中华区的命题、评审与选拔等学术工作。学术顾问委员会及专家组由中华各地区知名高校与科研机构学者专家以及全球华人知名学者组成，兼顾本地性与国际性，共同为中华区中学师生营建一个普惠与共享的STEM学习交流平台。

IM²C国际官网：www.immchallenge.org

An Invitation to Secondary School Students in the Greater China Region by IM²C & IEEE

For the 3rd Annual International Mathematical Modelling Challenge（IM²C 2017）

January 8, 2017

To: Secondary Schools in the Region of Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macau

We warmly invite secondary school students from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau to participate in the 3rd Annual International Mathematical Modeling Challenge- IM²C 2017. The registration for the Greater China Regional contest and the International contest will start on January 14th, 2017. Let’s join our hands together and pursue a journey of creation and discovery in the New Year of 2017.

International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IMMC or styled as IM²C), established in 2014 in Boston, is an innovative contest in mathematical modeling for secondary school students all over the world, whose co-founders and co-sponsors are the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) and NeoUnion ESC Organization (NeoUnion). The aim of IM²C is to promote mathematical modeling education and enhance students’ core competences in mathematics, encouraging participants to explore the application of mathematical modeling in real life situations to solve problems of importance. IM²C in this Region is an inclusive and sharing platform for both secondary school students to practice mathematical modeling, and for schools to demonstrate and exchange their educational accomplishments in mathematics and STEM.

IM²C 2017 in Greater China Region is an interdisciplinary practice integrating mathematics with science, technology and engineering which reflects the essence of STEM education. NeoUnion works with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE Asia) to co-organize the IM²C 2017 in Greater China. The Problem Setting Committee and the Judging Panel consist of experts and professors from IM²C Committee (Zhonghua) and IEEE whose disciplinary fields cover mathematics, science, technology, and engineering. Prof Yang WANG, a member of IM²C International Expert Panel, Dean and Chair Professor of School of Science at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology acts as Chairman of the Problem Setting Committee and Grand Jury of the Final Presentation Competition of IM²C 2017 Greater China.

IM²C requires each team to be composed of 2-4 students from the same secondary school, and at least one teacher from the same school to serve as teacher advisor. Participating teams from all over the world will be selected by a national/regional selection process before they enter into the international round of IM²C. For both the national/regional and the international round of competition, winning teams will be recognized at different levels of awards.

All participating teams from Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau will first face the challenge from the regional IM²C contest. Upon registration, participating teams can choose: 1) to work on the problem proposed by the Problem Setting Committee of IM²C Greater China. Starting from 8:00 am on February 14th, 2017, teams can choose between Problem A or B to work on. During the following consecutive period of 120 hours, teams must complete and submit a solution paper of mathematical modeling; 2) alternatively, participating teams can register for a self-challenging problem, i.e., the team can choose freely a problem set by the team members themselves. Note that such problem must be a real world problem discovered and defined by the team. To work on the freely-chosen problem, teams can decide on their own about the time schedule; however, they must complete and submit their solution paper of modeling on or before 8:00 am February 19 2017, deadline of the current contest in Greater China. Solution papers of the two categories will be judged separately. Teams whose papers are judged as among the top 20% of the two categories of papers respectively will automatically enter the International Round of IM²C.

IM²C 2017 International Round in the Greater China Region will start at 8:00 am March 31, 2017, and end at 8am, April 5, 2017. Within a consecutive period of 120 hours, teams entering the IM²C international round will work on the problem set by the International Expert Panel, complete and submit their solution paper on or before the end of the contest period. Teams from around 30 countries and regions will be selected by their country/region to enter IM²C 2017 International Round.

IM²C 2017 Greater China will continue the bilingual policy. The solution paper and presentation for both IM²C Greater China regional and the international contests can be written and conducted in either Chinese or English. But papers which are submitted to the International Expert Panel for international final judgement must be written in English or translated into English before submission.

The finalist teams of IM²C 2017, both for the Greater China Regional and the International rounds, will receive invitation from the IM²C Committee to come to Hong Kong on April 27, 2017, and attend the Final Presentation Competition hosted by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, presenting and defending their works in front of the Grand Jury.

IM²C Committee Greater China will also select the best two papers from each of the Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau finalists in the International Round (totally 8 papers) for recommendation to the International Expert Panel. (Other participating countries or regions will each also select the best two papers for the International Panel’s Judgement.)

The participating teams from Greater China Region will have the chance to be recognized with different awards at both regional and international levels. In addition to the traditional awards of Greater China and International Awards, IM²C 2017 will have one more category of recognition in Greater China Region, the IEEE Innovation Award.

Participating teams will have equal chances to win the awards. The papers will be judged as per categories of Greater-China-Committee-set problem, freely-chosen problem, and International-Expert-Panel-set problem, respectively. Each participating team, no matter whether or not they are selected into the International Round, will have the chances to compete for the awards of the Greater China Region including the IEEE Innovation Awards.

An IM²C 2017 Greater China Innovation Summit and Regional Awards Ceremony will be held in early August 2017. This will be a prestigious academic conference of the Region for secondary school students exclusively. Teams winning the Outstanding Award of the Regional and/or International contests will be invited to deliver plenary speeches at the Summit. In addition, members of the Problems Setting Committee along with renowned experts in relevant fields will also be present, so as to interact and exchange with the secondary school students and teachers in Greater China. Subsequent to the Regional Summit/Award Ceremony, winning teams of the International Outstanding Award will be invited to attend the International Award Ceremony to be held in Boston.

The schedule for the 3rd International Mathematical Modeling Challenge（ IM²C 2017）Greater China Region is as follows:

The registration fee for IM²C 2017 Greater China is US$ 55 per team, for either Greater China Committee-set problem or freely-chosen problem. The fee covers both the Regional and the International rounds if the team is selected into the International Round.

For further information and registration for IM²C 2017, please visit：

www.immchallenge.org.cn （Mainland China）or

www.immchallenge.org.hk （outside Mainland China）. 

Participating teams should read carefully the contest instructions and rules on the website.

For sample problems and solution papers, details about IM²C 2015 and 2016, and more information on IM²C, please visit www.immchallenge.org

Practice mathematical modeling, and be a pioneer for STEM!

While you look up the starry sky, our IEEE ancestors, Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla will inspire your innovation genius.

Take this challenge, and you will definitely experience a different 2017!

We look forward very much to receiving registration from your school for the 3rd International Mathematical Modeling Challenge- IM²C 2017!

Mr. Erik Tse

Tel: +852-35211296

Fax: +852-35211297

Email: [email protected]

IM²C Committee (Zhonghua)

Room 1202, 12/F, Valley Centre

80-82 Morrison Hill Road, Wanchai, Hong Kong

Ms. Qinghua Gou

Tel: +86-10-87413351

Fax: +86-10-87413300

Email: [email protected]

IM²C Committee (Zhonghua) Beijing Office

National Science & Technology Communication Center

Huizhong Beili, Anli Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing, China

■ A Brief Introduction to IEEE:

IEEE, pronounced "Eye-triple-E," stands for the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. IEEE is the world’s largest technical professional organization dedicated to advancing technology for the benefit of humanity. IEEE’s roots go back to 1884 when the American Institute of Electrical Engineers (AIEE) was established and to 1912 when the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) was founded, respectively. In 1963，AIEE and IRE announced to merge, and Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers （IEEE）was founded.

IEEE and its members inspire a global community to innovate for a better tomorrow through its highly cited publications, conferences, technology standards, and professional and educational activities. There are more than 420,000 IEEE members in over 160 countries. IEEE publishes a third of the world’s technical literature in electrical engineering, computer science, and electronics and is a leading developer of international standards that underpin many of today's telecommunications, information technology, and power-generation products and services.

The official website for IEEE is www.ieee.org

■ A Brief Introduction to IM²C

International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IMMC or styled as IM²C), established in 2014 in Boston, is an innovative mathematical contest in modeling for secondary school students all over the world, whose co-founders and co-sponsors are the Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP) and NeoUnion ESC Organization (NeoUnion). The aim of IM²C is to promote mathematical modeling education and enhance students’ core competences in mathematics, encouraging participants to explore the application of mathematical modeling in real life situations to solve problems of importance.

The adjudication, team selection, and recognition for IM²C in the Region of Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau are authorized exclusively to International Mathematical Modeling Challenge Committee (Zhonghua), a non-profit organization with charity institution code 91/14657 approved by Hong Kong SAR. IM²C in this Region is an inclusive and sharing platform for secondary schools to practice mathematical modeling in promotion of teaching and learning in STEM, at both local and international level by a student-centered approach.

The official website for IM²C is:

www.immchallenge.org or 

www.immchallenge.org.cn