CityU student wins first prize at national mathematical contest in modelling

The team joined by postgraduate student Luo Haiqiong from the Faculty of Data Science of the City University of Macau (CityU), and two students respectively from the University of Macau and the Macau University of Science and Technology won a national first prize at the “Huawei Cup” — the 19th China Postgraduate Mathematical Contest in Modelling. This year’s edition attracted 17,970 teams from over 400 universities and research institutions worldwide to take part.

Postgraduate student Luo Haiqiong from the Faculty of Data Science

The China Postgraduate Mathematical Contest in Modelling was a major event of the China Postgraduate Innovation and Practice Competitions. As an academic event, this year’s edition challenged students’ ability to solve practical problems by building mathematical models and using information technology. It was supported by the Department of Degree Management and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Education, and organized by the Association of Chinese Graduate Education and the China Youth Science and Technology Center. After two months of rigorous evaluation by the judging panel, 197 teams were selected for the first prize. As for the second and third prizes, there were 2,400 and 3,338 teams, respectively.

Source: Faculty of Data Science

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