The 20th China Post-Graduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling was successfully concluded recently. A student team consisted of master’s students Jia Yongjian and Zhong Xier from the Faculty of Data Science, and a student from the Renmin University of China stood out from 19,898 teams and won a national second prize.
The 20th China Post-Graduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling is one of the theme events of the “China Postgraduate Innovation & Practice Competitions” organized by the Department of Degree Management and Postgraduate Education of the Ministry of Education, the Chinese Society of Academic Degrees and Graduate Education, and the China Youth Science and Technology Center. It is an academic competition aimed at conducting applied research and practice in mathematical modeling for postgraduate students.
This year’s competition attracted participation from 507 universities and research institutes worldwide. After a rigorous review process by the expert committee over the course of two months, 200 teams were awarded first prize, 2,659 teams were awarded second prize, and 3,981 teams were awarded third prize. The total number of winning teams was 6,840, with an overall winning rate of 34.38%.
