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Two student teams from the University of Macau (UM)\nwon two second prizes at the 14th Contemporary Undergraduate Mathematical\nContest in Modeling of China (CUMCM). This is the third consecutive year that\nUM has won prizes at this contest. This year\u2019s contest attracted 31,199 teams.\nOnly about 6.9 per cent of them received first or second prizes.<\/p>
\n\nFour UM teams participated in the contest. They\nwere formed by six students, namely Long Qianyu, Wu Bo, Huang Zewei, and Zeng\nInson from the Faculty of Science and Technology (FST), as well as Li Xinwei\nand Zhang Ruopiao from the Faculty of Business Administration. The teams were\nled by Assistant Professor Liu Zhi from the Department of Mathematics, FST.<\/p>
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Organised by the China Society for Industrial and\nApplied Mathematics, the CUMCM is a national contest in the field of\nmathematical modelling. It is also the largest mathematical modelling contest\nin the world. This year\u2019s contest attracted more than 100,000 students in\n31,199 teams from 1,367 universities in China and Singapore.<\/p>
In the contest, the UM teams assessed the effect of\nopen housing estates on traffic condition on surrounding roads. The two teams\ncollected real-time data from both open and closed housing estates in Shanghai\nand Beijing. By using a simulation software, they produced indices for\nquantitative evaluation and provide suggestions to departments in charge of\nurban planning and transport management based on the results.<\/p>
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The Department of Mathematics places an emphasis on\ncultivating students\u2019 skills in mathematical modelling. This year, the department\nestablished a committee of mathematical modelling, which consists of Prof Ding\nDeng, Prof Lei Siu Long, and Prof Liu Zhi. The committee aims to provide\nconsultancy and support to students in the field. In addition to the CUMCM,\nstudents from the Department of Mathematics have won prizes at various other\nmodelling contests held in the United States and China. In particular, two\nstudents Huang Zewei and Zhang Ruopiao, led by Prof Liu Zhi, participated in\nthe 2016 University Students\u2019 Statistical Project Competition of Macao and won\na third prize.<\/p>
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Albee Lei Tel\uff1a(853) 88228004
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