MCM ICM Mathematical / Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling

• Real world problems turned into mathematical models and usable answers

• Not just math, but how to use math right

• Different (Orthogonal?) to typical courses:

• Courses: Learn one “hammer”. Apply to problems that are pre-structured for that hammer.
• MCM/ICM: Define the problem, find the hammer, consider test data, solve, analyse solution, visualize and writeup.