MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge: Difference between revisions

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The M3 Challenge awards $100,000 in scholarship prizes each year to the top teams. An additional incentive is the recognition that the winning teams receive. The winning paper from 2008 was published in the [[College Mathematics Journal]]. A representative from High Tech's team appeared on [[FOX Business Channel]], 2010 winners were interviewed by [[Pimm Fox]] of Bloomberg radio, presented its findings at Lockheed Martin's Data Capture Center, met with U.S. Census Bureau Director Dr. [[Robert Groves]], and had their research published in SIAM's undergraduate publication, SIAM Undergraduate Research Online (SIURO). The 2011 and 2012 winners were interviewed by Pimm Fox of Bloomberg radio, and the 2014 winners were interviewed by both Pimm Fox and Carol Massar on Bloomberg radio.{{CN|date=January 2018}}

MathWorks took over sponsorship of the competition, formerly known as the Moody's Mega Math (M³) Challenge, from Moody's Foundation in 2017.<ref name="fo170717">{{cite news|last1=Knapp|first1=Alex|title=Moody's Foundation Pulls Sponsorship Of High School Math Competition|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2017/07/17/moodys-foundation-pulls-sponsorship-of-high-school-math-competition/#14d7849248d0|accessdateaccess-date=10 December 2017|work=Forbes|date=July 17, 2017}}</ref>

==Registration process==

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==Awards and recognition for the M3 Challenge==

* SIAM received an Award of Excellence in the first round of the 2009 Associations Advance America (AAA) Awards program for its role in organizing and administering Moody's Mega Math Challenge <ref>http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-03/sfia-swa030609.php</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.asaecenter.org/AboutUs/newsreldetail.cfm?ItemNumber=39715 |title=Archived copy |accessdateaccess-date=2009-05-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100617192945/http://www.asaecenter.org/AboutUs/newsreldetail.cfm?ItemNumber=39715 |archivedatearchive-date=2010-06-17 }}</ref>

* Moody's Corporation received a 2008 Excellence Award from the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP)for the company's sophisticated giving program which encourages students to develop a passion for mathematics, economics and finance, and specifically citing Moody's Mega Math Challenge which aims to excite students about employing mathematics to solve real world problems.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.onphilanthropy.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=7415&s_oo=Iqcbehmy0Q50SXvxb7s3iA |title=Archived copy |accessdateaccess-date=2008-03-03 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090614075008/http://www.onphilanthropy.com/site/News2?page=NewsArticle |archivedatearchive-date=2009-06-14 }}</ref><ref>http://www.csrwire.com/News/11181.html</ref><ref>https://www.forbes.com/2008/02/25/cecp-philanthropy-awards-leadership-citizen-cx_mk_0225cecp.html</ref>

* M³ Challenge received placement on the National Association of Secondary School Principals’ National Advisory List of Student Contests & Activities since 2010<ref>{{Cite journal|url = http://www.nassp.org/Content/158/NASSP_List_of_Contests_and_Activities_for_Students.pdf|title = 2015-16 NASSP List of Approved Contests, Programs, and Activities for Students|last = |first = |date = September 1, 2015 – August 31, 2016|journal = National Association of Secondary School Principals|doi = |pmid = |access-date = |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151123021642/http://www.nassp.org/Content/158/NASSP_List_of_Contests_and_Activities_for_Students.pdf|archive-date = November 23, 2015|url-status = dead}}</ref>

== Resources ==