News & Announcements

The 2024 High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)® and the 2024 Middle Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MidMCM) problems are now available. Click here to learn more.

COMAP is excited to collaborate with The Sabeti Lab of the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to identify outstanding students who might make excellent members of The Sabeti Lab, a world-leading Harvard-based infectious disease research group that leverages the power of computational genomics and mathematics to positively impact public health. Click here to learn more.

UMAP Journal 45.3 Fall 2024 is now available for download. Click here to learn more.

Contest registration is NOW OPEN for the modeling contests: Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)® and Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM)®.  Contests to be conducted January 23-27, 2025.  Click Here to sign up!

Contest registration is NOW OPEN for the modeling contests: High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)® and Middle Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MidMCM).  Contests to be conducted November 6 — November 19, 2024.  Click Here to sign up!

COMAP is excited to work in collaboration with Ellison Scholars, which is part of the Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT). The institute’s mission, in partnership with the University of Oxford, is to help solve some of humanity’s most challenging and important problems. Click here to learn more.

Proximity: Modeling Rainfall The context for this Modeling Module is estimating the amount of rainfall in a certain region based on rain gauges spread across the region. Click here to learn more.

Consortium 126 Spring/Summer 2024 HiMCM Contest Edition is now available for download. Click here to learn more.

COMAP is extremely pleased to announce that Dr. Benjamin Galluzzo will be joining the team as Executive Director on July 1, 2024. Ben is an established leader in mathematics modeling education, both nationally and internationally, with extensive experience as an educator and administrator in PK-12 and higher education. Click here to learn more.

The Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP) is pleased to announce the results of the tenth annual International Mathematical Modeling Challenge, (IM²C). Click here to learn more.

UMAP Journal 45.2 Summer 2024 is now available for download. Click here to learn more.

The 2025 Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)® and the 2025 Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM)® contest dates are now available. Click here to learn more.

The 2024 Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)® and the 2024 Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM)® results are now available. Click here to learn more.

After a very productive period, COMAP and CEO Catherine Roberts have mutually agreed to part ways. Both appreciate what they have learned and accomplished together and are excited about their respective futures. Both parties remain committed to improving mathematical modeling education.

COMAP’s Board of Trustees has begun a search for our next executive director. COMAP’s Director of Education, Paul Kehle, will serve as Interim Executive Director until a new director can begin.

UMAP Journal 45.1 Spring 2024 is now available for download. Click here to learn more.

High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM) Explores Dandelions and Electric Buses Click here to learn more.

The Department of Mathematics at CSAM and the New Jersey Association of Mathematics Teacher Educators recently hosted an event about the teaching and learning of mathematical modeling. Click here to learn more.

The 2024 The Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)® and The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM)® problems are now available. Click here to learn more.

The 2023 High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)® and the 2023 Middle Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MidMCM) results are now available. Click here to learn more.

Modeling the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle Population This module’s concern is modeling the population of an endangered species. The mathematical tools used include scatterplots, rules of exponents, linear and exponential functions, logarithms, and solving exponential equations. Click here to learn more.

UMAP Journal 44.4 Winter 2023 MCM Contest Edition is now available for download. Click here to learn more.

Contest registration is NOW OPEN for the modeling contests: The Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)® and The Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM)®.  Contests to be conducted February 1-5, 2024.  Click Here to sign up!

UMAP Journal 44.3 Fall 2023 ICM Contest Edition is now available for download. Click here to learn more.

The 2023 High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)® and the 2023 Middle Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MidMCM) problems are now available. Click here to learn more.