HiMCM 2011

Editor's Comments

This is our fourteenth HiMCM special issue. Since space does not permit printing all eight National Outstanding papers, this special section includes abridged versions of two papers and summaries from the other six. We emphasize that the selection of these two does not imply that they are superior to the other outstanding papers. We also wish to emphasize that the papers were not written with publication in mind. Given the 36 hours that teams have to work on the problems and prepare their papers, it is remarkable how much they accomplished and how well written many of the papers are. The unabridged papers from all National and Regional Outstanding teams are on the 2011 HiMCM CD-ROM, which is available from COMAP.