第一句问候“C.A.R.S.:Cellular Automaton Rafting Simulation”
University of Louisville Louisville,KY Changbing Hu Suraj Kannan Joshua Mitchell James Jones
Awards and Contributions
Each participating MCM advisor and team member received a certi?cate signed by the Contest Director and the appropriate Head Judge.
INFORMS,the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences,recognized the team from the Shanghai Foreign Language School, China(Leaf Problem)and the team of Babb,Aicher,and Sutton from the University of Colorado(River Problem)as INFORMS Outstanding teams and provided the following recognition:
?a letter of congratulations from the current president of INFORMS to each team member and to the faculty advisor;
?a check in the amount of$300to each team member;
?a bronze plaque for display at the team’s institution,commemorating team members’achievement;
?inpidual certi?cates for team members and faculty advisor as a per-sonal commemoration of this achievement;and
?a one-year student membership in INFORMS for each team member, which includes their choice of a professional journal plus the OR/MS Today periodical and the INFORMS newsletter.
The Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics(SIAM)designated one Outstanding team from each problem as a SIAM Winner.The SIAM Award teams were from Zhejiang University(Leaf Problem)and the Uni-versity of Louisville(River Problem).Each team member was awarded a $300cash prize,and the teams received partial expenses to present their results in a special Minisymposium at the SIAM Annual Meeting in Min-neapolis,MN in July.Their schools were given a framed hand-lettered certi?cate in gold leaf.
The Mathematical Association of America(MAA)designated one North American team from each problem as an MAA Winner.The Winner for the
Results of the2012MCM199 Leaf Problem was a Finalist team from Cornell University with members Dennis Chua,Jessie Lin,and Alvin Wijaya,and advisor John R.Callister. The winner for the River Problem was the Outstanding team of Kissler, Corey,and Wiese from the University of Colorado.With partial travel sup-port from the MAA,the teams presented their solution at a special session of the MAA Mathfest in Madison,WI in August.Each team member was pre-sented a certi?cate by an of?cial of the MAA Committee on Undergraduate Student Activities and Chapters.
Ben Fusaro Award
One Meritorious or Outstanding paper is selected for the Ben Fusaro Award,named for the Founding Director of the MCM and awarded for the ninth time this year.It recognizes an especially creative approach; details concerning the award,its judging,and Ben Fusaro are in Vol.25 (3)(2004):195–196.The Ben Fusaro Award Winner,for the Leaf Problem, was the Outstanding team from the National University of Singapore.A commentary about it appears in this issue.
Frank Giordano Award
For the?rst time,the MCM is designating a paper with the Frank Giordano Award.This award goes to a paper that demonstrates a very good example of the modeling process in a problem featuring discrete mathematics—this year,the River Problem.Having worked on the con-test since its inception,Frank Giordano served as Contest Director for20 years.The Frank Giordano Award for2012went to the Outstanding team from Western Washington University in Bellingham,WA. Judging
Director
William P.Fox,Dept.of Defense Analysis,Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,CA
Associate Directors
Patrick J.Driscoll,Dept.of Systems Engineering,067aad14c281e53a5802ff30itary Academy, West Point,NY
Kelly Black,Mathematics Dept.,Clarkson University,Potsdam,NY Leaf Problem
Head Judge
Patrick Driscoll,Dept.of Systems Engineering,067aad14c281e53a5802ff30itary Academy, West Point,NY
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Associate Judges
William C.Bauldry,Chair-Emeritus,Dept.of Mathematical Sciences, Appalachian State University,Boone,NC(Head Triage Judge)
Karen Bolinger,Dept of Mathematics,Clarion University,Clarion,PA Tim Elkins,Dept.of Systems Engineering,067aad14c281e53a5802ff30itary Academy, West Point,NY(INFORMS Judge)
J.Douglas Faires,Youngstown State University,Youngstown,OH (MAA Judge)
Ben Fusaro,Dept.of Mathematics,Florida State University,Tallahassee,FL (SIAM Judge)
Michael Jaye,Dept.of Defense Analysis,Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,CA
Mario Juncosa,RAND Corporation,Santa Monica,CA(retired)
Peter Olsen,Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory,Baltimore,MD John Scharf,Dept.of Mathematics,Engineering,and Computer Science, Carroll College,Helena,MT(Fusaro Award Judge)
Michael Tortorella,Dept.of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Rutgers University,Piscataway,NJ(Problem Author)
Dan Zwilliger,Raytheon,Boston,MA
Regional Judging Session at the 067aad14c281e53a5802ff30itary Academy
Head Judge
Patrick J.Driscoll,Dept.of Systems Engineering
Associate Judges
Tim Elkins,James Enos,Kenny McDonald,and Elizabeth Schott, Dept.of Systems Engineering
Paul Steve Horton,Dept.of Mathematical Sciences
Jack Picciuto,Of?ce of Institutional Research
—all from the United States Military Academy at West Point,NY
Paul Heiney,Dept of Mathematics,067aad14c281e53a5802ff30itary Academy Preparatory School,West Point,NY
Ed Pohl,Dept.of Industrial Engineering
Tish Pohl,Dept.of Civil Engineering
—both from University of Arkansas,Fayetteville,AR
Triage Session at Appalachian State University
Head Triage Judge
William C.Bauldry,Chair,Dept.of Mathematical Sciences
Associate Judges
Bill Cook,Ross Gosky,Jeffry Hirst,Katie Mawhinney,Trina Palmer,Greg Rhoads,Ren′e Salinas,Tracie McLemore Salinas,Kevin Shirley,and Nate Weigl
—all from the Dept.of Mathematical Sciences,Appalachian State University,Boone,NC
Results of the2012MCM201 Amy H.Erickson and Keith Erickson
—Dept.of Mathematics,Georgia Gwinnett College,Lawrenceville,GA Steven Kaczkowski and Douglas Meade
—Dept.of Mathematics,University of South Carolina,Columbia,SC River Problem
Head Judge
Maynard Thompson,Mathematics Dept.,University of Indiana, Bloomington,IN
Associate Judges
Peter Anspach,National Security Agency,Ft.Meade,MD
(Head Triage Judge)
Robert Burks,Operations Research Dept.,Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,CA
Jim Case,Baltimore,MD(SIAM Judge)
Veena Mendiratta,Lucent Technologies,Naperville,IL
Greg Mislick,Operations Research Dept.,Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,CA
Scott Nestler,Operations Research Dept.,Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey,CA
Jack Picciuto,Of?ce of Institutional Research,067aad14c281e53a5802ff30itary Academy, West Point,NY
Kathleen M.Shannon,Dept.of Mathematics and Computer Science, Salisbury University,Salisbury,MD(MAA Judge)
Dan Solow,Case Western Reserve University,Cleveland,OH (INFORMS Judge)
Marie Vanisko,Dept.of Mathematics,Engineering,and Computer Science, Carroll College,Helena,MT(Giordano Award Judge)
Richard Douglas West,Francis Marion University,Florence,SC (Giordano Award Judge)
Regional Judging Session at the Naval Postgraduate School
Head Judges
William P.Fox,Dept.of Defense Analysis
Frank R.Giordano,Dept.of Defense Analysis
Associate Judges
Michael Jaye,Dept.of Defense Analysis
Robert Burks,Greg Mislick,and Scott Nestler,Operations Research Dept.
—all from the Naval Postgraduate School,Monterey,CA
Joanna Bieri,University of Redlands,Redlands,CA
Rich West,(retired)PA
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Triage Session at Carroll College
Head Judge
Marie Vanisko
Associate Judges
Terry Mullen and Kelly Cline
—all from Dept.of Mathematics,Engineering,and Computer Science, Carroll College,Helena,MT
Triage Session at the National Security Agency
Head Triage Judge
Peter Anspach,National Security Agency(NSA),Ft.Meade,MD Associate Judges
Jim Case,Dean McCullough,and judges from within NSA
Sources of the Problems
The Leaf Problem was contributed by Lee Zia(Program Director,Na-tional Science Foundation Division of Undergraduate Education).The River Problem was contributed by Catherine Roberts(Dept.of Mathematics and Computer Science,College of the Holy Cross,Worcester,MA). Acknowledgments
Major funding for the MCM is provided by the National Security Agency (NSA)and by COMAP.Additional support is provided by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences(INFORMS),the Soci-ety for Industrial and Applied Mathematics(SIAM),and the Mathematical Association of America(MAA).We are indebted to these organizations for providing judges and prizes.
We also thank for their involvement and un?agging support the MCM judges and MCM Board members,as well as
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