The 9th International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IMMC) 2023 Greater China Summit cum Summer Workshop on Mathematical Modeling was held on August 5-7 at the University of Macau. Middle school teachers and students from Macau, Hong Kong, the Mainland, and Taiwan, as well as about 130 specially invited distinguished scientists, members of the IMMC Chinese Academic Committee, expert groups for proposition and evaluation, and guests attended the meeting.
The IMMC Greater China Summit is the annual event of the International Mathematical Modeling Challenge (IMMC) in Greater China. This conference is the first on-site conference in three-year after the epidemic. It is the first time to be held in Macau and hosted by the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Department of Mathematics of the University of Macau. At the opening ceremony, guests of honor, Mr. Ka Ki WONG, Deputy Director of the Education and Youth Development Bureau of the Macau SAR Government, and Dr. Ning HUA, Senior Director of IEEE Asia Pacific, expressed their greetings and thanks to all the teachers, students and expert judges who participated in the 9th International Mathematical Modeling Contest. Warm congratulations to the winning team teachers and students. Mr. Zhongkai DENG, IEEE Representative in Shenzhen, Associate Professor Ieng Tak LEONG, Associate Professor Guanghui HU, Department of Mathematics, University of Macau, and Professor Zhonghua QIAO, Secretary-General of the Hong Kong Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Mr. Zhang Yanfeng, Co-Founder of IMMC, also attended the summit as the officiating guests.
In his speech, Deputy Director Ka Ki WONG introduced the development of STEM education in Macau. He emphasized the importance of Mathematics and STEM education, encouraged teachers and students to cultivate interdisciplinary and cross-boundary innovation skills through mathematical modeling, practiced modeling thinking and computational thinking, and honed their skills in identifying and solving problems, and welcomed teachers and students from all over the world to enhance the exchanges with Macau in the field of STEM education.
Guest of Honor, Mr. Ka Ki WONG, Deputy Director of the Education and Youth Development Bureau of the Macau SAR Government, delivered an opening speech
Dr. Ning HUA pointed out in his speech that for a long time, IMMC has provided a platform for scientific exploration, teamwork, and application of knowledge for the majority of participating students. Engineer spirit. Dr. HUA said that IEEE, as the world’s largest professional technical organization, encourages technological innovation and promotes human well-being, and has always supported middle school students to contact and explore the beauty of engineering. He encouraged middle school students to choose engineering-related majors as the direction of future study and career development and to contribute to social development and human progress with what they have learned.
Dr. Ning HUA, Senior Director of IEEE Asia Pacific, delivered an online speech
On behalf of the host, Professor Guanghui HU warmly welcomed the participating students and teachers to the University of Macau and shared the teaching and research directions of the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Department of Mathematics of the University, where many important academic directions and fields are closely related to Mathematics through Mathematical Modeling and Computational Mathematics. He encouraged the IMMC participating students to explore and practice boldly, and to lay a good foundation for a broad academic and career development in the future on the path of STEM learning.
Professor Guanghui HU make a speech on behalf of the host, the Faculty of Science and Technology and the Department of Mathematics of the University of Macau
The China Summit this year has invited Prof. Pui-In MAK, professor of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the University of Macau and the director of the State Key Laboratory of Analog and Mixed-Signal VLSI (University of Macau), to give a keynote speech on “A journey of creation: the story of microelectronics and chip technology in Macau”. As the title, he vividly introduced the development of microelectronics and chip technology in Macau, and especially told the story behind the outstanding work done by the University of Macau in the field of microelectronics and chips for the country and the world, which attracted great interest from the teachers and students present. The organizer specially arranged the participating teachers and students a tour visit to the Institute of Microelectronics of the University of Macau and the State Key Laboratory of VLSI during the workshops, so that teachers and students can see that chips play a ubiquitous role in the era of digital economy and artificial intelligence. Dealing small scale model connected to the whole world is the frontier field of interdisciplinary integration of microelectronics, mathematics, and computing technology. Professor Mak’s speech and the lab tour visit certainly inspired and encouraged the participating students profoundly.
Prof. Pui-In MAK gave a keynote speech on “A journey of creation: the story of microelectronics and chip technology in Macau”
The IMMC2023 Greater China Awards Ceremony was also held at the summit. Professor Zhonghua QIAO, Secretary-General of Hong Kong Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, member of IMMC Proposition and Review Committee, and Department of Applied Mathematics, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, congratulated the winning team and delivered an award speech.
The teams that won the Outstanding Prize in the IMMC2023 Greater China Regional Contest included:
The teams that won the Outstanding Prize in the IMMC2023 International Contest Greater China Region included:
In addition to the awards for the Greater China IMMC Chinese and International Contests, the Summit also presented the International Award(Global). A total of seven teams from Beijing Academy, Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong, Pui Ching Middle School Macau, Shenzhen College of International Education, Diocesan Girls’ School of Hong Kong, HKU College, and Taipei Wei Girls’ High School won the awards in the International Award(Global), among which, the team of He Li, Runsheng Sun, Tianlang Gao, and Sirui Liu from Beijing Academy, and the team of SIN TENG TAM, XIN WANG, WENG SAM TANG, and CHENG HOU IP from Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong were awarded the Meritorious Award of International Award(Global).
Another exciting session of the summit was the invited conference presentations by the IMMC2023 winning teams. The outstanding paper teams and topics presenting at this year’s summit included:
Macau Baptist College: “Smart delivery of books for campus library”;
Zhong Mei Zhong Xue: “Investigating the emergence of pathogen X”;
Pui Ching Middle School Macau: “Reducing cost of energy consumption through heat and cold storage”;
Shanghai High School International Division: “Lifting Path Optimization for Hydraulic Crane”;
Beijing Academy: “Using land: a valuable resource”;
The Affiliated School of University of Macau: “Optimizing the Siting Plan of Large Charging Station Cluster in Zhuhai Based on 0-1 Integer Planning”.
The organizers of the conference presented a Certificate of Commendation for the report to the Outstanding Award winning team from Shanghai High School International Division.
Congratulations to all the participating and winning teams this year! In fact, behind these teams and students are the instructors and schools that have trained and supported them over the years. Among these instructors and participating schools, many excellent representatives have emerged, who have done solid and outstanding work to promote and popularize mathematical modeling education, so the summit also presents the most weighty and meaningful awards – “IMMC Teaching Promotion Award” and “IMMC Inter-school Cooperation Award”.
After nine years of development, IMMC has made a wide impact internationally. More than 30 countries and regions, including China, the United States, Europe, and major countries in Asia, participate in IMMC, including Greater China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, with more than 900 teams participating this year. The International Conference on Mathematics Education (ICME) since 2016 and the International Conference on Teaching Mathematical Modeling (ICTMA) since 2019 have both set up IMMC sessions for three consecutive years, inviting award-winning teams or panelists to give presentations. In view of this, IMMC has set up two special awards, the “IMMC Teaching Promotion Award” and the ” IMMC Inter-school Cooperation Award “, to recognize outstanding teachers and advanced schools that have been effective in promoting mathematical modeling education in China from 2020 onwards, which is of great significance. The “IMMC Teaching Promotion Award” and ” IMMC Inter-school Cooperation Award ” recognize outstanding teachers and advanced schools that have been effective in promoting mathematics modeling education. The “IMMC Teaching Promotion Award” is awarded to instructors who have achieved remarkable results in promoting and popularizing mathematical modeling education for all students at all levels through the IMMC platform and promoting teaching with competitions; the ” IMMC Inter-school Cooperation Award” is awarded to instructors who have achieved remarkable results in promoting and popularizing mathematical modeling education for all students at all levels through the IMMC platform and promoting teaching with competitions. The “IMMC Inter-school Cooperation Award ” is awarded to the participating schools that have achieved remarkable results in promoting the advanced experience of school-based teaching and popularizing mathematical modeling education through the IMMC platform.
The schools that received the IMMC Inter-school Cooperation Award for the year 2023 are Premier School Affiliated to Hou Kong, Shanghai Jiao Tong University Affiliated High School, and Hong Kong Pui Ching College; and the teachers that received the IMMC Teaching Enhancement Award are Ms. Jingya ZHAO of Pui Ching Middle School Macau, and Ms. Miao LIN of Hongkou Experimental School, Shanghai. They received heartfelt congratulations from the IMMC organizers and the participating teachers and students.
Prof. Leong of the University of Macau with the award-winning instructors of Pui Ching Middle School Macau
To facilitate the sharing of teaching experiences among advanced schools and teachers, teachers workshop were also held during the Summit.
Ms. Jingya ZHAO of Pui Ching Middle School Macau, made a sharing on “Mathematical Modeling-From Theory to Practice”. For more than ten years on the road of modeling education, Pui Ching Middle School Macau has adhered to one original intention, two concepts, and has gone through three teaching modes in an effort to explore a development path suitable for itself. From focusing on participation to achieving good results, from little attempts to the integration of modeling thinking into the campus, it strives to develop and pass on the culture of secondary school modeling to more students.
Mr. Haonan ZHU from Beijing National Day School gave a presentation entitled “Incorporating Philosophy of Science into Mathematical Modeling Education-Mathematics Education for Human-oriented Purpose”. In traditional Chinese mathematics education, mathematics is often simply regarded as a training material for thinking, a means for talent selection and a technical tool for solving practical problems, and there is a lack of a human-oriented component of education, as well as education for the modern scientific paradigm. This presentation will focus on the important role of modern scientific paradigms in mathematical modeling, and discuss how to achieve a change in mathematics education from one oriented toward pragmatism and instrumentality to one oriented toward education for human purposes by integrating the philosophy of science into mathematical modeling education.
Mr. Haonan ZHU from Beijing National Day School sharing at the Teachers Workshop
Ms. Xiao WANG from Beijing National Day School reported on “The Development of Mathematical Modeling Courses in the International Curricula”. What are the differences in the development of mathematical modeling courses for secondary school students in different cultural backgrounds and curriculum systems? What is something that international education has learned or can refer to? And what are the advantages of international education in the promotion of mathematical modeling curriculum? Ms. Xiao WANG ‘s report summarizes the current situation, trends and challenges in the development of mathematical modeling in the field of international education by comprehensively studying and analyzing the relevant literature on the development of mathematical modeling in international education. At the same time, she also summarized the eucalyptus cases and assessment criteria used in mathematical modeling education abroad in the literature, introduced the cases and summarized their characteristics.
The summit also invited Dr. Konstantin Avilov, who has been working as a proposer and reviewer for the IMMC International Expert Group for many years, to give a workshop on “Optimisation and Fitting Mathematical Models to data: Technical Procedure of Modeling” for the students, leading them to understand and practice the concepts and methodologies behind mathematical modeling in a “learning-by-doing” approach.
Dr. Konstantin Avilov directed student workshop-“Optimisation and Fitting Mathematical Models to data: Technical Procedure of Modeling”
The summit is a time for networking and a time for celebration. Congratulations to all the teachers and students who participated in IMMC2023! IMMC is committed to promoting the popularization and improvement of mathematical modeling education, and building a platform for teachers and students from all over the world to practice modeling and communicate. We look forward to more secondary school teachers and students in the future to grow and gain in learning and teaching mathematical modeling through the IMMC platform.
Participating students and teachers visited the State Key Laboratory of Microelectronics of the University of Macau on August 7th.
On August 7, the participating teachers and students were invited to visit the State Key Laboratory of Microelectronics of the University of Macau to explore its outstanding research achievements and scientific research strength in the field of microelectronics. The State Key Laboratory of Microelectronics of the University of Macau was approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China through a rigorous review in November 2010, and has become the only State Key Laboratory of Integrated Circuits in the Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau Bay Area at present. In December 2019, the laboratory set up the Hengqin Branch of the State Key Laboratory in the Zhuhai Institute of Technology (Zhuhai Institute of Technology). As a key discipline of the University of Macau, the microelectronics program boasts a world-leading level of academic innovation. The laboratory team has published 45 academic papers in ISSCC (International Solid-State Circuit Conference), the top international conference in the field of integrated circuit design, which is always at the top of the list in China, and is on a par with world-renowned institutions and top design companies, so its influence and research and development strength cannot be ignored.
第九屆國際數學建模挑戰賽（IMMC）2023年度中華峰會暨數學建模夏季工作坊於8月5-7日在澳門大學隆重舉行。來自澳門及香港、內地和臺灣的中學師生，與特邀傑出科學家、IMMC中華學術委員會成員、命題與評審專家組和嘉賓約130餘人與會。
IMMC中華峰會是國際數學建模挑戰賽在大中華區年度活動的收官與高潮。本屆大會是三年疫情以來的首次線下實體會議，亦是首次在澳門舉行，由澳門大學科技學院及數學系承辦。開幕式上，主禮嘉賓澳門特別行政區政府教育及青年發展局黃嘉祺副局長，以及IEEE亞太區高級總監華甯博士向全體參加第九屆國際數學建模大賽的師生、專家評委表示問候與感謝，並向獲獎團隊師生致以熱烈的祝賀。IEEE駐深圳代表鄧鐘凱先生，澳門大學數學系梁應德副教授、胡光輝副教授，香港工業與應用數學學會秘書長喬中華教授，IMMC聯合創辦人張岩峰先生作為峰會主禮嘉賓亦出席峰會。
黃嘉祺副局長在致辭中介紹了澳門在STEM教育方面的發展，他強調數學及STEM教育的重要性，鼓勵師生通過數學建模培養跨學科及跨界創新能力，實踐建模思維與計算思維，鍛煉善於發現問題、解決問題的本領，並歡迎來自各地的師生增進與澳門在STEM教育方面的交流。
主禮嘉賓澳門特別行政區政府教育及青年發展局黃嘉祺副局長致開幕詞
華甯博士在致辭中指出，長期以來IMMC為廣大參賽同學提供了科學探索、團隊合作、學以致用的平臺，今年兩岸四地參賽的900余支團隊體現了通過數學建模解決重要實際問題的工程師精神。華先生表示IEEE作為全球最大的專業技術組織，鼓勵技術創新、促進人類福祉，且一貫支援中學生接觸和探索工程之美。他鼓勵中學生選擇工程相關的專業，作為未來學習和職業發展方向，並以自己所學貢獻社會發展和人類進步。
IEEE亞太區高級總監華甯博士線上致辭
胡光輝副教授代表東道主致辭，他熱情歡迎與會師生來到澳門大學，並分享了澳大科技學院和數學系的教學與科研方向，許多重要的學術方向和領域都與通過數學建模與計算數學息息相關。他鼓勵IMMC參賽同學大膽探索和實踐，在STEM學習的道路上為未來廣闊的學術和事業發展打好根基。
胡光輝副教授代表東道主澳門大學科技學院致辭
本屆中華峰會榮幸邀得澳門大學電機及電腦工程系教授、超大型積體電路國家重點實驗室主任麥沛然教授做“傑出科技科技成就”主題報告，以《澳門三十年的晶片之旅》為題，生動地介紹了微電子與晶片科技在澳門的發展，特別講述了澳門大學在微電子和晶片領域為國家和世界所做傑出工作背後的故事，吸引了與會師生極大的興趣。會議還特別安排與會師生在會議和工作坊期間參觀了澳門大學微電子研究院和超大型積體電路國家重點實驗室，讓師生看到晶片在數位經濟與人工智慧時代扮演著無所不在的角色，縮微之內連廣宇，是微電子學與數學、計算技術等多學科交叉融合的前沿領域，麥教授的報告和實地參觀，給與會師生帶來深刻的啟迪與激勵。
麥沛然教授做《澳門三十年的晶片之旅》主題報告
峰會上還舉行了IMMC2023大中華區頒獎典禮。香港工業與應用數學學會秘書長、IMMC命題及評審委員會成員、香港理工大學應用數學系喬中華教授向獲獎團隊表示祝賀並致頒獎詞。
獲得IMMC2023中華賽特等獎的團隊包括：
獲得IMMC2023中華區國際賽特等獎的團隊包括：
在大中華區IMMC中華賽、國際賽各個獎項之外，峰會還頒發了全球總評獎。來自北京中學、澳門濠江中學附屬英才學校、澳門培正中學、深圳國際交流學院、香港拔萃女書院、港大同學會書院、臺北市衛理女中，共七隻團隊在國際總評中獲獎，其中北京中學的李禾、孫潤生、高天朗、劉思睿團隊，澳門濠江中學附屬英才學校的譚倩婷、王信、鄧穎芯、葉青豪團隊，更獲得國際總評一等獎。
峰會的另一精彩時段是IMMC2023獲獎團隊的大會邀請報告。在本屆峰會做報告的優秀論文團隊及題目包括：
澳門浸信中學團隊：《校園圖書館的智慧配送》；
東莞市眾美中學團隊：《調查新發病原體X》；
澳門培正中學：《儲熱儲冷，將低用能成本》；
上海中學（國際部）：《液壓吊機吊運路徑優化》；
北京中學：《利用土地：一種寶貴資源》；
澳門大學附屬應用學校：《基於0-1整數規劃優化珠海大型充電站群的選址方案》
大會主辦方向上海中學（國際部）特等獎團隊頒發報告嘉許證書
祝賀今年所有的參賽和獲獎團隊！其實在這些團隊和同學們的背後，是多年來培養和支持他們的指導教師和學校。在這些指導老師和參賽學校中，湧現了不少優秀的代表，為推廣和普及數學建模教育做出了扎實而出色的工作，所以，峰會也頒發最有份量和意義的獎項——“IMMC教學促進獎”和“IMMC先進共建獎”。
經過九年的發展，IMMC在國際上產生了廣泛的影響。目前有包括中國、美國、歐洲和亞洲等主要國家在內的30多個國家和地區參與IMMC，其中大中華包括大陸和港澳臺地區，今年有超過900支隊伍參賽。國際數學教育大會（ICME）自2016年起，國際數學建模教學大會（ICTMA）自2019年起，皆連續三屆設立IMMC會議環節，邀請獲獎團隊或專家組成員做報告。鑒於此，IMMC自2020年起在中華區設立兩個特別獎項，“IMMC教學促進獎”和“IMMC先進共建獎”，表彰那些在推廣數學建模教育方面卓有成效的優秀教師和先進學校，具有重要意義。“IMMC教學促進獎”，授予那些通過IMMC平臺，以競賽促進教學，面向所有層次的全體同學，推廣和普及數學建模教育，取得顯著成效的指導教師；“IMMC先進共建獎”，授予那些通過IMMC平臺，帶動兄弟學校，推廣校本教學先進經驗，普及數學建模教育，取得顯著成效的參賽學校。
2023年度獲得IMMC先進共建獎的學校是澳門濠江中學英才附屬學校、上海交通大學附屬中學、香港培正書院；獲得IMMC教學促進獎的老師是澳門培正中學趙婧雅老師、上海虹口實驗學校繆琳老師。他們獲得了IMMC主辦機構和與會師生的由衷祝賀。
澳門大學梁教授與澳門培正學校獲獎指導教師合影
為了促進先進學校和教師的教學經驗分享，峰會期間還舉行了教師工作坊。
澳門培正中學趙婧雅老師做了《數學建模-從理論到實踐》的分享。十多年建模教育之路，培正中學堅持一個初衷，兩個概念，歷經三種教學模式，努力探索適合自己的發展道路。從重在參與到取得不錯的成績，從點滴嘗試到建模思維的融入校園，努力將中學建模文化發展與傳承，讓更多的學生參與其中。
北京市十一學校的朱浩楠老師的報告題目是《將科學哲學融入數學建模教育——面向以人為目的的數學教育》。在傳統的中國數學教育中，往往簡單地將數學視為思維訓練素材、人才選拔手段和解決實際問題的技術工具，缺少面向以人為目的的教育成分，以及針對現代科學範式的教育。本次報告將聚焦于現代科學範式在數學建模中的重要作用，並討論如何通過將科學哲學融入數學建模教育，從而實現數學教育從面向實用主義和工具性的教育，面向以人為目的的教育的改變。
北京十一學校朱浩楠老師在教師工作坊做分享
北京市十一學校的王瀟老師報告了《國際課程中數學建模課程的發展》。在不同文化背景和課程體系下，中學生數學建模課程的發展有什麼不同？有什麼是國際教育已經學習或者可以參考的地方？國際教育在數學建模課程的推廣上又有哪些優勢？王瀟老師的報告通過綜合研究和分析關於國際教育中數學建模發展情況的相關文獻，總結了國際教育領域中數學建模的發展現狀、趨勢和遇到的挑戰。同時，她還通過總結文獻中國外做數學建模教育中使用的桉例和評估標準，介紹了案例並總結了其特點。
峰會還特別邀請到多年擔任IMMC國際專家組命題和評審工作的Konstantin Avilov博士，為與會同學做了從學理到動手實踐的工作坊——《數學模型的優化與擬合：建模過程及技能》，以“邊做邊學”的方法帶領同學們瞭解和實踐數學建模背後的理念和方法論。
Konstantin Avilov博士指導學生工作坊——《數學模型的優化與擬合：建模過程及技能》
峰會是交流的時刻，也是慶祝的時刻。恭喜所有參與IMMC2023的師生！IMMC致力於推動數學建模教育的普及和提高，為各地師生建設建模實踐和交流的平臺。我們期待未來有更多中學師生通過IMMC平臺在數學建模的學與教中不斷成長，不斷收穫。
8月7日與會師生參觀澳門大學微電子國家重點實驗室
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