Registration, submission and deadlines

• Teams of 1 to 4 students of Bachelor, Master or PhD levels in at least one ECMI member institution during the school year 2023/2024 can participate. Each team chooses a name for identification. The team should nominate a leader who will present the results, but registration of all team members is mandatory. The link for registration is: https://ls.uc.pt/index.php/797357.

• The list of ECMI members is available at https://ecmiindmath.org/list-of-ecmi-members/.

• The team leader will receive further instructions on how to submit the application upon registration.

• The link for registration will be active from July 15, 2024 and will expire on September 30, 2024.

• A written report (in English and PDF format) of at most 15 pages is the expected result. The report should describe the analysis strategy, the methodology used and the interpretation of the results, highlighting the main findings.

• In case computer simulations are performed, they should be well documented with results included in the report and accompanied by the code. The code should be written in Matlab/Octave, C, python or R.

Criteria

The competition committee will judge the originality of the approach, the quality of the implementation, the quality of the results and the overall quality of the report.

Deadlines

• Problem posted: June 29, 2024
• Registration: from July 15 to September 30, 2024
• Submission due: December 31, 2024 January 15, 2025
• Winners announcement: April 30, 2025