The UF Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Contests Program was recently featured in the blog of the Consortium for Mathematics and its Applications (COMAP), which is the organization that runs the annual Mathematical/Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM):
How the University of Florida Built a Thriving Math Modeling Program (September 25, 2025)
In the blog article, Tracy Stepien, associate professor of mathematics, Youngmin Park, assistant professor of mathematics, and graduate student mentors Kyle Adams, Abhiram Hegade, and Hemaho Beaugard Taboe discuss the organization of UF’s training program and advice on how other institutions could start their own programs.
More information about the MCM/ICM competition may be found at https://www.contest.comap.com/undergraduate/contests/index.html or at our UF Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Contests site at https://modeling-contests.math.ufl.edu/