Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Watford Grammar School for Boys (Team #17870) from Watford, Hertfordshire, England was the M3 Challenge Technical Computing 3rd Place Winner in the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge 2024! This year approximately 3000 students making up 655 teams used mathematical modeling to predict the future of housing shortage and homelessness in the U.S. Learn more at: m3challenge.siam.org/resources/archives/2024-year-at-a-glance
About M3 Challenge
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3 Challenge) is the prestigious Internet-based competition known for providing a pinnacle high school experience to inspire students to pursue STEM majors and careers. The contest, organized by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and sponsored by leading software developer MathWorks, is free and open to students in the U.S. and U.K. M3 Challenge will award top teams this year with $100,000+ or £75,000+ in scholarships to use for their higher education. M3 Challenge has awarded more than $1.85 million in scholarships to date.
Each school may enter up to two teams of three to five junior/senior or sixth form students, who spend up to 14 hours on Challenge weekend devising and submitting a solution to the Challenge Problem, which is not revealed to them until they log in. Following a rigorous multi-stage judging process, six finalist teams, three technical computing awardees, and top ranking UK teams present their findings live to a final judge panel to determine the final rank order. Learn more at m3challenge.siam.org
Watford Grammar School for Boys (Team #17870) from Watford, Hertfordshire, England was the M3 Challenge Technical Computing 3rd Place Winner in the MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge 2024! This year approximately 3000 students making up 655 teams used mathematical modeling to predict the future of housing shortage and homelessness in the U.S. Learn more at: m3challenge.siam.org/resources/archives/2024-year-at-a-glance
About M3 Challenge
MathWorks Math Modeling Challenge (M3 Challenge) is the prestigious Internet-based competition known for providing a pinnacle high school experience to inspire students to pursue STEM majors and careers. The contest, organized by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) and sponsored by leading software developer MathWorks, is free and open to students in the U.S. and U.K. M3 Challenge will award top teams this year with $100,000+ or £75,000+ in scholarships to use for their higher education. M3 Challenge has awarded more than $1.85 million in scholarships to date.
Each school may enter up to two teams of three to five junior/senior or sixth form students, who spend up to 14 hours on Challenge weekend devising and submitting a solution to the Challenge Problem, which is not revealed to them until they log in. Following a rigorous multi-stage judging process, six finalist teams, three technical computing awardees, and top ranking UK teams present their findings live to a final judge panel to determine the final rank order. Learn more at m3challenge.siam.org
