All - A team from the INFORMS K-12 Outreach Subcommittee is proud to announce the inaugural INFORMS Take AIM (Analytics, Innovation, Mathematics) Online HS Challenge! The competition is open to teams of students from U.S. high schools (must have an academic advisor from the same school). Teams may register via a link posted to the competition webpage here. The Take AIM Challenge consists of two stages:
- Competition Stage (October 18th 2:00-3:00 pm EST): Registered teams will compete in the Competition Stage in the Gurobi Burrito Optimization game to earn a top score
- Presentation Stage (November 1st 2:00-3:00 pm EST): Top finishers in the Competition Stage will be invited to give a virtual presentation detailing the strategy their team used and what team members learned from participating in the Competition Stage.
- Winners will be announced November 8th: Teams in the presentation round will be scored on their score in the Competition Stage (75%) and Presentation Stage (25%). Cash prizes will be awarded to the top three teams.
- More information can be found in the attached materials. INFORMS members are asked to forward the attached materials to their K-12 contacts.
- Should you have any questions or like more information, please contact any of the competition cochairs:
- Gaby Barrera (gabycbarrera@gmail.com)
- Tuba Ketenci (tuba.ketenci@isye.gatech.edu)
- Neil Desnoyers (ndesnoye@sju.edu)
The Take AIM Challenge is sponsored by the INFORMS K-12 Outreach Subcommittee. More information about the activities of the subcommittee can be found on the subcommittee's website here.
- The Take AIM Challenge team wishes to thank Claudia Lancheros, Zihan Zhang, and Gurobi for assistance with this project.
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Neil Desnoyers
ndesnoye@sju.eduAdjunct Professor
Saint Joseph's University
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