2018-19 Award Winners Announced!
The Actuarial Foundation is proud to announce the 2019 Modeling the Future Challenge Winners! Nine teams were brought to the Modeling the Future Challenge Symposium in Chicago, Illinois on April 11-12th to present their final projects on the 2018-19 Future Cures theme. Selecting this year's award winners was more difficult than ever with 191 teams entering the competition, 70 selected as semi-finalists, and nine finalists brought to compete for the final awards. Students from each winning team will share the scholarship awards, which will be sent to the colleges of their choice.
The 2018-19 challenge was was made possible with the generous support of Founding Sponsor Roy and Georgia Goldman, Executive Sponsor Lincoln Financial Group, Champion Sponsor RGA, Event Sponsor Rick and Bethany Jones and Educator Grants Sponsor John Hanson Family Foundation.
1st Place ($25,000 scholarship): Rushil Arora, Karina Halevy, Joshua Hejna, Shaun Huang and Maxwell Liu from Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California
2nd Place ($15,000 scholarship): Nikhil Brahmapuram, Henry Coates, Russell Graviet, Jr., Madoc Kimball and Shivani Kundalia from Maggie Walker Governor’s School in Richmond, Virginia
3rd Place ($10,000 scholarship): Thomas Blue, Derek Chen, Nicolas Ferree, Mary Caroline Heinen and Ryan Kaplan from Maggie Walker Governor’s School
4th Place ($5,000 scholarship): Rebecca Heidt from Waukee APEX in Waukee, Iowa
2018-19 MTF Finalist Teams Announced!
The Actuarial Foundation is proud to announce the 2019 Modeling the Future Challenge Finalists! After extensive review from a judging panel of actuaries across the industry, 9 teams were submitted to participate in the Modeling the Future Challenge Symposium hosted in Chicago, Illinois on April 11-12th. The teams selected as finalists are:
Central Academy Vaughan
Alex Alvarado
Logan Garland
Maddie Moody
Ezra Odole
Central Academy, Des Moines, IA
Jericho GreatNesS
David Xu
Jennifer Wang
Tasin Mashriqi
Madhav Subramanian
Angie Li
Jericho High School, Jericho, NY
LAHS Team A
Karina Halevy
Rushil Arora
Joshua Hejna
Shawn Huang
Maxwell Liu
Los Altos High School, Los Altos, CA
MLWGS Team 6
Mary Caroline Heinen
Ryan Kaplan
Derek Chen
Thomas Blue
Nicolas Ferree
Maggie Walker Governors School, Richmond, VA
MLWGS Team 7
Henry Coates
Nikhil Brahmapuram
Russell Graviet, Jr .
Shivani Kundalia
Madoc Kimball
Maggie Walker Governors School, Richmond, VA
Olivia and Sunay
Olivia Krivitsky
Sunay Joshi
Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ
St. Ignatius Wildcats
Jason Chiu
Abigail Lam
St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco, CA
The Mathketeers
Alex Schroeder
James Richard
Jack Kern
Michael Meunier
Oliver Barravechia
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School, Concord Township, OH
Waukee APEX – Team 3
Becca Heidt
Waukee APEX, Waukee, IA
This year's Modeling the Future Challenge was incredibly competitive with 191 teams taking on the challenge to model how future cures or treatments for diseases may affect our lives. Teams first had to pass a qualifying round of scenario response topics to demonstrate their mathematical acumen. Semi-finalists were then paired with actuary mentors who helped guide the students as they did research, data analysis and drafted their final papers.
The Foundation is bringing these finalists to Chicago for the national Modeling the Future Symposium to connect with actuaries, explore the city, present their projects, and compete for up to $55,000 in college scholarships! Though only 9 teams were selected as finalists, all the teams did incredible work and should be very proud of the research projects they developed for the MTF Challenge. Every year, we're more excited about the future because of the amazing research completed in this Challenge!
Today's MTF Challenge students are learning how to review complex data sets, analyze risk and recommend how to adapt to make the most out of the changing circumstances. From all of the student research we're seeing, the future is looking bright!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Challenge, especially the volunteer mentors, judges, and the sponsors whose support makes it all help make it possible!
The Actuarial Foundation is proud to announce the 2019 Modeling the Future Challenge Winners! Nine teams were brought to the Modeling the Future Challenge Symposium in Chicago, Illinois on April 11-12th to present their final projects on the 2018-19 Future Cures theme. Selecting this year's award winners was more difficult than ever with 191 teams entering the competition, 70 selected as semi-finalists, and nine finalists brought to compete for the final awards. Students from each winning team will share the scholarship awards, which will be sent to the colleges of their choice.
The 2018-19 challenge was was made possible with the generous support of Founding Sponsor Roy and Georgia Goldman, Executive Sponsor Lincoln Financial Group, Champion Sponsor RGA, Event Sponsor Rick and Bethany Jones and Educator Grants Sponsor John Hanson Family Foundation.
1st Place ($25,000 scholarship): Rushil Arora, Karina Halevy, Joshua Hejna, Shaun Huang and Maxwell Liu from Los Altos High School in Los Altos, California
2nd Place ($15,000 scholarship): Nikhil Brahmapuram, Henry Coates, Russell Graviet, Jr., Madoc Kimball and Shivani Kundalia from Maggie Walker Governor’s School in Richmond, Virginia
3rd Place ($10,000 scholarship): Thomas Blue, Derek Chen, Nicolas Ferree, Mary Caroline Heinen and Ryan Kaplan from Maggie Walker Governor’s School
4th Place ($5,000 scholarship): Rebecca Heidt from Waukee APEX in Waukee, Iowa
2018-19 MTF Finalist Teams Announced!
The Actuarial Foundation is proud to announce the 2019 Modeling the Future Challenge Finalists! After extensive review from a judging panel of actuaries across the industry, 9 teams were submitted to participate in the Modeling the Future Challenge Symposium hosted in Chicago, Illinois on April 11-12th. The teams selected as finalists are:
Central Academy Vaughan
Alex Alvarado
Logan Garland
Maddie Moody
Ezra Odole
Central Academy, Des Moines, IA
Jericho GreatNesS
David Xu
Jennifer Wang
Tasin Mashriqi
Madhav Subramanian
Angie Li
Jericho High School, Jericho, NY
LAHS Team A
Karina Halevy
Rushil Arora
Joshua Hejna
Shawn Huang
Maxwell Liu
Los Altos High School, Los Altos, CA
MLWGS Team 6
Mary Caroline Heinen
Ryan Kaplan
Derek Chen
Thomas Blue
Nicolas Ferree
Maggie Walker Governors School, Richmond, VA
MLWGS Team 7
Henry Coates
Nikhil Brahmapuram
Russell Graviet, Jr .
Shivani Kundalia
Madoc Kimball
Maggie Walker Governors School, Richmond, VA
Olivia and Sunay
Olivia Krivitsky
Sunay Joshi
Bergen County Academies, Hackensack, NJ
St. Ignatius Wildcats
Jason Chiu
Abigail Lam
St. Ignatius College Preparatory, San Francisco, CA
The Mathketeers
Alex Schroeder
James Richard
Jack Kern
Michael Meunier
Oliver Barravechia
iSTEM Geauga Early College High School, Concord Township, OH
Waukee APEX – Team 3
Becca Heidt
Waukee APEX, Waukee, IA
This year's Modeling the Future Challenge was incredibly competitive with 191 teams taking on the challenge to model how future cures or treatments for diseases may affect our lives. Teams first had to pass a qualifying round of scenario response topics to demonstrate their mathematical acumen. Semi-finalists were then paired with actuary mentors who helped guide the students as they did research, data analysis and drafted their final papers.
The Foundation is bringing these finalists to Chicago for the national Modeling the Future Symposium to connect with actuaries, explore the city, present their projects, and compete for up to $55,000 in college scholarships! Though only 9 teams were selected as finalists, all the teams did incredible work and should be very proud of the research projects they developed for the MTF Challenge. Every year, we're more excited about the future because of the amazing research completed in this Challenge!
Today's MTF Challenge students are learning how to review complex data sets, analyze risk and recommend how to adapt to make the most out of the changing circumstances. From all of the student research we're seeing, the future is looking bright!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Challenge, especially the volunteer mentors, judges, and the sponsors whose support makes it all help make it possible!
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Frequently Asked Questions/Reminders
Email MVHS Teachers (Put MTF Team# in subject line): sue_pickett@ipsd.org natalie_johnson@ipsd.org |
Be aware of the upcoming deadline:
As you know, the submission deadline for the reports is Tuesday, February 19th at 11:59 pm PST. However, (like last time) please email Mrs. Pickett and me no later than Monday at midnight (email addresses are in the upper right corner of this page). We will submit on your behalf as soon as we receive your reports.
Click here if you have discovered that you would like to pursue a career in Actuarial Science.
Go get that MONEY!!!!
Below are the templates to use for the Semifinal round and a list of components for the Executive Summary. Best wishes everyone!
As you know, the submission deadline for the reports is Tuesday, February 19th at 11:59 pm PST. However, (like last time) please email Mrs. Pickett and me no later than Monday at midnight (email addresses are in the upper right corner of this page). We will submit on your behalf as soon as we receive your reports.
Click here if you have discovered that you would like to pursue a career in Actuarial Science.
Go get that MONEY!!!!
Below are the templates to use for the Semifinal round and a list of components for the Executive Summary. Best wishes everyone!
| mtf_semifinalist_template_2018_v_2__01202019.docx |
| executivesummary_tips_mtf.pdf |
CONGRATULATIONS to two MVHS Semi-Finalist teams for 2018-2019! Please congratulate them on a job well done. Thank you to all teams who participated. Those semi-finalist teams include members:
Team 1: Team 14:
Archit C. Aayush P.
Rahul K. Samanyu K.
Sricharan S. Dhruv R.
Venkatsai B. Harsha G.
From the Sponsors:
"Semi-Finalist teams will be matched with an actuarial mentor who will provide guidance through two meetings with your team. Specifics on how this will work will be provided in the Semi-Finalist Information Packet that will be sent shortly. The final report for the challenge is due February 19th, 2019 to be considered for the Final Symposium and awards.
From a record 215 teams participating in this year’s Modeling the Future Challenge, the bar was set high for the competition! Some of the top students around the country entered responses to 3 scenarios in which they had to tackle problems similar to what an actuary would face to help project future trends from different data sources. 70 teams from across the country have now been selected as semi-finalists to move forward into the main research and report phase of the challenge and ultimately compete for $55,000 in college scholarships!
This year’s competition has been extremely competitive with many fantastic students participating. The 70 remaining semi-finalist teams now have the opportunity to compete to see who can become the best “mathematical wizards” (aka actuaries) by completing their research and report on how a new or upcoming disease treatment or cure could change the future! The 70 Semi-Finalist teams each get a welcome packet with additional information on how to complete your research and report for the second phase of the competition. In additional, semi-finalist teams will be connected with a real-world actuary to help provide additional guidance to the team!" - MTF Sponsors
Team 1: Team 14:
Archit C. Aayush P.
Rahul K. Samanyu K.
Sricharan S. Dhruv R.
Venkatsai B. Harsha G.
From the Sponsors:
"Semi-Finalist teams will be matched with an actuarial mentor who will provide guidance through two meetings with your team. Specifics on how this will work will be provided in the Semi-Finalist Information Packet that will be sent shortly. The final report for the challenge is due February 19th, 2019 to be considered for the Final Symposium and awards.
From a record 215 teams participating in this year’s Modeling the Future Challenge, the bar was set high for the competition! Some of the top students around the country entered responses to 3 scenarios in which they had to tackle problems similar to what an actuary would face to help project future trends from different data sources. 70 teams from across the country have now been selected as semi-finalists to move forward into the main research and report phase of the challenge and ultimately compete for $55,000 in college scholarships!
This year’s competition has been extremely competitive with many fantastic students participating. The 70 remaining semi-finalist teams now have the opportunity to compete to see who can become the best “mathematical wizards” (aka actuaries) by completing their research and report on how a new or upcoming disease treatment or cure could change the future! The 70 Semi-Finalist teams each get a welcome packet with additional information on how to complete your research and report for the second phase of the competition. In additional, semi-finalist teams will be connected with a real-world actuary to help provide additional guidance to the team!" - MTF Sponsors
Do NOT send a "link to a google doc". You must send an attachment (Word or PDF) so that it can be uploaded by us to the sponsor's website. Talk to Mrs Johnson or Mrs. Pickett if you need help (APA link below).
Scroll down the entire page to be sure to not miss anything. Check your school email for updated messages.
Scroll down the entire page to be sure to not miss anything. Check your school email for updated messages.
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Use the sample template to the right to record your responses. See Mrs. Johnson with questions.
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MTF LinksBelow are some additional links that you might find useful!
https://www.mtfchallenge.org/challenge-details/ https://www.cms.gov/Research-Statistics-Data-and-Systems/Statistics-Trends-and-Reports/NationalHealthExpendData/NationalHealthAccountsHistorical.html www.beanactuary.org APA format: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html |
FAQs1. When is the Scenario Response Phase (Phase 1) due?
Email responses to both teachers by midnight Dec. 5, 2018 (see top of this page for their email). 2. Must you respond to all three prompts? No, you have the option to respond to one, two, or all three prompts. Each response must be contained in a separate file (and labeled as such). 3. Will you receive different questions in Phase II? Report Phase (Phase II) includes more detail (technology usage) based on what was previously submitted. 4. How do I do APA format for references? Copy and paste the link below for the online reference. https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/apa_style/apa_formatting_and_style_guide/general_format.html 5. How do semifinalists prepare for the next round? Details were sent to your school email. 6. Is the 20 pages inclusive of visualizations? Twenty pages are inclusive of visualizations. 7. How strict are the citation reference rules? The reference rules are fairly lax. [MTF] will not disqualify if they are in different formats, but {MTF] wanted to give structure for everyone to follow. |
Interesting background on "Future Cures"
A New Hydrogel for Repairing Cartilage: Researchers created a hydrogel that can carry repair cells for damaged areas. Two teams of researchers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have created a material that can help heal damaged cartilages more effectively. View the article here.
Growing Our Own Bones: Another step in regenerative medicine: A company, EpiBone, uses patients' own stem cells to custom-grow bones. View the article here.
A New Vaccine for Alzheimers? Researchers at the University of Texas (UT) reported Tuesday that they have developed a vaccine that could arm the body to attack Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles before they even start to shut down the brain. They hope to begin testing the vaccines in humans soon. View the article here.
References:
Modeling the Future Challenge, 2018, Retrieved from www.mtfchallenge.org
A New Hydrogel for Repairing Cartilage: Researchers created a hydrogel that can carry repair cells for damaged areas. Two teams of researchers from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) have created a material that can help heal damaged cartilages more effectively. View the article here.
Growing Our Own Bones: Another step in regenerative medicine: A company, EpiBone, uses patients' own stem cells to custom-grow bones. View the article here.
A New Vaccine for Alzheimers? Researchers at the University of Texas (UT) reported Tuesday that they have developed a vaccine that could arm the body to attack Alzheimer’s plaques and tangles before they even start to shut down the brain. They hope to begin testing the vaccines in humans soon. View the article here.
References:
Modeling the Future Challenge, 2018, Retrieved from www.mtfchallenge.org