I participated in the US competition in 2018 and was lucky enough to win the O award. I hope I can give some advice and direction to my fellow students.
Station B video: https://www.bilibili.com/video/av40838344/
1. MCM/ICM Contest
Tool people must have the awareness to Baidu for specific matters * ▽ *
2. Team division of labor
1. Find teammates
(1) Reliable: Choose familiar and reliable teammates
(2) Different majors: Consider from the perspective of your major, try to choose people with different majors
(3) Balance of yin and yang
2. How to divide labor
(1) Strong teams/Weak teams: each choose the content that best suits their own knowledge interface, collect literature, design algorithms, write papers, etc. by themselves.
(2) One strong and two weak: Do each question together, the strong one does the core output, and the two weak ones assist
(3) Two strong and one weak: The two strong ones output their own output, and the weak assistants
should discuss and exchange ideas in a timely manner
3. Emotional problems
(1) Don’t quarrel, don’t complain, don’t give up
(2) Adjust in time if you have emotional problems
3. Learning routes and website resources
Books: Si Shoukui, Internet
Commonly used websites:
google, Baidu, Wikipedia, MBA think tank
- Literature: web of science, CNKI, Google Scholar, Baidu Scholar, Baidu Wenku, Daoke, Docin
- Code: CSDN, Githbu, Blog Park…
- Programming: matlab, lingo, c/c++, python
- Drawing: R, matlab, python
Tools: notebook & pen
- Writing a paper: word, latex (Tex live2017)
- Coding tools: matlab, Notepad++
- Table: excel(wps),spass
- Drawing: mind map, flow chart, Unity3D drawing, PS drawing
- Crawler tool: Octopus
Data collection: statistical bureaus of various countries, public welfare websites, data from other papers
Method map:
Find suggestions for choosing various methods:
1. Search from papers
2. Search on Google, Baidu, Wikipedia, etc.
3. Try not to choose common methods
4. Ideas for solving problems:
1. Determine the concept of the problem
2. Search for information and literature
3. Find the shortcomings of traditional solutions
4. Seek/create your own innovation points 5.
Technical implementation/code implementation
6. Test rationality and sensitivity
7. Optimize ideas and methods
5. Paper writing
1. Tools for writing papers: word, latex
Tex live2017: https://blog.csdn.net/loveCC_orange/article/details/79321126
2. Translation: Oulu Dictionary, Google, Baidu, Youdao, NetEase+++ +Manual
3. Typesetting:
Note: page labels, table labels, icons, font sizes, etc.
6. Beautification work
1. Color matching
2. Variable styles
3. Add design elements
7. Key points of self-examination
(On the premise that it conforms to the meaning of the question)
1. Whether the logic and structure are complete: similar to sensitivity test
2. Whether there are any innovations:
3. Feasibility, realization value:
4. Text details: charts, table labels, whether after Chinese translation There are leftovers
5. Typesetting
6. Have the questions been answered?
8. Things not recommended
1. Plagiarism
2. Find someone to do it for you
3. Completely use the idea of posting online
4.…
9. Status adjustment
1. High efficiency
2. Try to ensure the quality of sleep
3. Eat and drink when you should
4. Don’t panic, let nature take its course
Regardless of whether I win an award or not, what I gain most is my problem-solving thinking and my ability to learn quickly.
10. Future Development
1. Participate in other competitions:
| Competition name | content |
|---|---|
| ACM | Algorithm and programming skills |
| Blue Bridge Cup | Algorithm and programming skills |
| Teddy cup | data mining |
| challenge cup | Practical application of technological innovation |
| Kosai | Big Data |
| Tianchi | Various competitions |
| kaggle | AI algorithm |
| … |
2. Scientific research or work direction:
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