The 2024 MCM/ICM contest period runs between 5:00 p.m. EST Thursday, February 1, 2024 and 8:00 p.m. EST on Monday, February 5, 2024.
2024 年 MCM/ICM 比赛时间为美国东部时间 2024 年 2 月 1 日星期四下午 5：00 至美国东部时间 2024 年 2 月 5 日星期一晚上 8：00。
Each team may consist of a maximum of three undergraduate (or below) students enrolled full- or part-time at the same school/institution at the time of the contest. Teams may consist of 1, 2, or 3 students and each student may only participate on one team.
每支队伍最多可由三名本科生（或以下）组成，他们在比赛时在同一所学校/机构就读全日制或非全日制。团队可以由 1、2 或 3 名学生组成，每个学生只能参加一个团队。
Each team must have an advisor who is a staff member, a faculty member, or a student at the team members' institution. Advisors can serve more than one team. Advisors must register teams prior to 3p.m. EST on Thursday, February 1, 2024.
每个团队必须有一名顾问，该顾问是团队成员所在机构的工作人员、教职员工或学生。顾问可以为多个团队提供服务。顾问必须在美国东部时间 2024 年 2 月 1 日星期四下午 3 点之前注册团队。
Teams must obtain and use the Control Number and password assigned to them at registration to participate in MCM/ICM.
团队必须获得并使用注册时分配给他们的控制号和密码才能参加 MCM/ICM。
Not later than the opening of the contest window, advisors must assign team members to a particular team, and cannot add or change student assignments for the duration of the contest. Teams may, however, remove a team member, if he or she decides not to participate.
不迟于比赛窗口打开，顾问必须将团队成员分配到特定团队，并且在比赛期间不能添加或更改学生作业。但是，如果团队成员决定不参加，团队可以将其删除。
Once the contest window opens (5:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 1, 2024), team membership must be set and teams may not use any persons, other than their own team members, to discuss or obtain ideas for working on and solving their problem. Teams may use any "inanimate" resource they find on their own such as: web pages, books, articles, research reports, databases, etc. Teams seek help in obtaining answers, ideas, or information, or in locating appropriate resources, from any persons outside of their team to include their advisor, other teachers, other students, and/or experts or professionals in a field relevant to the problem. This restriction includes personal or telephonic contact, as well as use of electronic social media such as, but not limited to: emails, texting, chat rooms, question-answer systems, interactive blogs, Twitter, Weibo, online help or support sites, etc. Additionally, posting or sharing any part or all of the problem statement, your team's solution process, or any partial or complete work in any form or medium during the contest is strictly prohibited. COMAP will disqualify or deem unsuccessful any team that violates this rule. The relevant issue is one of intent: each team of students is expected to develop all of its substantive analysis and solution without the help of others.
比赛窗口打开后（2024 年 2 月 1 日星期四下午 5：00），必须设置团队成员资格，并且团队不得使用除自己的团队成员以外的任何人来讨论或获取处理和解决问题的想法。团队可以使用他们自己找到的任何“无生命”资源，例如：网页、书籍、文章、研究报告、数据库等。团队从团队以外的任何人（包括他们的顾问、其他教师、其他学生和/或与问题相关的领域的专家或专业人士）寻求帮助以获取答案、想法或信息，或寻找适当的资源。此限制包括个人或电话联系，以及使用电子社交媒体，包括但不限于：电子邮件、短信、聊天室、问答系统、互动博客、Twitter、微博、在线帮助或支持网站等。此外，严禁在比赛期间以任何形式或媒介发布或分享问题陈述的任何部分或全部内容、团队的解决方案流程或任何部分或完整的工作。COMAP将取消任何违反此规则的团队的资格或视为不成功。相关问题是意图之一：每个学生团队都应在没有其他人帮助的情况下发展其所有实质性分析和解决方案。
Teams must document any outside sources of information by using footnotes, endnotes, or in-line documentation, and include appropriate citations in a reference list or Bibliography of these sources.
团队必须使用脚注、尾注或内联文档记录任何外部信息来源，并在这些来源的参考列表或参考书目中包含适当的引文。
Teams choose to work on one problem (MCM: A, MCM: B, MCM C, ICM D, ICM E or ICM: F) and submit one solution for the problem of their choice.
团队选择解决一个问题（MCM：A、MCM：B、MCM C、ICM D、ICM E 或 ICM：F），并为他们选择的问题提交一个解决方案。
The names of the students, advisor, and/or institution must not appear on any page of the solution. The solution must not contain any identifying information other than the team Control Number.
学生、顾问和/或机构的名称不得出现在解决方案的任何页面上。解决方案不得包含除团队控制编号以外的任何标识信息。
Papers must be submitted as an Adobe PDF electronic file, and typed in English, with a readable font of at least 12-point type. Papers must be within the 25 page limit.
论文必须以Adobe PDF电子文件的形式提交，并用英文输入，字体至少为12号。论文必须在 25 页的限制内。
Upon closing of the contest window at 8:00 p.m. EST Monday, February 5, 2024, advisors must ensure each team makes no further changes to their solution paper. Advisors must then ensure all solution documents are properly prepared and sent via email to COMAP for judging no later than 9:00 p.m. EST Monday, February 5, 2024 .
在美国东部时间2024年2月5日星期一晚上8：00关闭比赛窗口后，顾问必须确保每个团队不会对其解决方案文件进行进一步更改。然后，顾问必须确保所有解决方案文件都已正确准备，并通过电子邮件发送给 COMAP 进行评审，不迟于美国东部时间 2024 年 2 月 5 日星期一晚上 9：00。
COMAP follows all accommodations relative to learning conditions for individual students used as part of the local school/institution program in an affected student's daily learning. If specialized staff is required, the school bears the responsibility for providing any specialized assistance as required by law. If such accommodations are required for a student participating, the school should detail them and the extent to which they were utilized as part of the MCM/ICM activities.
COMAP 遵循与受影响学生日常学习中作为当地学校/机构计划的一部分的个别学生的学习条件相关的所有便利。如果需要专业人员，学校有责任根据法律要求提供任何专业帮助。如果参加的学生需要此类住宿，学校应详细说明这些住宿以及它们作为 MCM/ICM 活动的一部分的使用程度。
COMAP reserves the right to disqualify or reduce the award level of teams found to have violated the contest rules.
COMAP保留取消或降低违反比赛规则的团队的奖励水平的权利。