Information for Judges
SCUDEM needs volunteer judges (graduate students, faculty, industry) for a one-hour time commitment during the three week period November 13 – December 8, 2026 which occurs after the end of the SCUDEM Challenge Period.
Judge registration opens July 1, 2026 and closes November 10, 2026.
The essence of SCUDEM is the modeling and team experience for each student and the constructive feedback provided by our professional network of graduate students, faculty, and industry colleagues. Hundreds of colleagues from academe, industry, government, and non-profit organizations have enjoyed seeing and supporting our student participants. Constructive judge's comments are very valuable for student growth.
Each judge will be assigned three strict limit 10 minute team videos on one of the three problems. These videos will be available on YouTube to judge. SCUDEM provides an easy, but powerful scoring rubric and an opportunity to provide constructive comments on each presentation. The entire judging time commitment should be no more than one hour and will be very much appreciated by student beneficiaries as well as SCUDEM operations. Judges may also elect to consider more than three team submissions.
Meaningful, constructive, and timely feedback for students helps them grow intellectually and improves modeling and mathematical skills, as well as self-efficacy in modeling. Meaningful feedback on their submission aids them in their reflection on the SCUDEM experience.
Student team submissions will be in English and judge comments will also be in English.
You may wish to read the complete instructions and rules for SCUDEM XI 2026.
We thank you for your willingness to engage on behalf of students around the world. Faculty who have judged in SCUDEM have found the experience EXTREMELY rewarding and have had their faith enhanced in our mathematical future from reading the work of these teams.
Judge Registration:
You can serve as both a coach and a judge. You will not be asked to judge your own team.
We offer our sincere appreciation for your service since we cannot do this without you. Judging will begin on November 13, 2026 and should be completed by December 8, 2026. The typical time commitment is about 1 hour during that period.
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