Swinburne Integration Bee (SwInBee) 2019

The second SwInBee was held on Thursday, September 19, 2019.

Congratulation to Dang Nhat Minh Phan, who was the overall winnner!

Many thanks to Minh, Ricky, Jingyi, Methsala, Oli, Afnan, and Van for participating, and making the event a success. Your enthusiasm makes all the difference, and makes it well and truly worth the effort of the organisers (Fede and Nathan).

The qualifying round was closely fought, with Jingyi getting a fabulous top score of 15/20. (Aside: I'm pretty sure this is better than I - Nathan - could have achieved under time pressure.) The top three were Jingyi, Minh, and Van, with Methsala and Afnan getting equal fourth.

We then had a bit of a break and some drinks and nibbles, while Nathan got to work marking the competition papers.

After the break we headed back to EN615 for the on-the-board competitions to determine the prize winners, starting with an on-the-board knock-out integral to determine 4th place, with Methsala winning, and Afnan in unlucky 5th place (but an excellent sport about it).

Then we had our number 2 and 3 seeds facing off in our first on-the-board semi-final, with Minh beating Van.

Then we had our number 1 and 4 seeds facing off in our second semi-final, with Methsala causing an upset (according to the seedings!) over Jingyi.

Next, in the competition for 3rd and 4th place, Jingyi beat Van.

Finally, in a closely fought final Minh beat Methsala to take the “Champion Integrator” prize!

The attitude of all competitors was really positive. One particularly pleasing aspect (pointed out by Jingyi) was that this year we had 3 out of 4 prize winners being women.

You can download the pdf files for the qualifying round questions and questions with solutions. If you'd really like a worked solution for any of these integrals please contact Nathan.

The prize winners were:

First prize Dang Nhat Minh Phan
Second prize Kurukula Arachchige Methsala Dilini Nanayakkara
Third prize Jingyi Wang
Fourth prize Ngoc Phuong Van Nguyen

Prize winners
All competitors from the second SwInBee. From left to right: Afnan, Jingyi, Minh, Methsala, Van, Oli, and Ricky.

Prize winners
Minh and Methsala competing in the nerve-wracking final!

Prize winners
Prize winners from the second SwInBee. From left to right: Jingyi, Minh, Methsala, and Van.



SwInBee qualifying round integrals

2019 Questions Solutions


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