CRSOM-7 2020 7th CASPAM Regional Student Olympiad of Mathematics - Bahauddin Zakariya University
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7th CASPAM Regional Student Olympiad of Mathematics
CRSOM-7 2020
26th March 2020
INTRODUCTION
Centre for Advanced Studies in Pure and Applied Mathematics (CASPAM), Bahauddin Zakariya
University (BZU), Multan, has planned to organize its traditional student Olympiad with title: 7th
CASPAM Regional Student Olympiad of Mathematics (CRSOM-7, 2020) at Jinnah Auditorium, BZU
on Thursday March 26, 2020.
7th CASPAM Regional Student Olympiad of Mathematics (CRSOM-7, 2020) will be the 7th event in
the series to be organized by CASPAM and is probably quite a unique event of its kind on
mathematical sciences in Pakistan. CRSOM-(1-6) were held successfully in March 2014, April 2015,
May 2016, April 2017, April 2018 and April 2019 respectively, in collaboration with National
Mathematical Society of Pakistan (NMSP). In each CRSOM over 600 Mathematics students and
faculty members participated, collectively engaging over 25 institutions nationwide.
Like previously, a variety of competitions among the contestants only from the classes of MSc
Mathematics and BS Mathematics (Semester 5 to 8) would be conducted during the event. Key
activities include: Game 1: Singles’ Qualifying round, Game 2: Singles’ Championship (Problem
Solving Tests among the top 25 winners of Game 1), Game 3: Open House Quiz Gala, Game 4:
Teams’ Championship, and Game 5: Poster Competition on the applications of MATHEMATICS
DRIVES CAREERS. An announcement poster, games/competitions format, and a tentative
schedule for your kind consideration have been attached herewith. The relevant details can also be
downloaded from caspam.bzu.edu.pk or from www.bzu.edu.pk/crsom.
The intended impact (that is experienced as well from CRSOM-(1-6)) is to bring motivation and
excitement among the students of Mathematics for enhancing and expressing their learning of
mathematical sciences at both individual and teams scale.
The students of MSc/BS Mathematics may be encouraged and motivated to participate in this event to
make it fruitful in promoting learning of mathematics in the region through the spirit of competition. It
may be noted that only the students of the current classes of MSc Mathematics and BS Mathematics
(Semester 5 to 8) at any participating institute in Pakistan are eligible to contest in any game.
Page 1 of 6OLYMPIAD FORMAT
(CRSOM-7, 26th March 2020)
Objective: To promote the learning of mathematics in the region.
Eligible Contestants/Participants: Current students of MSc Mathematics and BS Mathematics
(Semester 5 to 8) at any educational institution of Pakistan are eligible to
attend the Olympiad. However, to cultivate and promote the tradition, the
initiator and custodian of the Olympiad (CASPAM, BZU) allows its junior
students to participate in the competitions. The CASPAM students of classes
lower than BS Sem 5 will not be considered as winners of any of Game-1,
Game-2 or Game-4.
Olympiad Focus: Assessment of basic degree level mathematical knowledge and skills (taught
in BSc and the first four semesters of BS Mathematics) with weights as:
Calculus (50%), Algebra (25%), and Miscellaneous (25%).
Basic information about the Games:
Game Type Composition
50-minute game for the individual contestants comprising 25
MCQs. (A maximum of 400 students would be considered as
Singles’ Qualifying
GAME 1 contestants. In case of more than 400 applicants, priority will
Round
be given to the students of ending semesters/year of BS/MSc.
Top 25 contestants would qualify for the Game 2).
Competition of the top 25 individuals of GAME 1 for the 3
GAME 2 Singles’ Championship
medals (1 hour test of problem solving skills).
Open house game like a gala for all the audience with on-spot
GAME 3 Marathon for all
prizes.
Quiz based contest of 4-member teams for the 3 medals. (A
screening test consisting of 20 MCQs will be conducted for
GAME 4 Teams’ Championship
short-listing the teams. Top 8 teams would qualify for the
Finals of Game 4).
Competition of the posters submitted by the interested
GAME 5 Poster Competition candidate/s individually or in a group of 2 on the THEME
Mathematics in Security.
Important Points:
A team of 3 judges/referees would decide the correctness of questions/answers of team quizzes.
Use of any kind of unfair means (especially getting direct support/signal from someone during
the quizzes of Teams championship) may lead to disqualification from the game.
A student can take part in any number of games.
The organizing committee of the Olympiad reserves the right to resolve any issue. Its decision will
be final and considered unchallengeable on any issue raised.
Page 2 of 6PRIZES FOR WINNERS (Amount in PKR):
Game 1 Game 2 Game 3 Game 4 Game 5
GOLD: GOLD: GOLD:
At least 25 20000 28000 15000
prizes for At most 20
top 25 SILVER: prizes in the SILVER: SILVER:
winners of Open house
15000 20000 10000
GAME 1 quiz gala
BRONZE: BRONZE: BRONZE:
10000 12000 7000
Games’ Pattern: The pattern of all the Games will be very similar to those followed in the
previous version of the Olympiads (CRSOM-1 to 6). The details are given below.
Number of Time per
Nature of Questions
Questions Question
Game 1 MCQs 25 02 min
Long Questions /
Game 2 2 out of 5 30 min
Problem-Solving Question
Quiz related to IMU
Game 3 (International 15-20 03 min
Mathematical Union)
Game 4
MCQs 15 01 min
(Screening)
8-10 for each Quarter
Game 4 Quiz for Team Final; 10-12 for each
01 min
(Quiz) Contestants Semi Final and
10-16 for Final.
As per the categorical weightage of the subjects of Calculus, Algebra and Miscellaneous in the
different games of Olympiad, the following will be the question division for the Games 1, 2 and 4.
Broader Area Sub-Areas Game 1 Game 2 Game 4
Calculus Differential Calculus
05 out of 12 04 out of 10
in one variable
01
Integral Calculus in
05 out of 12 03 out of 10
one variable
Calculus of Several
Variables / 02 out of 12 01 03 out of 10
Analytical Geometry
Algebra Groups 02 out of 06 02 out of 5
Vector Spaces 02 out of 06 01 out of 5
01
Matrices & System of
02 out of 06 02 out of 5
Linear Equations
Miscellaneous Metric Spaces 02 out of 7 01 out of 5
Differential
01 out of 7 01 01 out of 5
Equations
Fourier Series 01 out of 7 01 out of 5
Numerical Methods 02 out of 7 01 01 out of 5
Probability Theory 01 out of 7 01 out of 5
Page 3 of 6Guidelines for the GAME-5 (Poster Competition):
1. GAME-5 is a competition of poster presentation on the following theme in CRSOM-7:
MATHEMATICS DRIVES CAREERS
SCOPE: People with mathematical training and experience can flourish in careers
in Business, Industry, and Government, where teamwork, collaboration, communication, problem-
solving, and multiple perspectives are key.
2. The interested contestants may submit a poster individually or in a group of at most 2
members.
3. In case of a group, select the group leader who will correspond with CASPAM.
4. Prepare poster in Vertical format. Preferable size is 32 x 40 inch.
5. A number of sample posters can be found at:
https://www.craftofscientificposters.com/templates.html
6. The Deadline for poster submission (only soft copy) is 9th March, 2020.
7. The posters will be reviewed by a technical review committee. The poster be out rightly
rejected if not made to be relevant to the theme. Only top graded posters will be accepted for
display at the event for consideration in the competition. Acceptance will be issued by 16th
March , 2020.
8. Submit the soft copy of the poster through email to crsom.caspam@bzu.edu.pk Submit the
poster in more than one formats (including pdf and ppt). If the poster file is of more than 25 MB
in size, then provide the soft copy through DVD, or flash-drive, or Google-drive or drop box or any
similar link.
9. Organizing Committee of the Olympiad may facilitate the contestants in getting the hard copy
prints of their posters submitted in soft form. However, the relevant contestant will have to pay
the printing cost of the hard copy of the poster (Rs. 800 approximately per print). The contestants
may request for additional hard copy prints of their posters for their personal or institutional use.
10. For further information about GAME-5, contact by e-mail to crsom.caspam@bzu.edu.pk
11. Poster evaluation will be carried out at the scale of 100 marks as per the details given below:
Maximum
Sr. # Sections
Marks
1 Introduction: Background, Motivation and Literature Survey. 10
Problem Specification/ Statement: Clarity in the statement of the problem,
2 assumptions, physical conditions, etc., is desirable. Visual description of the 20
problem may be helpful in getting high score.
Model/Algorithm/Mathematical Formulation: Level of mathematics used in
3 20
this section will determine the level of score.
Description and / or tabular/graphical presentation of the results/solution
4 on the poster: Level of description and understanding and interpretation of 20
the behaviour of model / results / solution will determine the level of score.
Oral Presentation (5-7 minutes) in front of the evaluation committee
5 standing by the displayed poster: Good presentation skills will help in 30
achieving high score.
Page 4 of 6REGISTRATION INFORMATION
(DEADLINE 9th March, 2020)
Registration Fee: (Lunch and High Tea included)
For students of CASPAM, BZU PKR 1000 per person.
For students other than CASPAM and accompanying teachers, registration fee will be PKR
1200.
Any winner of GOLD, SILVER or BRONZE medal of the previous CRSOM events (who are
not eligible now) and MPhil/PhD scholars or Alumni of CASPAM can attend this event as a
visitor by paying a fee of PKR 1200 per person.
Late registration fee will be PKR 1500 from 10.03.2020 to 16-03-2020.
Selected Student Volunteers (of MPhil/PhD classes from BZU) are exempted from the registration fee.
Poster Submission Deadline: March 9, 2020 (both hard copy and soft copy of the poster)
Accommodation: The information about getting nearby-venue hotel accommodation (if needed) will be
posted on the website, later on.
Registration Acceptance Policy:
All the contestants from outside BZU should currently be students of MSc Mathematics or BS
Mathematics (Semester 5 to 8 only) at some educational institution of Pakistan. However, to
cultivate and promote the tradition, the initiator and custodian of the Olympiad (CASPAM, BZU)
allows its junior students to participate in the competitions. The CASPAM students of classes
lower than BS Semester 5 will not be considered as winners of any of Game-1, Game-2 or Game-4.
The number of participants from an institute should remain within the pre-specified limit for that
institute. The organizing committee of CRSOM-7 reserves the right to limit/extend the number of
participants or contestants of any game for some institute depending upon the number of
applications received.
The maximum numbers of registered participants is set as 800 (on first come first register basis).
The Organizing Committee reserves all the rights to amend the rules/policies regarding the
registration (or any other rule/policy regarding the Olympiad) as and when required.
Registration Procedure:
Each participating institute is required to send a collective application form nominating all the
participants/contestants from that institute. Download the soft copy of this form from the website:
caspam.bzu.edu.pk or bzu.edu.pk/crsom. Till the deadline, deposit /transfer collectively the
participation fee of all the participants into the following bank account and send the filled registration
form and bank deposit/online-transfer slip to the address below:
Dr. Awais Younus (Olympiad Secretary),
Centre for Advanced Studies in Pure and Applied Mathematics (CASPAM),
Bahauddin Zakariya University (BZU), Multan, Pakistan.
Email: crsom.caspam@bzu.edu.pk
Olympiad Secretariat: 0331-7040361, 0311-0032920
HBL Bank Branch: BZU Main Campus, Multan.
HBL Bank Account Title: “Departmental Account of Math”
HBL Bank Account Number: 12710002331003
Page 5 of 6For further details, visit: caspam-bzu.edu.pk or www.bzu.edu.pk/crsom
Tentative Programme
26th March 2020
S. No. Activity/Phase Time Line
1 Breakfast (at the Guest House, only for the participant’s hosted by university) 0715 – 0750
2 Welcome & Seating at the Venue (only for the Contestants for GAME 1) 0800 – 0830
GAME 1: First Round of Singles’ Championship (Qualifying Game of all the
Individual Contestants)
3 MCQs based test of the individual contestants 0830 – 0920
Number of MCQs: 25
Test Duration: 50 Minutes
4 Seating for the Round 1 of GAME 4 (Screening test) 0920 – 0935
GAME 4: Qualifying Round of Teams’ Championship: Screening test to select 8
5 0935 – 0955
teams (each having 4 members) for the Finals of GAME 4. (20 MCQs in 20 minutes)
6 Sitting of the Participants & Guests in the Hall 0955 – 1010
Opening Ceremony
7 Recitation 1010 – 1030
Opening / Welcome Address
National Song (by BS Students)
8 Tea Break & Visits of Displayed Posters 1030 – 1100
9 Declaration of Top 25 Contestants Qualified for Game 2 1100 – 1110
GAME 2: Second Round of Singles’ Championship (Competition of the top 25
10 1110 – 1210
individuals of GAME 1 for 3 medals; 1 hour test of problem solving skills)
GAME 3: Marathon for all (Open house game like a gala for all the audience in
11 the main hall with on-spot prizes in the auditorium) 1110 – 1240
Mixed with Amusement activities on stage (MPhil Students) & (BS Students)
12 GAME 5: Poster Competition (in parallel to the GAME 2 & 3) 1110 – 1230
13 Presentation of any THREE recommended posters on stage (5 min / poster) 1240 – 1300
14 Lunch & Prayer Break 1300 – 1400
GAME 4: Finals of Teams’ Championship: (Quiz based contests for the 3
15 1400 – 1600
medals) among the top 8 teams of the Qualifying Round
Closing Ceremony
Recitation (5 min)
Address of Collaborators (5 min)
16 Address of Director (10 min) 1600
Address of Chief Guest (10 min)
Book Inauguration of Dr. Amjad Ali (5 min)
Winners Declaration & Prize Distribution
17 Tea for the Invited Guests 1730
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