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MATLAB Programming Contests
| MATLAB Programming contests, according to Ned Gulley, the contest analyst, “turn M-file programming into an intense full-contact spectator sport. Since all the entries are visible all the time, code is swapped, swiped, tweaked, and tuned at a frenetic pace. The result is a kinetic open-source convergence from thousands of entries to one amazingly sleek and clever, winning M-file - a good time is had by all.” |  MATLAB Programming Contest team. |
To date, The MathWorks has held six contests, with two more planned for this year. Each contest runs for approximately a week and presents a specific problem to be solved. For example, one recent contest featured a notoriously difficult protein-folding problem, based on an HP lattice protein-folding model introduced by Lau and Dill in 1989.
Mike Keenan of Aspen Tech in Texas captured our most recent grand prize, a Rubik's Snake Puzzle, a winner's certificate autographed by the contest team, as well as a MATLAB T-shirt, mug, and calculator. Runners-up also received prizes.
To participate, contestants submit their entries in real time.
The contest is run using the MATLAB Web Server as an interface between your Web browser and a MATLAB session, which runs and scores the entries.
For more information about the MATLAB Programming Contests, visit
www.mathworks.com/contest 
The MathWorks helps Advance Subsurface Imaging
| For the past two years, The MathWorks has collaborated with research teams from universities and corporate partners to form a consortium that develops non-invasive methods for visualizing and understanding subsurface objects. This consortium, the Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems (CenSSIS), seeks to revolutionize the detection and imaging of biomedical and environmental objects or conditions that are underground, underwater, embedded within cells, or inside the human body. |
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The CenSSIS multidisciplinary approach combines expertise in wave physics, sensor engineering, image processing, and inverse scattering with rigorous performance testing. This approach leads to new sensing system prototypes that are handed off to industry partners for further development and commercialization. Diverse fields have benefited from this program, including fetal development, stroke victim rehabilitation, and nondestructive oceanographic imaging. In addition, this program provides student researchers with real-world experiences and assists in the design of new, richer engineering curricula.
By donating software and employee time to the CenSSIS Program, The MathWorks aims to increase the scope and productivity of science. For more information, visit www.censsis.neu.edu
