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April 7th, 2006

Twilight Contest Winner, Diffing, and Mashup Prize Announcement

Markus is the winner of the Twilight phase of the contest. This is the first prize Markus has won in a MATLAB Contest, so he is a new inductee in the Hall of Fame. Hannes Naudé & Cobus Potgieter, Farhad Ghassemi, Francois Glineur, and Enduro round out the top five.

Contest veterans will notice a new feature on the entry listings. There’s now a “diff” link next to each that will take you to page showing the difference between that entry and the current leader. For example, you can view Francois Glineur making the first attempt to improve Markus’s winning entry (at the bottom of the entry). By changing the submission IDs at the top of the page, you can compare any two entries.

The “Best Per Phase” list on the Statistics page lists the 25 best entries from the best competitors for each of the first two phases of the contest. There are a many clever ideas there just waiting to be worked into the leading entry. We’ll award a Mashup prize for the top entry submitted before 5PM EDT today.

By Matthew Simoneau

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