MATLAB Programming Contest Blog

November 7th, 2007

Fall Contest is here!

The 2007 Fall MATLAB Contest officially begins at noon today. Find out what this challenge is all about at at the contest page. See a description of the challenge, the full contest rules, and a FAQ that explains how to participate.

The contest will run through noon next Wednesday, November 14th. Many of you had asked for a darkness period late in the contest, so we’ve added a new twist this time: late stage twilight. In addition to hiding all code for a full day, we will change the test suite next Monday. As always, winners of our various challenges will receive a small prize for their efforts.

If you have questions about the contest, or encounter problems along the way, please post your questions to the newsgroup thread.

Good luck to everyone!

Helen Chen and the MATLAB Central Team

PS: After the contest ends on Wednesday, November 14th, some of us are getting together near Harvard Square (Cambridge, Mass.) for a drink to celebrate another great contest. Email me if you’d like to join us.

Leave a Reply

Wrap code fragments inside <pre> tags, like this:

<pre class="code">
a = magic(3);
sum(a)
</pre>

If you have a "<" character in your code, either follow it with a space or replace it with "&lt;" (including the semicolon).


The MATLAB Programming Contest is a semi-annual competition where contestants submit MATLAB code to try to solve a challenge. For more information, see the overview.
  • gopal: This is a try
  • Amtu: Well done Alfonso ! Congratulations ! Thanks MATLAB team, I’m already looking forward to the next time.
  • Alan Chalker: Just wanted to post here as well that I think Alfonso should be declared the grand winner since the top...
  • Alan Chalker: Just noticed something curious on the statistics page. While some of the charts are updating correctly,...
  • Ned: To Oliver: There will not be a late stage twilight in this contest. So it’s full daylight right to the end.
  • Oliver Woodford: Much obliged, Mike. For anyone looking for a speed boost to that approach I recommend “Basic...
  • MikeR: I agree with Oliver that if possible making the final few hours of the contest conceal the entries will be...
  • Oliver Woodford: When does late stage twilight begin, and will it then run on until the end of the contest?
  • Alan Chalker: As I traditionally do about this time in the contest, I’ve submitted a heavily commented version...
  • the cyclist: Looks like there might be a problem with the statistics page. For one thing, Alan Chalker holds all 20...

These postings are the author's and don't necessarily represent the opinions of The MathWorks.