MATLAB Programming Contest Blog

November 14th, 2007

Markus is Our Contest Winner!

Markus is the winner of the Gene Splicing contest. His performance improvement on MikeR’s leading entry pulled him into first place. Congratulations! The other big movers in the final hours of the contest were Fernando and Claus Still.

One Response to “Markus is Our Contest Winner!”

  1. Silvio replied on :

    Contragulations ‘Markus’.
    That scrip file is a phenomenon.

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  • 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...

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