Comments on: Spring 2008 Contest date announcement

By: EMMANUEL OFORI AMANFO

EMMANUEL OFORI AMANFO — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:04:50 +0000

Although,this is the first time that I am taking part, I am looking forward to becoming the champion for the contest.Please what topics will the contest be based on?
Please,post details now so that we can start preparing

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 19:00:24 +0000

Willy - If you are having problems with code that you are developing, you can post the code with the questions on our CSSM newsgroup. It’s easy, just click on Newsgroup in the nav bar above.

Emmanual - Great to hear that you are getting ready for the contest! An important part of the contest is the time constraints and the different phases (darkness, twilight, daylight). To practice, look at some of the past contests and practice you MATLAB skills there. Alan Chalker has posted a mid-contest code analysis midway of most contests. These are a truly great read!

By: EMMANUEL OFORI AMANFO

EMMANUEL OFORI AMANFO — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 18:54:57 +0000

Although,this is the time that I am taking part, I am looking forward to becoming the champion for the contest.Please what topics will the contest be based on?
Please,post details now so that we can start preparing.

By: Willy

Willy — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 03:56:41 +0000

Wow, I really wish that I could be a part of this contest. But, I am just learning MATLAB. I would like to learn voice recognition, but I know it is a very very hard program. So, please, can anyone be my mentor? I really could use some major help right now. I am also interested in calling C++ from MATLAB. So, I wish I could be in this fun and exiting contest. I’m sure many of those participating in this contest are really advanced. Good Luck to you all!

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:29:25 +0000

Hey Anuj - The contest “test” and other details will be posted on April 30th. See you then!

By: Anuj Tripathi

Anuj Tripathi — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:28:23 +0000

Please post the details for the online test.
and when will it be held in future.

By: AKTripathi

AKTripathi — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:27:02 +0000

Please post the details for the online test.

By: Matthew Simoneau

Matthew Simoneau — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:11:30 +0000

Function handles will probably still be forbidden. It’s an unfortunate side effect of our contest machinery.

By: Helen

Helen — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:07:52 +0000

To take part in this contest, stay tuned on April 30th to see what the new game is. We announce the game and the game rules, and all are invited to join in the fun. :-)

By: Louis Lu

Louis Lu — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 10:21:02 +0000

How can I take part in it?

By: OkinawaDolphin

OkinawaDolphin — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 07:52:10 +0000

During the gene splicing contest function handles were forbidden. Does this only mean that function handles must not be used as parameters or assigned to variables? Does it mean that arrayfun and cellfun (which can’t be used without function handles) are forbidden, too? In my opinion it is not a good thing to ban the use of a central Matlab concept and force participants to write for and while loops instead.

By: Helen Chen

Helen Chen — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:30:31 +0000

Nes and Herve - Actually, many of our winners in past contests have been from outside of the US. Although the contest discussion is in English, MATLAB is universal. It is possible that we may host non-English contests in the future if we see a resonable group of community members who are interested in playing. There is considerable work needed to plan and manage these events. Feel free to contact me directly if you have ideas of how we could get your international communities involved in a contest.

Nil - We usually start around noon Eastern time. Looking at World clock, that looks like 16:00 UTC.

David - Good thought, stay tuned this contest and you may see some interesting twists to the contest.

Thanks for all the great discussion!
Helen

By: Hervé

Hervé — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 09:02:46 +0000

It would be nice if this contest was run in languages other than English, or, reading some of the other comments above does the contest only concern American university students?

By: David S

David S — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 18:27:52 +0000

It would be nice to have a novice and/or intermediate division for people who are new to Matlab and/or have never entered a Matlab contest before.

By: Nil

Nil — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 20:54:50 +0000

Hello,
When does the contest start (in GMT) ?
Thanks,

Nil

By: zarchan

zarchan — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 23:22:19 +0000

I am not sure if I can finish it,I will try my best>

By: nes

nes — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 17:04:00 +0000

in french, please

By: Helen

Helen — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:10:31 +0000

Shripad, Ranjit, Samantha and all - Everyone is quite welcome and encouraged to join our contest! If you want to do some “studying” before we announce the challenge, take a look at http://www.mathworks.com/contest/splicing/about.html. You can also take a look at some of the past challenges listed on our home page. http://www.mathworks.com/contest/. If you take a look at our discussion thread during the contest ( http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/newsreader/view_thread/158935#402068 ) you can get a feel for the types of strategies used during the contest. Alan Chalker’s mid-contest commented submission ( http://www.mathworks.com/contest/splicing.cgi/view_submission.html?id=43338 ) is also a good read!

By: samatha

samatha — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 13:11:51 +0000

I ‘m s student of industrial informatic and instrumentation .This term , I ‘ve got a project in neural network - Can I be a part of this contest !! Wait for your information !!

By: Ranjit

Ranjit — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:28:52 +0000

Please post the details for the online contest.

By: shripad

shripad — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:49:45 +0000

i am a software engineer working for DELPHI ,can i be a part of this contest!!!There is an entire competency working on MATLAB in delphi this will be quite an invigorating news for employees out here if they are allowed to be part of the Programming Contest.

By: Helen

Helen — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:55:02 +0000

Mike and Jed - Sorry about the conflict. We will try to keep this in mind next spring contest. It’s always hard to accommodate everybody’s schedules.

Paul - Details of this contest challenge will be posted on April 30th.

See you all then - and good luck with exams!

Helen

By: Jed

Jed — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:59:37 +0000

I concur with Mike, you placed this contest over the final exams of almost all universities that I know of. Students, Professors, Grad student TAs, everyone is going to be as busy as can be trying to get this stuff done.

By: barundev.paul

barundev.paul — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 02:14:31 +0000

Please post the details for the online test.

By: Mike M

Mike M — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:13:23 +0000

Your contest extends over my final exam days.
That makes participation difficult!
http://students.asu.edu/academic-calendar