{"id":90,"date":"2007-05-09T09:01:50","date_gmt":"2007-05-09T14:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/loren\/2007\/05\/09\/matlab-tour-legs-12-and-3\/"},"modified":"2018-01-08T15:13:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-08T20:13:09","slug":"matlab-tour-legs-12-and-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/loren\/2007\/05\/09\/matlab-tour-legs-12-and-3\/","title":{"rendered":"MATLAB Tour Legs 1,2, and 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content\">\n<p>I've just returned home from three weeks in Europe on the MATLAB World Tour where I visited Italy, Spain, France, and Switzerland, accompanied by various colleagues. We met great staff from our local<br \/>\noffices in each place, and had a wonderful time meeting many of you. There's more of the tour to follow, throughout other<br \/>\nEuropean countries, as well as sites in Australia and Asia, so please visit our website and sign up, if possible, so we can<br \/>\nmeet you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Contents<\/h3>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#1\">Italy<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#4\">Spain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#5\">France<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#11\">Switzerland<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"#13\">Souvenirs<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3>Italy<a name=\"1\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Scott and I started off in Milano.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/scott.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Scott got this beautiful cup of coffee. It reminds me of <a title=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/loadFile.do?objectId=4372&amp;objectType=file (link no longer works)\">this submission<\/a> on the File Exchange.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/coffee.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here's a shot of my master class. The class was very interactive, with some participants \"earning\" a MATLAB T-shirt for asking<br \/>\na good question or answering a complex question well.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/italyMasterClass.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Spain<a name=\"4\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Scott and I then went to Madrid.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/scottSpain.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>More T-shirts rewarded for participation. (Hint: this is worth keeping in mind for the future, if you come to visit us on<br \/>\nthe tour elsewhere.)<\/p>\n<h3>France<a name=\"5\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Next stop, meeting Mike in Toulouse.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/mikeFrance.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We met some customers throughout, including during the outdoors coffee break. Here's J\u00e9r\u00f4me Briot and Gaetan Guerin. J\u00e9r\u00f4me is an active participant on the <a>MATLAB newsgroup<\/a> when he is not doing his research in biomechanics.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/dutmatlab.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We used Mike's <a title=\"https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/matlabcentral\/fileexchange\/loadFile.do?objectId=9671&amp;objectType=file (link no longer works)\">clock<\/a> as our timekeeper in France.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/clock.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In Paris, we met Charles Lehalle who uses MATLAB heavily for his finance work, such as tools he's posted <a href=\"\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/charles.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ambling around Paris, I saw tables of people playing chess in the park.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/chess.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And these charming mice showed up at the Mus\u00e9e d'Orsay.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/mice.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Switzerland<a name=\"11\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Next stop, Zurich, where Sam<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/sam.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and I met up with another great group of users.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/zurich.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Souvenirs<a name=\"13\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>I didn't buy much on my trip, but here are a few delicacies that I brought home for gifts. Such beautiful packaging!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.mathworks.com\/images\/loren\/90\/food.jpg\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All in all, great memories, including those from meeting with so many curious customers!<\/p>\n<p><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\nfunction grabCode_c60d03c8a0a74f5b8e7bfe88a5a4c853() {\n        \/\/ Remember the title so we can use it in the new page\n        title = document.title;\n\n        \/\/ Break up these strings so that their presence\n        \/\/ in the Javascript doesn't mess up the search for\n        \/\/ the MATLAB code.\n        t1='c60d03c8a0a74f5b8e7bfe88a5a4c853 ' + '##### ' + 'SOURCE BEGIN' + ' #####';\n        t2='##### ' + 'SOURCE END' + ' #####' + ' c60d03c8a0a74f5b8e7bfe88a5a4c853';\n    \n        b=document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];\n        i1=b.innerHTML.indexOf(t1)+t1.length;\n        i2=b.innerHTML.indexOf(t2);\n \n        code_string = b.innerHTML.substring(i1, i2);\n        code_string = code_string.replace(\/REPLACE_WITH_DASH_DASH\/g,'--');\n\n        \/\/ Use \/x3C\/g instead of the less-than character to avoid errors \n        \/\/ in the XML parser.\n        \/\/ Use '\\x26#60;' instead of '<' so that the XML parser\n        \/\/ doesn't go ahead and substitute the less-than character. \n        code_string = code_string.replace(\/\\x3C\/g, '\\x26#60;');\n\n        author = 'Loren Shure';\n        copyright = 'Copyright 2007 The MathWorks, Inc.';\n\n        w = window.open();\n        d = w.document;\n        d.write('\n\n\n\n<pre>\\n');\r\n        d.write(code_string);\r\n\r\n        \/\/ Add author and copyright lines at the bottom if specified.\r\n        if ((author.length > 0) || (copyright.length > 0)) {\r\n            d.writeln('');\r\n            d.writeln('%%');\r\n            if (author.length > 0) {\r\n                d.writeln('% _' + author + '_');\r\n            }\r\n            if (copyright.length > 0) {\r\n                d.writeln('% _' + copyright + '_');\r\n            }\r\n        }\r\n\r\n        d.write('<\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n\\n');\n      \n      d.title = title + ' (MATLAB code)';\n      d.close();\n      }\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right; font-size: xx-small; font-weight: lighter; font-style: italic; color: gray;\">\n<a><span style=\"font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;\">Get<br \/>\nthe MATLAB code<br \/>\n<noscript>(requires JavaScript)<\/noscript><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Published with MATLAB\u00ae 7.4<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\nc60d03c8a0a74f5b8e7bfe88a5a4c853 ##### SOURCE BEGIN #####\n%% MATLAB Tour Legs 1, 2, and 3\n% I've just returned home from three weeks in Europe on the\n% <https:\/\/www.mathworks.com\/company\/events\/worldtour\/matlab07\/?s_cid=HP_E_C_MLTOUR MATLAB World Tour>\n% where I visited Italy, Spain, France, and Switzerland, accompanied by\n% various colleagues.  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