The MathWorks Announces Worldwide Availability of MATLAB Student Version Release 12

Business Wire,  Jan 24, 2001  

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NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2001

New MATLAB(R) 6 and Simulink(R) 4 Tools Deliver Standard for Technical

Computing Directly to Students

The MathWorks, Inc. today announced the availability of MATLAB(R) Student Version Release 12 for U.S. and international distribution. MATLAB Student Version Release 12 will provide students with MATLAB(R) 6 and Simulink(R) 4, major updates of The MathWorks flagship products, and the ability to couple these products with a number of application-specific add-on toolboxes and blocksets.

For the first time, students in Europe and Asia will have access to the full power of MATLAB Student Version. "In continuing our commitment to provide students with the most advanced tools available, we are happy that we can now offer MATLAB Student Version to students around the world," said Cleve Moler, Chief Scientist and co-founder of The MathWorks, Inc. "The MathWorks believes that a college education experience that includes the use of MATLAB gives students a strong foundation for success in their future careers as engineers and scientists."

The MathWorks' software tools for technical computation, visualization, modeling, and simulation are widely used in the technical curriculum at more than 2,500 colleges and universities worldwide as well as in industry. In addition, more than 400 textbooks in engineering and science feature MATLAB as a teaching tool. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California at Berkeley, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and the Georgia Institute of Technology are among the thousands of institutions that have incorporated MATLAB into their educational programs for many years. Internationally, MATLAB is integrated in the science and engineering curriculum at a vast number of universities including such research leaders as Cambridge and Oxford universities in the United Kingdom, TU Muenchen in Germany, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology in Japan.

"Now that a full-featured version of MATLAB is available to students, professors are better able to assign more advanced research projects and homework assignments, giving their students more real-world experience," said Hany Farid, leader of the Image Science Group in the Department of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. "My students and I use MATLAB in the classroom and in our image processing and computer vision research. The new full-featured version of MATLAB Student Version is a wonderful development that will be of tremendous benefit to the students and me."

MATLAB Student Version Release 12 is a cost-effective way for students around the world to use professional-strength software on their home computers. This continuity between home and classroom benefits both professors and students. With MATLAB Student Version, students can purchase and download add-on products from The MathWorks Web Store at www.mathworks.com/store/. These tools allow students to utilize commercial-strength products in their studies and research. This enables them to handle more complex problems in areas such as control design, digital signal processing, communication systems, and image processing.

Pricing and Availability

MATLAB Student Version is available immediately at The MathWorks Store at http://www.mathworks.com/store. The Student Version includes MATLAB 6, Simulink 4, and the Symbolic Math Toolbox at a discounted student price of $99. Toolboxes and blocksets are available for $59 each, except for the Signal Processing Toolbox and the Control System Toolbox, which are specially priced at $29 each. To qualify for purchase, students must be enrolled at a degree-granting institution and have a valid student ID. See the MATLAB Student Version product page for more details. MATLAB Student Version Release 12 from The MathWorks is currently shipping for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) 95, 98, Me, NT, and 2000 operating systems and Linux. Information about pricing can be found on The MathWorks Web site at www.mathworks.com.

About The MathWorks

The MathWorks develops technical computing software for engineers and scientists in industry and education. An extensive family of products, based on MATLAB and Simulink, provides high-productivity tools for solving challenging mathematical, computational, controls, and DSP and communications problems. The MathWorks products serve those in education and the following industries: automotive, aerospace, telecommunications and data communications, government, process industries, electronics, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, finance and economics, earth and planetary sciences, and instrumentation. Employing more than 700 people worldwide, the MathWorks was founded in 1984. Visit www.mathworks.com for more information.

MATLAB and Simulink are registered trademarks of The MathWorks, Inc.

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