CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
14 October 2008
Product News
The MathWorks Announces MATLAB and Simulink Student Version 2008b
The MathWorks announced the availability of MATLAB and Simulink Student Version Release 2008b, which provides major updates that address student demand for an easy-to-learn, powerful environment for both numeric and symbolic computations.
New object-oriented programming capabilities include full support for classes and objects, inheritance, methods, properties, events, and packages. These enhancements to MATLAB make programming more intuitive for the majority of science and engineering students who are already familiar with object-oriented programming in languages such as C++, C#, and Java.
The new Student Version includes Symbolic Math Toolbox Version 5.1 with a new MuPAD notebook interface that supports embedded text, graphics, and typeset math for documenting and managing symbolic mathematics computations performed with the MuPAD language. It also provides methods and functions to link MuPAD notebooks and language with the MATLAB environment. With this capability, students gain a single integrated environment for working with both numeric and symbolic computations.
“The features in Student Version 2008b further simplify MATLAB programming for students, making them proficient with the program quickly so that instructors can spend more time on actual projects and course work,” said Cleve Moler, chief scientist at The MathWorks and creator of MATLAB. “Students will benefit from code reuse and encapsulation capabilities that object-oriented programming offers; but more importantly, they can build on their knowledge of other object-oriented languages that they are already learning at school.”
To help students ramp up faster, The MathWorks has produced free, self-paced online video tutorials designed to familiarize students on MATLAB and Simulink in less than two hours. The tutorials are available at www.mathworks.com/student/start
Pricing and Availability
MATLAB & Simulink Student Version R2008b is available immediately to qualified students for the Microsoft Windows, Linux, and Macintosh platforms through authorized campus and online resellers, or directly from The MathWorks Web Store at www.mathworks.com/student. To qualify for purchase, students must be enrolled at a degree-granting institution and have a valid student ID. The student price is $99 in the U.S. and Canada. Pearson Education Limited distributes MATLAB & Simulink Student Version to university bookstores in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Bookstores in these regions should contact Pearson directly at www.pearsoned.co.uk.
Become a member of the CIMdata PLM Community to receive your daily PLM news and much more.
Tell us what you think of the CIMdata Newsletter. Send your feedback.
CIMdata is committed to your privacy. Your personal information will never be sold or shared outside of CIMdata without your express permission.