Dr. Jeho Park, CIS’ Scientific Computing Specialist, found from faculty interviews that at HMC: More faculty use Matlab than any other scientific software 56% of faculty surveyed used Matlab in research or instruction Students use Matlab in homework, research, projects, and Clinic

Pros: covered faculty, staff, and students priced moderately Cons: required a live Internet connection to HMC’s Matlab servers no Internet access meant you could not launch Matlab (no Matlab usage on plane, remote locations, hotels / areas where you need to pay for Internet) an Internet interruption meant you got kicked off Matlab College (through CIS) must maintain two Matlab license servers software obtained from CIS only

covers faculty, staff, and students no Internet access needed for usage users can download Matlab software, toolboxes, and updates directly from Mathworks’ website users can access pre-release versions of Matlab if they want each user must perform one-time account registration and software activation with Mathworks

1) Register for an account with Mathworks 2) Associate your new account with HMC’s TAH activation key 3) Install the software 4) Activate the software