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In November 2010, MATLAB fans tackled a collaborative programming challenge as part of the 22nd MATLAB Online Programming Contest. Now MathWorks has announced the winner: André Fioravanti, a Ph.D. candidate at INRIA Rocquencourt / Université Paris Sud XI in Paris, France.
The contest, titled “Sailing Home,” presented contenders with a hypothetical nautical navigation programming problem: plot the fastest sailing route from one location (point A) to a Faraway Island (point B). The winning entry needed to consider variations in wind velocity all while using the motor as little as possible. For a look at Andre’s photo finish submission, link here.
MATLAB Online Programming Contests are held semiannually by MathWorks. Each contest presents a different problem to be solved over the course of a week. MathWorks contest server automatically tests and scores each entry for correctness and efficiency. All code entered in the contest is made available to all the contestants.
For more information, visit MATLAB's contest site.
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