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Awesome MATLAB & Simulink Hackathons

Bring your ideas to life with MATLAB & Simulink!

Taking part in a Hackathon? MathWorks is partnering with Major League Hacking (MLH) to provide you with free access to MATLAB & Simulink. MATLAB is a programming language with specialized toolboxes for Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Signal Processing, Hardware Programming, Finance PLUS lots more. If you have any questions reach out to us at hackathon@mathworks.com.

Below you will find:

How to Get MATLAB?

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Hackathon Tips and Tricks

Looking for inspiration for your projects? Check out this recorded livestream to see how to tackle common hackathon workflows and save time on your hacks! This talk will cover:

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MLH Supported Hackathons

Visit this page to get a complimentary MATLAB Online license or this page to get a complimentary MATLAB & Simulink desktop license if you are a participant at a Major League Hacking Event. MLH Hackathons we support include:

Best Use of MATLAB Prize Category

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Other Hackathons supported by MathWorks

Getting Started Resources

<table> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>Learn MATLAB<b> <br> <img src="images/ml.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> Complimentary 2-hour tutorials for <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/matlab-onramp/gettingstarted">MATLAB</a></li> <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/machine-learning-onramp/machinelearning">Machine Learning</a></li> <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/deep-learning-onramp/deeplearning">Deep Learning</a></li> <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/reinforcement-learning-onramp/reinforcementlearning">Reinforcement Learning</a></li> <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/optimization-onramp/optim">Optimization</a></li> <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/signal-processing-onramp/signalprocessing">Signal Processing</a></li> <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/image-processing-onramp/imageprocessing">Image Processing</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>Learn Simulink<b> <br> <img src="images/simulink.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> Complimentary 2-hour tutorials for <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/simulink-onramp/simulink">Simulink</a></li> <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/stateflow-onramp/stateflow">Stateflow</a></li> <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/control-design-onramp-with-simulink/controls">Control Design</a></li> <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/simscape-onramp/simscape">Simscape</a></li> <li><a href="https://matlabacademy.mathworks.com/details/circuit-simulation-onramp/circuits">Circuit Simulation</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/academia/student-competitions/tutorials-videos.html">Videos and Tutorials for Student Projects<b> <br> <td><ul> Learn How to Use MATLAB and Simulink for Student Projects <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/series/perception.html">Perception</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/series/robotics-education.html">Robotics</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/series/student-competition-code-generation-training.html">Code generation and working with Hardware</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/series/making-vehicles-and-robots-see-getting-started-with-perception-for-students.html">Making Vehicles and robots See</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/series/hybrid-electric-vehicles.html">Hybrid Electric Vehicles</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/series/implementation.html">Implementation</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/series/improving-your-racecar-development-101027.html">Automotive System Development</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>Student Lounge Blog<b> <br> <img src="images/blog.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> Sharing technical and real-life examples of how students can use MATLAB and Simulink in their everyday projects #studentsuccess <li><a href="https://blogs.mathworks.com/student-lounge/category/data-science/?s_tid=Blog_student-lounge_Category">Data Science</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.mathworks.com/student-lounge/category/workflow/?s_tid=Blog_student-lounge_Category">Project Workflows</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.mathworks.com/student-lounge/category/skills/?s_tid=Blog_student-lounge_Category">Improve your skills</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.mathworks.com/student-lounge/category/automated-driving/?s_tid=Blog_student-lounge_Category">Automated Driving</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.mathworks.com/student-lounge/category/hackathons/?s_tid=Blog_student-lounge_Category">Hear from other Hackathon Winners</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>MATLAB's YouTube How-To Playlist<b> <br> <img src="images/howto.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> Short videos from MathWorks’ engineers on how to solve some of the most common tasks for your project <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn8PRpmsu08oBSjfGe8WIMN-2_rwWFSgr">Watch the Videos</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>MATLAB Central's File Exchange<b> <br> <img src="images/fex.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> Download and use community contributed code top help you get started or gain inspiration for your project <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/?s_tid=gn_mlc_fx_files">Find Code to inspire your project</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>MATLAB Answers<b> <br> <td><ul> Find Answers, Learn and Share your Knowledge <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/index/?s_tid=gn_mlc_an">Learn from the Community</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Resources by Application Area

<table> <tbody> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>Data Analysis and Data Science<b> <br> <img src="images/dads.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_prog/clean-messy-and-missing-data-in-tables.html">Clean Messy and Missing Data in Tables</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/data_analysis/data-smoothing-and-outlier-detection.html">Data Smoothing and Outlier Detection</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/human-activity-recognition-simulink-model-for-deployment.html">Human Activity Recognition Simulink Model for Smartphone Deployment</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/linear-regression-workflow.html?s_tid=srchtitle_linear%20regression_3">Linear Regression Workflow</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/supervised-learning-machine-learning-workflow-and-algorithms.html">Supervised Learning Workflow and Algorithms</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/support-vector-machine-classification.html">Support Vector Machine Classification</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/classification-learner-app.html">Classification Learner App</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/regression-learner-app.html">Regression Learning App</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/support-vector-machine-classification.html">Support Vector Machine Classification</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>Artificial Intelligence<b> <br> <img src="images/ai.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/campaigns/offers/mastering-machine-learning-with-matlab.html">Mastering Machine Learning: A Step-by-Step Guide with MATLAB</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/stats/dimensionality-reduction.html">Dimensional Reduction and Feature Extraction</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/import-deep-neural-networks.html">Import Deep Neural Networks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/export-deep-neural-networks.html">Export Deep Neural Networks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/gs/get-started-with-deep-network-designer.html">Get Started with Deep Network Designer</a></li> Deep Learning with Images <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/ug/create-simple-deep-learning-network-for-classification.html">Create Simple Deep Learning Network for Image Classification</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/ug/classify-images-from-webcam-using-deep-learning.html">Classify Webcam Images Using Deep Learning</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/ug/train-generative-adversarial-network.html">Train Generative Adversarial Network (GAN)</a></li> Deep Learning with Time Series and Sequence Data <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/ug/speech-command-recognition-code-generation-on-raspberry-pi.html">Speech Command Recognition Using Deep Learning on a Raspberry Pi</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/ug/time-series-forecasting-using-deep-learning.html">Time Series Forcasting Using Deep Learning</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/ug/classify-sequence-data-using-lstm-networks.html">Sequence Classification Using Deep Learning</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/ug/classify-ecg-signals-using-long-short-term-memory-networks.html">Classify ECG Signals Using Long Short-Term Memory Networks</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/deeplearning/ug/voice-activity-detection-in-noise-using-deep-learning.html">Voice Activity Detection in Noise using Deep Learning</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>App Building and Visualization<b> <br> <td><ul> App Building <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/app-designer.html">App Designer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/app-designer-overview-1510748719083.html">[VIDEO] Getting Started with App Designer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_guis/write-callbacks-for-gui-in-app-designer.html">Write Callbacks in App Designer</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/compiler/webapps/create-and-deploy-a-web-app.html">Create a Web App</a></li> Data Visualization <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/matlab-graphics.html">MATLAB Graphics</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/products/matlab/plot-gallery.html">MATLAB Plot Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/images/ref/imshow.html">Display Images</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/geographic-plots.html?s_tid=CRUX_lftnav">Geographic Plots</a></li> Examples and Code <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_guis/data-analysis-app-or-gui.html">App with Auto-Reflow That Updates Plot Based on User Selections</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_guis/wind-speed-gui-in-app-designer.html">App with Timer Object that Queries Website Data</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/?type%5B%5D=apps">MATLAB Community Created Apps</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_plots/create-word-cloud-with-string-arrays.html">Create Word Clouds from String Arrays</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/creating_plots/create-geographic-bubble-chart-from-tabular-data.html">Create Geometric Bubble Chart from Tabular Data</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/?category%5B%5D=matlab%2Fgraphics">MATLAB Community Created Graphics functions and examples</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>MATLAB with Python<b> <br> <img src="images/mlpython.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/matlab-and-simulink-with-python-1608717934692.html?s_tid=srchtitle_python%2520and%2520matlab_4">[VIDEO] Integrating MATLAB and Simulink with Python</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHEZqpvE7D0">[VIDEO] How to Call Python from MATLAB</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OocdPu1Tcrg">[VIDEO] How to Call MATLAB from Python</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/install-supported-python-implementation.html?s_tid=srchtitle_python_4">Configure Your System to Use Python</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_external/matlab-arrays-as-python-variables.html?s_tid=srchtitle_python%20and%20matlab_5">MATLAB Arrays as Python Variables</a></li> </ul></td> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>Working with Hardware<b> <br> <img src="images/hw.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> Low-Cost Hardware <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/raspberry-pi-matlab.html?s_tid=srchtitle">Raspberry Pi Support from MATLAB</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/raspberry-pi-simulink.html">Raspberry Pi Support from Simulink</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/arduino-simulink.html?s_tid=srchtitle_arduino_2">Arduino Support from Simulink</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/arduino-matlab.html">Arduino Support from MATLAB</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/45182-matlab-support-package-for-usb-webcams?s_tid=srchtitle">MATLAB Support Package for USB Webcams</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/70363-matlab-support-package-for-parrot-drones?s_tid=srchtitle">MATLAB Support Package for Parrot Drones</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/63318-simulink-support-package-for-parrot-minidrones?s_tid=FX_rc1_behav">Simulink Support Package for Parrot Minidrones</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/robot-operating-system.html?s_tid=srchtitle_robot%20operating%20system_1">Robot Operating System (ROS) Support from ROS Toolbox</a></li> NVIDIA GPUs <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/78736-simulink-coder-support-package-for-nvidia-jetson-cpus?s_tid=srchtitle">Simulink Coder Support Package for NVIDIA Jetson CPUs</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/nvidia-gpu.html">NVIDIA GPU Support from GPU Coder</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/images/ref/imshow.html">Deep Learning Support from GPU Coder</a></li> Mobile Devices <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/android-sensor.html?s_tid=srchtitle_Android_2">Android Sensor Support from MATLAB</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/android-programming-simulink.html">Android Support from Simulink</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/49895-simulink-support-package-for-apple-ios-devices?s_tid=srchtitle">Simulink Support Package for Apple iOS Devices</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/hardware-support/iphone-sensor.html">iPhone and iPad Sensor Support from MATLAB</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>Finance and FinTech<b> <br> <img src="images/finance.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/machine-learning-for-algorithmic-trading-1503691224414.html">[Webinar] Machine Learning for Algorithmic Trading</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/finance/portfolio-optimization-using-factor-models.html">Portfolio Optimization Using Factor Models</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/backtesting-trading-strategies-in-just-8-lines-of-code-1499289703258.html">Backtesting Trading Strategies in Just 8 Lines of Code</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/videos/series/getting-started-with-trading-toolbox-94461.html">[VIDEO] Getting started with Trading Toolbox</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/campaigns/offers/financial-time-series-cheat-sheets.html">5 MATLAB Cheat Sheets for Forecasting Financial Time Series</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>Climate Change<b> <br> <img src="images/climate-change.jpg" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/70338-climate-data-toolbox-for-matlab">Climate Data Toolbox for MATLAB</a></li> <li><a href="https://blogs.mathworks.com/loren/2021/04/22/climate-data-toolbox-understanding-our-changing-climate/">[BLOG] Climate Data Toolbox: Understanding our Changing Climate</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/77542-visualizations-of-northern-hemisphere-sea-ice-concentration?tab=example&focused=">Visualizations of Northern Hemisphere Sea Ice Concentration</a></li> <li><a href="https://github.com/beaudu/sunrise">MATLAB code to compute sunrise and sunset times from any location on Earth</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> <tr class="odd"> <td> <b>Internet of Things (IoT)<b> <br> <img src="images/thingspeak-iot-matlab.png" style="width:2.13889in;height:1.55726in" /></td> <td><ul> ThingSpeak Basics <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/products/thingspeak.html?s_tid=srchtitle_Thingspeak_1">ThingSpeak for IoT Projects</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/topics/thingspeak.html?q=&page=1">ThingSpeak Community</a></li> <li><a href="https://thingspeak.com/channels/public">ThingSpeak Public Channels</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/thingspeak/getting-started-with-thingspeak.html">Getting Started with ThingSpeak</a></li> Examples and Code <li><a href="https://thingspeak.com/pages/environmental_monitoring">ThingSpeak for Environmental Monitoring</a></li> <li><a href="https://thingspeak.com/pages/environmental_monitoring">ThingSpeak Communication Library for Arduino</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/thingspeak/google-ifttt-thingspeak-lamp.html">Use Google Assistant to Turn a Light On and Off</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/help/thingspeak/create-custom-channel-view.html">Create Customized ThingSpeak Channel View</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/47049-analyzing-weather-data-from-an-arduino-based-weather-station">Analyzing Weather Data from an Arduino-based Weather Station</a></li> </ul></td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

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