OIT is pleased to announce that UMBC has completed the procurement of a new campus site license with Mathworks, the developer of Matlab. The new site license allows UMBC to use Matlab on an unlimited number of processors. UMBC is among a handful of universities that has moved to the new Matlab site license program. This message will explain the planning and timing issues associated with the new site license.
Matlab Site License Benefits:
There are a number of benefits to this site license for faculty. The major benefits to are these:
1) An unlimited number of processors can use Matlab on campus across all computing platforms supported by the Mathworks (Windows, Unix, Mac)
2) Faculty can get a standalone copy of matlab for use on their computer when working at home or traveling; and the version of matlab is consistent across instructional and research.
Toolboxes Available as Part of the Site License:
As part of the site license program the following toolboxes are provided for unlimited usage:
Simulink
Control System Toolbox
Data Acquisition Toolbox
Imaging Processing Toolbox
Instrument Control Toolbox
Optimization Toolbox
Signal Processing Blockset
Signal Processing Toolbox
Statistics Toolbox
Curve Fitting Toolbox (New)
Stateflow (New)
SimMechanics (New)
Bioinformatics Toolbox (New)
Toolboxes Not Included/Supported Under the Site License:
Communications Toolbox
Matlab Compiler
Mapping Toolbox
Neural Network Toolbox
Partial Diff Equation Toolbox
Robust Control Toolbox
Spline Toolbox
Symbolic Math Toolbox
Wavelet Toolbox
Many of these toolboxes are no longer supported by the Mathworks and we are not sure if the others are actively in use.
Purchasing Additional Toolboxes:
Additional toolboxes can be purchased in one of two ways
1) Part of the Site License - If purchased as part of the site license the cost is approximately $700 per year for unlimited usage. Please contact OIT to purchase unlimited seats for additional toolboxes.
2) Standalone - If purchased as a standalone the faculty member deals directly with the Mathworks and purchases a single processor license. The cost is $200-$500 per depending on the toolbox chosen. Faculty and Staff should contact Mathworks directly to purchase standalone licenses for additional toolboxes.
OIT has tripled our costs to support the base site license and OIT will NOT cost share any additional toolboxes. Departments will be responsible for the cost of all additional toolboxes.
Timeline for Moving to the Site License:
OIT would like to move to the new site license by the end of March 2007. Once we convert to the new site license faculty will not be able to access the toolboxes not supported under the site license. As such, we need to know if there are critical missing toolboxes. OIT will work with faculty to acquire these toolboxes if we get notification by March 16, 2007. Please contact mikec@umbc.edu