Mike Croucher

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I write The MATLAB Blog at MathWorks and specialize in High Performance Computing, Research Software Engineering and Machine Learning. You can also follow me at BlueSky https://bsky.app/profile/walkingrandomly.bsky.social

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Solving practical problems on quantum computers and quantum-inspired hardware with Quadratic Unconstrained Binary Optimization (QUBO)
In my first article on quantum computing I took a look at gate based quantum computing using the MATLAB Support Package for...

6 days ago

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Parallel computing in MATLAB: Have you tried ThreadPools yet?
Give ThreadPool a tryIf you have some parallel MATLAB code and want to try something that may make it go faster then I...

26 days ago

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We’ve been listening: MATLAB R2025a Prerelease update 5 now available
The first public version of the R2025a Prerelease went live in January and today we released update 5. This update to the...

1 month ago

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Advance Optimization Software: Fully Funded PhD with HiGHS and MathWorks at University of Edinburgh
Last year I discussed the collaboration between the open source optimization library, HiGHS and MathWorks. This included...

1 month ago

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MathWorks Call for Research Proposals Spring 2025
Do you conduct research on 'Engineered Systems'?If you are in the business of building or conducting research on 'Engineered...

2 months ago

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On love and research software: Sharing code with your Valentine
I've been sharing mathematical equations with some sort of connection to Valentine's day for a long time now. Indeed, the...

2 months ago

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How to run local DeepSeek models and use them with MATLAB
Almost immediately after the DeepSeek-R1 AI models were made available to the world, people started asking how you can use...

3 months ago

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Visualizing yesterday’s earthquake in Boston using MATLAB and a Raspberry Shake
During an online meeting with my colleagues in Boston yesterday, some of them were rather startled when their offices...

3 months ago

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Debugging support in the MATLAB extension for Visual Studio Code
Since its April 2023 launch, the MATLAB extension for Visual Studio Code has been extremely popular with over 329,000...

4 months ago

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Solving Higher-Order ODEs in MATLAB
In a comment to last year's introduction to the new ODE solution framework in MATLAB, Ron asked if I could provide an...

4 months ago

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NumPy in MATLAB
I've been a user of Python for almost as long as I've been a user of MATLAB and am very comfortable with both ecosystems. As...

5 months ago

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20 years of supercomputing with MATLAB
While prepping for the SC24 supercomputing conference with the rest of the MathWorks crew I idly wondered when Parallel...

5 months ago

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Linear Programming, the HiGHS Optimization library and MATLAB
What is linear programming?Linear programming (LP) is a mathematical method used to determine the best possible outcome...

6 months ago

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Creating seamless loop animations in MATLAB
This is a guest post by Vasileios Bellos that he originally wrote in the MathWorks Central Discussions channel. Vasileios is...

6 months ago

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4 ways of using MATLAB with Large Language Models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT and Ollama
Everyone's talking about Large Language Models (LLMs) and a huge number of you are using them too. Here are 4 ways to make...

7 months ago

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MATLAB now has over 1,000 functions that Just Work on NVIDIA GPUs
GPU support in MATLAB started in R2010bBack in R2010b, the first GPU enabled functions were made available in MATLAB via...

7 months ago

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Weather and climate data in MATLAB: GRIB file format support
Author: This is a guest post by Jacob Halbrooks, Manager of Mapping at MathWorks.GRIB is a standard file format used to...

7 months ago

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The latest version of MATLAB: R2024b has just been released
Representing the culmination of millions of person-hours of work conducted by thousands of engineers around the world, the...

7 months ago

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What’s the difference between the A and B releases in MATLAB?
As we get closer to the release of MATLAB R2024b this Wednesday, many users inevitably ask "What's the difference between...

7 months ago

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Teaching MATLAB at the 2024 EUMaster4HPC High Performance Computing Summer School
I think that MATLAB is a great platform on which to do High Performance Computing (HPC) and take any opportunity I can to...

8 months ago

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Introducing ISC Earthquake Toolbox
Today’s guest blogger is Kostas Leptokaropoulos. Kostas is the MathWorks Geoscience Academic Discipline Manager, supporting...

10 months ago

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International Women in Engineering Day – Team Quotes
I'm so excited to write a guest post for the mighty MATLAB blog, to celebrate International Women in Engineering Day! I'm...

10 months ago

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Paged Matrix Functions in MATLAB (2024 edition)
Back in 2021, Loren Shure posted an article that introduced the first page-wise matrix functions in MATLAB: A page-wise...

11 months ago

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Celebrating Spring: MATLAB Tulip
Joining us again is Eric Ludlam, development manager of MATLAB’s charting team. Discover more about Eric on our...

11 months ago

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Should we ban tic/toc?
Yesterday morning, I overheard my kids talking about a tic/toc ban which surprised me because they are not MATLAB users and...

12 months ago

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Leading by Example: How lively examples help MATLAB community toolboxes grow their capabilities & communities
Today's post is from Vijay Iyer, a principal academic discipline manager (Neuroscience) who is also leading the MATLAB...

12 months ago

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Faster Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) solvers and Sensitivity Analysis of Parameters: Introducing SUNDIALS support in MATLAB
Late last year I introduced the new solution framework for solving Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs) that made its...

1 year ago

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Two of my ‘White Whale’ features have been added to MATLAB R2024a
Everyone has them! MATLAB features that you've been requesting for ages. You email MathWorks support, you post long rants on...

1 year ago

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How we made a better backslash in MATLAB R2024a
Few things say 'MATLAB' better than the backslash. So good, we put it on a T-shirt.As most people will be aware, the...

1 year ago

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The Steve Eddins Interview: 30 years of MathWorking
This month, Steve Eddins is retiring from MathWorks after 30+ years on the job. When he joined, MathWorks was only 10 years...

1 year ago