Simulink Student Challenge 2018

MathWorks celebrates the talent, creativity, and spirit of students using Simulink. Enter the Simulink Student Challenge for your chance to win up to 1000 USD by submitting your original video that shows what you’ve accomplished using Simulink. 

Student challenges celebrate the talent, creativity, and spirit of students learning with MATLAB and Simulink. Students from around the world enter by submitting MATLAB files, Simulink models or YouTube videos that showcase their projects. Cash prizes are awarded to challenge winners.

How to Enter

1. Create an original video on YouTube that includes:
   • Short introduction of your problem or application you developed using Simulink products 
   • Demonstration of how you used Simulink with any of our other products 
2. Upload your video to YouTube with the tag “#SimulinkChallenge2018”
3. Submit an entry form by December 7, 2018 (8 a.m. ET)

Important Dates

• December 7, 2018: Submission deadline (8 a.m. ET)
• December 10, 2018 – December 21, 2018: Judging
• January 14, 2019: Winners announced

Prizes for Winning Teams

• 1st Prize - 1000 USD
• 2nd Prize - 500 USD
• 3rd Prize - 250 USD

Challenge Rules:

You must currently be an enrolled student at a degree-granting institution

MathWorks employees are not eligible

YouTube video length should be 3 to 5 minutes

Teams can enter, but each team should designate only one representative per entry who receives the prize should that team win

Participation is free

Judging

• All entries will be judged by MathWorks application support engineers on a 100-point scale using these criteria:

1. Appropriateness of entry to contest theme (30-point maximum)
2. Creativity and originality of the video (40-point maximum)
3. Depth of knowledge demonstrated in the challenge solution (30-point maximum)
4. File Exchange entries related to video submissions could be eligible for bonus points based on the level of engineering skill shown in the entry (5-point maximum)

• If two or more videos receive the same winning score, the tie-breaker will be decided first based on the highest score in the appropriateness of entry to contest theme category, then the creativity and originality category, then the depth of product knowledge demonstrated category.
• The top three winners will be notified via email and announced on this page. Social media posts may also be used to announce the winners.
• Decisions by the judges are final