Matlab for CSE people
All CSE computers that are administered by the Computer Support Group, (eg: on a lab machine or a login server such as williams) have Matlab installed on them by default. To use Matlab on such machines, just login and run matlab.Other computers that are self-administered, may have Matlab installed on them if they are covered by the UNSW site licence.
In particular Matlab cannot be installed by a UNSW student on a personal (not UNSW owned) computer. In that case, the student will need to purchase their own Matlab licence, such as the academic version of Matlab's licence that is available from the UNSW bookshop.
The UNSW Matlab Software Licence
UNSW has a Matlab site licence which allows it to be installed (for educational and non-commercial purposes only):- On any computer belonging to UNSW
- On any computer personally belonging to a member of UNSW staff;
The UNSW Matlab site licence cannot be used by any non-staff member to install matlab on a computer not owned by UNSW.
If the UNSW license is expiring
If you are using the UNSW site license then you may get a message saying it is close to expiring. This will be because the site license is close to expiring and everyone using the UNSW license will see this message.Do not contact CSE System Support to renew the license as we cannot renew the UNSW license. UNSW IT Support will update the license before it expires.
If your copy's license does not automatically update, you can try to manually update it. You can do this by opening Matlab then going to Help -> Licensing -> Update Current Licenses...
Installing and using Matlab on a Self Administered CSE Machine (Staff with UniPass)
IT at UNSW hosts the Matlab installer and license codes for people with a Staff ID and UniPass.- Visit www.it.unsw.edu.au/staff/software/matlab.html
- Click "Download product and view licensing information" and log in with your UniPass (NOT your zPass).
- Download the appropriate installer and follow the installation instructions found on the page.
Installing and using Matlab on a Self Administered CSE Machine (PhD students)
- Ask SS to make you a member of the matlab group
- Download your own copy
from https://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~matlab/.
- Login with your CSE userid and password.
- Download the iso images for the Matlab installation (either Windows, OSX or Linux versions).
- Download the license file (license.dat).