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===Community===

The company annually sponsors a number of student engineering competitions, including [[EcoCAR]], an advanced vehicle technology competition created by the [[United States Department of Energy]] (DOE) and [[General Motors]] (GM).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Lulka|first1=Jess|title=EcoCAR3 and MathWorks Partner for Advanced Vehicle Technology|url=http://www.digitaleng.news/de/ecocar-3-and-mathworks-partner-for-advanced-vehicle-technology/|accessdate=17 July 2017|work=Digital Engineering|date=14 October 2015}}</ref> MathWorks sponsors museums and science learning centers such as the [[Museum of Science (Boston)|Boston Museum of Science]] (since 1991),<ref>{{cite web|title=Boston Museum of Science: Corporate Sponsors|url=http://www.mos.org/corporate-sponsors|publisher=Boston Museum of Science|accessdate=3 January 2015}}</ref> the [http://www.bostonkids.org/ Boston's Children Museum], the [[New England Aquarium]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.mathworks.com/company/aboutus/soc_mission/education.html|title=MathWorks - Social Mission - Investments in Education|website=www.mathworks.com|language=en|access-date=2018-05-17}}</ref>, and the mathematics exhibit at London's [[Science Museum, London|Science Museum]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Booth|first1=Nick|title=MathWorks - the proof is in the Science Museum|url=http://www.computerweekly.com/microscope/news/450409914/MathWorks-the-proof-is-in-the-Science-Museum|accessdate=17 July 2017|work=Computer Weekly|issue=22 December 2016}}</ref> MathWorks also partners with several online education resources, such as [[MIT OpenCourseWare|MIT Open CourseWare]] and the [http://www.jmooc.jp/en/about/ Japan Massive Open Online Courses].<ref name=":0" /> The company website gathered contributions to the 2010 Haiti earthquake relief efforts.<ref>{{cite news

| title = Small Fund-Raisers for Victims Start to Add Up

| url = https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/11/us/11charity.html

| publisher = ''The New York Times''

| date = February 11, 2010

| page = A10

| accessdate = April 12, 2010

| first=Stephanie

| last=Strom

}}</ref>

In the coding community, MathWorks hosts MATLAB Central, an online exchange where users ask and answer questions and share code. MATLAB Central currently houses more than 145,000 questions in its MATLAB Answers database.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Waterman|first1=Pamela J.|title=Mainstreaming Math Tools for Engineers|url=http://www.digitaleng.news/de/mainstreaming-math-tools/|accessdate=17 July 2017|work=Digital Engineering|date=1 June 2015}}</ref> The company actively supports numerous academic institutions to advance [[Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics|STEM]] education, including funding to MIT Open Courseware and MITx.<ref>{{cite news|title=MathWorks supports MIT with $2M funding|url=http://www.wbjournal.com/article/20140321/METROWEST01/140329985/mathworks-supports-mit-with-2m-funding|accessdate=17 July 2017|work=Worcester Business Journal Online|date=21 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=MathWorks Sponsors Boston STEM Week|url=http://www.digitaleng.news/de/mathworks-sponsors-boston-stem-week/|accessdate=17 July 2017|work=Digital Engineering|date=10 October 2016}}</ref>