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Help: MATLAB LicensingSchool of Health: MATLAB License Access
Summary
The School of Health (SOH) provides our member researchers with access to a Concurrent Client license to MATLAB and selected toolboxes upon request. This license will allow researchers to install MATLAB on their lab computers for research use.
Cost-Sharing Model
The license was obtained via an up-front investment by the School of Health, and involves a continuing expense to renew the license every year. In that light, access is now being provided through a cost-sharing model with researchers.
Member researchers can request access to the license for themselves and their RAs/students/trainees. Subsequently, usage activity is logged on the license server and that is combined and invoiced to the Principle Investigator (PI) for the users that are in their teams.
An hourly rate will be applied for MATLAB, SIMULINK, and any toolboxes that are used. Time will be measured in 15-minute increments. Costs will be capped per fiscal year. The rates and annual caps were selected to keep the cost well below the price of purchasing your own standalone MATLAB licensing.
Usage Rates:
| Product | Rate | Cost Cap |
|---|---|---|
| MATLAB, SIMULINK | $0.75/hour | Up to a maximum of $100 per year, per user |
| Toolboxes | $0.25/hour | Up to a maximum of $20 per year, per user |
Cost tracking
Your usage to-date (per fiscal year) can be reviewed in BookR in the MatLAB license report (see under "My Menu") which shows how many licenses of are in use, then click the "Track Cost Sharing" link.
PIs/supervisors will be able to see usage of everyone linked to them. RAs/students will only see their own usage.
Accessing the MATLAB License
Supervising researchers can request access to the license for themselves and their students the same way they do for any laboratory access at the School of Health: by filling the standard access request and checking off the MATLAB option.
- MATLAB access is only granted to users with active BookR accounts with the SOH:
- When a PI removes an RA from their team, that user is removed from the access list for the MATLAB license
- When a user's BookR account expires or is deleted, their access is removed from the license access list
- The procedure to obtain access is the same as for any School of Health lab: via a lab access request
- Installing MATLAB on your lab computer(s) will require having a MathWorks account that is using a
Concordia email addrress, and that has been linked to the School of Health MATLAB license. The application installer will require you
to log in with that account (this is only required for installing the software, not for using it on a computer where it's already installed).
To get a free account, each user can self-subscribe at www.mathworks.com
Once that is done, contact us at schoolofhealth@concordia.ca with your information and Concordia email address so we can link your account to our license. Once confirmed, a license file to use during installation will be sent to you. - Running MATLAB on your lab computer requires that the user be logged into the machine with a valid Netname. This is how the MATLAB License Server will know who is using the program and whether or not they are authorized to do so.
- The terms of the license is that the software can only be installed on Concordia-owned computers. This includes researcher lab computers purchased with grant funds.
