Editing MathWorks (section)

===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/|access-date=17 July 2017|work=Digital Engineering|date=14 October 2015}}</ref> MathWorks sponsored 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|access-date=17 July 2017|work=Computer Weekly|issue=22 December 2016}}</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 around 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/|access-date=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 (primarily through the use of MathWorks products), including giving 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|access-date=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/|access-date=17 July 2017|work=Digital Engineering|date=10 October 2016}}</ref>