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Scilab Toolbox Japan Contest 2011

And the winners are… With the support of the National Institute of Informatics, the Scilab Toolbox Japan Contest is organized every year to encourage broad use of Scilab software by students in Japanese universities and colleges. 2011 edition prizewinners are now known and divided into two categories: students and general section. Students Section Grand Prize Winner: Ms. Satoko Kikkawa MuPAT (Multiple Precision Arithmetic Toolbox) "MuPAT" is a quadruple and octuple precision arithmetic toolbox. In MuPAT, quadruple and octuple precision arithmetic can be easily treated as well as double

Mailing Lists

New for French users To meet the needs of many users, a new mailing list for our French users has been created: users-fr@lists.scilab.org. In parallel, the mailing List "Lycée" is now named "Enseignement" to expand its use and welcome the French teachers from high schools, preparatory classes, universities and engineering schools around their common issues in using Scilab in education:enseignement@lists.scilab.org For more information on Scilab mailing lists

New version of module lycée

Version 1.4-1 of French Module Lycée offers new functions in statistics and probability To update or install this version, click on Scilab menu Applications > Module Manager - ATOMS, and then on Education> Module Lycée. This version 1.4-1 of Module Lycée offers new functions in statistics and probability that can be used in French classes (seconde and première levels) and fit the new French educational programs for the 2011-2012 school year.

Scilab in Linux Pratique

An article on Scilab is available in #66 of the French Magazine Linux Pratique Entitled "Affichez vos modèles Blender 3D en situation dans Scilab" - Display your 3-D model Blender in situation in Scilab, the article on page 28 of the magazine explains how to help the user to display a 3-D object in situation in Scilab. The author Yann Morère highlights the adaptability and interoperability of Scilab and free software. To view the magazine, visit the Linux Pratique website

Scilab is recognized as having educational value by the French Department of Education

Scilab and its module for High schools have been granted with the RIP label ("Reconnu d'intérêt pédagogique” - recognized as having educational value) by the committee decision of June 15, 2011 Awarded by the French Department of Education, this label is designed to guide teachers in selecting tools that meet the needs and requirements of the educational system. Consult the press release: CP_Scilab_26072011_eng.pdf 126.12 kB See the news on Educnet website (in French only)

Scilab 5.3.3

We are glad to announce the release of Scilab 5.3.3 Scilab 5.3.3 corrects two serious bugs causing : the Japanese and Polish localizations to fail, the Mac OS X version to fail under Mac OS X 10.6.8 following Apple last update. Download the latest release of Scilab Major changes with Scilab 5.3.2

Back to ScilabTEC 2011

All the media documents that were presented during ScilabTEC 2011 on June 29 at the École Polytechnique, are available for download

Scilab back under Mac OS X 10.6.8

A development version of Scilab can be downloaded Following the last update of Apple Mac OS X version 10.6.8, Scilab 5.3.2 does not load properly. The bug fix will be part of Scilab 5.3.3 release planned for next weeks.  Meanwhile you can download a development version which works under Mac OS X 10.6.8 here For more information, please report to the related bug

Scilab 5.3.2 under Mac OS X 10.6.8

The last Apple update prevents Scilab from launching Following the last update of Apple Mac OS X version 10.6.8, Scilab 5.3.2 does not load properly. We are actively working to resolve the situation so that users can benefit again and as soon as possible of the features of Scilab under this platform. For more information, please report to the related bug

Scilab 5.3.2 under Mac OS X 10.6.8

We are glad to announce the release of Scilab 5.3.2 Scilab 5.3.2 offers users various improvements of Scinotes - the text editor, of Xcos and its documentation, and new functions. Download the latest release of Scilab Major changes with Scilab 5.3.1