Is it possible to run MATLAB on Google colab?

Can I leverage google colabs GPU's for Matlab?

Im a PhD student working on wireless signal processing. My college has campuswide license for matlab and my labhead has Google colab pro subscription. For my next project, I want to employ a deep learning model. Now my laptop's GPU is not upto the mark.

I learnt that "The MATLAB Integration for Jupyter enables you to access MATLAB in a web browser from your Jupyter environment." from https://github.com/mathworks/jupyter-matlab-proxy

Also, Jupyterlab can be installed in Google colab through collabcode https://analyticsindiamag.com/explained-how-to-access-jupyterlab-on-google-colab/#:~:text=Accessing%20JupyterLab%20on%20Google%20Colab,Click%20here%20to%20know%20more.

Any suggestions/workarounds.?

[yanqi liu]

yes，sir，may be test simple cnn train demo to check

[Mike Croucher]

Here's a workaround. Its experimental but might be enough for you Using MATLAB on Google Colab » The MATLAB Blog - MATLAB & Simulink

Answer 1

[Shivam Lahoti]

Hi Vetrivel,

I understand that you want to leverage Google Colab’s CPU to run your MATLAB code for Deep-learning models as your laptop’s GPU is slower.

I found a MATLAB answer discussing similar workarounds for the same, please have a look at them.

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/1838873-can-i-use-google-colab-for-running-matlab-codes

If the Google Colab workaround that you are trying doesn’t work, then you shall try running MATLAB on the Cloud to speed up the process. Please refer to the documentation below for the same.

https://www.mathworks.com/solutions/cloud.html

I hope this was helpful.

Regards,

Shivam Lahoti.