I don't actually recommend it but Matlab is annoying good at a lot of things you want for data science.
I'd only recommend Matlab for data science if you already know it (say you're studying engineering) and are looking to start with data science.
I'd only recommend Matlab for data science if you already know it (say you're studying engineering) and are looking to start with data science.
Also, if you like Matlab/know it well, you might want to look into the deep learning toolbox (if you have access to it). I found I was able to do all the stuff I was doing in keras with Matlab. Haven't learned to recreate all the stuff I was doing with tensor flow there, but it might be possible.