December 14, 2020

McSCert’s Simulink-to-Stateflow Tool selected as MathWorks’ Pick of the Week

McSCert’s tool Simulink-to-Stateflow has been selected as File Exchange Pick of the Week* by MathWorks. The tool was developed during a collaboration with a large automotive OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer). The Simulink-to-Stateflow tool refactors stateful logic implemented with Simulink block diagrams into Stateflow state charts. It is intended for use on fixed-step discrete block diagrams, such as those used to generate embedded software. The tool can be downloaded here: https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/70317-simulink-to-stateflow For more on the tool, including its theoretical foundations, an interested reader is referred to: Wynn-Williams, S., Diskin, Z., Pantelic, V., […]
February 25, 2018

McSCert’s Line-Goto/From Tool has been selected as MathWorks File Exchange Pick of the Week

McSCert’s Line-Goto/From Tool, has been selected as Matlab Central Pick of the Week. The tool quickly converts Simulink’s signal lines to Goto/From connections, and vice versa, helping increase Simulink model readability, and saving developers time with a common model development activity. Matlab and Simulink, by MathWorks, are widely used in both industry and academia to solve complex problems in aerospace, automotive and other application domains. Users can submit and share their Matlab applications, functions, models, and other creations to MathWorks’ online archive called Matlab Central File Exchange. There are presently […]
February 22, 2018

McSCert’s Signature Tool has been selected as MathWorks File Exchange Pick of the Week

McSCert’s Signature Tool has been selected as Matlab Central Pick of the Week. The Signature Tool extracts the signature of a Simulink subsystem. A signature represents the interface of a Simulink subsystem, including the subsystem’s explicit ports, as well as subsystem’s hidden (implicit) data flow. The signature of a Simulink subsystem helps the user understand the subsystem’s explicit and implicit data flow. Further, the tool assists a developer in identifying if the system’s modular structure has been broken, and offers a metric that can be utilized to assess and improve […]
January 17, 2018

McMaster Engineering researchers awarded funding to advance software safety for next-generation vehicles

McMaster Engineering researchers have initiated a $2 million project to work with General Motors Canada (GM Canada) to develop methods to help ensure the safety and reliability of autonomous and electrified vehicles. Mark Lawford, Director of the McMaster Centre for Software Certification (McSCert), and his collaborators received funding from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Ontario Centres of Excellence and GM Canada. Within the context of the automotive industry’s ongoing development of new and complex software technologies for vehicles, GM Canada’s goal is to be at […]