MATLAB News & Notes - November 2003
Inside the MathWorks
The MathWorks hosted two conferences in June 2003 that enabled MathWorks engineers and customers from two large industries to exchange ideas and learn from each other about engineering trends and technological advances.
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| An Aircraft sound identification application built with MATLAB, presented at the MIADC. Click on image to see enlarged view. |
Aerospace and Defense
The first MathWorks International Aerospace and Defense Conference (MIADC) convened near the corporate headquarters, in Natick,Massachusetts. It included a one-day public symposium and a two-day meeting of the MathWorks Aerospace and Defense Leadership Council (MALC), which comprises MathWorks development staff and a group of invited customers. The themes of the conference were integrating acquisition, analysis, and algorithm development in MATLAB; providing a framework for multidomain and enterprise-wide modeling and simulation in Simulink; and facilitating model-based design for embedded system development.
The Symposium’s keynote speaker, Dr. Richard Gran of Mathematical Analysis Company, spoke about NASA’s expendable launch vehicle—a project he had worked on using MathWorks tools. Other presentations were given by customers from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, the Naval Surface Warfare Center, the Guided Weapons Engineering Facility of the U. S. Air Force, and the National Air Intelligence Center. Nearly 250 participants registered for the Symposium, and 56 attended MALC. Eight MathWorks Connections Partners also attended the event. For more information, visit www.mathworks.com/nn_miadc MIADC 2004 is planned for the summer of 2004 in the Boston area.
Automotive
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| The winning FutureTruck vehicle from Cornell University on display at MAAB. Click on image to see enlarged view. |
The 7th Annual MathWorks International Automotive Conference (IAC) was held in Dearborn,Michigan. The conference included a two-day meeting of the MathWorks Automotive Advisory Board (MAAB) and was preceded by a one-day public symposium. There were 319 registered participants, 75 of whom attended the invitation-only MAAB event. Nearly every major automotive OEM and supplier from nine countries (U.S., Canada, Australia, Japan, Germany, France, UK, Sweden, and Italy) were represented at the event, and half the participants at the MAAB session were from Japan or Europe. The underlying themes of the event addressed the deployment of MathWorks products in mainstream automotive production environments, and advances in moving beyond powertrain applications.
The keynote speaker was Dr. Anthony Frank, a professor at UC Davis, who addressed the broad issue of modeling and simulation in automotive systems development, and specifically addressed the design of hybrid-fuel vehicles. Dr. Frank has led past award winning teams of the FutureTruck and FutureCar competitions. A winning FutureTruck vehicle, from Cornell University, was on display. Fourteen MathWorks Connections partners were also on hand for the event. For symposium proceedings and additional information, visit www.mathworks.com/nn_iac IAC 2004 will be held in June 2004 in Stuttgart, Germany.
