The MathWorks
Encyclopedia
The MathWorks, Inc., branded as simply MathWorks, is a privately held, multi-national corporation
that specializes in mathematical computing software
. Its major products include MATLAB
and Simulink
. In addition to their application in industry and government, the company's tools are used for teaching and research at universities worldwide. As of October 2011, it employed 2,300 people worldwide with 70% located at the company's headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts
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(President & CEO), Cleve Moler
(Chief Scientist), and Steve Bangert (now inactive) on December 7, 1984. Its flagship product, MATLAB, made its public debut at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control in Las Vegas, Nevada that same year. The company sold its first order, 10 copies of MATLAB, for $500 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
(MIT) in February 1985.
In 1986, MathWorks relocated to Massachusetts and following a decade of growth, settled into its current headquarters on Apple Hill Drive in the town of Natick in July 1999. By that time, the company had grown to nearly 1,000 people. The years that followed saw expansion internationally, with the opening of offices in Spain, Germany, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland in 2000; an office in Italy in 2002; and locations in South Korea and Sweden in 2004. An office in India was opened in 2008 and the company established a direct presence in Japan in 2009. MathWorks also expanded its main campus in Massachusetts with the purchase of a 150000 square feet (13,935.5 m²) office building at Apple Hill in July 2008, followed by the purchase of another 170000 square feet (15,793.5 m²) building in the same complex in December 2009.
; and EcoCAR
, an advanced vehicle technology competition created by the United States Department of Energy
(DOE) and General Motors
(GM). It also is a supporter of public broadcasting, including National Public Radio (NPR)'s "Here and Now" program. The company was cited for its contributions to the 2010 Haiti earthquake relief efforts.
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Corporation
A corporation is created under the laws of a state as a separate legal entity that has privileges and liabilities that are distinct from those of its members. There are many different forms of corporations, most of which are used to conduct business. Early corporations were established by charter...
that specializes in mathematical computing software
Computer software
Computer software, or just software, is a collection of computer programs and related data that provide the instructions for telling a computer what to do and how to do it....
. Its major products include MATLAB
MATLAB
MATLAB is a numerical computing environment and fourth-generation programming language. Developed by MathWorks, MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages,...
and Simulink
Simulink
Simulink, developed by MathWorks, is a commercial tool for modeling, simulating and analyzing multidomain dynamic systems. Its primary interface is a graphical block diagramming tool and a customizable set of block libraries. It offers tight integration with the rest of the MATLAB environment and...
. In addition to their application in industry and government, the company's tools are used for teaching and research at universities worldwide. As of October 2011, it employed 2,300 people worldwide with 70% located at the company's headquarters in Natick, Massachusetts
Massachusetts
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America. It is bordered by Rhode Island and Connecticut to the south, New York to the west, and Vermont and New Hampshire to the north; at its east lies the Atlantic Ocean. As of the 2010...
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History
MathWorks was founded in Portola Valley, California, by Jack LittleJohn N. Little
John N. Little is the president and co-founder of MathWorks and a co-author of early versions of the company's MATLAB product.He is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Trustee of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council...
(President & CEO), Cleve Moler
Cleve Moler
Cleve Barry Moler is a mathematician and computer programmer specializing in numerical analysis. In the mid to late 1970s, he was one of the authors of LINPACK and EISPACK, Fortran libraries for numerical computing. He invented MATLAB, a numerical computing package, to give his students at the...
(Chief Scientist), and Steve Bangert (now inactive) on December 7, 1984. Its flagship product, MATLAB, made its public debut at the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control in Las Vegas, Nevada that same year. The company sold its first order, 10 copies of MATLAB, for $500 to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
(MIT) in February 1985.
In 1986, MathWorks relocated to Massachusetts and following a decade of growth, settled into its current headquarters on Apple Hill Drive in the town of Natick in July 1999. By that time, the company had grown to nearly 1,000 people. The years that followed saw expansion internationally, with the opening of offices in Spain, Germany, France, The Netherlands, and Switzerland in 2000; an office in Italy in 2002; and locations in South Korea and Sweden in 2004. An office in India was opened in 2008 and the company established a direct presence in Japan in 2009. MathWorks also expanded its main campus in Massachusetts with the purchase of a 150000 square feet (13,935.5 m²) office building at Apple Hill in July 2008, followed by the purchase of another 170000 square feet (15,793.5 m²) building in the same complex in December 2009.
Products & Services
See also:- MATLABMATLABMATLAB is a numerical computing environment and fourth-generation programming language. Developed by MathWorks, MATLAB allows matrix manipulations, plotting of functions and data, implementation of algorithms, creation of user interfaces, and interfacing with programs written in other languages,...
- MEX fileMEX fileMEX stands for MATLAB Executable. A MEX file provides an interfacebetween MATLAB and subroutines written in C, C++ or Fortran.When compiled, MEX files are dynamically loaded and allow non-MATLAB code to be invoked from within...
- MEX file
- SimulinkSimulinkSimulink, developed by MathWorks, is a commercial tool for modeling, simulating and analyzing multidomain dynamic systems. Its primary interface is a graphical block diagramming tool and a customizable set of block libraries. It offers tight integration with the rest of the MATLAB environment and...
- SimEventsSimEventsSimEvents is a discrete event simulation tool developed by MathWorks. It adds a library of graphical building blocks for modeling queuing systems to the Simulink environment...
- StateflowStateflowStateflow, developed by MathWorks, is a control logic tool used to model reactive systems via state charts and flow diagrams within a Simulink model...
- xPC TargetXPC TargetxPC Target is a real-time software environment from MathWorks. Together with x86-based real-time systems, it enables engineers to simulate and test Simulink and Stateflow models in an early-as-possible stage in real-time on the physical hardware under test....
- SimEvents
- PolyspacePolyspacePolyspace is a static code analysis tool inspired by the failure of the maiden flight of Ariane 5 where a run time error resulted in destruction of the launch vehicle. It is the first example of large-scale static code analysis by abstract interpretation to detect and prove the absence of certain...
Social Responsibility
MathWorks refers to its corporate social responsibility program as its "Social Mission," which has five components: Investments in Education, Staff-Driven Initiatives, Local Community Support, Green Initiatives and Disaster Relief. The company annually sponsors a number of student engineering competitions, including the SDR Forum's Smart Radio Challenge, where university teams build and demonstrate a software-defined radioSoftware-defined radio
A software-defined radio system, or SDR, is a radio communication system where components that have been typically implemented in hardware are instead implemented by means of software on a personal computer or embedded computing devices...
; and EcoCAR
EcoCAR
EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge is a three-year competition that builds on the 19-year history of U.S. Department of Energy advanced vehicle technology competitions by giving engineering students the chance to design and build advanced vehicles that demonstrate leading-edge automotive technologies,...
, an advanced vehicle technology competition created by the United States Department of Energy
United States Department of Energy
The United States Department of Energy is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material...
(DOE) and General Motors
General Motors
General Motors Company , commonly known as GM, formerly incorporated as General Motors Corporation, is an American multinational automotive corporation headquartered in Detroit, Michigan and the world's second-largest automaker in 2010...
(GM). It also is a supporter of public broadcasting, including National Public Radio (NPR)'s "Here and Now" program. The company was cited for its contributions to the 2010 Haiti earthquake relief efforts.
Logo
The logo represents the first vibrational mode of a thin L-shaped membrane, clamped at the edges, and governed by the wave equationWave equation
The wave equation is an important second-order linear partial differential equation for the description of waves – as they occur in physics – such as sound waves, light waves and water waves. It arises in fields like acoustics, electromagnetics, and fluid dynamics...
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External links
- MathWorks company page
- The Origins of MATLAB by Cleve Moler
- The Growth of MATLAB and The MathWorks over Two Decades by Cleve Moler
- Profile on Yahoo Finance