The MathWorks Products

The MathWorks produces technical computing software for engineers, scientists, mathematicians, and researchers. Our two core products are MATLAB^®, used for performing mathematical calculations, analyzing and visualizing data, and writing new software programs; and Simulink^®, used for modeling and simulating complex dynamic systems, such as a vehicle's automatic transmission system. We also produce over 60 additional tools for specialized tasks such as processing images and signals and analyzing financial data.

In the past few years, our customers have used MathWorks tools to:

• Improve the safety and efficiency of spacecraft docking by developing adaptive neurocontrol technology for a computer-aided, joystick control system
• Advance the mapping of the human genome by developing algorithms for DNA sequencing instruments
• Avert financial crises in emerging economies by building an econometric model to predict such crises
• Advance the diagnosis and treatment of gastrointestinal tract disorders by improving visual imaging of the small intestine
• Test the dynamic position of ships in heavy seas using scale models of those ships in the lab
• Verify the legality of money bills by scanning images of the bills and identifying the small fibers that they contain
• Improve the quality of next-generation network audio products by simulating what happens to a signal when it is transmitted over a network
• Enable temperate crops to be grown in dry coastal regions by designing a greenhouse that converts seawater into fresh water
• Improve race car performance by designing an automatic spring-testing system
• Teach computer programming to undergraduates by developing a test and measurement laboratory that confronts the students with authentic engineering problems
• Create images of hitherto unexplored underwater archeology and geology sites by mapping plankton density and location relative to water masses
• Translate the distorted sound of the human voice in high-pressure environments by lowering the frequency and pitch of the sound made by the voice box