Accelerating Embedded System Design through Simulation, MBSE & DevOps
Overview
Integrating Simulation, MBSE, and DevOps is key to managing the growing complexity of embedded system design (FPGA, System-on-Chip, MCU).
Simulation ensures early functional verification, MBSE structures requirements and design, and DevOps accelerates and automates verification and deployment through Continuous Integration.
This session explores real-world examples where these approaches streamline code generation, enhance system verification, and enable efficient multi-target deployment. By bridging design and implementation, this helps to reduce errors, improve traceability, and speed up development.
Highlights
- Structure design and requirements with MBSE
- Verify functionality early with Simulation
- Generate efficient code for embedded systems (FPGA, SoC, MCU)
- Automate verification and deployment with DevOps
Who Should Attend
- Systems Engineers
- System Architects
- Software Architects
- FPGA Engineers
- Software Engineers
- R&D Manager, CTO
About the Presenters
Andrew Paice is Head iHomeLab at the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts since 2018. With his team, he researches intelligent building systems that improve the quality of life for the occupants. The focus is on the application of automation, artificial intelligence, and the internet of things for Smart Energy Management and Active & Assisted Living for the elderly. Previously, Andrew held various leadership positions in industrial research and development at Schindler Elevators and ABB. His PhD is in Nonlinear Control from the ANU. He has over 30 publications and several patents.
Sébastien Pech is an embedded software engineer at Liebherr Machine Bulle. Team Leader of a small inhouse and offshore software development team which implements basic software and application feature for diesel and hydrogen engine control unit. Sébastien is encouraging the development of an agile culture in his team and beyond. Prior to Automotive, Sébastien mainly worked in aeronautical engineering all around the world.
Dr. Christine Bolliger is a Senior Technical Expert at MathWorks, supporting Swiss clients across multiple industries, specializing in software engineering, technical and cloud computing. Before joining MathWorks, she worked as a team lead and software engineer in data science. She holds master's degrees in Physics and Computational Science & Engineering from the University of Bern and ETH Zurich, and a PhD in Biomedical Sciences.
Stephan van Beek is a seasoned technical specialist with over 17 years at MathWorks, Eindhoven, where he helps engineers and organizations across Europe implement Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and Model-Based Design (MBD) for FPGA and SoC development. With deep expertise in Systems Engineering and Embedded Systems, he guides customers in optimizing design workflows, accelerating innovation, and bridging the gap between algorithm development and hardware implementation. Stephan holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Eindhoven University of Applied Sciences and is passionate about driving efficiency and excellence in engineering design processes.
Nikolaus Hahn is a senior account manager for MathWorks Switzerland . He has 25 years’ experience on digital innovation projects for multiple industries in Switzerland. Nikolaus holds a Dipl. Ing. from Technical University of Munich.
Agenda
| Time | Title | Who |
11.45 |
Lunch & Registration |
|
12.45 |
Why now? Practical examples from the field |
Niki Hahn-de Bettignies |
13.00 |
Leveraging simulation and HIL for a strategic MBSE adoption |
Andrew Paice, HSLU |
13.30 |
System-on-Chip meets Systems Engineering
|
Stephan van Beek |
14.45 |
Coffee break |
|
15.00 |
Cl/CD infrastructure for Model-Based Design at Liebherr |
Sebastien Pech, Liebherr |
15.30 |
DevOps workflows with MATLAB and Simulink
|
Christine Bolliger |
16.45 |
Closing thoughts and how to get started? |
Niki Hahn-de Bettignies |
17.00 |
Networking Apéro |
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