MathWorks MATLAB and Simulink Release 2019a

MathWorks has introduced Release 2019a of MATLAB and Simulink. The release contains additional products and important enhancements for artificial intelligence (AI), signal processing and static analysis, along with updated capabilities and bug fixes across all product families.

One of the key challenges in moving AI from hype to production is that organisations are hiring AI ‘experts’ and trying to teach them engineering domain expertise. With R2019a, MathWorks enables engineers to quickly and effectively extend their AI skills, whether it’s to develop controllers and decision-making systems using reinforcement learning, training deep learning models on NVIDIA DGX and cloud platforms, or applying deep learning to 3D data.

R2019a introduces Reinforcement Learning Toolbox, further enhancing the MATLAB workflow for AI. The toolbox facilitates a type of machine learning that trains an ‘agent’ through repeated trial-and-error interactions with an environment to solve controls and decision-making problems. The toolbox reiterates the company’s commitment to AI, building on last spring’s R2018b introduction of Deep Learning Toolbox, which was enhanced with support for NVIDIA GPU Cloud, Amazon Web Services, and Microsoft Azure, and interoperability through support of the ONNX exchange format. Further support for AI in R2019a includes significant enhancements to Computer Vision Toolbox, Data Acquisition Toolbox and Image Acquisition Toolbox.

R2019a also features several updated signal processing and communications products to support wireless and electronics development, as well as advances in the company’s Polyspace static analysis family, including products that support enterprise-scale use for the design and development of safety- and business-critical software.