Modelica Association

The Modelica Association is a non-profit, non-governmental organization with the aim of developing and promoting the Modelica modeling language for modelling, simulation and programming of physical and technical systems and processes.

The Modelica Association owns and administrates incorporeal rights related to Modelica, including but not limited to trademarks, the Modelica Language Specification, Modelica Standard Libraries, etc., which should be generally available for the promotion of industrial development and research.

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Individuals interested in joining the Modelica Association must have contributed to an MA project or to other parts of the Modelica Association. A contribution is typically demonstrated by participation in at least two projects or Assembly meetings during the previous twelve-month period (§3 of the bylaws). There is no such prerequisite for organizational membership applications. Individuals and organizations may apply to become a member with this form (PDF format) which should be completed, signed, scanned and mailed to the chairman. Currently, the fee for individuals is 20 Euro/year and for organizations since 2007 according to the number of employees: ≤ 5: 500 Euro/year, ≤ 50: 1000 Euro/year, ≤ 500: 2000 Euro/year, > 500: 5000 Euro/year.

Information on upcoming design meetings and more are published on the Modelica Association calendar. People interested to participate should contact the organizer for details.

Board of the Modelica Association
Board Members
Chairperson Martin Otter DLR-SR, Germany martin.otter@dlr.de
Vice-Chairperson Martin Sjölund Linköping University, Sweden martin.sjolund@liu.se
Secretary Michael Tiller JuliaHub, USA michael.tiller@gmail.com
Treasurer Jonas Eborn Modelon, Sweden jonas.eborn@modelon.com
Board Members with specific duties
Marketing Hubertus Tummescheit Modelon, Sweden hubertus.tummescheit@modelon.com
Quality and Processes Francesco Casella Politecnico di Milano, Italy francesco.casella@polimi.it
Technology Torsten Blochwitz ESI, Germany torsten.blochwitz@esi-group.com
MA Project leader “Modelica Language” Hans Olsson Dassault Systèmes, Sweden hans.olsson@3ds.com
MA Project leader “Modelica Libraries” Martin Otter (temporarily) DLR-SR, Germany martin.otter@dlr.de
MA Deputy Project leader “Modelica Libraries”
MA Project leader “FMI” Christian Bertsch Bosch, Germany contact@fmi-standard.org
MA Deputy Project leader “FMI” Torsten Sommer Dassault Systèmes, Germany contact@fmi-standard.org
MA Project leader “SSP” Jochen Köhler ZF Friedrichshafen, Germany jochen.koehler@zf.com
MA Deputy Project leader “SSP” Pierre Mai PMSF, Germany pmai@pmsfit.de
MA Project leader “DCP”
MA Deputy Project leader “DCP” Klaus Schuch AVL, Austria klaus.schuch@avl.com
MA Project leader “eFMI” Christoff Bürger Dassault Systèmes, Sweden christoff.buerger@3ds.com
MA Deputy Project leader “eFMI” Hubertus Tummescheit Modelon, Sweden hubertus.tummescheit@modelon.com

Members of the Modelica Association with Specific Duties
Newsletter Editor Filip Ježek Prague, Czech Republic
Auditor Karl Wernersson Dassault Systemes, Lund, Sweden
Deputy Auditor Bernhard Bachmann Fachhochschule Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Modelica Association Backoffice

Modelica Association Backoffice is run by LTX Simulation GmbH in Munich, Germany. If you want to become a member or have other adminstrative questions, please contact us at: backoffice@modelica.org

Contributor License Agreements and other documents can be sent to:

MA Backoffice
c/o LTX Simulation GmbH
Wohlfartstr. 21b
80939 Munich
Germany

Organizational Members of the Modelica Association (listed alphabetically)

Individual Members of the Modelica Association (listed alphabetically)

Map of Modelica Association members

Have a look at the map of Modelica Association members (created using the map rendering service of GitHub).

History of the Modelica Association

There have been several attempts to define object-oriented languages for physical modeling. However, the ability to reuse and exchange models relies on a standardized format. It was thus important to bring this expertise together to unify concepts and notations. The Modelica design effort was initiated by Hilding Elmqvist, Dynasim AB, and started in September 1996 within an action of the ESPRIT project “Simulation in Europe Basic Research Working Group (SiE-WG)”. The Modelica language has been designed by the developers of the object-oriented modeling languages Allan, Dymola, NMF, ObjectMath, Omola, SIDOPS+, Smile and a number of modeling practitioners in different domains. After 8 three-day meetings, during a 1-year period, a first version of a Modelica language description was put on the web in September 1997. After 19 three-day meetings, during a 3-year period, version 1.3 of the language specification was finished in December 1999. This was the first version used in actual applications. In December 2000 an update of the language, version 1.4, has been published.

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