McSCert receives 2024 IEEE Computer Society TCSE Synergy Award

Through its global annual awards program recognizing outstanding contributions in the software engineering community, IEEE’s Technical Community on Software Engineering (TCSE) honoured McMaster’s Centre for Software Certification (McSCert) with a Synergy Award.

The award is granted to an organization that stands as a model in the software engineering community of effective partnership between industry and universities. Past Synergy Award winners include Peking University’s Software Engineering Institute, IBM’s Centre for Advanced Studies, Microsoft Research and the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Melon.

For 15 years, MsSCert, part of the Faculty of Engineering at McMaster University, has been promoting collaboration and partnerships across various sectors, demonstrating a dedication to advancing standards and practices within the industry, amplifying impact and enhancing technology transfer.

With an overarching goal to improve the practice of software engineering applied to critical systems involving software, McSCert works with various partners to research how to produce software that can be certified and how existing software may be certified. Past partners include Google, Mitacs, General Motors, Stellantis and Rogers.

“McSCert’s research and development work has had significant commercial, economic and societal impact,” says John Preston, Associate Dean of Research, Innovation and Partnerships in McMaster’s Faculty of Engineering. “Through innovative methodologies and tools, McSCert’s research team is reshaping the landscape of software certification, facilitating the development and validation of crucial software application.”

TCSE awards will be presented at the 46th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE 2024) on April 19 in Lisbon, Portugal.