AMASS – Assurance & Certification for Cyber‑Physical Systems

AMASS (Architecture‑driven, Multi‑concern & Seamless Assurance and Certification of Cyber‑Physical Systems) was an ECSEL/Horizon 2020 project (Grant 692474) coordinated by Tecnalia with participation from UC3M, Schneider Electric, Infineon, Thales, Honeywell, and 29 organizations across 8 countries. It ran from April 2016 to March 2019 with a budget of €20.5 million.

• Developed the first European‑wide open ecosystem for CPS assurance and certification, supporting various verticals: aerospace, automotive, industrial automation, railway and space.
• Introduced Architecture‑Driven Assurance (compatible with SysML/AUTOSAR), Multi‑Concern Assurance (co‑analysis of safety, security, reliability), and Seamless Interoperability with engineering tools.
• Reduced certification costs and risks through formalized reuse processes and tool integration.
• Produced an open‑source tool platform (integrating Eclipse, OpenCert, CHESS, BVR, EPF Composer) and a long‑term support community.

The UC3M Knowledge Reuse group, led by Prof. José L. de la Vara, led a WP on device certification and model‑based evidence collection, focusing on traceability and reuse of certification artefacts.

Coordinator: Tecnalia (Spain)

Duration: April 2016 – March 2019

Budget: €20.5 M (ECSEL‑H2020 funding)