diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 18fa42c85..9959803e0 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ CK consists of several sub-projects:
   * [CM4ABTF](https://github.com/mlcommons/cm4abtf) - a unified CM interface and automation recipes
     to run automotive benchmark across different models, data sets, software and hardware from different vendors.
 
-* [CMX (the next generation of CM)](cm/docs/cmx) - we are developing the next generation of CM 
+* [CMX (the next generation of CM and CM4MLOps)](cm/docs/cmx) - we are developing the next generation of CM 
     to make it simpler and more flexible based on user feedback. Please follow 
     this project [here]( https://github.com/orgs/mlcommons/projects/46 ).
 
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ CK consists of several sub-projects:
 
 ### Maintainers
 
-* CM/CMX/CM4Research: [Grigori Fursin](https://cKnowledge.org/gfursin)
+* CM/CM4Research: [Grigori Fursin](https://cKnowledge.org/gfursin)
 * CM4MLOps: [Arjun Suresh](https://github.com/arjunsuresh) and [Anandhu Sooraj](https://github.com/anandhu-eng)
+* CMX (the next generation of CM) [Grigori Fursin](https://cKnowledge.org/gfursin)
 
 ### Citing our project
 
@@ -89,11 +90,11 @@ To learn more about the motivation behind CK and CM technology, please explore t
 
 ### Acknowledgments
 
-The open-source Collective Knowledge project (CK)
-was founded by [Grigori Fursin](https://cKnowledge.org/gfursin),
-sponsored by cTuning.org, HiPEAC and OctoML, and donated to MLCommons 
-to serve the wider community. This open-source initiative includes 
-CM, CM4MLOps/CM4MLPerf, CM4ABTF, and CMX automation technologies. 
-Its development is a collaborative community effort, 
-made possible by our dedicated [volunteers, collaborators, 
-and contributors](https://github.com/mlcommons/ck/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)!
+The open-source Collective Knowledge project (CK, CM, CM4MLOps/CM4MLPerf, 
+CM4Research and CMX) was created by [Grigori Fursin](https://cKnowledge.org/gfursin)
+and sponsored by cTuning.org, OctoAI and HiPEAC.
+Grigori donated CK to MLCommons to benefit the community
+and to advance its development as a collaborative, community-driven effort.
+We thank MLCommons and FlexAI for supporting this project,
+as well as our dedicated [volunteers and collaborators](https://github.com/mlcommons/ck/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md)
+for their feedback and contributions!
diff --git a/cm/CHANGES.md b/cm/CHANGES.md
index e526859e5..492d9a92f 100644
--- a/cm/CHANGES.md
+++ b/cm/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
-## V3.4.1.1
+## V3.4.2
    - added utils.flatten_dict
+   - added utils.safe_int
+   - added utils.safe_float
+   - added utils.get_set
+   - added utils.digits
 
 ## V3.4.1
    - reduced Python min version in pyproject.toml to 3.7 for backwards compatibility
diff --git a/cm/cmind/__init__.py b/cm/cmind/__init__.py
index 6fa7e4068..d63eb4ef4 100644
--- a/cm/cmind/__init__.py
+++ b/cm/cmind/__init__.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Written by Grigori Fursin
 
-__version__ = "3.4.1.1"
+__version__ = "3.4.2"
 
 from cmind.core import access
 from cmind.core import x
diff --git a/cm/cmind/utils.py b/cm/cmind/utils.py
index e352fbc90..23296c6e4 100644
--- a/cm/cmind/utils.py
+++ b/cm/cmind/utils.py
@@ -2047,3 +2047,108 @@ def flatten_dict(d, fd = {}, prefix = ''):
            fd[prefix + k] = str(v)
 
     return
+
+##############################################################################
+def safe_int(i, d):
+    """
+    Get safe int (useful for sorting function)
+
+    Args:    
+             i (any): variable with any type
+             d (int): default value
+
+    Returns: 
+             (int): returns i if it can be converted to int, or d otherwise
+    """
+
+    r = d
+    try:
+        r = int(i)
+    except Exception as e:
+        pass
+
+    return r
+
+##############################################################################
+def safe_float(i, d):
+    """
+    Get safe float (useful for sorting function)
+
+    Args:    
+             i (any): variable with any type
+             d (float): default value
+
+    Returns: 
+             (float): returns i if it can be converted to float or d otherwise
+
+    """
+
+    r = d
+    try:
+        r = float(i)
+    except Exception as e:
+        pass
+
+    return r
+
+##############################################################################
+def get_set(meta, key, state, keys):
+    """
+    Get value from dict and update in another dict 
+
+    Args:
+      meta (dict): original dict
+      key (str): key to get value from original dict
+      state (dict): target dict
+      keys (list): list of keys to set value in target dict
+
+    Returns:
+      (Python object): value from original dict or None
+
+    """
+
+    v = meta.get(key, None)
+    if v != None:
+        cur = state
+        vv = None
+        for k in keys:
+            if k == keys[-1]:
+                vv = cur.get(k, None)
+                if vv == None:
+                    cur[k] = v
+            else:
+                if k not in cur:
+                    cur[k] = {}
+                cur = cur[k]
+
+    return v
+
+##############################################################################
+def digits(s, first = True):
+    """
+    Get first digits and convert to int
+
+    Args:    
+      s (str): string ("1.3+xyz")
+      first (bool): if True, choose only first digits, otherwise all
+
+    Returns: 
+      (int): returns int from first digits or 0
+
+    """
+
+    v = 0
+
+    digits = ''
+    for char in s:
+        if char.isdigit():
+            digits+=char
+        elif first:
+            break
+
+    try:
+       v = int(digits)
+    except Exception as e:
+       pass
+
+    return v