Visible to the public CPS Summit

http://varma.ece.cmu.edu/Summit/


In April of 2008, the CPS Summit convened in St. Louis, MO. Discussion at the summit included the following topics.

The CPS Vision

  • grand challenge problems
  • scientific challenges
  • technological challenges

Architecture of a CPS Research Initiative

  • scope: disciplines and domains
  • types of projects over the program life cycle
  • structure of interdisciplinary projects
  • models for industrial collaboration
  • dissemination of results

Scientific Foundations

  • fundamental questions
  • elements of the science of CPS
  • foundational disciplines
  • interdisciplinary barriers
  • intra-disciplinary barriers
  • motivating applications

Engineering and Technological Foundations

  • vision for tool chains that support analysis, design, implementation, and certification
  • development of test beds
  • technological substrates and architectures
  • high confidence and security
  • off-line computational tools
  • on-line capabilities
  • certification

Broader Impact

  • societal impacts of CPS
  • addressing societal impacts in the CPS research program
  • education: graduate/undergraduate/K-12
  • addressing education in the CPS research program
  • technology transition
  • international collaboration

Attached are two of the documents resulting from that summit.

  1. The CPS Executive Summary
  2. The CPS Summit Report