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• 2012 NSF CPS Solicitation
• What are Cyber-Physical Systems?
• CPS: A National Priority
• US Congressional Hearing on CPS
• Recent CPS Workshop Community Reports
• National CPS Workshops
• CPS Research Conferences and Workshops

In 2013, NSF continues its major research initiative on Cyber-Physical Systems. Please see the NSF Solicitation. Proposals are due on or before January 29, 2013. This program is a continuation of last year's RFP, which was highly successful. There continues to be tremendous interest in the program with a large number of proposal expected to be submitted, reflecting immense interest in the growing CPS research community. Please send your best proposals in.

Thanks again to all participants, contributors, well-wishers and, of course, to thought leaders at NSF. Onward!

Cyber-Physical Systems

   

• Context
• CPS: A National Priority: 2007 PCAST NITRD Report, 2008 US Congressional Hearing
• CPS Workshops and Meetings

Context

Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) represent a bold new generation of systems that integrate computing and communication capabilities with the dynamics of physical and engineered systems.

Just like the internet transformed how we interact with information systems, cyber-physical systems will transform how we interact with and manipulate the physical world.

A growing community of academic researchers, industry leaders and government executives has held a series of planning meetings, workshops and roundtables to articule a strong and compelling vision for the next generation of cyber-physical systems.

Please block your calendars for CPS Week 2013 in Philadelphia, USA in April 2013.

Our special thanks to

• Dr. Farnam Jahanian, Assistant Director for CISE, National Science Foundation
• Dr. Keith Marzullo, Director of the Computer and Network Systems Division, NSF
• Dr. Helen Gill, Program Director at NSF
• Dr. Kishan Baheti, Program Director at NSF
• and all other NSF program directors who guide the vision and focus of the CPS program.

Our thanks also go to

• Dr. Jeannette Wing, Former Director of CISE at NSF
• Dr. Ty Znati, Former Director of the Computer and Network Systems Division, NSF
• Dr. Scott Midkiff, Former Program Director at NSF
• Ms. Frankie King, formerly with NITRD.

CPS: A National Priority

PCAST NITRD Report

Please see page 31 of the 2007 NITRD Review report by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST). The report is titled Leadership Under Challenge: Information Technology R&D in a Competitive World".

"[Networked Information Technology] Systems Connected With The Physical World", also refered to as cyber-physical systems, are cited as the top technical priority for networking and IT research and development.

US Congressional Hearing and CPS

On July 31, 2008, the Committee on Science and Technology of the US House of Representatives conducted a hearing as part of its oversight responsibilities of the Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) Program. The Committee Chairman, Congressman Bart Gordon, made an opening statement. A witness panel provided statements and answered questions from the committee. The panelists were:

• Dr. Chris Greer, Director, National Coordination Office, Networking and Information Technology Research and Development. [Dr. Greer's testimony]
• Dr. Daniel A. Reed, Director, Microsoft Research, Scalable and Multicore Computing (and co-author of PCAST Report). [Dr. Reed's testimony]
• Dr. Craig Stewart, Associate Dean, Research Technologies, Indiana University, representing the Coalition for Academic Scientific Computation. [Dr. Stewart's testimony]
• Mr. Don C. Winter, Vice President, Engineering & Information Technology, Phantom Works, Boeing Company. (Mr. Winter has been an active leader of the CPS community). [Mr. Winter's testimony]

Recent CPS Community Reports

• DRAFT report from the NITRD/NSF National Workshop on the New Clockwork for Time-Critical Cyber-Physical Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, October 25-26, 2012.
• DRAFT report from the NIST/NSF/USCAR Workshop on "Developing Dependable and Secure Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems from Components", Troy, Michigan, March 17-18, 2011.
• DRAFT Report from the NSF/NITRD National Workshop on Research Directions for Future Cyber-Physical Energy Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, June 3-4, 2009.
• Report from National Workshop on "Research on Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems: Automotive, Aviation, and Rail", November 18-20, 2008, Washington, DC (USA).

CPS National Community Workshops and Meetings

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• NITRD/NSF National Workshop on the New Clockwork for Time-Critical Cyber-Physical Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, October 25-26, 2012.
• NSF Planning Meeting for the CPS Curriculum/Education Workshop, Baltimore, Maryland, October 24, 2012.
• Planning Meeting for the NITRD/NSF National Workshop on The New Clockwork for Time-Critical Systems, Dayton, Ohio, June 11-12, 2012.
• NIST/NSF/USCAR Workshop on "Developing Dependable and Secure Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems from Components", Troy, Michigan, March 17-18, 2011.
• Computing Community Consortium (CCC) Workshop on New Forms of Industry - Academy Partnership in CPS Research, Fairfax, Virginia, USA, May 19, 2009.
• NSF/NITRD National Workshop on Research Directions for Future Cyber-Physical Energy Systems, Baltimore, Maryland, June 3-4, 2009.
• CPS Information Day, December 15, 2008, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
• National Workshop on "Research on Transportation Cyber-Physical Systems: Automotive, Aviation, and Rail", November 18-20, 2008, Washington, DC (USA).
• Workshop on Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems, Sponsored by the Army Research Office, June 26-27, 2008, University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California.
• CPS Summit, St. Louis, MI, April 25, 2008.
• National Workshop on High-Confidence Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems, Troy, Michigan, April 3-4, 2008.
• Planning Meeting for National Workshop on Automotive Cyber-Physical Systems, Tucson, Arizona, December 3, 2007.
• Session on Cyber-Physical Systems, NSF Symposium on Cyber-Enabled Discovery and Innovation, Troy, NY, Sept 5-6, 2007.
• Joint Workshop On High-Confidence Medical Devices, Software and Systems (HCMDSS) and Medical Device Plug-and-Play (MD PnP) Interoperability, Boston, MA, Jun 25-27, 2007.
• Workshop on Composable and System Technologies for High-Confidence Cyber-Physical Systems (CST-HCCPS), Arlington, VA, July 9-10, 2007.
• NSF Industry Roundtable on Cyber-Physical Systems, Arlington, VA, May 17, 2007.
• High-Confidence Software Platforms for Cyber-Physical Systems (HCSP-CPS) Workshop, Alexandria, VA, November 30 – December 1, 2006.
• National Meeting on "Beyond SCADA: Networked Embedded Control for Cyber-Physical Systems", Pittsburgh, PA, November 8-9, 2006.
• National Workshop on Aviation Software Systems: Design for Certifiably Dependable Systems, Oct 5-6, 2006, Alexandria, TX.
• NSF Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems, Austin, Texas, Oct 15-16, 2006.
• NSF Planning Meeting on Cyber-Physical Systems, Arlington, VA, June 2006.
• High-Confidence Medical Device Software and Systems (HCMDSS) Workshop, Philadelphia, PA, Jun 2 - 3, 2005.

CPS Conferences, Workshops and Meetings

Note: If you are organizing a CPS-related event anywhere around the globe, or know of a past event that is not listed here, Please send a note to for inclusion here. Thanks for your support for CPS research and education.

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