First Meeting
Tuesday, 12th April, at 17:00 in room FU.511
Agenda of the first meeting:
Overview of suggested topics, organization of the seminar, registration
Description of the seminar
The term cyber-physical-systems (CPSs) refers to the next generation of embedded real-time systems, which are inherently networked. CPSs differ from classical embedded systems because they are connected to a commonly accessible network offering/using services to/from external systems, respectively the cloud (cyber). But CPSs are also distinct from standard desktop/client-server applications because they interact with the analog, physical world via sensors and actuators (physical). Classical embedded systems obtain their reliable and predictable behavior from their static structure. The dynamic nature of CPSs demands new design methods, run-time environments and strategies for safe adaptation, still giving the guarantees for reliable and predictable behavior. The combination of the discrete world of computation, the analog world of physics and being connected to external networks offers a wide variety of applications: controlling future safety-critical, self-healing physical plants which can be found, for example, in cars, robots and smart power grids.
In this seminar, we will take a look at state-of-the-art work published by the CPSs research community, especially concerning real-time issues. Participants of this seminar are expected to prepare a paper about one topic and give a presentation to the seminar audience. As this seminar will be held in English, all the papers and presentations must be in English language. It will further be organized as a block-seminar where all the presentations will be held at the end of the semester. Registration for this seminar and assignment of topics will be done in the first meeting on Tuesday, 12th April, at 17:00 in room FU.511.
Suggested seminar topics
Suggested seminar topics (several sub-topics available per topic):
- Progamming models/execution environments for timing-critical CPSs
- Designing flexible though stable controllers
- Hardware and software models for CPSs
- Self-organizing concepts for CPSs
- Communication within and among timing-critical systems
- Models of computation and actor-oriented design
- Reliable design vs. uncertain environments
- Prediction and planning solutions for safe operation
