Talk:Cyber-physical system

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Started this page since it didn't exist. Hopefully others who know what this is can fill in the blanks. Good sources include the various class web pages floating out there. Good references include Lee's 2006 paper, the NSF workshop on CPS, various Mobisys papers, etc. I'm thinking introduction, relation to embedded systems and sensor networks, applications, computing challenges, etc. Thomaslw (talk) 11:58, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Origins of the term?

Can anyone clarify the origins of the term "cyber-physical systems"? Was it coined by a particular researcher or research group, or did it originate with the NSF? The earliest references I can find to it are the 2006 NSF Workshop, and the use of the word "cyber" in this way smacks of the federal government. --Allan McInnes (talk) 06:49, 8 June 2008 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, and I've been searching a lot of stuff, I think it was coined in that workshop. Prior to that, I think the academic community called it Deeply Embedded Embedded-Systems or Sensor networks. Afterwards though there has been alot of movement towards focusing efforts in this new field using the term CPS (since that's where the NSF money is). Like CPS Week now includes three major conferences - RTAS, HSCC, and ISPN. In addition, IEEE and ACM both have special issues in their SIGs dedicated to CPS. Thomaslw (talk) 04:37, 9 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks! That was pretty much the impression I'd got. The best verifiable information I've been able to find on the topic is that NSF thinks CPS is a key research area. I've added the relevant information to the article.

Incidentally, the CPS idea seems very similar to what the National Research Council's 2001 Embedded Everywhere report called "EmNets". But I have yet to find anything that directly mentions this connection or describes the relationship between the two ideas. It does seem like many of the groups that preciously referenced Embedded Everywhere as a motivation are writing papers on cyber-physical systems. As you said, I guess that term is where the funding is.

--Allan McInnes (talk) 15:38, 9 June 2008 (UTC)