NSERC CREATE in Product-Line Engineering for Cyber-physical Systems

网络物理系统正在渗透我们生活的方方面面，并将改变我们与物理世界的互动方式。这些系统将使自动驾驶汽车、更安全和更清洁的飞机、智能可再生能源系统、智能家居和新型医疗设备成为可能。下一代这样的系统将比今天的系统更加无处不在、互联、定制和异构。设计此类系统的能力对于加拿大的技术领先地位和国际竞争力至关重要，包括汽车，航空航天，可再生能源和资源勘探部门。基于模型的产品线工程是一项关键技术，通过允许虚拟原型和从公共平台衍生此类系统来克服此类系统的复杂性。我们已经在这一关键技术领域的世界顶尖研究人员与加拿大领先的汽车、航空航天和软件公司之间建立了合作伙伴关系，以设计一个培训计划，该计划将开创这项技术背后的研究，并为HQP提供设计下一代网络物理系统所需的知识和技能。该计划将通过创新，国际和工业相关的培训模式领导HQP，该模式集成了软件，计算机，机电一体化和系统工程的核心课程;由领先的研究人员和行业专家组成的多学科团队提供指导;参与世界一流的研究;实践示范培训;和量身定制的工业实习。精英学员将获得两个应用领域的专业和技术知识，这是加拿大高科技领导地位的关键：汽车和航空航天系统。

Cyber-physical systems are penetrating every aspect of our lives and will transform how we interact with the physical world. These systems will enable self-driving cars, safer and cleaner airplanes, smart renewable energy systems, intelligent homes, and new types of medical devices. The next generation of such systems will be even more ubiquitous, interconnected, tailored, and heterogeneous than today's systems. The ability to engineer such systems is critical to Canada's technological leadership and international competitiveness, including automotive, aerospace, renewable energy, and resource-exploration sectors. Model-based product-line engineering is a key technology to conquer the complexities of such systems by allowing virtual prototyping and derivation of such systems from common platforms.****We have formed a partnership between world's foremost researchers in this key technology and leading Canadian automotive, aerospace, and software companies to design a training program that will pioneer the research behind this technology and prepare HQP with the knowledge and skills necessary to engineer the next generation of cyber-physical systems. This program will lead HQP through an innovative, international and industrially-relevant training model, which integrates core courses in software, computer, mechatronic, and systems engineering; mentoring by a multi-disciplinary team of leading researchers and industry experts; participation in world-class research; hands-on demonstrator-based training; and tailored industrial internships. Elite trainees will gain specialized professional and technical knowledge in the two application areas that are key to Canada's high-tech leadership: automotive and aerospace systems.