Workshop: 1st Southwest Workshop on Theory and Applications of Cyber-Physical Systems

该提案的目的是通过有关网络物理系统（CPS）的理论和应用主题的研讨会，将来自美国西南地区的教师和学生聚集在一起。目标美国西南地区包括亚利桑那州、科罗拉多州、新墨西哥州、内华达州和犹他州，有许多全球CPS社区感兴趣的积极研究项目。通过这一将于2010年秋季在图森亚利桑那大学举行的单轨研讨会，与会者将有机会展示新成果，并探索为CPS做出贡献的新途径。此外，来自学术界和政府机构的特邀演讲者将就CPS研究的开放问题、机遇和未来方向提供技术和信息性的演讲。研讨会将为研究生、教师和受邀者提供资金，以参加会议。智力价值：拟议的研讨会将促进跨CPS桥接的多学科领域的创造性想法的交流和讨论。本次研讨会是实现CPS的合作愿景的关键一步，在西南地区以及全国范围内，作为美国更广泛影响的潜在模式活动：拟议的研讨会将加强西南地区大学之间在国家利益主题上的合作。它将为传播与会者的研究成果提供一个理想的场所。来自EPSCOR国家的参与者的参与将促进新的研究合作活动，扩大他们的研究能力。研讨会将为研究生提供一个独特的机会，在半正式的环境中与同行和有经验的研究人员介绍和讨论他们的研究。它将包括该区域第一次关于CPS的讲习班，目标是每年由该区域其他机构的参与者举办一次。研讨会信息的传播将主要通过研讨会网站，并辅以电子邮件。

The objective of this proposal is to bring together faculty and students from the U.S. Southwest area through a workshop on theoretical and applied topics pertaining to cyber-physical systems (CPS). The target U.S. Southwest area, which comprises the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah, has numerous active research projects of interest to the global CPS community. Through this single-track workshop, which will take place during the Fall of 2010 at the University of Arizona, Tucson, participants will have an opportunity to present new results and explore new venues to contribute to CPS. Additionally, invited speakers from academia and government agencies will deliver technical and informative talks on open problems, opportunities, and future directions of CPS research. The workshop will provide funds to graduate students, faculty, and invitees to attend the meeting.Intellectual merit:The proposed workshop will promote the exchange and discussion of creative ideas across the multidisciplinary fields bridged by CPS. This workshop is a key step in materializing the collaborative vision of CPS, regionally within the Southwest as well as nationally as a potential model activity across the U.S. Broader impacts:The proposed workshop will strengthen collaboration between universities in the Southwest region on topics of national interests. It will provide an ideal venue for dissemination of research results of the participants. The involvement of participants from EPSCOR states will promote new research collaborative activities enlarging their research capabilities. The workshop will provide graduate students a unique opportunity to present and discuss their research with peers and experienced researchers in a semiformal environment. It will consist of the first workshop on CPS in the region, the goal being to have it organized yearly by participants from other institutions within the region. Dissemination of workshop information will be primarily through the workshop website supplemented by e-mail.