Human Cyber Physical Systems (HCPS)

Dear Colleagues,

Cyber physical systems (CPSs) provide a seamless integration between the physical and cyber world. They combine sensor networks with embedded computers that monitor and control the physical environment, i.e., electromechanical systems such as robots, drones, vehicles, etc. CPSs can be autonomous or human CPSs (HCPSs) that also model the interaction between humans and the CPS. In HCPSs, the human users and operators of CPSs should be considered an integral part of the system since CPSs in many complex systems are meant to assist/collaborate with their human users. HCPSs are also fundamental architectural blocks in cyber physical systems of systems (CPSoS). CPSoS require a holistic, cognitive, and decentralized way of designing, running and decommissioning cyber physical system (CPS) components of the system or even the CPSoS as a whole. AI and ML techniques should be used to make the highly complex and hard-to-manage design of CPSoS feasible. A CPSoS can be viewed as three different architectural blocks that are interconnected to handle the CPSoS heterogeneity and complexity. These blocks are the CPSoS system layer block, the CPSoSaware simulation and training block, and the CPSoSaware CPS/CPHS layer block.

Topics of primary interest include but are not limited to:

• Functional and nonfunctional requirements in HCPSs;
• Design, simulation, and integration of HCPSs;
• HCPS software solutions implemented in CPUs, GPUs, embedded systems, and mobile devices;
• Implementation of HCPS components in hardware using FPGAs and ASICs;
• Communication technologies in HCPS systems;
• HCPS applications in autonomous and communicating vehicles;
• HCPS applications in industry and manufacturing.

Prof. Dr. Nikos Petrellis
Prof. Dr. Nikolaos Voros
Prof. Dr. Georgios Keramidas
Guest Editors

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