NSF CPS PI Meetings

The Cyber-Physical Systems Principal Investigators Meeting provide a forum for a wide range of stakeholders in academia, industry, and Federal agencies to review new developments in CPS foundations, to identify new, emerging applications, and to discuss technology gaps and barriers.

A link to the upcoming 13th Annual Meeting and archives from the previous CPS PI Meetings can be found below.

 

2024 NSF 13th Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The 2024 CPS PI Meeting will be held in person in Nashville, TN from March 20-21, 2024. PIs should plan to arrive on Tuesday, March 19. As in previous years, the program of the meeting will include presentations about projects funded by NSF and other agencies, keynotes, panels, discussion groups, and poster & demonstration sessions. More information about the upcoming meeting will be posted soon.


2022 NSF 12th Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The 2022 Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Principal Investigators' (PI) Meeting was held at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel on Monday, November 7, 2022 through Wednesday, November 9, 2022. The meeting was in-person with virtual components, and featured keynote talks, panels, PI-led activities (lightning talks, posters, workshops, demos), a social program, and also a graduate-student forum. 


2021 NSF 11th Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The eleventh Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Principal Investigators' (PI) Meeting was held from Wednesday, June 2 through Friday, June 4, 2021 in a virtual format. The PI meeting included keynote talks, panels, PI-led activities (lightning talks, posters, workshops, demos), a social program, and also a graduate-student forum.


2019 NSF 10th Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The tenth annual Cyber-Physical Systems Principal Investigators' Meeting (CPS PI Meeting '19) was held Wednesday, November 20 - Thursday, November 21 & Friday, November 22 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, located at 1700 VA-110, Arlington, VA. The meeting provided a forum for a wide range of stakeholders in academia, industry, and federal agencies to review new developments in CPS foundations, to identify new, emerging applications, and to discuss technology gaps and barriers.


2018 NSF 9th Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The ninth annual CPS PI Meeting took place on Monday, November 14, and Tuesday, November 15, 2018 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center located in Alexandria, Virginia at 5000 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA 22311. The Meeting provided a forum for a wide range of stakeholders in academia, industry, and Federal agencies to review new developments in CPS foundations, to identify new, emerging applications, and to discuss technology gaps and barriers.


2017 NSF 8th Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The eighth annual CPS PI Meeting took place on Monday, November 13, and Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at the Hilton Alexandria Mark Center located in Alexandria, Virginia at 5000 Seminary Rd, Alexandria, VA 22311. The program of the meeting included presentations about projects funded by NSF and other agencies, keynotes, panels, discussion groups, and poster and demonstration sessions.


2016 NSF 7th Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The seventh annual CPS PI Meeting took place on Monday, October 31 and Tuesday, November 1, 2016 at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View (RACV) Hotel located in the Crystal City Community of Arlington, Virginia at 2800 South Potomac Avenue, Arlington, Virginia 22202. The Meeting provided a forum for a wide range of stakeholders in academia, industry, and Federal agencies to review new developments in CPS foundations, to identify new, emerging applications, and to discuss technology gaps and barriers.


2015 NSF 6th Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The sixth annual CPS PI Meeting was held on Monday, November 16 and Tuesday, November 17, 2015 at the Renaissance Arlington Capital View (RACV) Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The annual CPS PI Meeting is a research community forum designed to showcase results and contribute to collective progress. At this year's CPS PI meeting, we took stock of CPS research and discuss with the community new directions, challenges, and opportunities going forward.


2014 NSF 5th Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The fifth annual CPS PI Meeting was held on November 6-7, 2014 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, Virginia. Day two featured three keynotes on the internet of safe things, responsive cities, and internet of agriculture as well as CPS energy, transportation and medical workshop briefings. The workshop briefings were followed by a working lunch with CPS Frontiers presentations. Day three included a plenary session with talks on Industrial Internet Fabric, an academic keynote on aerial robot swarms, and a talk on academic experience in Smart America. The meeting concluded with a government panel on CPS.


2013 NSF 4th Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The fourth annual CPS PI Meeting was held on Thursday and Friday, October 17-18, 2013 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott Hotel in Arlington, Virginia. The Industry Keynote was given by Ken Gabriel (Motorola) and a special plenary session by Helen Gill (NSF-retired) CPS - the first five years. Other sessions focused on CPS Testbeds in Mobile Robots, Ground Vehicles, Medical Devices, Boeing SWARM, and Industrial Internet. Panels discussed Frontier Projects, Industrial Internet, CPS Security, Diversity in CPS. An exciting innovators forum was moderated by Jonathan Sprinkle on Friday afternoon. The meeting was closed by David Corman (NSF).


2012 NSF 3rd Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The third consecutive CPS PI Meeting was held on October 3-5, 2012 at Gaylord National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. Plenary sessions focused on the Science of CPS, Technology for CPS, and Design & Manufacturing. Day 2 featured parallel sessions on Health & Medical, Energy, and Transportation CPS. The morning of day 3 included a panel on the International CPS Research Agenda and an international conversation on mechanisms for collaboration in CPS. The meeting closed with a session on CPS Education.


2011 NSF 2nd Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The second annual CPS-PI Meeting was held on August 1-2, 2011 at the Gaylor National Hotel and Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland. The meeting was opened with a charge from Dr. Helen Gill and Dr. Kishan Baheti. The meeting included sessions on CPS Foundations, Health and Medical CPS, International CPS, Transportation, and Energy.


2010 NSF 1st Annual CPS PI Meeting 
The inaugural Cyber-Physical Systems Principal Investigators' Meeting was held August 10-12, 2010 as the Westin Arlington Gateway in Arlington, Virginia. The meeting opened with remarks by Thomas Peterson (NSF Assistant Director for Engineering), Ty Znati (NSF Division Director for CNS/CISE), and Robert Trew (NSF Division Director for EECS/ENG). Dr. Helen Gill followed with a Charge from NSF. Keynote presentations were delivered by Chris Geer (OSTP), P. R. Kumar (UIUC), and Curtis Carlson (SRI International).