NSF PIRE: Science of Design for Societal Scale Cyber-Physical Systems Workshop

The closing workshop of the NSF PIRE Science of Design of Societal-Scale CPS project took place June 5-6, 2023 at the Garching campus of Technische Universitat Munchen (Technical University of Munich) in Munich, Germany. This international effort was co-funded by the NSF OISE PIRE program, NSF CISE CPS program, and the German Research Foundation. The partners in the project included Vanderbilt University and University of California, Berkeley from the USA and University of Oldenburg and Technical University of Munich from Germany.

The project focused on large-scale socio-technical Human-CPS systems with attention to transportation and energy domains. The research objective was the explicit consideration of social context in the design of connected and autonomous driving, low-altitude autonomous flying and transactive energy systems. The project incorporated extensive student exchanges, three international workshops, a body of publications in technical and social science forums, and a proposed Reference Architecture for Human-CPS Systems.

This in-person workshop will have sessions on Socio-Technical Systems in Human-CPS and a closing session on evaluating potential impact of the findings on socio-technical approaches to climate and energy challenges. The workshop will be two full days (~9 am to 4 pm daily) and include invited speakers, technical talks highlighting research results, poster presentations, and a faculty investigator meeting. It will also include a networking event the evening of June 5.

Please direct any questions to pire-workshop@cps-vo.org

Organizers

 JANOS SZTIPANOVITS  | SHANKAR SASTRY | ALEXANDER PRETSCHNER | MARTIN FRÄNZLE

JANOS SZTIPANOVITSSHANKAR SASTRYALEXANDER PRETSCHNERMARTIN FRÄNZLE

Program Agenda

 

MONDAY, JUNE 5 (Timezone:CEST)     
 

0900 - 0915
Welcome, Scene Setting, Goals of Workshop      
Alexander Pretschner (TUM), Janos Sztipanovits (Vanderbilt), David Corman (NSF)
0915 - 0945Assured and Trustworthy Autonomy      
Claire Tomlin (UC Berkeley)
0945 - 1015Accountability      
Alexander Pretschner (TUM)
1015 - 1045BREAK
1045 - 1115

PIRE Workshop Results and Impacts

  • A Symposium on Societal and Technological Research Challenges for Highly Automated Road Transportation Systems in Germany and the US Jürgen Niehaus (University of Oldenburg)      
     
  • Assured CPS Autonomy for 3D Urban Transportation: Drones, Flying Cars and Beyond      
    Claire Tomlin and Shankar Sastry (UC Berkeley)      
     
  • Workshop on Bridging International Societal Differences in Autonomous and Digitalized Energy Systems      
    Himanshu Neema (Vanderbilt University)

SESSION 1: HCPS REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE      
Moderator: Xenofon Koutsoukos (Vanderbilt University)

1115 - 1135Overview/Introduction to Reference Architecture      
Martin Fränzle (University of Oldenburg)
1135 - 1155Human centered part.      
Jochem Rieger (University of Oldenburg) and Alexander Trende (German Aerospace Center (DLR))

SESSION 2: EDUCATION AND EARLY CAREER TRAINING      
Moderator: Jürgen Niehaus (Unversity of Oldenburg)

1155 - 1210Student Exchange & Educational Developments      
Katie Dey (Vanderbilt University)
1210 - 1340LUNCH / POSTER SESSION

SESSION 3: RESPONSIBLE HCPS DESIGN      
Moderator: Jochem Rieger (University of Oldenburg)

1340 - 1410Ethical Software Design      
Alexander Pretschner (TUM)
1410 - 1440Human-centered CPS design      
Bianca Biebl and Klaus Bengler (TUM)
1440 - 1510Societal Aspects of CPS; Responsible CPS design      
David Hess (Vanderbilt University) and Dasom Lee (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)
1510 - 1540BREAK      
 
1540 - 1630Discussion Led by Chairs      
Moderator: Janos Sztipanovits (Vanderbilt University)
1830 - 2100SOCIAL EVENT & DINNER      
Augustiner-Keller: Arnulfstrasse 52, 80335 München
  
TUESDAY, JUNE 6      
 
0900 - 0930Invited Talk: Resilient Distributed Consensus, Optimization, and Learning in Networked Cyber-Physical Systems      
Xenofon Koutsoukos (Vanderbilt University)
0930 - 1000Report: Results of Pire Project (10-min each per site)      
Martin Fränzle, Klaus Bengler, Claire Tomlin, Janos Sztipanovits
1020 - 1045BREAK
1035 - 1100Project Report-outs continued      
 

SESSION 4: APPLICATION DOMAINS      
Moderator: Klaus Bengler (TUM)

1100 - 1130Carbon Capture Using Robotic Platforms      
Marius Wiggert (UC Berkeley)
1130 - 1200Modeling and Simulation for Evaluation of Transactive Energy      
Himanshu Neema (Vanderbilt University) and Eric Veith (OFFIS)
1200 - 1230Research and Experimentation on the I-24 MOTION Testbed      
Will Barbour (Vanderbilt University)
1230 - 1330LUNCH
1330 - 1400Invited Talk: Trustworthy and Assured Applications of Foundation Models in Autonomy      
Sandeep Neema (Vanderbilt University)

SESSION 5: STRATEGY DEVELOPMENT      
Moderator: Janos Sztipanovits (Vanderbilt University)

1400 - 1430Human Automation Teams in Cyber-Physical Societal Systems Transformation      
S. Shankar Sastry (UC Berkeley)
1430 - 1530Discussion on Future Directions      
Led by Chairs
1530 - 1545Closing Remarks      
Klaus Bengler (TUM) and Janos Sztipanovits (Vanderbilt University)      
 
WORKSHOP ADJOURNED