2024 NSF Cyber-Physical Systems Principal Investigators' Meeting
March 20 - March 21, 2024 | Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN

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O V E R V I E W  O F  E V E N T S   

The 2024 conference program is subject to change.

All times listed in CST.

Tuesday, March 19, 2024
4:00 PM - 6:00 PMRegistration Check-in and Informal Networking Reception for Early Arrivals (light refreshments)SLC Lobby
Wednesday, March 20, 2024
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMBreakfast and Registration Desk OpenSLC Lobby
8:00 AM - 8:30 AMOpening Remarks
David Corman (National Science Foundation)
Janos Sztipanovits (Vanderbilt University)
Krishnendu Roy (Dean of Engineering, Vanderbilt University)		SLC Ballroom
8:30 AM - 9:30 AMKeynote: One size doesn’t fit all: Characterization and control of human centered CPS
Meeko Oishi (University of New Mexico)		SLC Ballroom
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMCOFFEE BREAKSLC Lobby
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Panel: Agriculture

Moderator: Steven Thomson - (USDA)

Panelists: 

  • Justin Bradley - (University of Nebraska-Lincoln)
  • Bing Ouyang - (Florida Atlantic University)
  • Nadia Shakoor - (Donald Danforth Plant Science Center)
  • Robin White - (Virginia Tech)
SLC Ballroom
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

Panel: Startups and Technology Transition

Moderator: Somali Chaterji - (Purdue University)

Panelists: 

  • Vinu Joseph - (NVIDIA)
  • James Anderson - (University of North Carolina)
  • Soumik Sarkar - (Iowa State University) 
  • Abhishek Dubey - (Vanderbilt University)
  • James Weimer - (Vanderbilt University)
SLC Ballroom
12:00 PM - 1:30 PMLUNCH and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Panel  SLC Tented Patio & Ballroom
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Application Domains Breakout Sessions

  • Health CPS - Sevgi Gurbuz (University of Alabama), Shubham Jain (Stonybrook University), Vishal Sharma (NSF)
  • Space - Brandon Lucia (Carnegie Mellon University)
  • Agriculture - Simone Silvestri (University of Kentucky), Steven Thomson (USDA)
  • Transportation and AVs - Jonathan Sprinkle (Vanderbilt University)

SLC Ballroom

SLC Lower Level Rm 1&2

CES Upper

CES Lower

3:30 PM - 4:00 PMBREAKSLC Lobby
4:00 PM - 4:30 PMSharing Cyber-Physical System Impacts with NSF    
David Corman (National Science Foundation)		SLC Ballroom
4:30 PM - 6:30 PMPoster and Demonstration Session with ReceptionSLC Board of Trust
Thursday, March 21, 2024
7:00 AM - 8:00 AMBreakfastSLC Lobby
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM

Opening Remarks
NSF Program Officers

Linda Bushnell

SLC Ballroom
8:30 AM - 9:30 AMKeynote: Towards Highly-Resilient Large-Scale CPS Systems
Ramesh Govindan (University of Southern California)		SLC Ballroom
9:30 AM - 10:00 AMCOFFEE BREAKSLC Lobby
10:00 AM - 12:00 PMPoster and Demonstration SessionSLC Board of Trust
12:00 PM - 1:30 PMLUNCHSLC Tented Patio
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Cross-Discipline Breakout Sessions

  • Robust and Secure Learning in IoT - Somali Chaterji (Purdue University)
  • Control, AI, and LLMs - Majid Zamani (University of Colorado Boulder)
  • Testbeds - Jonathan Sprinkle (Vanderbilt University)

SLC Ballroom

SLC Lower Level Rm 1&2

CES Upper

3:30 PM - 4:00 PMConcluding Remarks
David Corman (National Science Foundation)		SLC Ballroom
4:00 PMOptional Informal Networking Session (light refreshments)SLC Lobby