2026 Workshop on the 20th Anniversary of the NSF CPS Program | Cyber-Physical Systems Virtual Organization

Wednesday, October 21

8:00–9:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

60 minutes

9:00–9:10 a.m.

Workshop Goals, Deliverables, and Roadmap

10 minutes — Workshop roadmap and plan to develop report

Chris Gill (WUSTL) and Frankie King (Vanderbilt)

GMU Welcome

Gurdip Singh (GMU)

NSF Welcome and Impact of CPS

25 minutes — Comments from NSF leadership

Behrooz Shirazi (NSF)

9:35–10:00 a.m.

Founding and Evolution of the CPS Program

25 minutes — Comments on the origins, development, and achievements of the CPS program over 20 years

Wei Zhao (Shenzhen University of Science & Technology, China), Helen Gill (NSF-Retired), and David Corman (NSF-Retired)

10:00–10:25 a.m.

CPS Program Today

25 minutes — Comments on the current status of and vision for the CPS program

Linda Bushnell (NSF) and Oleg Sokolsky (NSF)

10:25–10:35 a.m.

Break

10 minutes

10:35–11:35 a.m.

Panel: CPS Community Perspectives

60 minutes — Brief comments from each panelist, then Q&A and discussion

Rich West (Boston U & Drako Motors), David Kuehn (FHWA), Tho Nguyen (NAS), Brad Martin (Galois), Steven Thomson (USDA)

11:35 a.m.–12:35 p.m.

Invited Talks I: Foundations of CPS 1.0

60 minutes

11:35–11:55 a.m. — Real-Time CPS Scheduling
Sanjoy Baruah (WUSTL)
11:55 a.m.–12:15 p.m. — CPS Modeling
Janos Sztipanovits (Vanderbilt)
12:15–12:35 p.m. — Embodied Human/AI CPS Collaboration
Tarek Abdelzaher (UIUC)

12:35–12:40 p.m.

Recorded Greeting

5 minutes — Video with Comments from NSF leadership

Ellen Zegura (NSF)

12:40–1:35 p.m.

Lunch

55 minutes

1:35–2:15 p.m.

Invited Talks II: New Directions in CPS 2.0

40 minutes

1:35–1:55 p.m. — CPS & AI
Sanghoon Lee (DGIST)
1:55–2:15 p.m. — Information in CPS
Edward Lee (UC Berkeley)

2:15–2:30 p.m.

Break

15 minutes

2:30–3:30 p.m.

Invited Talks III: CPS in Practice

60 minutes

2:30–2:50 p.m. — CPS Safety and Security
Sayan Mitra (UIUC)
2:50–3:10 p.m. — CPS and IoT
Fanxin Kong (University of Notre Dame)
3:10–3:30 p.m. — CPS Education
Jack Stankovic (UVA-Retired)

3:30–3:45 p.m.

Break

15 minutes

3:45–5:05 p.m.

Invited Talks IV: CPS Applications

80 minutes

3:45–4:05 p.m. — CPS Structural Monitoring
Shirley Dyke (Purdue)
4:05–4:25 p.m. — Medical CPS
Jim Weimer (Vanderbilt)
4:25–4:45 p.m. — CPS Transportation
Rahul Mangharam (University of Pennsylvania)
4:45–5:05 p.m. — Agricultural CPS
Jie Liu (State Key Lab of Smart Farms Technologies and Systems, China)

5:05–5:15 p.m.

Next in the Series: NSF Workshops on Quantum, AI and Manufacturing in CPS

10 minutes — Brief comments from workshop organizers

Abhishek Dubey (Vanderbilt), George Kesidis (Pennsylvania State University)

5:15–5:30 p.m.

Day One Dinner and Reception

5:30–7:30 p.m.

FUSE Building - 6th Floor Cafeteria

Thursday, October 22

8:00–9:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

60 minutes

9:00–9:05 a.m.

NSF Welcome and Impacts of CPS

5 minutes — Comments from NSF leadership

Alexis Lewis (NSF)

9:05–10:35 a.m.

Day Two Breakout Sessions

90 minutes — Parallel brainstorming on new directions: What research is needed to take CPS 1.0 (what’s been done in the past 20 years) forward to CPS 2.0 (in the next 20 years)?

Birds of a Feather (CPS Leaders and CPS Rising Stars)
Moderator: Edward Lee (UC Berkeley)
Scribe: Fanxin Kong (University of Notre Dame)
CPS Applications: Agriculture, Medical, Transportation, Structural Monitoring
Moderator: Rahul Mangharam (University of Pennsylvania)
Scribe: Jim Weimer (Vanderbilt)
AI in CPS
Moderator: George Kesidis (Pennsylvania State University)
Scribe: Tarek Abdelzaher (UIUC)
Quantum in CPS
Moderator: Vishal Sharma (Phasecraft)
Scribe: Abhishek Dubey (Vanderbilt)
CPS Education
Moderator: Jack Stankovic (UVA-Retired)
Scribe: Lu Feng (UVA)

10:35–10:50 a.m.

Break

15 minutes

10:50 a.m.–12:30 p.m.

Reports Out of Breakout Sessions

100 minutes — Presentation, Q&A, and Discussion

10:50–11:10 a.m. — Birds of a Feather (CPS Leaders and CPS Rising Stars)
11:10–11:30 a.m. — CPS Applications: Agriculture, Medical, Transportation, Structural Monitoring
11:30–11:50 a.m. — AI in CPS
11:50 a.m.–12:10 p.m. — Quantum in CPS
12:10–12:30 p.m. — CPS Education

12:30–1:30 p.m.

Lunch

60 minutes

1:30–2:10 p.m.

Wrap Up Panels: Re-envisioning Cyber-Physical Systems: the next 20 years

40 minutes — Connecting breakouts to next directions: intros then discussion and Q&A

1:30–1:50 p.m. — CPS Contributors and Rising Stars Perspectives
Lu Feng (UVA), Meiyi Ma (Vanderbilt), James Weimer (Vanderbilt)
1:50–2:10 p.m. — CPS Leaders Perspectives
David Corman (NSF-Retired), Rahul Mangharam (University of Pennsylvania), Gurdip Singh (George Mason University)

2:10–2:25 p.m.

Break

15 minutes

2:25–3:25 p.m.

Workshop Report Outline Development / Writing Session I

60 minutes

Moderator: Chris Gill (WUSTL)

Report writing team: Jack Stankovic (UVA-Retired), Jim Weimer (Vanderbilt), Lu Feng (UVA), Rahul Mangharam (University of Pennsylvania), Shirley Dyke (Duke)

Review team: Edward Lee (UC Berkeley), Sanjoy Baruah (WUSTL), Gurdip Singh (George Mason University), David Corman (NSF-Retired)

What are CPS 2.0 future challenges from breakouts, speakers’ and audience’s perspective?

3:25–3:40 p.m.

Break

15 minutes

3:40–4:40 p.m.

Workshop Report Outline Development / Writing Session II

60 minutes

Moderator: Chris Gill (WUSTL)

Report writing team: Jack Stankovic (UVA-Retired), Jim Weimer (Vanderbilt), Lu Feng (UVA), Rahul Mangharam (University of Pennsylvania), Shirley Dyke (Purdue)

Review team: Edward Lee (UC Berkeley), Sanjoy Baruah (WUSTL), Gurdip Singh (George Mason University), David Corman (NSF-Retired).

What are CPS 2.0 future challenges from breakouts, speakers’ and audience’s perspective?

4:40–5:00 p.m.

Thanks and Closing Remarks

20 minutes

Chris Gill (WUSTL) and Frankie King (Vanderbilt)