2026 20th Anniversary CPS Program

October 21

8:00–9:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

9:00–9:15 a.m.

Workshop Goals, Deliverables, and Roadmap

Workshop roadmap and plan to develop report

Chris Gill (WUSTL) and Frankie King (Vanderbilt)

9:15–9:20 a.m.

NSF Welcome and Impact of CPS

Comments from NSF leadership

Behrooz Shirazi (NSF)

9:20–9:50 a.m.

Founding and Evolution of the CPS Program

Comments on the origins, development, achievements in CPS over 20 years

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

9:50–10:20 a.m.

CPS Program Today

Comments on the current status of and vision for the CPS program

Linda Bushnell (NSF) and Oleg Sokolsky (NSF)

10:20–10:35 a.m.

Break

15 minutes

10:35–11:35 a.m.

Panel: CPS Community Perspectives

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)

11:35 a.m.–12:35 p.m.

Invited Talks I: Foundations of CPS 1.0

  • 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. — Information in CPS

    Edward Lee (UC Berkeley)

12:35–12:40 p.m.

Recorded Greeting

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

  • 1:35–1:55 p.m. — CPS & AI

    Sanghoon Lee (DGIST)

  • 1:55–2:15 p.m. — Embodied Human/AI CPS Collaboration

    Tarek Abdelzaher (UIUC)

2:15–2:30 p.m.

Break

15 minutes

2:30–3:30 p.m.

Invited Talks III: CPS in Practice

  • 2:30–2:50 p.m. — CPS Safety and Security

    Sayan Mitra (UIUC)

  • 2:50–3:10 p.m. — CPS and IoT

    Fanxin Kong (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

  • 3:45–4:05 p.m. — Agricultural CPS

    Jie Liu (State Key Lab of Smart Technologies and Systems, China)

  • 4:05–4:25 p.m. — Medical CPS

    James Weimer (Vanderbilt)

  • 4:25–4:45 p.m. — CPS Transportation

    Rahul Mangharam (University of Pennsylvania)

  • 4:45–5:05 p.m. — CPS Structural Monitoring

    Shirley Dyke (Purdue)

5:05–5:15 p.m.

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

Brief comments from workshop organizers

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

5:15–5:30 p.m.

Break

15 minutes

5:30–7:30 p.m.

Day One Dinner and Reception

October 22

8:00–9:00 a.m.

Registration and Breakfast

9:00–9:05 a.m.

NSF Welcome and Impacts of CPS

Comments from NSF leadership

Alexis Lewis

9:05–10:35 a.m.

Day Two Breakout Sessions

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 (Notre Dame)

  • CPS Applications: Agriculture, Medical, Transportation, Structural Monitoring

    Moderator: Rahul Mangharam (University of Pennsylvania)
    Scribe: James Weimer (Vanderbilt)

  • AI in CPS

    Moderator: George Kesidis (Pennsylvania State)
    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

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

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), Miroslav Pajic (Duke)

  • 1:50–2:10 p.m. — CPS Leaders Perspectives

    David Corman (NSF-Retired), Rahul Mangharam (University of Pennsylvania), Gurdip Singh (George Mason)

2:10–2:25 p.m.

Break

15 minutes

2:25–3:25 p.m.

Workshop Report Outline Development / Writing Session I

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

Moderator: Chris Gill (WUSTL)
Report writing team: Jack Stankovic (UVA-Retired), James 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), David Corman (NSF-Retired).

3:25–3:40 p.m.

Break

15 minutes

3:40–4:40 p.m.

Workshop Report Outline Development / Writing Session II

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

Moderator: Chris Gill (WUSTL)
Report writing team: Jack Stankovic (UVA-Retired), James 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), David Corman (NSF-Retired).

4:40–5:00 p.m.

Thanks and Closing Remarks

Chris Gill (WUSTL) and Frankie King (Vanderbilt)