1st International Conference on Cyber-Physical Systems (ICCPS) Panel Discussion Industrial Challenges in Cyber-Physical Systems 15 April 2010 @ 15:30-17:30 Co-organized by Janos Sztipanovits, Vanderbilt University Jorge Pereira, European Commission There is an emerging consensus that basic research in CPS needs to be performed in the context of real engineered systems – typically conceived, built and deployed by industry. The nature of CPS research requires reinterpreting the usually accepted differences between basic and applied research.