Advanced cyber-physical systems, in terms of integrated physical and cyber (computing and communications), are steadily being developed and deployed in society with increasing capabilities (e.g. as autonomous connected systems). The area is evolving at a fast pace, requiring socio-technical considerations and multidisciplinary skills, as well as renewed efforts in keeping track of the state of the art. This course has the purpose to facilitate dedicated studies on state of the art topics course, tailored to specific needs (of projects, students, etc.) in this rapidly evolving field. Specific topics of interest include (but are not limited to) trustworthiness aspects (from dependability to AI/ethics related topics such as transparency and fairness), architecting (of single as well as collaborating CPS) and computing and communication technologies and platforms.
The course is organized as interactive sessions with homework preparations in-between.