- Basic CPS concepts, characteristics and implications
- Artificial Intelligence in cyber-physical systems
- Systems thinking and system dynamics tools for understanding cyber-physical systems
- Design project
MF2141 Smart Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) for Sustainability 6.0 credits
Information per course offering
Information for Autumn 2025 Start 27 Oct 2025 programme students
- Course location
KTH Campus
- Duration
- 27 Oct 2025 - 12 Jan 2026
- Periods
- P2 (6.0 hp)
- Pace of study
33%
- Application code
50788
- Form of study
Normal Daytime
- Language of instruction
English
- Course memo
- Course memo is not published
- Number of places
Min: 5
- Target group
Mandatory for TMEKM1 och TIEMM1 CYPS
Open for all students as long as the course can be included in the programme.
The course is suitable for incoming exchange students.
- Planned modular schedule
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- Schedule
Contact
Course syllabus as PDF
Please note: all information from the Course syllabus is available on this page in an accessible format.
Course syllabus MF2141 (Autumn 2025–)Headings with content from the Course syllabus MF2141 (Autumn 2025–) are denoted with an asterisk ( )
Content and learning outcomes
Course contents
Intended learning outcomes
After passing the course, the student should be able to:
- Define cyber-physical systems in terms of their unique characteristics, and give examples of how such systems relate to socio-technical change and sustainable development.
- Explain different aspects of the complexity of cyber-physical systems and important aspects of how this complexity can be managed/designed.
- Explain different methods from the field of artificial intelligence with an emphasis on reliability, their application in cyber-physical systems and their pros and cons.
- Explain the principles of Systems Thinking and their application to cyber-physical systems.
- Develop models of representative cyber-physical systems and analyse them to study specific effects.
- Design a conceptual cyber-physical system, related to the above objectives, and with reference to one or more relevant UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Literature and preparations
Specific prerequisites
Bachelor of Science in Engineering or the equivalent.
Literature
You can find information about course literature either in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.
Examination and completion
If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.
Grading scale
A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
Examination
- INL1 - Hand in assignment 1, 3.0 credits, grading scale: P, F
- INL2 - Hand in assignment 2, 1.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- INL3 - Hand in assignment 3, 0.5 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
- LAB1 - Lab assignment, 1.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.
The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.
Examiner
No information inserted
Ethical approach
- All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
- In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
- In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.
Further information
Course room in Canvas
Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas. A link to the course room can be found under the tab Studies in the Personal menu at the start of the course.
Offered by
Main field of study
Mechanical Engineering
Education cycle
Second cycle