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                         CALL FOR PAPERS

                   Cyber-Physical Systems Track
                                     of the
           29th IEEE Real-Time Systems Symposium
                              (RTSS 2008)

                  November 30 - December 3, 2008
                        Barcelona, Spain

                          http://www.rtss.org/

 IMPORTANT DATES

 Extended Submission Deadline:    Friday, May 16, 2008
 Acceptance Decisions:   Sunday, August 31, 2008
 Final Manuscript:       Friday, September 19, 2008
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CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS Track Description:
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) refers to the tight integration of the
physical systems with networked sensing, computation, and actuation
to realize systems that exhibit new capabilities with unprecedented
dependability, safety, security, and efficiency. Applications of
cyber-physical systems range from key industry sectors including
transportation (automobiles, smart highways, mass transportation and
infrastructure, avionics, aviation, airspace management), large-scale
critical infrastructures (structures such as buildings and bridges,
human environments, the power grid), defense systems, health care
(medical devices and health management networks), tele-physical
operations (e.g., tele-medicine), and consumer electronics (video games,
audio/video processing, and mobile communication devices). This special
track calls for papers that identify scientific foundations and
technologies that integrate cyber-concepts with the dynamics of physical
and engineered systems, with an emphasis on physical processes that
include HW/SW co-design. Papers on all aspects of cyber-physical systems
will be given due consideration. Areas of interest include, but are not
limited to the following:
         o Integrated design methods for CPS
         o HW/SW co-design for CPS
         o Simulation and emulation of CPS
         o Integrated tool chains for CPS
         o Scalable CPS Architectures
         o Composability of software, hardware and physical components
         o Analysis of cyber-physical systems with multiple temporal and
           spatial scales
         o High-confidence and security in CPS

Track Chair: Bruce Krogh, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

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