Understanding cyber-physical systems among many communities: Large-scale safety-critical systems

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) bring together contributions from different technologies, stakeholders and areas of expertise. Given the increasing importance of CPS to society, it is important to have a common understanding of CPS and to clearly identify the communities involved. We propose the expression “cross- disciplinary bridging for large-scale, safety-critical systems” as a working common definition for new research in this area. This is an important step for tackling multi-dimensional challenges at the global level between the many stakeholders.