Why should we care about Cyber Physical Systems?

Abstract

For over a decade, this journal has supported and advanced the research and applications at the intersection of information science and mechanical engineering. In that process, it has established itself as a premier outlet for cutting edge research in the field of engineering information systems, covering such areas as computeraided design and manufacturing. The intersection of information science and mechanical engineering has just grown bigger thanks to the emergence of cyberphysical systems (CPS). It is already attracting national and international attention because of the recognition that CPS products and services will continue to account for an increasingly large fraction of a country's gross domestic product. It has not escaped this journal's attention either—it created an associate editorship for CPS in 2013.