Cyber-Physical Systems in Industrial Communication Systems
A special issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). This special issue belongs to the section "Smart System Infrastructure and Applications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 July 2026 | Viewed by 32
Special Issue Editors
Interests: real-time operating system design; industrial communication protocols; as well as modeling languages and runtime support for cyber-physical systems
Interests: computing and network security; spanning from theoretical aspects of cryptography to practical implementation issues leveraging latest computation isolation approaches
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Cyber-physical systems (CPSs) combine communication and computation facilities with the ability to control and monitor physical equipment. As such, they have become one of the main components of any distributed Industrial Communication System (ICS) infrastructure. Properly designing a CPS hence requires a multidisciplinary approach and expertise on a wide variety of topics, ranging from embedded systems to real-time control and software engineering. Moreover, unlike in other areas of computer engineering, CPS software often performs critical functions and is therefore subject to mandatory and more stringent verification and certification requirements. Last but not the least, a sharp focus on cybersecurity is crucial, given the inherently distributed nature of industrial systems and the ubiquity of Internet connection, which has become a prerequisite for the remote management of production lines and factories. In fact, the increasingly complex set of interactions among (I)CPSs further exposes them to cybersecurity vulnerabilities. Oftentimes, those issues may last longer than expected, especially due to the requirement of supporting legacy systems and protocols. This Special Issue aims to present a comprehensive overview of the main research topics associated with CPSs and ICSs. This Special Issue seeks original contributions related to CPS/ICS design, implementation, verification, certification, and security.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- CPS design and development;
- OT/IT integration, remote control, and monitoring;
- Wired and wireless industrial communication;
- Real-time operating system theory and implementation;
- Distributed control algorithms for CPS;
- Embedded system design and software development toolchains;
- Model-based design (MBD) languages and model-based software engineering (MBSE);
- Automatic MBD-based software testing, verification, and certification;
- Real-time communication protocols for CPS;
- Security and privacy of (I)CPS systems;
- Security and privacy of (I)CPS networks;
- Providing security and privacy to legacy CPS systems;
- Real-time security monitoring and reacting.
Dr. Ivan Cibrario Bertolotti
Dr. Flavio Lombardi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- industrial cyber-physical systems
- security and privacy
- communication and networking
- wireless communication
- data encryption and privacy
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