Cyber physical systems technologies and applications

摘要

With the rapid progresses in 1CT (Information Communication Technology), multidisciplinary research fields such as Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical System (CPS), and Social Computing have been widely explored in recent years. These research and application have speeded up the formation of cyberspace, which will further lead to a subversive change for information science development as well as human production and living (Ma and Yang, 2015). Cyberspace is being linked to versatile individuals in physical space and social space - Cyber-Physical Society (CPSoc) (Zhuge, 2014). This special issue on new technologies and research trends for cyber physical systems technologies and application provides high quality contributions addressing related theoretical and practical aspects of CPS technologies and their applications. We have selected five research papers whose topics are strongly related to this special issue.