Cyber-physical systems (CPS) integrate computing and communication and capabilities with the monitoring and/or control of entities in the physical world dependably, safely, securely, efficiently and in real-time. Some defining characteristics of cyber-physical systems can include cyber capability in physical components, networking at multiple and extreme scales, behaviors at multiple temporal and spatial scales, dynamically reorganization and reconfiguration, high degrees of automation, closed control loops at multiple scales, unconventional computational and physical substrates, and dependable even certifiable operation. Applications of cyber-physical systems range key industry sectors including transportation (automobiles, smart highways, mass transportation and infrastructure, avionics, aviation, airspace management), large-scale critical infrastructures (physical infrastructure monitoring and control, building and environmental controls, electricity generation and distribution), defense systems, health care (medical devices and health management networks), tele-physical operations (tele-medicine, tele-operations) and consumer electronics (video games, audio/video processing, and mobile communication devices). In these and other vital economic sectors, CPS represents the technology that transforms products, creates new markets and disrupts the status-quo. This special track calls for papers that identify scientific foundations and technologies that integrate cyber-concepts with the dynamics of physical and engineered systems. Papers on all aspects of cyber-physical systems will be given due consideration. In particular, we seek contributions on architectures and composability of cyber-physical systems. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to the following:

• CPS Reference Architectures
• Deployed CPS Application Architectures
• Scalable CPS Architectures
• Integration of Physical Dynamics with Computations and Communications
• Simulation and Emulation of Cyber-Physical Systems
• Composability of Software, Hardware and Physical Components
• Dealing with Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales
• Dependable, Safe and Real-Time Operations