Cyber-Physical Sys Security

Catalog description

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) represent a new class of systems that bring together sensing, computation, communication and control to enable continuous interactions with physical processes. Application areas are as diverse as aerospace, civil infrastructure, energy, manufacturing, transportation most of which are safety-critical. The availability of cheap communication technologies such as the Internet, makes such infrastructures to susceptible to cyber-threats. The goal of this class is to provide a unified overview of CPS security issues, from the perspective of control, communication and game theories, relating to various CPS including industrial control systems and those considered critical infrastructure systems. It will also introduce students to concepts in optimization, decentralized decision making in teams and games, and the interconnections between information and decision making, and networked control systems. Prerequisites: EECE 212, ISE 261, or approval of instructor. Offered every other fall semester.