Building Smart Communities with Cyber-Physical Systems

TL;DR

This paper discusses the integration of cyber-physical systems and social computing to create smart communities that enhance quality of life, highlighting opportunities and challenges in this emerging field.

Contribution

It presents a position on the opportunities and challenges in developing smart communities through cyber-physical and social intelligence integration.

Findings

Identification of key opportunities in smart community development

Discussion of challenges in integrating CPS with social computing

Outline of potential applications and services

Abstract

There is a growing trend towards the convergence of cyber-physical systems (CPS) and social computing, which will lead to the emergence of smart communities composed of various objects (including both human individuals and physical things) that interact and cooperate with each other. These smart communities promise to enable a number of innovative applications and services that will improve the quality of life. This position paper addresses some opportunities and challenges of building smart communities characterized by cyber-physical and social intelligence.