Safety and Security in Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet-of-Things Systems

Introduction Construction of a CPS requires a multi-dimensional team to ensure that it is constructed safely and securely. The authors Wolf and Serpanos [1] suggest a number of solutions for design and run-time analysis of the CPS, pulling from both hardware and software test and evaluation realms. The techniques seem reasonable for larger or more […]

Sexual Assault in the Time of the Internet of Things

Content Advisory While the focus of this paper is technology, specifically the security of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, it touches on technology’s relationship to sexual and domestic abuse and assault. There are no sexually explicit descriptions and discussion is kept to legal, technical or social implications of the content. Disclaimer As I started researching […]

Critial Review: Robust Cyber-Physical Systems Concepts, Models and Implementations

Global Optimal Solution Arrival of a global optimal solution for a Cyber-Physical System (CPS) seems to share many commonalities with distributed decision making strategies taught in the business world. Information flows in a bi-directional fashion gaining in abstraction as it moves upwards in the chain and specificity as it moves downward. The end goal of […]