MSc unit course on Cyber Physical Computation at the U.Minho, Portugal
Cyber-physical systems are networks of computational devices that closely interact with physical processes in order to reach a prescribed goal; for example a desired velocity, temperature or, more generally, an energy level. They range from small medical devices, such as pacemakers and insulin pumps, to networks of autonomous vehicles and district-wide smart grids. This course is devoted to such systems.
Our main goal is to make the student an adept of the engineering discipline of cyber-physical systems – by presenting the respective basic principles, computational models, tools, and current limitations. The course will involve several pedagogical illustrations extracted from real world-scenarios involving e.g. cruise controllers, sampling algorithms, and timed variants of concurrent algorithms.
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 04 feb. 2025 | Introduction to the module and its logistics (slides) |
| 06 feb. 2025 | NA |
| 11 feb. 2025 | Introduction to CCS (slides) |
| 13 feb. 2025 | NA |
| 18 feb. 2025 | Jornadas da Física |
| 20 feb. 2025 | Semantics of CCS (slides) |
| 25 feb. 2025 | Introduction to timed automata (slides) |
| 04 mar. 2025 | Carnival |
| 06 mar. 2025 | UPPAAL (the semaphore, the philosophers, the lamp, and the adventurers) |
| 11 mar. 2025 | Continuation of the previous lecture |
| 13 mar. 2025 | Verification of timed automata (slides) |
| 18 mar. 2025 | Operational semantics of simple languages (slides) |
| 20 mar. 2025 | Recalling Haskell (code) |
| 25 mar. 2025 | Implementation of an operational semantics (code) |
| 01 apr. 2025 | Hands-on approach to Lince (code) |
| 03 apr. 2025 | Revisions |
| 08 apr. 2025 | Introduction to the simply-typed lambda-calculus (slides) |
| 10 apr. 2025 | Continuation of the previous lecture (slides) |
| 22 apr. 2025 | Lambda-calculus with effects (slides) |
| 06 may 2025 | Monads in practice (code) |
Two individual assignments:
The day and time for appointments is Wednesday afternoon. Please email me the day before if you wish to meet. If you prefer you can also send an email with your questions to me or we can have an online meeting.
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