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Cyber-Physical Systems and Control

Module code: EEP55C21 · Semester: Semester 1 · ECTS: 10

Resources​

Questions by Year​

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Topics

  • Introduction to cyber-physical systems; UAV platform LO1
  • Control of discrete and continuous systems LO6
  • Sensors, actuators and computing hardware LO2
  • Observation and state estimation LO3, LO7
  • Modelling, simulation, hardware-in-the-loop and prototyping LO3, LO5
  • Formal methods: temporal logic and model checking LO4–5
  • Networked, distributed multi-agent systems LO6
  • Security, safety, economics and ethics of CPS LO8
Learning outcomes
  1. Formally describe and design cyber-physical systems
  2. Choose sensors, actuators and computing for a CPS
  3. Model and simulate cyber-physical systems
  4. Write CPS specifications and tests
  5. Verify a CPS's performance
  6. Design distributed and networked control and write the software
  7. Apply machine learning to sensing and control
  8. Assess CPS security, environmental and socioeconomic impact, and ethics

Summarised from the module descriptor, checked November 2026.