National Mission on Inter disciplinary Cyber-physical Systems (NM-ICPS)

• C3iHub, a cyber-security Technology Innovation Hub (TIH) of The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IITK) hosted the 3rd National Workshop on Technology Innovation in Cyber-Physical Systems (TIPS).
• The workshop was organized by the Department of Science & Technology (DST), under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS).

ABOUT NATIONAL MISSION ON INTERDISCIPLINARY CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS (NM-ICPS)

• It was launched in December 2018.
• Implemented by Department of Science &Technology (DST).
• The Mission addresses the ever increasing technological requirements of the society, and takes into account the international trends and road maps of leading countries for the next generation technologies.
• NM-ICPS is a comprehensive Mission that brings together academia, industry, government and international organizations and has created an ecosystem that fosters entrepreneurship, develops next-generation skilled manpower, catalyses translational research, and promotes the commercialization of CPS technologies.
• As part of the Mission implementation, 25 Technology Innovation Hubs (TIHs) have been established in advanced technologies in reputed institutes across the country.
• These TIHs focus on technology development and translation, human resource and skill development, entrepreneurship and start-ups development, and international collaborative research.

ABOUT CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS

• Cyber-physical systems integrate sensing, computation, control and networking into physical objects and infrastructure, connecting them to the Internet and to each other.
• Examples- autonomous vehicles, robotics, remote sensors etc.