The objective of this book is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and progress in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) by highlighting Applications, Advances and Research Challenges.

Dr. G.R. Karpagam is a Professor with 24 years of experience in Computer Science and Engineering in PSG College of Technology. She obtained her BE, ME, and PhD in Computer Science and Engineering. She is a Senior IEEE member and is operating as the Vice Chair of ACM, local Chapter.She is a recipient of PSG & Sons Teacher of the Year Award.

B.Vinoth Kumar received the B.E. degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Periyar University in 2003, and the ME and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the Anna University in 2009 and 2016, respectively. He is an Associate Professor with 15 years of experience at PSG College of Technology. His current research interests include Computational Intelligence, Memetic Algorithms, and Image Processing.

Dr. J.Uma Maheswari is an Assistant Professor(SG) with 13 years of experience in Computer Science and Engineering in PSG College of Technology. She completed her BE Computer Science and Engineering in Sri Krishna College of Engineering and Technology, Coimbatore from Bharathiar University in 2003 and ME Computer Science and Engineering in JJ College of Engineering and Technology, Trichy from Anna University in 2006. She obtained her PhD Degree in the field of computer science and engineering from Anna University in the year 2017.

Dr. Xiao-ZhiGao received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees from the Harbin Institute of Technology, China in 1993 and 1996, respectively. He earned a D.Sc. (Tech.) degree from the Helsinki University of Technology, Finland in 1999. Since January 2004, he has been working as a Docent at the same university. He is also a guest professor of the Beijing Normal University, Harbin Institute of Technology, and Beijing City University, China.

Building Cyber Physical Systems - Design Challenges, Techniques. SWOT Analysis of Cyber Physical Systems (CPS). Building Cyber physical Systems - Context - Wireless Sensor Networks. Intelligent Building and Environmental Controls for Futuristic Smart Cities Powered by Cyber Physical Intelligence. Smart Agriculture: An Application of Cyber Physical Systems. Building Cyber Physical Systems in the context of Smart Cities. Cyber Physical Systems for Disaster Response Networks: Conceptual Proposal using Never Ceasing Network. Risk-Adjusted Supply Chain Execution in the Era of Digital Supply Chains. War Gaming for Cyber Physical Systems. Blockchain Enabled Cyber Physical System - Case Study: SmartGym. Context-Aware Computing For Cyber Physical Systems. Intelligent Social Networking in Cyber Physical Systems. Manufacturing in Future as a Cyber Physical System. Cyber Physical Systems Threat Landscape. Proactive UDDI for retrieval of Superior Web Services predominantly for Cyber Physical Systems