Universal Cyber-Physical Systems Environment for Federation (UCEF)

Internet of Things (IoT) is comprised of interacting networks of physical, computational, and human components that coordinate to fulfill time-sensitive functions in their environment. The development of these systems spans all industrial sectors and demands collaborative effort between research and development teams from multiple institutions. Realizing the full potential of IoT requires interoperability between heterogeneous systems and development processes supported by robust platforms for experimentation and testing across domains. Meanwhile, current design and management approaches for these systems are domain-specific and would benefit from a more universally applicable approach.