The Emergence of Intelligent Enterprises： From CPS to CPSS.pdfVIP

C Y B E R - P H Y S I C A L - S O C I A L S Y S T E M S Editor: Daniel Zeng, University of Arizona, zeng@ The Emergence of Intelligent Enterprises: From CPS to CPSS Fei-Yue Wang, Chinese Academy of Sciences elcome to the inaugural issue of the When IEEE Intelligent Systems solicited ideas W Cyber-Physical-Social Systems (CPSS) for a new department at its 2008 Spring Edito- rial Board meeting, the suggestion of CPS received department! overwhelming support. The board approved the In recent years, Internet use and cyberspace ac- proposal for a new CPS department in 2009 and tivities have created an overwhelming demand for appointed Daniel Zeng as its founding editor. the rapid development and application of CPSS, Although I had promised to write the fi rst ar- raising compelling technological, economic, and ticle for the new department, as the new editor in social implications. In this issue, I would like to chief, I was hesitant to execute the plan. This was begin by addressing the philosophical and scien- because the current CPS RD effort has concen- tifi c foundation of CPSS. I believe any study of trated heavily on networked or next-generation CPSS must be conducted with a multidisciplinary embedded systems, an extremel