Reactive CPS (ReCPS)
Workshop on Reactive Cyber-Physical Systems: Design, Simulation, and Coordination
About the Workshop
The Reactive CPS (ReCPS) Workshop at DATE 2026 is a new workshop dedicated to the modeling, design, simulation, analysis, and verification of reactive cyber-physical systems (CPS). ReCPS emphasizes reactive CPS architectures that continuously interact with their environment in real time, leveraging methodologies and tools such as the reactor model of computation and the Lingua Franca coordination language.
Tentative Workshop Program
The workshop program will feature:
- Keynote talk by Prof. Edward A. Lee, UC Berkeley
- Presentations of technical papers
- Demo sessions
👥 Organizers
- General Chair: Hokeun Kim (Arizona State University, United States)
- Program Chair: Sebastiano Gaiardelli (University of Verona, Italy)
📣 Call for Papers
As we advance towards a hyper-connected future defined by smart sensors and devices operating together as complex systems-of-systems, the massive adoption of Artificial Intelligence combined with the inherent unpredictability of distributed interactions presents a fundamental challenge to system reliability.
In such a scenario, Reactive Cyber-Physical Systems (ReCPS) are crucial for next-generation intelligent and autonomous systems, continuously interacting with their environment in real time. By leveraging methodologies and tools such as the reactor model of computation and the Lingua Franca coordination language, these emerging frameworks provide deterministic and composable concurrency for CPS design. This enables the design of more predictable and reliable system behavior than conventional CPS design approaches.
This workshop focuses on foundational methods and emerging trends in design, simulation, and coordination of these reactive systems. These approaches promise enhanced predictability and reliability compared to conventional CPS design.
We invite original research contributions and demonstrations on topics related to Reactive Cyber-Physical Systems.
📋 Topics of Interest
Scope and topics to be considered include (but are not limited to):
- Cyber-physical production systems (CPPS)
- Safety-critical CPS
- Distributed CPS
- Real-time scheduling and coordination
- Simulation of CPS
- Digital twins
- Verification and testing of CPS
- Predictability and determinism of CPS
- Integration and deployment of CPS
- AI/ML-driven autonomous CPS
- Modeling & simulation of human-in-the-loop CPS
- CPS-human interaction via LLMs
📅 Important Dates
- February 16, 2026 (AoE): Research papers and demo abstracts submission deadline
- March 2, 2026: Notification of acceptance
- April 20-22, 2026: Workshop at DATE 2026, Verona, Italy
📝 Submission Guidelines
We invite the following types of contributions:
Research Papers
Original research contributions on topics related to reactive cyber-physical systems design, simulation, verification, and deployment.
- Page limit: 4 pages (including references)
- Format: IEEE conference format
Demo Abstracts
Short abstracts describing working prototypes, tools, or demonstrations related to reactive CPS and the Lingua Franca ecosystem.
- Page limit: 2 pages (including references)
- Format: IEEE conference format
Review Process
Single blind review (no need to anonymize submissions) by a program committee with acceptance decisions.
Submission system: EasyChair
📄 Publication
Accepted manuscripts will be distributed to the workshop attendees, but will not be officially published, so that the authors can use the materials for their publication later.
Related Resources
Learn more about reactive programming and Lingua Franca.