The concept of systems of systems has emerged as an active domain of research in recent years at the interface of various disciplines, such as computer science, systems and control, systems engineering, and is of crucial importance for the societal challenges facing the world.
CPSoS – Towards a European Roadmap on Research and Innovation in Engineering and Management of Cyber-physical Systems of Systems – is a 30-month Support Action supported by the European Commission under the FP7 programme. It aims to building constituencies for a European R&I agenda on SoS. CPSoS provides a forum and an exchange platform for systems of systems related communities and ongoing projects, focusing on the challenges posed by the engineering and the operation of technical systems in which computing and communication systems interact with large complex physical systems. Its approach is simultaneously integrative, aiming at bringing together knowledge from different communities, and applications driven.