An event driven framework for assistive CPS environments

Abstract

Assistive Cyberphysical Systems (ACPS) are pervasive and ubiquitous systems connecting the cyber with the physical worlds, with the aim to assist a human's daily activities both at home and at work. We present an event driven framework with event identification mechanisms that drive actuators, transform a substrate and alter human behavior in a feedback loop process that allows a human to control her ACPS. This framework is a dynamic, context aware, adaptive, self-repairing and high-confidence system that couples computational power with physical substrate (testbed) control and command; it monitors human activities with differential privacy and security capabilities, recognizes events, human needs from lifestyle, and processes environmental and longitudinal health data.