Ongoing challenges in automated cyberphysical cross-domain design

Cyberphysical systems span domains across mechanical design, controls/signal processing theory, and computational architecture domains. Through an automated holistic design methodology, the interdepen-dence between design domains can be exploited to yield cheaper, higher quality, distributed systems. This paper highlights preliminary results and challenges in ongoing research towards construction of physical structures and architectures in tandem. It targets deformable structural networks approximated through damped mass-spring networks. The method iteratively couples information from multiple domains. For instance, information about the physical model´s eigen-frequencies determine real-time deadlines in the architecture. Vice versa, architectural limitations (e.g. how quickly sensor information can be gathered and synchronized) affects selection of physical materials and dictates sensor network design. We discuss the challenges and preliminary analysis for a first-order model, and briefly give broader context for the research.