ANALYSIS OF PROSPECTS AND OPPORTUNITIES OF CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS EDUCATION

Galina Nikolcheva

doi:10.12955/pns.v1.122

Abstract

The readiness for digital transformation of industry is highly dependent from the existence of enough ICT experts with profiles to industrial applications and cyber-physical systems as well as the widespread promotion and application of existing industry standards and practices in the domain of Industry 4.0. The raising of the digital readiness index for the industry requires the development of educational and scientific initiatives in order to create capacity for institutional and organizational acceptance of the requirements and prerequisites of Industry 4.0 as well the creation of pilot projects and demonstration installations for the purpose of visualizing and presenting good practices. This paper analyses prospects and opportunities of Cyber-physical system education in order to prepare well-trained and capable specialists for Industry 4.0. Some good practices in this area are outlined. Ideas for building the foundation of the training as well as the organization of the laboratory practice are presented.

Highlights

Digitization offers impressive new opportunities to strengthen the position of European industry
The number of job created will increase from 1.8 in 2019 to 3.7 for one closed job, resulting in 58 million new jobs in 2025. All these findings clearly show that the reform of the education system and the way of reskilling are necessary
The generation of cyber-physical systems (CPS) will need a workforce with the right education, skills and competencies

Summary

Introduction

Digitization offers impressive new opportunities to strengthen the position of European industry. The growing interest and demand for engineers for cyber-physical systems requires educational reform and the creation of new curricula and courses for training of professionals with different educational degrees in this area.

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