TOTAL PROBLEM STATEMENTS
5
Student CPS Tracks

Faculty (separate)
Smart Cyber Physical India

Detailed Student Challenge Problem Statements

Project Title Domain Problem Definition Components / Technologies Key Outcomes Rubric Highlights
Green Corridor for Ambulance Response Smart Healthcare, Smart Mobility Design a CPS that uses real-time clinical alerts and ambulance GPS to create an automatic “green corridor” by coordinating traffic signals and routing to minimise emergency response time. Smart algorithms for pathfinding; IoT-enabled traffic lights; ambulance GPS tracking; communication networks; actuator-based signal control. • Traffic simulation model showing reduced travel time.
• Working alert and route-visualisation prototype (web/mobile).
• Protocol document on legal, social and city-integration aspects.
• Algorithm efficiency (≈40% weight) based on time saved in simulation.
• System integration (≈30%) between health alerts and traffic control.
• Societal impact and feasibility (≈30%).
Integrated Urban Farm-to-Home Module Smart Food & Agriculture, Smart Housing & Infrastructure Build a CPS module for a residential building that manages a rooftop or vertical farm, linking building automation with smart irrigation to optimise resources and support local food. IoT soil, humidity and light sensors; smart irrigation systems; embedded controllers; actuators for pumps and vents; control dashboard for residents. • Control-system prototype automating light and irrigation from sensor inputs.
• Resource dashboard showing water and energy savings.
• High-level structural and deployment feasibility report.
• Technical functionality of sensing–actuation loops (≈40%).
• Resource efficiency in water/energy use (≈30%).
• Sustainability and adoption potential for urban communities (≈30%).
Citizen-Driven Water Quality Audit System Smart Water Resources, Smart Governance Create a CPS where citizens use low-cost handheld sensors to measure drinking-water quality and securely send data to a governance platform that flags contamination risks in real time. Low-cost IoT chemical/pH/turbidity sensors; embedded hardware; wireless communication; open-data backend; AI analytics for anomaly detection and risk mapping. • Proof-of-concept sensor device streaming data wirelessly.
• Governance interface with map-based real-time monitoring and alerts.
• Citizen usage and data-quality protocol.
• Technical accuracy and reliability of sensing (≈40%).
• Governance and data-security integration (≈35%).
• Public trust and usability of the open-data interface (≈25%).
Energy-Smart Industrial Cold Storage Smart Manufacturing, Smart Energy Propose a CPPS for SME cold-storage units that applies predictive maintenance and decentralised energy management to keep equipment healthy and reduce energy costs. IIoT vibration and temperature sensors; edge-computing gateway; predictive-maintenance model; real-time monitoring and control; decentralised energy-management logic (grid / solar / DG). • Predictive model for compressor failure using simulated sensor data.
• Simulation of energy-optimised compressor operation using dynamic tariffs or availability.
• Operations dashboard for temperature, machine health and energy source.
• Technical functionality and responsiveness of control loop (≈40%).
• Energy-efficiency gains demonstrated in scenarios (≈35%).
• Economic impact and ROI argument for SMEs (≈25%).
Safe School Perimeter and Environment Smart Public Safety, Smart Education & Culture Develop a CPS for campuses that combines cyber-physical perimeter security with personalised classroom environments that monitor and control air quality for student well-being. Access-control and security sensors; AI-based recognition mock-up; motion and CO₂ / air-quality sensors; HVAC actuators; campus monitoring and control interface. • Prototype security alert system with automatic notifications and zone lockdown logic.
• Air-quality control loop demo maintaining target comfort levels.
• Emergency and ethics protocol manual for security and environmental events.
• Safety effectiveness of alerts and access control (≈40%).
• Health optimisation via environmental control metrics (≈35%).
• Ethical and usability considerations, including privacy (≈25%).