Software offers the opportunity for enormously flexible and powerful control systems.
A central element of the SEC program is the exploitation of hierarchical hybrid systems concepts, which enable scalability through abstraction over large-state spaces. The SEC program is inherently inter-disciplinary, requiring approaches that address both control and computer science issues in tandem to make the required progress. The SEC program also includes a strong experimental component, and implementation of concepts is required. Research projects are expected to produce public domain reference implementations that can be incorporated into the SEC middleware and used experimentally. Proposals are solicited for revolutionary new ideas in the research areas below.