CPS has extraordinary significance for the future of the U.S. industry. There is much more at stake than just extending our leadership in networking and information technology to an exploding new market segment. Falling behind in the foundations of CPS may render our scientific and technological infrastructure obsolete, leading to rapid loss in our competitiveness in major industrial segments i...

Welcome to the 5th Workshop on Hot Topics in Computer Networks! We received 114 submissions. The ten members of the program committee submitted 421 reviews, and external reviewers submitted an additional six reviews. HotNets papers are shorter than a normal conference submission, and were generally enjoyable reading, but the load on the program committee was still non-trivial, and they all dese...

Background: Forward head posture is one of the most prevalent abnormal postures in patients with neck disorders. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of forward head posture on gait ground reaction force characteristics in children. Methods: Twelve children with forward head posture (age: 11.8±1.3 years) and sixteen healthy control children (...