  A challenge is to develop cyber-physical system scenarios that reflect the
diversity and complexity of real-life cyber-physical systems in the research
questions that they address. Time-bounded collaborative events, such as
hackathons, jams and sprints, are increasingly used as a means of bringing
groups of individuals together, in order to explore challenges and develop
solutions. This paper describes our experiences, using a science hackathon to
bring individual researchers together, in order to develop a common use-case
implemented on a shared CPS testbed platform that embodies the diversity in
their own security research questions. A qualitative study of the event was
conducted, in order to evaluate the success of the process, with a view to
improving future similar events.
