CAREER: Design of in-line controllers for continuously operating networks with structural uncertainty
Lead PI:
Donatello Materassi
Abstract
This project focuses on designing control mechanisms for a networked system with unknown structure by making use only of non-invasive observations. By non-invasive observations, it is meant that what is being measured is not the system reaction to actively injected inputs, but rather the system behavior when it is operating under standard conditions and subject to potentially unobservable forcing signals.
Performance Period: 08/01/2016 - 07/31/2021
Institution: University of Tennessee Knoxville
Award Number: 1553504
CAREER: Cyber Physical Solution for High Penetration Renewables in Smart Grid
Lead PI:
Arif Sarwat
Abstract
Effective integration of large amounts of renewable energy into the grid is of utmost importance for sustainable future and greener smart cities. Due to the unpredictable variations in weather, over 80% of the available renewable energy from solar and wind sources cannot be harnessed effectively.
Performance Period: 05/01/2016 - 04/30/2021
Institution: Florida International University
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1553494
CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Traffic Operating System for Smart Cities
Lead PI:
Roberto Horowitz
Co-PI:
Abstract
Each commuter in the United States lost on average $818 in 2015 due to congestion. More than 66% of congestion happens on city streets. The situation is steadily getting worse as the number of cars on roads increases and is expected to double by 2050. Solving the mobility problem by building new roads is not feasible. Instead, we need to use emerging technologies such as intelligent transportation systems; connected vehicles and autonomous vehicles; and new services, e.g. car sharing, ride on demand, last mile delivery services, to improve transportation efficiency on city streets.
Performance Period: 07/01/2017 - 06/30/2020
Institution: University of California - Berkeley
Award Number: 1545116
CPS: TTP Option: Frontiers: Collaborative Research: Software Defined Control for Smart Manufacturing Systems
Lead PI:
Sibin Mohan
Co-PI:
Abstract
Software-Defined Control (SDC) is a revolutionary methodology for controlling manufacturing systems that uses a global view of the entire manufacturing system, including all of the physical components (machines, robots, and parts to be processed) as well as the cyber components (logic controllers, RFID readers, and networks). As manufacturing systems become more complex and more connected, they become more susceptible to small faults that could cascade into major failures or even cyber-attacks that enter the plant, such as, through the internet.
Performance Period: 09/01/2016 - 08/31/2021
Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1544901
CPS: TTP Option: Frontiers: Collaborative Research: Software Defined Control for Smart Manufacturing Systems
Lead PI:
Elaine Shi
Abstract
Software-Defined Control (SDC) is a revolutionary methodology for controlling manufacturing systems that uses a global view of the entire manufacturing system, including all of the physical components (machines, robots, and parts to be processed) as well as the cyber components (logic controllers, RFID readers, and networks). As manufacturing systems become more complex and more connected, they become more susceptible to small faults that could cascade into major failures or even cyber-attacks that enter the plant, such as, through the internet.
Performance Period: 09/01/2016 - 08/31/2021
Institution: Cornell University
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1544613
Breakthrough: Collaborative: Secure Algorithms for Cyber-Physical Systems
Lead PI:
Mo-Yuen Chow
Abstract
Modern systems such as the electric smart grid consist of both cyber and physical components that must work together; these are called cyber-physical systems, or CPS. Securing such systems goes beyond just cyber security or physical security into cyber-physical security. While the threats multiply within a CPS, physical aspects also can reduce the threat space. Unlike purely cyber systems, such as the internet, CPS are grounded in physical reality.
Performance Period: 07/15/2015 - 06/30/2020
Institution: North Carolina State University
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1505633
Breakthrough: Collaborative: Secure Algorithms for Cyber-Physical Systems
Lead PI:
Jonathan Kimball
Co-PI:
Abstract
Modern systems such as the electric smart grid consist of both cyber and physical components that must work together; these are called cyber-physical systems, or CPS. Securing such systems goes beyond just cyber security or physical security into cyber-physical security. While the threats multiply within a CPS, physical aspects also can reduce the threat space. Unlike purely cyber systems, such as the internet, CPS are grounded in physical reality.
Performance Period: 07/15/2015 - 06/30/2019
Institution: Missouri University of Science and Techenology
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1505610
Breakthrough: Enhancing Privacy in Smart Buildings and Homes
Lead PI:
David Irwin
Abstract
The design of smart electric grids and buildings that automatically optimize their energy generation and consumption is critical to advancing important societal goals, including increasing energy-efficiency, improving the grid's reliability, and gaining energy independence. To enable such optimizations, smart grids and buildings increasingly rely on Internet-connected sensors in smart devices, including digital electric meters, web-enabled appliances and lighting, programmable outlets and switches, and intelligent HVAC systems.
Performance Period: 09/01/2015 - 08/31/2019
Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1505422
CAREER: Securing Sensory Side-Channels in Cyber-Physical Systems
Selcuk Uluagac
Lead PI:
Selcuk Uluagac
Abstract
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) integrate devices that can interact with each other and the physical world around them. With CPS applications, engineers monitor the structural health of highways and bridges, farmers check the health of their crops, and ecologists observe wildlife in their natural habitat.
Selcuk Uluagac

Dr. Selcuk Uluagac is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Florida International University (FIU). Before joining FIU, he was a Senior Research Engineer in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned his Ph.D. with a concentration in information security and networking from the School of ECE, Georgia Tech in 2010. He also received an M.Sc. in Information Security from the School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech and an M.Sc. in ECE from Carnegie Mellon University in 2009 and 2002, respectively. The focus of his research is on cyber security topics with an emphasis on its practical and applied aspects. He is interested in and currently working on problems pertinent to the security of Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems. In 2015, he received a Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award from the US National Science Foundation (NSF). In 2015, he was also selected to receive fellowship from the US Air Force Office of Sponsored Research (AFOSR)’s 2015 Summer Faculty Fellowship Program. In 2016, he received the Summer Faculty Fellowship from the University of Padova, Italy. In 2007, he received the “Outstanding ECE Graduate Teaching Assistant Award” from the School of ECE, Georgia Tech. He is an active member of IEEE (senior grade), ACM, USENIX, and ASEE and a regular contributor to national panels and leading journals and conferences in the field. Currently, he is the area editor of Elsevier Journal of Network and Computer Applications and serves on the editorial board of the IEEE Communication Surveys and Tutorials. More information can be obtained from: http://web.eng.fiu.edu/selcuk.

Performance Period: 06/01/2015 - 05/31/2020
Institution: Florida International University
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1453647
Collaborative Research: An Expedition in Computing for Compiling Printable Programmable Machines
Lead PI:
Daniela Rus
Co-PI:
Abstract
This project envisions a future desktop technology that prints actual programmable hybrid electro-mechanical devices from only their sketches on-demand, anywhere with the skill of a team of professional engineers using advanced materials. It would transform manufacturing as dramatically as the personal computer democratized information technology and transformed how we communicate. The capability to customize cyber-physical systems on-demand would change how contingencies are planned.
Performance Period: 04/01/2012 - 03/31/2019
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1138967
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