Abstract
Many of the ideas that drive modern cloud computing, such as server virtualization, network slicing, and robust distributed storage, arose from the research community. But because today's clouds have particular, non-malleable implementations of these ideas "baked in," they are unsuitable as facilities in which to conduct research on future cloud architectures. This project creates CloudLab, a facility that will enable fundamental advances in cloud architecture.
Performance Period: 10/01/2014 - 09/30/2017
Institution: University of Utah
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1419199
Abstract
The proposal is to enable students from educational institutions in the United States to attend the CPSWeek 2014 collection of conferences, which are to be held April 14-17, 2014, in Berlin, Germany. CPSWeek is an annual international multi-conference for Cyber-Physical Systems, comprising five major multi-day conferences, five one-day workshops, and four one-day tutorials. It moves from country to country each year.
Performance Period: 02/15/2014 - 01/31/2015
Institution: University of Kansas Center for Research Inc
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1418757
Travel Grant Energy Cyber-Physical Systems Workshop
Lead PI:
Mladen Kezunovic
Abstract
This proposal provides travel support for the 2013 Energy CPS workshop, covering speakers, breakout session moderators, and scribes important to the workshop's overall success. Support will also be provided to enable the participation of underrepresented minorities and women, to ensure the discussions will represent important and emerging areas throughout the CPS and energy research communities. The intellectual merit of the proposal is due to the important nature of the workshop -- to define a research agenda for cyber-physical systems in the context of energy.
Mladen Kezunovic
Mladen Kezunovic has been with Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA, for over 35 years, where he holds titles of Regents Professor, Eugene E. Webb Professor, and Site Director of “Power Engineering Research Center” consortium. He is also the Principal of XpertPower Associates, a consulting firm specializing in power systems data analytics for the last 30 years. His expertise is in protective relaying, automated power system disturbance analysis, computational intelligence, data analytics, and smart grids. He has authored over 600 papers, given over 120 seminars, invited lectures, and short courses, and consulted for over 50 companies worldwide. Dr. Kezunovic is an IEEE Life Fellow, and a CIGRE Fellow, Honorary and Distinguished Member. He is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas. He is a member of NAE.
Performance Period: 12/15/2013 - 11/30/2015
Institution: Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1415530
Abstract
This project will design next-generation defense mechanisms to protect critical infrastructures, such as power grids, large industrial plants, and water distribution systems. These critical infrastructures are complex primarily due to the integration of cyber and physical components, the presence of high-order behaviors and functions, and an intricate and large interconnection pattern.
Performance Period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2017
Institution: University of California at Riverside
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1405330
Abstract
An appointed National Research Council committee will conduct the second phase of a study to consider future research goals and directions for foundational science in cybersecurity and how investments in foundational work support civilian and national security mission needs in the long term. It will consider relevant topics in social and behavioral sciences as well as more "traditional" cybersecurity topics. The committee will review current federal cybersecurity research strategies, plans, and programs as well as requirements for both civilian and national security applications.
Performance Period: 03/01/2014 - 02/29/2016
Institution: National Academy of Sciences
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1400278
2013 CPS PI Meeting and CY 2013-CY 2014 Workshops on CPS Energy, CPS Transportation, CPS Agriculture, and CPS Medical Devices
Lead PI:
Janos Sztipanovits
Co-PI:
Abstract
The focus of this proposal is to provide technical coordination for the 2013 Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Principal Investigators' (PI) meeting and multiple CPS-related workshops in the areas of Energy, Transportation, Medical Devices, and Agriculture in late 2013 and early 2014.
Janos Sztipanovits
Dr. Janos Sztipanovits is currently the E. Bronson Ingram Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Vanderbilt University. He is founding director of the Institute for Software Integrated Systems (ISIS). His current research interest includes the foundation and applications of Model-Integrated Computing for the design of Cyber Physical Systems. His other research contributions include structurally adaptive systems, autonomous systems, design space exploration and systems-security co-design technology. He served as program manager and acting deputy director of DARPA/ITO between 1999 and 2002 and he was member of the US Air Force Scientific Advisory Board between 2006-2010. He was founding chair of the ACM Special Interest Group on Embedded Software (SIGBED). Dr. Sztipanovits was elected Fellow of the IEEE in 2000 and external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2010. He graduated (Summa Cum Laude) from the Technical University of Budapest in 1970 and received his doctorate from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 1980.
Performance Period: 12/01/2013 - 11/30/2016
Institution: Vanderbilt University
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1361258
Abstract
This proposal provides travel support for the NSF's annual Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) Principal Investigators' (PI) meeting, to be held in Arlington, VA, on Oct. 17-18, 2013. The CPS PI meeting is the flagship event for the NSF CPS program. It is conducted annually, and provides an opportunity for all CPS PIs and co-PIs to interact with NSF, other government agencies, and industry. This particular award is to the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and will facilitate travel for the PIs and co-PIs of several CPS projects that are nearing completing.
Performance Period: 09/15/2013 - 08/31/2016
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1355325
Abstract
U.S. economic growth, energy security, and environmental stewardship depend on a sustainable energy policy that promotes conservation,efficiency, and electrification across all major sectors. Buildings are the largest sector and therefore an attractive target of these efforts: current Federal sustainability goals mandate that 50% of U.S.commercial buildings become net-zero energy by 2050. A range of options exists to achieve this goal, but financial concerns require a data-driven, empirically-validated approach.
Performance Period: 02/01/2014 - 01/31/2019
Institution: University of Michigan Ann Arbor
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1350967
Abstract
The goal of this project is to demonstrate new cyber-physical architectures that allow the sharing of closed-loop sensor networks among multiple applications through the dynamic allocation of sensing, networking, and computing resources. The sharing of sensor network infrastructures makes the provision of data more cost efficient and leads to virtual private sensor network (VPSN) architectures that can dramatically increase the number of sensor networks available for public use.
Performance Period: 03/01/2014 - 02/28/2019
Institution: University of Massachusetts Amherst
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1350752
Abstract
Designing software that can properly and safely interact with the physical world is an important cyber-physical systems design challenge. The proposed work includes the development of a novel approach to designing planning and control algorithms for high-performance cyber physical systems. The new approach was inspired by statistical mechanics and stochastic geometry. It will (i) identify behavior such as phase transitions in cyber-physical systems and (ii) capitalize this behavior in order to design practical algorithms with provable correctness and performance guarantees.
Performance Period: 03/01/2014 - 02/29/2020
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1350685