Career: Towards Secured and Efficient Energy-based Critical Infrastructure
Lead PI:
Yu Wei
Abstract
The goal of this project is to establish a theoretical and empirical foundation for secured and efficient energy resource management in the smart grid - a typical energy-based cyber-physical system and the future critical energy infrastructure for the nation. However, as a large distributed and complex system, the smart grid inherently operates under the presence of various uncertainties, which can be raised from natural disasters, malicious attacks, distributed renewable energy resources, plug-in electrical vehicles, habits of energy usage, and weather.
Performance Period: 09/01/2014 - 08/31/2019
Institution: Towson University
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1350145
Abstract
This NSF-FDA Scholar-In-Residence award supports translational research in modeling to inform future medical device design and approval processes. It is supported by the NSF Cyber-Physical Systems program in the Division of Computer and Network Systems in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.
Sudden cardiac death is the leading cause of fatalities in the industrialized world.
Performance Period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2015
Institution: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1347015
Abstract
This INSPIRE award is partially funded by the Cyber-Physical Systems Program in the Division of Computer and Network Systems in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, the Information and Intelligent Systems Program in the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, the Computer Systems Research Program in the Division of Computer and Network Systems in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and the Software and Hardware Foundations Program in the Division o
Performance Period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2017
Institution: University of California at San Diego
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1344291
Abstract
This INSPIRE award is partially funded by the Interdisciplinary Research Program in the Division of Civil, Mechanical and Manufacturing Innovation in the Directorate for Engineering, the Computer systems Research Program in the Division of Computer and Network Systems in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering, and the Robust Intelligence Program in the Division of Information and Intelligent Systems in the Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering.
Integrated circuits are produced in billion-dollar chip fabs, which require many months of pr
Performance Period: 01/01/2014 - 12/31/2016
Institution: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1344222
Cyber-Physical Systems Principal Investigator Meeting 2013
Lead PI:
Robert Shelton
Abstract
This project includes organization of the 2013 Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) Principal Investigators (PI) meeting. This will be the latest in a series of annual meetings held for CPS program grantees, at which they are able to present research results and collectively identify future research directions.
Cyber-physical systems use computations and communication deeply embedded in, and interacting with, physical processes to add new capabilities to physical systems.
Performance Period: 07/15/2013 - 06/30/2014
Institution: International Technology Research Institute, Inc (ITRI, Inc)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1342957
Abstract
This workshop on "Airborne Networks and Communications" in conjunction with the annual American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Infotech@Aerospace Conference will be held in Boston, Massachusetts, on Aug. 21, 2013. The workshop will provide a discussion forum for researchers in disciplines important for airborne networking, including wireless communications, autonomous air vehicles, routing planning, cyber-physical security, and test beds, and important to real-world situations such as in disaster relief during which communications, coordination, and sensing are critical.
Performance Period: 07/01/2013 - 04/30/2014
Institution: University of North Texas
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1342130
CPS: Synergy: Distributed Sensing, Learning and Control in Dynamic Environments
Lead PI:
Bir Bhanu
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The objective of this project is to improve the performance of autonomous systems in dynamic environments, such as disaster recovery, by integrating perception, planning paradigms, learning, and databases.
Performance Period: 10/01/2013 - 03/31/2019
Institution: University of California at Riverside
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1330110
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CPS: Breakthrough: Collaborative Research: Cyber-Physical Manipulation (CPM): Locating, Manipulating, and Retrieving Large Objects with Large Populations of Robots
Lead PI:
James McLurkin
Abstract
This project develops the theory and technology for a new frontier in cyber-physical systems: cyber-physical manipulation. The goal of cyber-physical manipulation is to enable groups of hundreds or thousands of individual robotic agents to collaboratively explore an environment, manipulate objects in that environment, and transport those objects to desired locations.
James McLurkin
James McLurkin is an Assistant Professor at Rice University in the Department of Computer Science, and director of the Multi-Robot Systems Lab. Research interests include using distributed computational geometry for multi-robot configuration control, distributed perception, and complexity metrics that quantify the relationships between algorithm execution time, inter-robot communication bandwidth, and robot speed. Previous positions include lead research scientist at iRobot corporation, where McLurkin was the manager of the DARPA-funded Swarm project. Results included the design and construction of 112 robots and distributed configuration control algorithms, including robust software to search indoor environments. He holds a S.B. in Electrical Engineering with a Minor in Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T., a M.S. in Electrical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley, and a S.M. and Ph.D. in Computer Science from M.I.T.
Performance Period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2016
Institution: William Marsh Rice University
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1330085
Abstract
This project focuses on the problem of information acquisition, state estimation and control in the context of cyber physical systems. In our underlying model, a (set of) decision maker(s), by controlling a sequence of actions with uncertain outcomes, dynamically refines the belief about stochastically time-varying parameters of interest. These parameters are then used to control the physical system efficiently and robustly. Here the cyber system collects, processes, and acquires information about the underlying physical system of interest, which is used for its control.
Performance Period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2016
Institution: Stanford University
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1330081
CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Engineering Safety-Critical Cyber-Physical-Human Systems
Lead PI:
Alex Kirlik
Co-PI:
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This cross-disciplinary project brings together a team of engineering and computer science researchers to create, validate, and demonstrate the value of new techniques for ensuring that systems composed of combinations of hardware, software, and humans are designed to operate in a truly synergistic and safe fashion.
Performance Period: 10/01/2013 - 09/30/2016
Institution: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Award Number: 1330077