Abstract: Motivation: Energy infrastructure is a critical underpinning of modern society. To ensure its reliable operation, a nation-­‐wide or continent-­‐wide situational awareness system is essential to provide high-­‐resolution understanding of the system dynamics such that proper actions can be taken in real-­‐time in response to power system disturbances and to avoid cascading blackouts. The power grid represents a typical highly dynamic cyber-­‐physical system (CPS).

Abstract: We  developed  an  analytical  and  computational  framework  for  vulnerability analysis of dynamical power networks to link and node-based attacks.   For stochastic link failure attacks, we provided a systematic procedure for ranking links  (transmission  lines)  of  power  network  in  the  order  of  their  critical importance to maintain synchronization among network generators.

Abstract: Cerebral  Palsy  (CP)  is the  most  common  motor  disorder  of central  origin  in childhood  and affects at least 2 children per 1000 live births every year. This project will research new methods and tools in motor/cognitive assessment for small children (5‐8 years old) with Cerebral Palsy.

Abstract: The project aims to establish a Cyber-Physical Infrastructure for urban environments and address fundamental problems that involve data collection, resource allocation, real-time decision making, safety, and security.

Abstract: Despite the integration of advanced cyber technologies in monitoring and communication in electric power networks, design and development of control systems, and in particular, Remedial Action Schemes (RAS) tend to evolve at a very slow pace. The objective of this research is to study new distributed system modeling techniques to faithfully capture the physical and communication  system characteristics  as well as the "wave" like propagation of some disturbances.

Transforming the traditional, single-vehicle-based safety and efficiency control, next-generation vehicles are expected to form platoons for optimizing roadway usage and fuel efficiency while ensuring transportation safety. Two basic enablers of vehicle platooning are vehicular wireless networking and platoon control.

10th IEEE Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems - SIES 2015 University of Siegen Conference web site:    www.sies2015.com Submission system:      https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sies2015

Symposia dedicated to promising research in resilient systems that will protect critical cyber-physical infrastructures from unexpected and malicious threats--securing our way of life. There are five co-located symposia: Resilient Control Systems Resilient Cyber Systems Resilient Cognitive Systems Resilient Communication Systems Resilient Critical Infrastructure