This reseach aims to build an open source Medical Device Coordination Framework (MDCF) for automatimg the coordination of integrated/networked medical devices in a clinical context.

The objective of this research is to develop new principles for creating and comparing models of skilled human activities, and to apply those models to systems for teaching, training, and assisting humans performing these activities. The models investigated will include both hybrid systems and language-based models. The research will focus on modeling surgical manipulations during robotic minimally invasive surgery.

The objective of this research is to develop an intuitive user interface for functional electrical stimulation (FES), which uses surgically-implanted electrodes to stimulate muscles in spinal cord-injured (SCI) patients. The challenge is to enable high-level tetraplegic patients to regain the use of their own arm.

The objective of this research is to develop a theory of ?ActionWebs?, that is, networked embedded sensor-rich systems, which are taskable for coordination of multiple decision-makers. The approach is to first identify models of ActionWebs using stochastic hybrid systems, an interlinking of continuous dynamical physical models with discrete state representations of interconnection and computation. Second, algorithms will be designed for tasking individual sensors, based on information objectives for the entire system.

The objective of this research is to study the formal design and verification of advanced vehicle dynamics control systems. The approach is to consider the vehicle-driver-road system as a cyber-physical system (CPS) by focusing on three critical components: (i) the tire-road interaction; (ii) the driver-vehicle interaction; and (iii) the controller design and validation.  

To build practical cyber physical systems of the future will require three critical foundational issues of robustness, real-time, and openness.These issues must be addressed together.

Dr. Al Wavering, NIST Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory, presentation at the 1st National CPS PI Meeting, Arlington, VA, 08/11/2010

To improve patient care by facilitating collaboration among scientists, engineers, and clinicians to catalyze the discovery, development, and implementation of innovative technologies, emphasizing minimally invasive approaches,

Dr. Paul L. Jones, Center for Devices and Radiological Health, FDA presentaiton at the 1st National CPS PI Meeting, Arlington, VA, 08/11/2010

William P. Milam, Ford Motor Company and Dr. Shige Wang, General Motors Corporation  presentation at the 1st National CPS PI Meeting, Arlington, VA, 08/11/2010