Cybersecurity and resiliency of the power grid is of paramount importance to national security and economic well-being. CPS security testbeds are enabling technologies that provide realistic experimental platforms for the evaluation and validation of security technologies within controlled environments. In this regard, the following are the key objectives of the project:

Abstract: The overall research objective of the project is to establish and demonstrate a generic motion sensing co-design procedure that significantly reduces the complexity of mission design for swarming CPS, and greatly facilitates the development of effective and efficient control and sensing strategies.

Visual identification of structural flaws is quite valuable not only to predict an imminent collapse of a bridge, but also to determine effective precautionary measures and repairs.

Abstract: This project features conception, design, and deployment of a wireless network of embedded devices, for monitoring the behavior of animals in the wild.  The system is being deployed and tested in biologically relevant scenarios.

Abstract: The research objective of this project is to bridge two disparate paths to the control of hybrid dynamical systems—namely, symbolic model-based and Lyapunov analysis-based approaches—via convex programming in order to address major challenges in hybrid control. The primary goal is to establish nonconservative, robust, and scalable control theories and algorithms for verifying/achieving desired stability and performance bounds for hybrid affine systems.

Overview: The existence of complex interactions and interdependencies in cyber-physical critical infrastructures is well known, but a poorly understood phenomena. As an example, a smart grid (SG) is dependent on the cyber infrastructure for advanced metering, data collection/analytics and control, and this dependency brings in serious security and vulnerability implications.

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Abstract: The goal of this research project is to create a scalable and robust cyber-physical system (CPS) framework for the observation and control of the functional interdependencies between bridge structures (stationary physical systems) and trucks (mobile physical agents).  Figure 1 shows the architecture of the proposed CPS framework for the observation and control of truck loads imposed on highway bridges.  While many accomplishments have been achieved during the first year of the project, this poster pres

Abstract: This highly interdisciplinary research addresses two fundamental challenges in image sensing and image understanding: 1) versatile camera systems in a small form factor, and 2) 3-dimensional scene and object recognition from 2-dimensional photos. These fundamental challenges are tackled together by developing a cyber-physical imaging system, called a smart flexible camera sheet, which integrates an array of many micro-cameras (each millimeters in size) onto a thin substrate.

Abstract: Protective relays play a crucial role in steering the dynamics of the electric grid during stressed system conditions. However, as some blackout logs have shown, relay mis-operations during stressed conditions can trigger a cascade eventually leading to a blackout. Currently, there is no way to correct such mis-operations, should they occur. We propose the use of wide-area information to supervise relay operation, especially those attached to generator units and critical transmission lines.