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2014 NSF Early Career Professionals Workshop on Exploring New Frontiers in Cyber-Physical Systems - Program Agenda

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Program Agenda
National Science Foundation - 2014 Early Career Professionals Workshop on Exploring New Frontiers in Cyber-Physical Systems
Thursday, March 13, 2014 Meeting Room
8:00 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast Room A
8:45 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.

Welcome Comments by Workshop Chair and NSF Sponsor

  • Sertac Karaman (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Erwin Gianchandani (Deputy Division Director-CISE/CNS)
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

CPS Presentation

David Corman (CPS Program Director-NSF)
9:45 a.m. - 10:15 a.m.

Plenary Presentation

"The Role of Science and Technology in Achieving a Prosperous and Sustainable Future for All People", Dr. William Colglazier (Science & Technology Advisor to the Secretary of State, U.S. Department of State)
10:15 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Break
SESSION I - Foundations
10:15 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. Invited Plenary Talks + 5 mins. Paper Highlights

15-min Presentations

  • Necmiye Ozay (University of Michigan)
  • Michael Kane (ARPA-E)
 Room A

5-min Paper Highlights

  • Chinwendu Enyioha (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Ali Khanafer (University of Illinois -Urbana Champaign)
  • Lawson Wong (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
11:30 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. Breakout Session I (Parallel)
  • BR 1.1: Theories for Distributed Designs
 Room A
  • BR 1.2: Foundations for Security
 Room B
  • BR 1.3: Big Data: Balancing Privacy and Data Mining for Improved Performance
 Room C
12:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. Working Lunch - Poster Session I Room A
1:45 p.m. - 2:45 p.m.

CPS Research Presentation: "Hybrid Systems as the Framework for Interaction Between Human and Cyber-Physical Systems", Professor Ruzena Bajcsy (University of California-Berkeley)
2:45 p.m. - 3:25 p.m. Breakout Session I Reports
3:25p.m. - 3:45 p.m. Break
SESSION II - Critical Infrastructure and Systems
3:45 p.m. - 4:45 p.m.

Invited Plenary Talks + 5 mins. Paper Highlights

 Room A

15-min Presentations

  • Saraj Dhople (University of Minnesota
  • Harjeet Johal (GE Energy)

5-min Paper Highlights

  • Jianye Hao (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
  • Brian Johnson (National Renewable Energy Laboratory)
  • Ann Majewicz (Stanford)
4:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Introduction to AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship Program, Sokwoo Rhee (NIST), Geoff Mulligan (NIST)
Presentation on the AAAS Science & Technology Policy Fellowship Program, Salaeha Shariff (Project Director for Recruitment & Outreach-AAAS)
5:45 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Elements of a Successful NSF Proposal: A CPS Example: David Corman (Program Director- NSF), Sylvia Spengler (Program Director-NSF)

Friday, March 14, 2014
8:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast Room A
15-Min Presentation: Sertac Karaman (Massachusetts Institute of Technolgy)
8:15 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Breakout Session II (Parallel)
  • BR2.1: Interoperability
 Room A
  • BR2.2: Safe and Trustworthy Systems
 Room B
  • BR2.3: Automation and Human-in-the-Loop
 Room C
SESSION III - CPS Applications and Technologies
9:00 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. Invited Plenary Talks + 5 mins. Paper Highlights Room A

15-min Presentation

  • Gavin Garner (University of Virginia)
Breakout Session II Reports

5-min Paper Highlights

  • Michael McEvoy (University of Colorado)
  • Jun Seo (University of Pennsylvania)
  • Hsueh-Cheng Wang (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
10:45 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Break
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Breakout Session III (Parallel)
  • BR3.1: Energy and Transportation
 Room A
  • BR3.2: Robotics
 Room B
  • BR 3.3: New CPS Domains and Applications
 Room C
12:00 p.m. - 1:15 p.m. Working Lunch - Poster Session II Room A
1:30 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Seminar Presentation: "Navigating Grants.gov and Understanding Federal Funding Opportunities/Mechanism", Jan Cuny (Program Director-NSF)
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Breakout Session III Reports
3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Wrap-up
Writing Team Planning Discussion