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2017 CPS PI Meeting Lightning Talks

Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5

Round 1: Monday, November 13, 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM [Session 2]
# Presenter Award Title Award #
1 Andre Platzer CPS: Breakthrough: Knowledge-Aware Cyber-Physical Systems 1446712
2 Prashant Shenoy Breakthrough: Enhancing Privacy in Smart Buildings and Homes 1505422
3 Edward Lee CPS: Breakthrough: A Mathematical Theory of Cyber-Physical Systems 1446619
4 Hai Lin CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Dependable Multi-robot Cooperative Tasking in Uncertain and Dynamic Environments 1446288
5 Husheng Li CPS: Breakthrough: An Entropy Framework for Communications and Dynamics Interdependency in Cyber Physical Systems: Analysis, Design and Implementation 1543830
6 Jerome Lynch CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Enhanced Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Infrastructure Systems by Observing and Controlling Loads using Cyber-Physical Systems 1446521
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7 Lui Sha CPS:TTP Option:Synergy: Collaborative Research: An Executable Distributed Medical Best Practice Guidance (EMBG) System for End-to-End Emergency Care from Rural to Regional Center 1545002
8 Manimaran Govindarasu CPS: Synergy: High-Fidelity, Scalable, Open-Access Cyber Security Testbed for Accelerating Smart Grid Innovations and Deployments 1446831
9 Murat Arcak CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Efficient Traffic Management: A Formal Methods Approach 1446145
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10 Ted Morris CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Dynamic Methods of Traffic Control that Impact Quality of Life in Smart Cities 1544887
11 Ou Bai CPS: Synergy: Sensor Network-Based Lower-Limb Prosthetic Optimization and Control 1552163
12 Spencer Kellis CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: A Signal-Aware-Based Low-Power, Fully Human Implantable Brain-Computer Interface System to Restore Walking after Spinal Cord Injury 1446908
13 Pierluigi Pisu CPS:Synergy:Security of Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems with Connected Vehicle Applications 1544910
14 Radha Poovendran CPS: Breakthrough: Towards a Science of Attack Composition, Mitigation, and Verification in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Passivity-Based Framework 1446866
15 Thenkurussi Kesavadas CPS: Breakthrough:Towards Resiliency in Cyber-physical Systems for Robot-assisted Surgery 1545069
16 Sajal Das CPS: Breakthrough: Collaborative Research: Securing Smart Grid by Understanding Communications Infrastructure Dependencies 1545037
17 Sriram Sankaranarayanan CPS:Synergy:Collaborative Research: In-Silico Functional Verification of Artificial Pancreas Control Algorithms 1446900
18 Umakishore Ramachandran CPS: Breakthrough: Programming and Execution Environment for Geo-Distributed Latency-Sensitive Applications 1446801
19 Tajana Rosing CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Calibration of Personal Air Quality Sensors in the Field - Coping with Noise and Extending Capabilities 1446912
20 Zhihai He CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Cyber-Physical Sensing, Modeling, and Control for Large-Scale Wastewater Reuse and Algal Biomass Production 1544794
21 Lillian Ratliff CRII: CPS: Emerging Markets and Myopic Decision-Making in Multi-Modal Transportation Systems: Modeling and Validation 1656873
22 Nina Mahmoudian CAREER: Autonomous Underwater Power Distribution System for Continuous Operation 1453886
23 James Anderson CPS: Synergy: Doing More With Less: Cost-Effective Infrastructure for Automotive Vision Capabilities 1446631
24 Sandip Roy CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Threat-Assessment Tools for Management-Coupled Cyber- and Physical- Infrastructure 1545104
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Round 2: Monday, November 13, 1:45 PM - 2:30 PM [Session 5]
# Presenter Award Title Award #
1 Anil Pahwa CPS:Synergy: Architecture for future distribution systems including active consumers with rooftop solar generation 1544705
2 Deniz Erdogmus CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Nested Control of Assistive Robots through Human Intent Inference 1544895
3 Eric Feron CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Semantics of Optimization for Real Time Intelligent Embedded Systems (SORTIES) 1446758
4 Hanz Richter CPS:Synergy:Cyber-Enabled Repetitive Motions in Rehabilitation 1544702
5 Ilya Kolmanovsky CPS:GOALI:Synergy: Maneuver and Data Optimization for High Confidence Testing of Future Automotive Cyberphysical Systems 1544844
6 Jiong Tang CPS/Synergy/Collaborative Research: Cybernizing Mechanical Structures through Integrated Sensor-Structure Fabrication 1544707
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7 Lalitha Sankar CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: A Verifiable Framework for Cyber- Physical Attacks and Countermeasures in a Resilient Electric Power Grid 1449080
8 Maggie Cheng CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Real-time Data Analytics for Energy Cyber-Physical Systems 1660025
9 Jorge Cortes CPS: Synergy: Triggered Control of Cyber Physical Systems with Communication Channels Constraints 1446891
10 Srinivasa Salapaka CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Learning from cells to create transportation infrastructure at the micron scale 1544721
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11 Nirmalya Roy CPS: Breakthrough: Low-cost Continuous Virtual Energy Audits in Cyber-Physical Building Envelope 1544687
12 Panagiotis Tsiotras CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Adaptive Intelligence for Cyber-Physical Automotive Active Safety - System Design and Evaluation 1544814
13 Petros Ioannou CPS: Synergy: Cyber Physical Regional Freight Transportation System Start 1545130
14 Prabal Dutta Synergy: Collaborative: CPS-Security: End-to-End Security for the Internet of Things 1505684
15 Rajesh Kavasseri CPS: Breakthrough: Collaborative Research: WARP: Wide Area assisted Resilient Protection 1544621
16 Ricardo Sanfelice CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Computationally Aware Cyber-Physical Systems 1544396
17 Saman Aliari Zonouz CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Distributed Just-Ahead-Of-Time Verification of Cyber-Physical Critical Infrastructures 1446471
18 Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Learning control sharing strategies for assistive cyber-physical systems 1745561
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19 Marcos VASCONCELOS CPS: Breakthrough: Energy and Delay: Network Optimization in Cyber Physical Human Sensing Systems 1446901
20 Xiaobo Tan CPS: Synergy: Tracking Fish Movement with a School of Gliding Robotic Fish 1446793
21 Taylor Johnson CRII: CPS: Safe Cyber-Physical Systems Upgrades 1713253
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22 Zak Kassas CRII: CPS: Towards Optimal Information Gathering in Unknown Stochastic Environments 1566240
23 Wei Yu Career: Towards Secured and Efficient Energy-based Critical Infrastructure 1350145
24 Sudeep Pasricha CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Enabling Smart Underground Mining with an Integrated Context-Aware Wireless Cyber-Physical Framework 1646562
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25 Zhen Qian CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Matching Parking Supply to Travel Demand towards Sustainability: a Cyber Physical Social System for Sensing Driven Parking 1544826
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Round 3: Monday, November 13, 4:00 PM - 4:45PM [Session 7]
# Presenter Award Title Award #
1 Aranya Chakrabortty CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Hardening Network Infrastructures for Fast, Resilient and Cost-Optimal Wide-Area Control of Power Systems 1544871
2 Cornelia Fermuller CPS: Synergy: MONA LISA - Monitoring and Assisting with Actions 1544787
3 Dennice Gayme CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Beyond Stability: Performance, Efficiency and Disturbance Management for Smart Infrastructure Systems 1544771
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4 Hitten Zaveri CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Fault Tolerant Brain Implantable Cyber-Physical System 1544986
5 Jaime Camelio CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Cyber-physical Approaches to Advanced Manufacturing Security 1446804
6 Sanjay Ranka CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Traffic Signal Control with Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the Traffic Stream 1446813
7 Magnus Egerstedt CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Safe and Secure Open-Access Multi-Robot Systems 1544332
8 Minghui Zhu Breakthrough: CPS-Security: Towards provably correct distributed attack-resilient control of unmanned-vehicle-operator networks 1505664
9 Neil Johnson CPS: Breakthrough: Understanding Sub-Second Instabilities in a Global Cyber-Physical System 1522693
10 Patricio Vela CPS:Synergy:Learning to Walk - Optimal Gait Synthesis and Online Learning for Terrain-Aware Legged Locomotion 1544857
11 Philip Brisk CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research:Cyber-physical digital microfluidics based on active matrix electrowetting technology: software-programmable high-density pixel arrays 1545097
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12 Qiang Huang CPS/Synergy/Collaborative Research: Smart Calibration Through Deep Learning for High-Confidence and Interoperable Cyber-Physical Additive Manufacturing Systems 1544917
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13 Ramesh Johari CPS: Breakthrough: Collaborative Research: The Interweaving of Humans and Physical Systems: A Perspective From Power Systems 1544548
14 Murat Arcak CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Traffic Operating System for Smart Cities 1545116
15 Tam Chantem CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Semi-Automated Emergency Response System 1658225
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16 Walid Saad CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Towards Secure Networked Cyber-Physical Systems: A Theoretic Framework with Bounded Rationality 1446621
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17 Yon Visell CPS: Breakthrough: From Whole-Hand Tactile Imaging to Interactive Simulation 1628831
18 Yan Wan CAREER: Co-design of Networking and Decentralized Control to Enable Aerial Networks in an Uncertain Airspace 1453722
19 Sam Burden CRII: CPS: Provably-safe Interventions for Human-Cyber-Physical Systems (HCPS) 1565529
20 Paul Bogdan CAREER: Embracing Complexity: A Fractal Calculus Approach to the Modeling and Optimization of Medical Cyber-Physical Systems 1453860
21 Amit Roy Chowdhury CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Extracting time-critical situational awareness from resource constrained networks 1544969
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22 Georgios Fainekos CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Collaborative Vehicular Systems 1446730
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23 Christos Cassandras CPS: Breakthrough: A Dynamic Optimization Framework for Connected Automated Vehicles in Urban Environments 1645681
24 Kameshwar Poolla CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: The Sharing Economy for Electricity Services in Connected Communities 1646612
25 Bruno Sinopoli CPS: Synergy: Information Flow Analysis for Cyber-Physical System Security 1646526
       
Round 4: Tuesday, November 14, 11:00 AM - 11:45 AM [Session 10]
# Presenter Award Title Award #
1 Behcet Acikmese CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Autonomy Protocols: From Human Behavioral Modeling to Correct-By-Construction, Scalable Control 1624328
2 Dan Work CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Control of vehicular traffic flow via low density autonomous vehicles 1446715
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3 Homayoon Kazerooni CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Learning and Adaption in Pediatric Robotics 1545106
4 Kang Shin CPS: Synergy: Adaptive Management of Large Energy Storage Systems for Vehicle Electrification 1446117
5 Linda Bushnell CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Certifiable, Scalable, and Attack-resilient Submodular Control Framework for Smart Grid Stability 1544173
6 Chimay Anumba CPS/Synergy/Collaborative Research: Safe and Efficient Cyber-Physical Operation System for Construction Equipment 1544999
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7 Miroslav Pajic Synergy: Collaborative: Security and Privacy-Aware Cyber-Physical Systems 1505701
8 Qian Chen CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Cognitive Green Building: A Holistic Cyber-Physical Analytic Paradigm for Energy Sustainability 1446582
9 Ossama Abdelkhalik CPS: Breakthrough: Toward Revolutionary Algorithms for Cyber-Physical Systems Architecture Optimization 1446622
10 Conor Walsh CPS: TTP Option: Synergy: Human-Machine Interaction with Mobility Enhancing Soft Exosuits 1446464
11 Quanyan Zhu CPS: Breakthrough: A Meta-Game Theoretic Approach to Cyber-Physical Co-Design of Secure and Resilient Control Systems 1544782
12 Rance Cleaveland CPS: Breakthrough: Compositional Modeling of Cyberphysical Systems 1446665
13 Robyn Lutz CPS:Synergy: Safety-Aware Cyber-Molecular Systems 1545028
14 Sanjay Lall CPS: Breakthrough: Sufficient Statistics for Multi-Agent Systems 1544199
15 Srinivasa Narasimhan CPS: Synergy: TTP Option: Anytime Visual Scene Understanding for Heterogeneous and Distributed Cyber-Physical Systems 1446601
16 Desheng Zhang CPS: Breakthrough: Improving Metropolitan-Scale Transportation Systems with Data-Driven Cyber-Control 1446640
17 Pu Wang CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Towards Effective and Efficient Sensing-Motion Co-Design of Swarming Cyber-Physical Systems 1446461
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18 Erik Fredericks CRII: CPS: Minimizing the Oracle Problem for Self-Adaptive Cyber-Physical Systems 1657061
19 Michael Zink CAREER:Sensing as a Service - Architectures for Closed-loop Sensor Network Virtualization 1350752
20 Saurabh Amin CAREER: Resilient Design of Networked Infrastructure Systems: Models, Validation, and Synthesis 1453126
21 Necmiye Ozay CPS: Breakthrough: Development of Novel Architectures for Control and Diagnosis of Safety-Critical Complex Cyber-Physical Systems 1446298
22 Bruce McMillin Breakthrough: Collaborative: Secure Algorithms for Cyber-Physical Systems 1505610
23 Nuno Martins CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Designing semi-autonomous networks of miniature robots for inspection of bridges and other large infrastructures 1446785
24 Sertac Karaman CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Design and Control of High-performance Provably-safe Autonomy-enabled Dynamic Transportation Networks 1544413
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25 Kirill Levchenko CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Foundations of Secure Cyber-Physical Systems of Systems 1646493
       
Round 5: Tuesday, November 14, 1:15 PM - 2:00 PM [Session 12]
# Presenter Award Title Award #
1 Spencer Kellis CPS: TTP Option: Frontier: Collaborative Research: A Bi-Directional Brain-Computer Interface for Restoration of Walking and Lower Extremity Sensation after Spinal Cord Injury 1646275
2 Ufuk Topcu CPS: Frontier: Collaborative Research: Data-Driven Cyberphysical Systems 1646522
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3 Gedare Bloom CPS: Breakthrough: Collaborative Research: Track and Fallback: Intrusion Detection to Counteract Carjack Hacks with Fail-Operational Feedback 1646317
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4 Shantanu Chakrabartty CPS:TTP Option: Synergy:Collaborative Research:Internet of Self-powered Sensors - Towards a Scalable Long-term Condition-based Monitoring and Maintenance of Civil Infrastructure 1646420
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5 Yahong Rosa Zheng CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: DEUS: Distributed, Efficient, Ubiquitous and Secure Data Delivery Using Autonomous Underwater Vehicles 1646607
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6 Darko Marinov CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Support for Security and Safety of Programmable IoT Systems 1646392
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7 Wenchao Li CPS: Breakthrough: Collaborative Research: A Framework for Extensibility-Driven Design of Cyber-Physical Systems 1646497
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8 John Lach CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Towards Dependable Self-Powered Things for the IoT 1646454
9 Yin Zhaozheng CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Cyber-Physical Sensing, Modeling, and Control with Augmented Reality for Smart Manufacturing Workforce Training and Operations Management 1646162
10 Isabel Cruz CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Mapping and Querying Underground Infrastructure Systems 1646107
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11 Marco Duarte CPS: Synergy: Image-Based Indoor Navigation for Visually Impaired Users 1645737
12 Andreas Spanias CPS: Synergy: Image Modeling and Machine Learning Algorithms for Utility-Scale Solar Panel Monitoring 1646542
13 Lucy Dunne CPS: Breakthrough: Toward Personal Microclimate: Sustainable Heating Through Smart Clothing 1646543
14 Ross Whitaker CPS: Synergy: A Layered Framework of Sensors, Models, Land-Use Information and Citizens for Understanding Air Quality in Urban Environments 1646408
15 Marco Caccamo CPS: Breakthrough: Solar-powered, Long-endurance UAV for Real-time Onboard Data Processing 1646383
16 Raghvendra Cowlagi CPS: Breakthrough: Selective Listening - Control for Connected Autonomous Vehicles in Data-Rich Environments 1646367
17 Siddhartha Sikdar CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Closed-loop Hybrid Exoskeleton utilizing Wearable Ultrasound Imaging Sensors for Measuring Fatigue 1646204
18 Chenyang Lu CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Holistic Control and Management of Industrial Wireless Processes 1646449
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