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Educating the Reality of Cyber-Physical Systems
Dave Wilson Director of Academic Programs National Instruments

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Just three percent of engineers are job-ready.

National Newspaper of India

–The Hindu, March 12, 2012





The Impact of Great Engineering
Saving time, effort, and money.

Improving quality of life. Averting catastrophic damage.

ni.com
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Engineering Grand Challenges

Advance health informatics

Engineer the tools of scientific discovery

Reverse-engineer the brain

Provide energy from fusion

Engineer better medicines

Provide access to clean water

Enhance virtual reality

Restore and improve urban infrastructure

Develop carbon sequestration methods

Advance personalized learning

Make solar energy economical

Prevent nuclear terror

Secure cyberspace

Manage the nitrogen cycle

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Engineering Grand Challenges

Advance health informatics

Engineer the tools of scientific discovery

Reverse-engineer the brain

Provide energy from fusion

Engineer better medicines

Provide access to clean water

Enhance virtual reality

Restore and improve urban infrastructure

Develop carbon sequestration methods

Advance personalized learning

Make solar energy economical

Prevent nuclear terror

Secure cyberspace

Manage the nitrogen cycle

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“Today’s students are familiar with abstraction, and virtual worlds, it’s physical intuition and real world constraints that are foreign” Dr. Mark A. Horowitz

EE Chair, Stanford

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We teach students that control systems are everywhere today

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We teach students that cyber-physical systems are emerging tomorrow

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Credit: Dash Navigation, Inc.

Cars as nodes in a network

Tokamac Shape Control

… but cyber-physical systems are a reality today

Autonomous Cars

Credit: PaulStamatiou.com

Smart Infrastructure
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Credit: MO Dept. of Transportion.

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Escalating Complexity of Technology

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Escalating Complexity of Concepts

CPS

Source: http://cyberphysicalsystems.org

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Scalable Software Abstraction

System Design Platform Java

Abstraction

C++ C Assembly Language Machine Code

System Complexity
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Growth of Parallel Architectures
5,000
6.737 TMACS

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500

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FPGA Performance (GMACs)

FPGAs
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CPUs

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CPU Performance (GFLOPs)

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Annual Undergraduate Engineering Degrees
80,000 70,000 60,000 50,000 40,000 30,000 20,000 10,000 0

(estimated)

Source: National Science Foundation S&E degree data.
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Graphical System Design
Test Monitor Embedded Control Cyber-Physical

Graphical System Design

Desktops and Data Acquisition

Modular Instruments

Embedded Hardware

Open Source & Open Standards

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Graphical System Design
Dataflow C & HDL Textual Math Continuous Time Statechart

Graphical System Design

Desktops and Data Acquisition

Modular Instruments

Embedded Hardware

Open Source & Open Standards

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The Power of Abstraction

Lego Mindstorms

Graphical System Design

CERN Large Hadron Collider

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Timing

Measurement and Control I/O

Math and Analysis

User Interface

Open-Source IP
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Mixed Models of Computation

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Abstraction to the Pin

VHDL

Graphical System Design

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Model Physical Processes

Test, Verify, Validate

Derive & Refine Control Algorithm

Simulate

Choose Models of Computation

Specify Hardware

Source: Jeff C. Jensen, Danica H. Chang, and Edward A. Lee; “A Model-Based Design Methodology for Cyber-Physical Systems”

Domain-Specific Software Interoperability
Simulink®

MultiSim LabVIEW

SCADE

Modelica

SolidWorks

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Model-Based Design for Cyber-Physical Systems
Deploy Design Simulate

Real Actuators

System Abstraction Layer

Simulated Actuators

Real Plants & Environments

Control Algorithms

Simulated Plants & Environments

Real Sensors

System Abstraction Layer

Simulated Sensors

Verification & Validation
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Real Life meets Student Life

Real Life meets Student Life

Swarms for Monitoring, Search, & Rescue
Coordinated Robotics Lab

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Advancing Smart Grid Education

Source: Brian MacCleery, “A new platform and methodology for system-level design of next-generation FPGA-based digital SMPS”. 38
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Biomedical CPS in Academia

Radiographic Imaging w/ Robotic Manipulators

Robotic Rehabilitation

Real-Time 3D OCT

Ultrasonic Tumor Therapy

Mobile Fluoroscopy & CT System for Surgery
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Haptic Neurosurgery

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Biomedical CPS in Academia

Radiographic Imaging w/ Robotic Manipulators

Robotic Rehabilitation

Real-Time 3D OCT

Ultrasonic Tumor Therapy

Mobile Fluoroscopy & CT System for Surgery
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Haptic Neurosurgery

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Transportation CPS in Academia

EcoCAR Challenge

Optimal Fuel Cell Control

Racing Green Endurance (26,000km electric vehicle race)

Robotic Sailboat for Sustainable Transportation

Human-Object Transporter

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Transportation CPS in Academia

EcoCAR Challenge

Optimal Fuel Cell Control

Racing Green Endurance (26,000km electric vehicle race)

Robotic Sailboat for Sustainable Transportation

Human-Object Transporter

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Robotics in Academia

Magnetic Legged Robot for Bridge Inspection

Remotely Operated Pipeline Welding

Bipedal Robots

Swarm Adaptive Cruise Control
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Cheetah
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Robotics in Academia

Magnetic Legged Robot for Bridge Inspection

Remotely Operated Pipeline Welding

Bipedal Robots

Swarm Adaptive Cruise Control
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Cheetah
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Engineering Grand Challenges
Cancer Detection Hadron Collider Infant Brain Scans Tokomak Plasma Control

Advance health informatics

Engineer the tools of scientific discovery

Reverse-engineer the brain

Provide energy from fusion

IV Drift Pump

Advanced Purification

Haptics

Olympic Stadium Safety

Engineer better medicines

Provide access to clean water

Enhance virtual reality

Restore and improve urban infrastructure

CO2 Storage

Distance Learning

Cheap Solar Panels

Material Monitoring

Develop carbon sequestration methods

Advance personalized learning

Make solar energy economical

Prevent nuclear terror

Spectral Monitoring

Costa Rica Rain Forest

Secure cyberspace
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Manage the nitrogen cycle
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Dave Wilson

National Instruments – Our Commitment
We equip engineers and scientists with tools that accelerate productivity, innovation, and discovery.

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Do Cyber Do Physical Do Engineering

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