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Visible to the public Architectural and Algorithmic Solutions for Large Scale PEV Integration into Power Grids

Submitted by Vijay Gupta on Wed, 12/23/2015 - 1:39pm. Contributors:

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This project designs algorithms for the integration of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PEVs) into the power grid. Specifically, the project will formulate and solve optimization problems critical to various entities in the PEV ecosystem -- PEV owners, commercial charging station owners, aggregators, and distribution companies -- at the distribution / retail level.

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Visible to the public Go-RealTime: Knowledge and Control of Time in High Level Programming Language

Submitted by rgupta on Tue, 12/22/2015 - 9:40pm. Contributors:

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General purpose operating systems (OS) are concurrent and multithread, and the primary goal of thread scheduler is to enforce fairness among all threads. This design is unsuitable for Real-Time (RT) systems, because tasks have soft or hard deadline of finishing time. Concurrency breaks timing of RT applications because users never know when their program is actually running. Explicitly allocation of processor resource to programs (threads) is thus necessary for timing-aware applications.

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Visible to the public Converting Multi-Axis Machine Tools into Subtractive 3D Printers by using Intelligent Discrete Geometry Data Structures

Submitted by Thomas Kurfess on Tue, 12/22/2015 - 8:11pm. Contributors:

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The overarching goal of this project is to develop a novel cyberphysical platform for fast and efficient, fully digital, 3-dimensional, 5-axis machining. Proposed methodology is inspired by 3D printing, which is easy to program but limited in terms of the materials that can be used, the finishing quality that can be achieved, and relatively slow printing speeds. By contrast, CNC milling can address these limitations.

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Visible to the public Controller Design for Systems with Clock Offsets

Submitted by Joao Hespanha on Tue, 12/22/2015 - 7:32pm. Contributors:

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It's common in controller design to assume that the controller reads the sensors and writes to the actuators at the same time instant. This assumption is often violated in practice because the controller executes its code sequentially on a microprocessor. If the microprocessor is "fast enough," often the controller will still work.

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Visible to the public A Novel Human Centric CPS to Improve Motor/Cognitive Assessment and Enable Adaptive Rehabilitation

Submitted by makedon on Tue, 12/22/2015 - 7:09pm. Contributors:

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The objective of this research is to develop methods and tools for a multimodal and multi-sensor assessment and rehabilitation system called CPLAY to help children with Cerebral Palsy (CP). CPLAY collects and processes multiple types of stimulation and performance data while a child is playing in different types of therapy games simulating traditional therapy sessions.

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Visible to the public CPS Breakthrough: Development of Novel Architectures for Control & Diagnosis of Safety-Critical Complex CPS

Submitted by Stephane Lafortune on Tue, 12/22/2015 - 6:22pm. Contributors:

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The project is developing novel architectures for control and diagnosis of complex cyber-physical systems subject to stringent performance requirements in terms of safety, resilience, and adaptivity. These ever-increasing demands necessitate the use of formal model-based approaches to synthesize provably-correct feedback controllers.

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Visible to the public CARE: Cyber-Physical Systems for Advanced Response to Epidemics

Submitted by tpadir on Tue, 12/22/2015 - 4:53pm. Contributors:

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We describe the process towards the design of a safe, reliable, and intuitive emergency treatment unit to facilitate a higher degree of safety and situational awareness for medical staff, leading to an increased level of patient care during an epidemic outbreak in an unprepared, underdeveloped, or disaster stricken area.

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Visible to the public coRide: Data-driven Ridesharing Service for Large-Scale Vehicle Networks

Submitted by Tian He on Tue, 12/22/2015 - 4:42pm. Contributors:

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Following Smart Cities Initiative from White House, this project was aimed to address urban transportation challenges through ridership sharing in both time and space across different transportation modes. Our research project is uniquely built upon large-scale urban infrastructure systems across different cities in the world, including NYC, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Rome, Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen.

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Visible to the public A Cross-Layer Approach to Taming Cyber-Physical Uncertainties in Vehicular Wireless Networking and Platoon Control

Submitted by hzhang_cse on Mon, 12/21/2015 - 6:01pm. Contributors:

Transforming the traditional, single-vehicle-based safety and efficiency control, next-generation vehicles are expected to form platoons for optimizing roadway usage and fuel efficiency while ensuring transportation safety. Two basic enablers of vehicle platooning are vehicular wireless networking and platoon control.

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Visible to the public A Secure, Open Access Multi-Robot Systems

Submitted by Magnus Egerstedt on Mon, 12/21/2015 - 4:56pm. Contributors:

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This project addresses the safety and security issues that arise when giving users remote-access to a multi-robot research test-bed, where mobile robots can coordinate their behaviors in a collaborative manner. Through a public interface, users are able to schedule, and subsequently upload, their own code and run their experiements, while being provided with the scientific data produced through the experiment.