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Visible to the public CPS: Synergy: Thermal-Aware Management of Cyber-Physical Systems

Submitted by Ella Atkins on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:49pm. Contributors:

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Processors in cyber-physical systems are increasingly being used in applications where they must operate in harsh ambient conditions and a computational workload which can lead to high chip temperatures. Examples include cars, robots, aircraft and spacecraft. High operating temperatures accelerate the aging of the chips, thus increasing transient and permanent failure rates. Current ways to deal with this mostly turn off the processor core or drastically slow it down when some part of it is seen to exceed a given temperature threshold.

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Visible to the public CPS: Synergy: Sensor Network-based Lower-Limb Prosthesis Optimization and Control

Submitted by obai on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:49pm. Contributors:

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Objective: A powered prosthesis is one of typical cyber-physical systems (CPS) with a human-in-the- loop. The human and prosthesis interaction is highly complicated; although the human user could learn to manipulate the prosthesis, increased effort from the user would be required. The prosthesis requires tuning to minimize the user's energy expenditure such that the user can use of and interact with the prosthesis effortlessly and with comfort.

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Visible to the public CPS: Synergy: Plug-and-Play Cyber-Physical Systems to Enable Intelligent Buildings

Submitted by jianghai on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:49pm. Contributors:

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Despite their importance within the energy sector, buildings have not kept pace with technological improvements and particularly the evolution of intelligent features. A primary obstacle in enabling intelligent buildings is their highly distributed and diverse nature.

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Visible to the public CPS: Synergy: Integrated modeling, Analysis and Synthesis of Miniature Medical Devices

Submitted by Pietro Valdastri on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:49pm. Contributors:

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This project develops an integrated design and simulation environment for the creation of miniature capsule robots (MCRs). An MCR is a biocompatible Cyber-Physical System (CPS) designed to operate in the human body to accomplish diagnostic or therapeutic tasks (e.g., colonoscopy, abdominal surgery, etc.). A typical MCR has to fulfill three main constraints: safety, low power operation and small size. Advances in miniaturization of electronic devices have made MCRs a reality.

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Visible to the public CPS: Synergy: Foundations of Cyber-Physical Infrastructure for Creative Design and Making of Cyber-physical Products

Submitted by Jitesh Panchal on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:49pm. Contributors:

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The primary objective in this project is to lay the foundations of a cyber-physical infrastructure for creative design and making of realizable products by addressing fundamental barriers to participation, model- based engineering, and information sharing. The focus is on the following three aims:

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Visible to the public CPS: Synergy: Distributed Sensing, Learning and Control in Dynamic Environments

Submitted by Bir Bhanu on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:49pm. Contributors:

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The objective of this project is to improve the performance of autonomous systems in dynamic environments, such as disaster recovery, by integrating perception, planning paradigms, learning, and databases. For the next generation of autonomous systems to be truly effective in terms of tangible performance improvements (e.g., long-term operations, complex and rapidly changing environments), a new level of intelligence must be attained.

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Visible to the public Design and development of a cybernetic exoskeleton for hand-wrist rehabilitation through integration of human passive properties

Submitted by ddashish on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:49pm. Contributors:

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Robotic devices are excellent candidates for delivering repetitive and intensive practice that can restore functional use of the upper limbs, even years after a stroke. Rehabilitation of the wrist and hand in particular are critical for recovery of function, since hands are the primary interface with the world.

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Visible to the public Development of Novel Architectures for Control and Diagnosis of Safety-Critical Complex Cyber-Physical Systems

Submitted by necozay on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:49pm. 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 Cyber-Physical Integration for Digital Microfluidic Biochips

Submitted by Mohamed Ibrahim on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:49pm. Contributors:

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The goal of this project is to integrate digital microfluidics systems with thin-film photodetectors in the top plate to realize biochemical target sensing using fluorescence. System control, adaptation, and reconfiguration through software will lead to a general-purpose lab-on-chip computing platform, in the same way as programmable computing devices allow multifunctional capabilities via software on a hardware platform.