2014

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Visible to the public Compositional System Modeling with Interfaces - COSMOI

Submitted by tripakis on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:52pm. Contributors:

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Design of cyber-physical systems today relies on executable models. Designers develop models, simulate them, find defects, and improve their designs before the system is built, thus greatly reducing the design costs.

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Visible to the public Cognitive Green Building: A Holistic Cyber-Physical Analytic Paradigm for Energy Sustainability

Submitted by nshroff on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:52pm. Contributors:

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Buildings in the U.S. contribute to 39% of energy use, consume approximately 70% of the electricity, and account for 39% of CO2 emissions. Hence, developing green building architec- tures is an extremely critical component in energy sustainability. The investigators will develop a unified analytical approach for green building design that comprehensively manages energy sustainability by taking into account the complex interactions between these systems of systems, providing a high degree of security, agility and robust to extreme events.

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Visible to the public Co-design of Platform and Control in NCS Using an Overrun Framework

Submitted by ancs-cps11 on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:52pm. Contributors:

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This research is focused on the co-design of platform and control of Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). Limited and shared resources among several control and non-control applications in CPS introduce delays in transmitted messages, which in turn can degrade system performance or even cause instabilities. While a worst-case delay based design can accommodate such delays, they often are pessimistic and lead to an overdesign as worst case delays happen infrequently.

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Visible to the public CPS: Synergy: Self-Sustainable Data-Driven Systems In the Field

Submitted by Tolga Soyata on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:50pm. Contributors:

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Data-driven intelligence is an essential foundation for physical systems in transportation safety and efficiency, area surveillance and security, as well as environmental sustainability. While sophisticated data analysis and synthesis can be well supported in large data centers, future intelligent systems require on-the-scene processing with faster responses and less dependence on the unreliable (often wireless) data communications in the field. Field processing must consume low power for easy deployment and self-sustainability.

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Visible to the public CPS Large: Cybernetic Interfaces for the Restoration of Human Movement through Functional Electrical Stimulation

Submitted by e-perreault on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:50pm. Contributors:

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Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is a promising technology for activating muscles in spinal cord injured (SCI) patients. The objective of our project has been to develop an intuitive user interface and control system for FES that allows high-level tetraplegic patients to regain the use of their own arm. This work has had two primary outcomes: contributions to the development of a technology that benefits those with high-level SCI, and the development of biologically-inspired design principles for cyber-physical systems.

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Visible to the public Correct-by-Design Control Software Synthesis for Highly Dynamic Systems

Submitted by jessygrizzle on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:50pm. Contributors:

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This project addresses highly dynamic Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) understood as systems where a computing delay of a few milliseconds or an incorrectly computed response to a disturbance can lead to catastrophic consequences. Such is the case of advanced safety systems on passenger cars, unmanned air vehicles performing critical maneuvers such as landing, or disaster and rescue response bipedal robots rushing through the rubble to collect information or save human lives.

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Visible to the public Correct-by-Design Control Software Synthesis for Highly Dynamic Systems

Submitted by ohussien on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:50pm. Contributors:

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This project addresses highly dynamic Cyber-Physical Systems (CPSs) understood as systems where a computing delay of a few milliseconds or an incorrectly computed response to a disturbance can lead to catastrophic consequences. Such is the case of advanced safety systems on passenger cars, unmanned air vehicles performing critical maneuvers such as landing, or disaster and rescue response bipedal robots rushing through the rubble to collect information or save hu- man lives.

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Visible to the public Coordinated Resource Management of Cyber-Physical-Social Power Systems

Submitted by ebitar on Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:50pm. Contributors:

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Large-scale critical infrastructure systems, including energy and transportation networks, comprise millions of individual elements (human, software and hardware) whose actions may be inconsequential in isolation but profoundly important in aggregate. The focus of this project is on the coordination of these elements via ubiquitous sensing, communications, computation, and control, with an emphasis on the electric grid.

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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 Mon, 11/10/2014 - 2:50pm. Contributors:

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This grant provides funding for the formulation of a data model, and trajectory planning platform and methodology to execute a fully digital 3D, 5-axis machining capability. Research will be performed on methods for utilizing multiple Graphical Processor Units (GPUs), which are readily available, parallel digital processing hardware in these calculations.