ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYSIZE, ANY SIGNAL: Scalable Remote Information Sensing and Communication Systems

最近的几次会议强调了生物、生态、环境和其他研究领域对开发和部署大型分布式系统的日益增长的兴趣，这些系统用于各自学科内的信息收集、聚合、分析、模拟、预测建模和实时分析。显然，对这些系统的需求进行有条理的讨论可以为不同用户群体之间的协同增效创造机会。然而，到目前为止，这些不同的用户群体之间，以及社区和提供和开发技术以支持他们的需求的团体之间还没有进行过这样的讨论。正是由于有可能确定这种潜在的协同作用，多部门危机管理联盟(MSCMC)正在组织一系列研讨会，讨论这种系统的设计、开发和部署：从传感器到超级计算机再到后备：信息收集、聚集、分析、评估和实时模拟的系统。为了开始探索这些协同效应，MSCMC提出了以下研讨会。本次研讨会的目的是总结传感器、通信和电力技术的现状和展望，以收集和通信来自具有大量节点的分布式传感器系统的信息，并概述环境、设施、医疗、危机管理、公共安全和国家安全领域对此类系统的现状和预期需求。本研讨会将汇集现场传感器、处理、无线、现场电源技术方面的专家，通过具有成本效益的、可扩展的、集成的设备和网络，构建收集和通信数据的常见问题的解决方案。研讨会将审查用户需求和涉及现场可部署信息收集系统的技术，包括传感器、无线通信和电源，直至本地聚合点。虽然还需要将“本地”收集的信息集成到更大的基础设施中以供分析，但这种集成超出了本工作坊的具体重点。这个为期两天的研讨会将产生：(1)与会者对传感器、电源、集成电路和无线技术的当前技术和可获得性的理解，以及它们如何在我们的社会中使用。(2)确定当前和未来对更好能力的需求(3)建议行动方针，将现有技术纳入可扩展、可靠、成本效益高的设备和价值网络，以满足这些需求，包括一般科学界和研究界以及寻求更好方法保护公众免受化学和生物事故影响的政府机构(4)建议设计和生产目前无法或不适合上述目的的设备(5)建议放松管制，特别是在设计、制造、并将研讨会提出的无线技术用于上述目的(6)对这些领域的进一步工作提出建议，并确定潜在的合作伙伴和合作伙伴。

Several recent meetings have highlighted the growing interest in thebiological, ecological, environmental, and other research communitiesin the development and deployment of large distributed systems forinformation collection, aggregation, analysis, simulation, predictivemodeling and realtime analysis within their respective disciplines.Likewise, recent events have caused concern and raised interest in theneed for similar systems in the context of homeland security. It seemsapparent that a structured discussion of the needs for these systemscould create opportunities for synergistic efficiencies between thevarious user communities. To date, however, no such discussions havebeen held among these differing user communities, nor among thesecommunities and the groups providing and developing technologies tosupport their needs.It is with the possibility of identifying such potential synergiesthat the Multi-Sector Crisis Management Consortium (MSCMC) isorganizing a series of workshops to discuss the design, developmentand deployment of such systems "From Sensor to Supercomputer and Back:Systems for Information Collection, Aggregation, Analysis, Assessmentand Realtime Simulation." To begin exploring these synergies, MSCMC isproposing the following workshop.The purpose of this workshop is to summarize the current and projectedstates of sensor, communication and power technologies for collectionand communication of information from distributed sensor systems withlarge numbers of nodes, and to survey the present and expected needsfor such systems in environmental, facility, medical, crisismanagement, public safety and national security arenas. A succinctsummary of the current and projected technologies mapped to currentand projected user requirements is envisioned to result from thisworkshop.This workshop will bring together experts in field sensor, processing,wireless, field power source technologies, to structure solutions forthe common problem of collecting and communicating data, includingfrom remote field locations, by cost-effective, scalable, integrateddevices and networks.The workshop will examine the user needs and technologies involved infield deployable systems for information gathering includingsensors, wireless communications and power supplies, up to the localaggregation point. While the integration of "locally" gatheredinformation into larger infrastructures for purposes of analysis isalso required, such integration is beyond the specific focus of thisworkshop.It is intended that this two day workshop will produce: (1) understanding by participants of the current state of the art and availability of technologies of sensors, power, integrated circuits, and wireless, and how they may be employed in our society. (2) determination of current and future needs for better capabilities (3) suggested courses of action to integrate available technologies into scalable, reliable, cost-effective devices and networks of value to meet those needs, including for both the general scientific and research community and to government agencies seeking better ways to protect the public from chemical and biological incidents (4) proposed design and production of devices not now available or suitable for the above purposes (5) recommendations for regulatory relief, especially for design, manufacture, and use of workshop-proposed wireless technologies for the above purposes (6) recommendation for further work in these ares, and identification of potential collaborations and partners.