CAREER: Physical Information Efficiency for Sensing, Communicating, and Computing

Pamela A. Abshire University of马里兰州College-Park职业生涯：感知、通信和计算的物理信息效率在物理计算效率方面，没有免费的午餐。 性能与资源之间的权衡无处不在，这限制了性能和效率。 为了简化技术流程，我们可以研究甚至模仿生物学的高效集成系统，这些系统可以获得最大的资源巴克斯-最终的小型智能系统将彻底改变应用设计微电子，生物工程，纳米科学和其他领域。 这条知识探索的路线开辟了一个前景，让科学家和普通人都能参与进来。 考虑一个能够导航你的血流并直接向受损细胞提供治疗的自主细胞诊所。 或者环境微型机器人，用于安全、监控和态势感知。 一旦我们确定了提高通信和计算的方法，以最有效的方式使用资源，所有这些都是可能的。 这项研究正在为跨生物和技术系统的比较分析和应用奠定关键基础。 午餐可能永远不会免费，但它可以变得更便宜，更有营养。

EIA-0238061 Pamela A. Abshire University of Maryland College-Park CAREER: Physical Information Efficiency for Sensing, Communicating, and ComputingIn physical computational efficiency, there is no free lunch. Tradeoffs of performance versus resources are everywhere, placing limits on performance and efficiency. To streamline technological processes, we may study and even mimic biology's highly efficient integrated systems that get the most bang for their resource bucks - the ultimate small smart systems that will revolutionize application design microelectronics, bioengineering, nanoscience and other fields. This line of intellectual inquiry opens up vistas to engage the minds of scientist and lay people alike. Consider a miniaturize autonomous cell clinic able to navigate your bloodstream and deliver therapy directly to damaged cells. Or environmental micro bots for security, monitoring and situation awareness. All are possible once we pinpoint ways to boost communication and computation to use resources in the most efficient ways. This research is laying critical groundwork for comparative analysis and application across biological and technological systems. Lunch may never be free-but it can become much cheaper and more nutritious.