MRI:Acquisition of a Laboratory Testbed for Networked Embedded Systems and Sensor Research

该项目获得了一个大型实验室试验台，用于多机构、跨学科的嵌入式系统和传感器网络的实验研究，使以下方面的研究成为可能：-设计多层模式传感器网络；-传感器网络的数据管理问题；-嵌入式平台的内存管理问题；以及-嵌入式和传感器系统的分级电源管理。这项跨学科的研究解决了嵌入式系统和传感器网络中出现的网络、操作系统、分布式系统、体系结构和移动计算问题。预期结果包括设计此类系统的新算法、协议和模型。实验和原型工作将为系统设计问题提供新的见解。五个大学联盟(阿默斯特、曼荷莲、史密斯、汉普郡和马萨诸塞州大学)将参与基础设施。更广泛的影响：这个基础设施，促进多机构，跨学科和实验研究，应该会对本科生产生直接影响，也促进学生多样性。这些机构是可靠的；芒特霍利奥克是一个全是妇女的机构。这种合作使人们能够接触到高质量的研究，并应对课程开发产生直接影响。许多接受服务的本科生应该继续读研究生。

This project, acquiring a large laboratory testbed for multi-institutional, cross-disciplinary, experimental research on embedded systems and sensor networks, enables research in the:-Design of multi-tier modal sensor networks;-Data management issues for sensor networks; -Memory management issues for embedded platforms; and -Hierarchical power management for embedded and sensor systems.This cross-disciplinary research addresses networking, operating systems, distributed systems, architecture, and mobile computing issues that arise in embedded systems and sensor networks. Anticipated results consist of novel algorithms, protocols, and models for designing such systems. The experimental and prototyping efforts should provide new insights into the system design issues.The Five College Consortium (Amherst, Mount Holyoke, Smith, Hampshire, and U Mass) will partake of the infrastructure.Broader Impact: This infrastructure, promoting multi-institutional, cross-disciplinary and experimental research, should have direct impact on undergraduates, promoting also student diversity. The institutions are solid; Mount Holyoke is an all women institution. The collaboration enables exposure to high-quality research and should have direct impact in curriculum development. Many of the undergraduates being serviced should continue unto graduate school.