Collaborative Research: CRI: IAD: Towards Cyber-Physical Computing at Scale: A Life-Size Experimental Facility for Applied Sensor Networks Research

提案编号：CNS 07-07975 07-07944 07-08420 PI(s): Abdelzaher, Tarek f；约翰逊·斯科特d；史蒂芬·戈达德；Ci、歌曲;卢晨阳·库马尔，Panganamala R.；威廉·c·沙利文;Vaidya,Nitin H. Peng,Dongming；佩雷斯,兰斯c;机构：伊利诺伊大学-加州大学内布拉斯加州-林肯华盛顿大学香槟分校，伊利诺伊州61820-7402-林肯NE 68588-0439圣路易斯，密苏里州63130-4899标题：协作rch:CRD/IAD：迈向规模的网络物理计算；项目建议：这个合作项目，开发一个大型户外实验设施（由一个大型传感器网络组成）来促进网络物理计算研究，刺激了几个实用的网络物理计算研究领域，包括：网络物理系统软件工程；传感器网络开发工具和编程抽象；低层次的沟通挑战；嵌入式和实时计算；和。物理世界的数据挖掘（在实时数据流中识别异常或有趣的模式）。网络物理系统增强了我们与外部环境的互动，就像互联网改变了我们的交流方式一样。因此，网络物理计算代表了一个逻辑处理与外部物理世界更加紧密交织在一起的计算时代。这些系统提供了无数的新挑战，这些挑战源于处理、通信和与外部世界的物理交互。促进实际的网络物理计算研究需要足够的实验测试平台，以便对不同的想法进行评估、验证和微调。所需的细粒度仪器是各种研究的统一主题。一旦解决了关键的传感器网络研究障碍，传感器网络技术有望经济地解决这一需求。这个研究设施的规模在全国可能是独一无二的。更广泛的影响：这项工作为跨学科研究创造了机会，在环境和大气科学、生物学、人类学、地质学、农业等领域的实际应用中，利用CS/CE技术解决问题。除其他外，该设施能够研究传染病传播、气候变化、森林砍伐和全球变暖。此外，基础设施提供了积极的学习教育机会。

Proposal #: CNS 07-07975 07-07944 07-08420 PI(s): Abdelzaher, Tarek F.; Johnson Scott D.; Goddard, Stephen M.; Ci, Song; Lu, Chenyang Kumar,Panganamala R.;Sullivan,William C.;Vaidya,Nitin H. Peng,Dongming;Perez,Lance C.;Shariff,Hamid R.Roman, Gruia C.Institution: U Illinois- UC U Nebraska-Lincoln Washington U. Champaign, IL 61820-7402- Lincoln NE 68588-0439 St. Louis, MO 63130-4899Title: Collab Rsch:CRD/IAD:Towadrs Cyber-Physical Computing at Scale: A Life-Size Experimental Facility for Applied Sensor Networks ResearchProject Proposed:This collaborative project, developing a large experimental outdoors facility (consisting of a large sensor network) to promote cyber-physical computing research, stimulates several areas of practical cyber-physical computing research, including:. Software engineering for cyber-physical systems;. Sensor Network development tools and programming abstractions;. Low-level communication challenges;. Embedded and real-time computing; and. Data mining of the physical world (to identify anomalous or interesting patterns in streams of real-time data).Cyber-physical systems enhance our interaction with the external environment in a similar fashion to the way the Internet changed how we communicate. Hence cyber-physical computing represents an era in computing where logical processing is more tightly intertwined with the external physical world. These systems offer a myriad of new challenges that stem from combining processing, communication, and physical interaction with the external world. Promoting practical cyber-physical computing research entails adequate experimental testbeds that allow evaluation, validation, and fine tuning of different ideas. The fine-granularity instrumentation required serves as a unifying theme across various studies. Sensor network technology is expected to economically address this need once key sensor network research impediments are resolved. This research facility is likely to be unique in the nation in its scale.Broader Impacts: This work creates opportunities for interdisciplinary research where problems are solved utilizing CS/CE technology in the context of real applications drawn from environmental and atmospheric science, biology, anthropology, geology, agriculture, etc. The facility enables, among others, studies of infectious disease propagation, climate change, deforestation, and global warming. Additionally, the infrastructure offers active learning educational opportunities.