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

提案#：CNS07-07975 07-07944 07-08420 Pi(S)：Abdelzaher，Tarek F.；Johnson Scott D.；Goddard，Stephen M.；ci，Song；Lu，晨阳Kumar，Panganamala R.；Sullivan，William C.；Vaidya，Nitin H.Peng，东明；Perez，Lance C.；机构：伊利诺伊大学-加州大学内布拉斯加州分校-林肯华盛顿大学香槟分校，IL 61820-7402-林肯NE 68588-0439 St.Louis，MO 63130-4899标题：ColLab Rsch：CRD/IAD：Towadars网络物理计算规模：应用传感器网络研究的真人大小实验设施项目建议：这个合作项目，开发一个大型户外实验设施(由大型传感器网络组成)，以促进网络物理计算研究，刺激多个领域的实用网络物理计算研究，包括：网络物理系统的软件工程；传感器网络开发工具和编程抽象；低水平的沟通挑战；嵌入式和实时计算；以及对物理世界的数据挖掘(以识别实时数据流中的异常或有趣的模式)。网络物理系统增强了我们与外部环境的交互，其方式类似于互联网改变了我们的交流方式。因此，网络物理计算代表了一个计算时代，在这个时代，逻辑处理与外部物理世界更加紧密地交织在一起。这些系统提供了无数新的挑战，这些挑战源于将处理、通信和与外部世界的物理交互结合在一起。促进实用的网络物理计算研究需要足够的实验试验台，允许对不同的想法进行评估、验证和微调。所需的细粒度工具是各种研究的统一主题。一旦关键的传感器网络研究障碍被解决，传感器网络技术有望经济地解决这一需求。这一研究设施的规模可能在美国是独一无二的。广泛影响：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、农业等实际应用的背景下，利用CS/CE技术解决问题。该设施能够进行传染病传播、气候变化、森林砍伐和全球变暖等研究。此外，该基础设施还提供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.