MRI: Development of Open-access Photonic Networked Sensors (PHOTONS) for Security, Industrial and Environmental Applications

提案编号：CNS 07- 23190 PI：Sabharwal、Ashutosh Koushanfar、Farinaz; Tittel、Frank K.; Wysocki，Gerard; Zhong，Lin研究机构：莱斯大学 Houston，TX 77251- 1892标题： MRI/器械：开发用于安全，工业和环境应用的开放式光子网络传感器（PHOTONS）项目建议：该项目开发集成痕量气体传感平台的原型，以克服最大的障碍（传感器性能，集成网络平台和大规模部署），探索传感器技术，传感器平台，网络，数据分析和控制在一个集成平台中的发展。光子网络传感器（PHOTONS）平台从头开始开发，使研究人员、开发人员和商业组织能够以经济实惠、便携、节能的方式快速试验安全、工业和环境监测领域前所未有的痕量气体传感应用。PHOTONS的关键创新包括先进的传感器技术、系统平台开发以及加速新应用开发的框架，例如。传感器小型化。三层系统平台。开放式协同发展。计划是开发一种新型的微量气体传感器至少两个数量级较小，成本较低，功率较低，比任何商业上可用的和一个三墩平台组成的传感器节点，新的网络原语，和应用工具箱允许灵活的控制。该架构允许应用的节点、网络以细粒度控制传感器的感测精度和相应的能量消耗。PHOTONS开放访问存储库提供了一套标准的硬件、软件和应用程序库，沿着完整的多粒度性能指标表征。更广泛的影响：该平台提供了基本机制，可与学术界和工业界合作者建立跨学科的全球社区，这可能对国家安全产生深远影响。开放获取合作开发将与多管齐下的教育和传播计划相结合，为新的合作提供种子，促进开放实验，并为科学比较提供标准化。此外，该平台还为教育工作者和学生提供了许多学科前沿研究的技术。

Proposal #: CNS 07-23190PI(s): Sabharwal, Ashutosh Koushanfar, Farinaz; Tittel, Frank K.; Wysocki, Gerard; Zhong, LinInstitution: Rice University Houston, TX 77251-1892Title: MRI/Dev.: Development of Open-access Photonic Networked Sensors (PHOTONS) for Security, Industrial and Environmental Applications Project Proposed:This project, developing a prototype integrating trace-gas sensing platform to overcome the biggest barriers (sensor performance, integrated networked platforms, and at-scale deployments), explores the development of sensor technologies, sensor platforms, networking, data analysis, and control in one integrated platform. The PHOTOnic Networked Sensors (PHOTONS) platform, developed from the ground-up, enables researchers, developers, and commercial organizations to rapidly experiment with never-before-possible trace-gas sensing applications in security, and industrial and environmental monitoring in an affordable, portable, power-efficient manner. The key innovations of PHOTONS include advanced sensor technologies, system platform development, and a framework to accelerate development of novel applications such as. Sensor Miniaturization. Three-tier System Platform, and. Open-access Collaborative Development. Planned is the development of a novel trace-gas sensor at least two orders of magnitude smaller, lower cost, and lower power than any commercially available and a three-pier platform consisting of sensor node, new networking primitives, and application toolbox permitting flexible control. This architecture allows the node, the network, of the application to control sensor's sensing accuracy and corresponding energy consumption at fine granularity. The PHOTONS open-access repository provides a standard set of hardware, software, and application libraries, along with complete characterization of performance metrics at multiple granularities.Broader Impacts: The platform provides the basic mechanism to establish an interdisciplinary, global community with academic and industrial collaborators that may have far-reaching impact on national security. Open-access collaborative development will be combined with a multi-pronged education and dissemination program, seeds new collaborations, promotes open experiments, and provides standardization for scientific comparisons. Furthermore, the platform provides educators and students with technologies for cutting edge research in many disciplines.