CAREER: Software Hardware Architecture Co-Design for Smart Environment Operation and Management

嵌入传感、驱动、计算、通信和存储资源的“物联网”（IoT）有望将我们的家庭、办公室、邻里和社区转变为“智能环境”，提供新颖的功能和服务，并产生数万亿美元的潜在经济影响。尽管最近物联网业务蓬勃发展，但缺乏适合智能环境中关键需求的细粒度访问，性能保证和管理的基础软件/硬件架构。本研究采用原则性的方法来设计和开发这样一个软件/硬件架构，作为未来物联网技术和应用的基础，从而减轻一些阻碍各种物联网应用中数万亿经济潜力的关键技术障碍。项目将与警方和业界伙伴合作，进行技术试点，协助警务人员在日常工作中灵活应对紧急情况，并协助老年人在家中度过晚年，改善生活质量。从博士、硕士到本科和高中水平的学生都将参与研究并接受培训。拓展到K-12和当地社区将利用科学项目和创客俱乐部的研究原型来培养技术和创新文化。本研究将智能对象指挥作战提升为一流公民。它将开发软件/硬件架构和系统，牢牢扎根于智能环境中所需的灵活、细粒度访问、命令执行保证和可扩展管理。与访问约束相关的状态和信息被捆绑到自给自足和自我保护的命令数据单元中。该研究将探索和开发机制，以确保正式的物联网命令执行属性；必要的硬件流量转发和安全功能，确保物联网运营的低延迟和保护；而配置、监控、维护在智能环境管理中必不可少。

"Internet-of-Things" (IoT) embedded with sensing, actuation, computing, communication and storage resources are expected to transform our homes, offices, neighborhoods and communities into "smart environment", providing novel functions, services and creating potential economic impacts in trillions. Despite recent booming IoT business, there is a lack of foundational software/hardware architecture suitable for fine grained access, performance assurances and management critically demanded in smart environment. This research takes a principled approach to design and develop such a software/hardware architecture serving as a foundation for future IoT technology and applications, thus alleviating some of the critical technical obstacles impeding the trillions of economic potentials in diverse IoT applications. The PI will collaborate with the police and industry partners for technology pilots to assist officers for agile emergency response in their daily duties, and seniors to age at home with improved life quality. Students from Ph.D., M.S., to undergraduate and high school levels will be involved and trained during the research. Outreach to K-12 and local communities will leverage the research prototypes for science projects and maker's clubs to foster a culture of technology and innovation.This research promotes smart object command operations as first class citizens. It will develop software/hardware architecture and systems firmly rooted in flexible, fine-grained access, command execution assurances and scalable management demanded in smart environment. States and information related to access constraints are bundled into self-sufficient and self-protected command data units. The research will explore and develop mechanisms to ensure formal IoT command execution properties; essential hardware traffic forwarding and security functions to ensure low latency and protection of IoT operations; and configuration, monitoring, maintenance essential in smart environment management.