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、社区和社区转变为“智能环境”，提供新的功能、服务，并创造数万亿美元的潜在经济影响。尽管物联网业务最近蓬勃发展，但缺乏适用于智能环境中迫切需要的细粒度访问、性能保证和管理的基础软件/硬件架构。这项研究采取原则性的方法来设计和开发这样的软件/硬件架构，作为未来物联网技术和应用的基础，从而缓解阻碍各种物联网应用中数万亿经济潜力的一些关键技术障碍。PI将与警方和行业合作伙伴合作，进行技术试点，帮助警官在日常工作中灵活应对紧急情况，并帮助老年人在家中安享晚年，提高生活质量。从博士、硕士到本科和高中水平的学生将参与研究并在研究期间接受培训。与K-12和当地社区的接触将利用科学项目和制造者俱乐部的研究原型来培养一种技术和创新的文化。这项研究促进作为一等公民的智能对象指挥行动。它将开发软件/硬件架构和系统，牢固植根于智能环境所需的灵活、细粒度的访问、命令执行保证和可扩展的管理。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。研究将探索和开发机制，以确保正式的物联网命令执行特性；基本的硬件流量转发和安全功能，以确保物联网操作的低延迟和保护；以及智能环境管理中必不可少的配置、监控和维护。

"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.