ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYSIZE, ANY SIGNAL: Scalable Remote Information Sensing and Communication Systems

最近的几次会议强调了生物学、生态学、环境学和其他研究团体对开发和部署大型分布式系统的兴趣日益增长，这些系统用于各自学科内的信息收集、聚合、分析、模拟、预测建模和实时分析。同样，最近的事件也引起了人们的关注，并提高了人们对国土安全背景下类似系统的需求。 很明显，对这些系统的需求进行结构化讨论可以为各种用户群体之间的协同增效创造机会。然而，迄今为止，这些不同的用户群体之间，以及提供和开发技术以支持其需求的机构和团体之间，还没有进行过这样的讨论。为了确定这种潜在的协同作用，多部门危机管理联合会（MSCMC）正在组织一系列研讨会，讨论这种系统的设计、开发和部署，“从传感器到超级计算机，再回到：信息收集、汇总、分析、评估和实时仿真系统。“为了开始探索这些协同作用，MSCMC提议举办以下研讨会。本次研讨会的目的是总结传感器、通信和电力技术的现状和计划，这些技术用于从具有大量节点的分布式传感器系统收集和通信信息，并调查环境、设施、医疗、危机管理、公共安全和国家安全领域对此类系统的当前和预期需求。本次研讨会将汇集现场传感器、处理、无线、现场电源技术方面的专家，通过具有成本效益的、可扩展的、该研讨会将审查用户需求和现场可部署信息收集系统所涉及的技术，包括传感器、无线通信和电源，直至当地聚合点。 虽然为了分析目的，还需要将“本地”收集的信息整合到更大的基础设施中，但这种整合超出了本研讨会的具体重点。本研讨会为期两天，旨在产生： (1)参与者对当前技术水平的理解 以及传感器、电源、集成电路、 电路和无线，以及它们如何在我们的 社会 (2)确定当前和未来的需求， 能力 (3)建议的行动方针， 技术转化为可扩展、可靠、经济高效的设备， 价值网络，以满足这些需求，包括 一般科学和研究界以及政府 寻求更好的方法来保护公众免受化学品 和生物事件 (4)拟议的设计和生产的设备目前还没有 或适用于上述目的 (5)关于监管救济的建议，特别是设计方面的建议， 制造和使用研讨会提出的无线技术 为上述目的 (6)关于这些战神进一步工作的建议， 确定潜在的合作和伙伴。

Several recent meetings have highlighted the growing interest in thebiological, ecological, environmental, and other research communitiesin the development and deployment of large distributed systems forinformation collection, aggregation, analysis, simulation, predictivemodeling and realtime analysis within their respective disciplines.Likewise, recent events have caused concern and raised interest in theneed for similar systems in the context of homeland security. It seemsapparent that a structured discussion of the needs for these systemscould create opportunities for synergistic efficiencies between thevarious user communities. To date, however, no such discussions havebeen held among these differing user communities, nor among thesecommunities and the groups providing and developing technologies tosupport their needs.It is with the possibility of identifying such potential synergiesthat the Multi-Sector Crisis Management Consortium (MSCMC) isorganizing a series of workshops to discuss the design, developmentand deployment of such systems "From Sensor to Supercomputer and Back:Systems for Information Collection, Aggregation, Analysis, Assessmentand Realtime Simulation." To begin exploring these synergies, MSCMC isproposing the following workshop.The purpose of this workshop is to summarize the current and projectedstates of sensor, communication and power technologies for collectionand communication of information from distributed sensor systems withlarge numbers of nodes, and to survey the present and expected needsfor such systems in environmental, facility, medical, crisismanagement, public safety and national security arenas. A succinctsummary of the current and projected technologies mapped to currentand projected user requirements is envisioned to result from thisworkshop.This workshop will bring together experts in field sensor, processing,wireless, field power source technologies, to structure solutions forthe common problem of collecting and communicating data, includingfrom remote field locations, by cost-effective, scalable, integrateddevices and networks.The workshop will examine the user needs and technologies involved infield deployable systems for information gathering includingsensors, wireless communications and power supplies, up to the localaggregation point. While the integration of "locally" gatheredinformation into larger infrastructures for purposes of analysis isalso required, such integration is beyond the specific focus of thisworkshop.It is intended that this two day workshop will produce: (1) understanding by participants of the current state of the art and availability of technologies of sensors, power, integrated circuits, and wireless, and how they may be employed in our society. (2) determination of current and future needs for better capabilities (3) suggested courses of action to integrate available technologies into scalable, reliable, cost-effective devices and networks of value to meet those needs, including for both the general scientific and research community and to government agencies seeking better ways to protect the public from chemical and biological incidents (4) proposed design and production of devices not now available or suitable for the above purposes (5) recommendations for regulatory relief, especially for design, manufacture, and use of workshop-proposed wireless technologies for the above purposes (6) recommendation for further work in these ares, and identification of potential collaborations and partners.