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

提案#：CNS 07-23190PI(S)：Sabharwal，AShuosh KoushanFar，Farinaz；Tittel，Frank K.；Wysocki，Gerard；钟，LinInstitution：莱斯大学休斯顿，德克萨斯州77251-1892标题：磁共振/开发：为安全、工业和环境应用开发开放访问的光子网络传感器(光子)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上的发展。从底层开发的光子网络传感器(光子)平台使研究人员、开发人员和商业组织能够以负担得起的、便携的、高能效的方式快速试验在安全、工业和环境监测中前所未有的痕量气体传感应用。光子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开发新应用的框架，例如。传感器小型化。三层系统平台，以及。开放获取的协作开发。计划开发一种新型的痕量气体传感器，该传感器比任何商业可用传感器至少小两个数量级，成本更低，功率更低，并开发一个由传感器节点、新的网络原语和允许灵活控制的应用工具箱组成的三墩平台。这种体系结构允许应用程序的节点、网络以细粒度控制传感器的感知精度和相应的能量消耗。光子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，以及多个粒度的性能指标的完整表征。广泛影响：该平台提供了基本机制，以建立一个跨学科的全球社区，其中包括可能对国家安全产生深远影响的学术和行业合作者。开放获取合作发展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的尖端研究技术。

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.