CAREER:Feasibility of Control Tasks---Towards Control-Computing-Power Co-Design

该奖项是根据2009年美国复苏和再投资法案（公法111-5）资助的。职业生涯：控制任务的可行性-走向控制-计算-能力协同设计PI：张富民智力功绩。PI提出了一项基础研究计划，为电池支持的网络物理系统（CPS）建立理论基础。这些系统在传感器网络、机器人和交通系统等多个学科的实时控制应用中发挥着至关重要的作用，其中有限的计算资源和能源预算构成了主要限制。这项工作推进了控制理论，以理解和调整嵌入式计算设备和电池支持的控制任务的行为。研究工作为控制-计算-能力协同设计提供了指导，旨在实现更可靠的信息物理系统。定时控制被提出来补充现有的反馈调度方法，通过将物理系统的性能。PI开发集成模型，明确解决物理，计算和电池领域的动态问题。这将是一个独特的贡献，并可能被计算机架构和电池设计专家利用，以促进潜在的变革性研究。PI的理论成果将通过他在移动的传感器网络和水下机器人方面正在进行的实验活动得到验证和扩展。PI已经与小企业建立了合作关系，以便行业可以从拟议的研究中受益。他在佐治亚州的萨凡纳创立了第一个控制系统和机器人技术博士水平的研究和教育项目。他的机器人教学和外展实验室支持本科课程，并已成为美国童子军的探索者职位。PI在支持工程领域的妇女和来自代表性不足群体的学生方面有着良好的记录。

This award is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5).CAREER: Feasibility of control tasks-towards control-computing-power co-designPI: Fumin ZhangIntellectual Merit. The PI proposes a fundamental research program to establish theoretical foundation for battery supported cyber-physical systems (CPS). Such systems play vital roles in real-time controlled applications across multiple disciplines such as sensor networks, robotics, and transportation systems, where limited computing resources and energy budget pose major constraints. The proposed effort advances control theory to understand and adjust the behaviors of control tasks supported by embedded computing devices and batteries. The research work provides guidelines for control-computing-power co-design aiming for more reliable cyber-physical systems. Timing control is proposed to complement existing approaches in feedback scheduling by incorporating performance of physical systems. The PI develops integrated models that explicitly address dynamics in the physical, computing, and battery domains. This will be a unique contribution and may be utilized by specialists in computer architecture and battery design to facilitate potentially transformative research. PI's theoretical effort will be verified and extended through his ongoing experimental activities in mobile sensor networks and underwater robotics.Broader Impacts. PI has established collaborations with small businesses so that industries may benefit from the proposed research. He founded the first PhD level research and education programs in both control systems and robotics in Savannah, GA. His robotics teaching and outreach lab supports undergraduate courses and has become an explorer post for Boy Scouts of America. The PI has a proven record on supporting women in engineering and students from under-represented groups.