CPS: Synergy: Collaborative Research: Hybrid Control Tools for Power Management and Optimization in Cyber-Physical Systems

该项目通过在响应环境条件的不同操作模式（例如，低功耗/高功耗，开/关，或移动/静态）之间切换的算法，探索平衡网络物理系统中的性能考虑和功耗。主要的理论贡献是一个计算的、混合的最优控制框架，它连接到许多相关的目标应用，其中物理建模、控制设计和软件架构都构成了重要的组成部分。该计划的基础研究沿着四个不同的维度推进了最先进的技术，即(1)用于电源管理的实时混合最优控制算法，(2)移动传感器网络中的电源管理，(3)用于基础设施管理的分布式电源感知架构，以及(4)嵌入式多核处理器中的电源管理。预期的结果是使低功耗设备能够以更有效的方式部署，这对许多应用领域都有影响，包括分布式传感器和通信网络，以及智能和高效建筑。该团队代表了一所研究型大学（佐治亚理工学院）和一所本科教学大学（宾夕法尼亚约克学院），以确保教育成分的深远意义，并跨越传统的教育界限。该项目涉及新颖的、基于归纳的学习模块，研究生与本科生研究人员合作。

This project explores balancing performance considerations and power consumption in cyber-physical systems, through algorithms that switch among different modes of operation (e.g., low-power/high-power, on/off, or mobile/static) in response to environmental conditions. The main theoretical contribution is a computational, hybrid optimal control framework that is connected to a number of relevant target applications where physical modeling, control design, and software architectures all constitute important components. The fundamental research in this program advances state-of-the-art along four different dimensions, namely (1) real-time, hybrid optimal control algorithms for power management, (2) power-management in mobile sensor networks, (3) distributed power-aware architectures for infrastructure management, and (4) power-management in embedded multi-core processors.The expected outcome, which is to enable low-power devices to be deployed in a more effective manner, has implications on a number of application domains, including distributed sensor and communication networks, and intelligent and efficient buildings. The team represents both a research university (Georgia Institute of Technology) and an undergraduate teaching university (York College of Pennsylvania) in order to ensure that the educational components are far-reaching and cut across traditional educational boundaries. The project involves novel, inductive-based learning modules, where graduate students team with undergraduate researchers.