CPS: Synergy: Integrated Sensing and Control Algorithms for Computer-Assisted Training

该项目将为训练员和工作犬之间的双向交流平台建立一种新型的网络物理和算法构建块，旨在实现在开放环境中的准确训练和控制(例如，灾难响应、紧急医疗干预)。将开发微型传感器包，以实现对狗的位置和生理的非或最小侵入性监测。将开发活动识别算法，以混合来自多个传感器的数据。这些算法将根据惯性和生理测量的时间序列动态确定位置和行为。利用任务性能的上下文信息，算法将提供占空比信息，以降低传感器的功耗，同时提高感知的特异性。由此产生的技术将成为实施通信的平台。计算机科学、电气工程和兽医科学之间的强烈互动支持这一项目。电气工程和计算机科学之间的接口工作将提高探测器中传感的功率效率和特异性；电气工程和兽医行为接口的工作将使开发出实时测量行为信号的新型生理传感包；项目成果将使人类如何与网络和物理代理人互动方面取得重大进展，包括通过实时生理监测获得更清晰的行为图像。学生是该项目的一部分，多学科培训将有助于开发网络物理系统管道。项目外展工作将包括与中学生，特别是妇女和代表性不足的少数群体合作，在公共博物馆进行演讲，促进公众参与，并欣赏网络物理系统对日常生活的贡献。每项外联活动的目标都是鼓励人们对STEM主题感兴趣和兴奋，展示计算机科学和工程如何能够导致有效和吸引人的网络物理系统。

This project will result in fundamental physical and algorithmic building blocks of a novel cyber-physical for a two-way communication platform between handlers and working dogs designed to enable accurate training and control in open environments (eg, disaster response, emergency medical intervention).Miniaturized sensor packages will be developed to enable non- or minimally-invasive monitoring of dogs' positions and physiology. Activity recognition algorithms will be developed to blend data from multiple sensors. The algorithms will dynamically determine position and behavior from time series of inertial and physiological measurements. Using contextual information about task performance, the algorithms will provide duty-cycling information to reduce sensor power consumption while increasing sensing specificity. The resulting technologies will be a platform for implementation of communication. Strong interactions among computer science, electrical engineering, and veterinary science support this project. Work at the interface between electrical engineering and computer science will enable increased power efficiency and specificity of sensing in the detectors; work at the interface of electrical engineering and veterinary behavior will enable novel physiological sensing packages to be developed which measure behavioral signals in real time; Project outcomes will enable significant advances in how humans interact with both cyber and physical agents, including getting clearer pictures of behavior through real time physiological monitoring. Students are part of the project and multidisciplinary training will help to provide development of the Cyber-Physical Systems pipeline. Project outreach efforts will include working with middle school children, especially women and under-represented minorities, presentations in public museums that will promote public engagement and appreciation of the contribution of cyber-physical systems to daily lives. The goal of each outreach activity is to encourage both interest and excitement for STEM topics, demonstrating how computer science and engineering can lead to effective and engaging cyber-physical systems.