Built to interact with the physical world, a CPS system must be efficient, reliable, and safe. To optimize such systems, the science of CPS workload characteristics (e.g., self-similarity and non-stationarity) must be established. CPS modeling and design are greatly improved when statistical physics approaches - such as master equations, renormalization group theory, and fractional derivatives - are implemented in the optimization loop. Theoretical Foundations of CPS Papers

This research targets the general area of system-level control of multicellular systems that are meant to achieve complex tasks like diagnostic and targeted drug delivery. By coordinating the behavior of a large number of bacteria, we can build a reliable and robust multicellular system with predictable behaviors that can be used in health-care applications. Computational Biological Systems Papers

Social Networks Papers

 

E-textiles, also called Smart Fabrics, have not only wearable capabilities, but also local monitoring, computation, and wireless communication capabilities. Sensors and simple computational elements are embedded into e-textiles, with the goal of gathering sensitive information, monitoring vital statistics and sending them remotely for further processing. Possible applications include medical monitoring, personal information processing systems, or remote monitoring of deployed personnel in military or space applications. Electronic Textiles Papers

 

The networks envisioned within this project consist of tens to hundreds of self-managed, autonomous video nodes scattered throughout an indoor or outdoor environment, capturing, processing, and transmitting relevant video data to other video nodes in the peer-to-peer wireless network. The research problems explored include secure and anonymous wireless routing, distributed power management policies, and resource-constrained video processing techniques.Wireless Sensor Networks Papers

 

Computational Sustainability Papers