Award Abstract # 1041704
Workshop: 1st Southwest Workshop on Theory and Applications of Cyber-Physical Systems

NSF Org: CNS
Division Of Computer and Network Systems
Recipient: UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Initial Amendment Date: July 9, 2010
Latest Amendment Date: July 9, 2010
Award Number: 1041704
Award Instrument: Standard Grant
Program Manager: D. Helen Gill
CNS
 Division Of Computer and Network Systems
CSE
 Directorate for Computer and Information Science and Engineering
Start Date: August 1, 2010
End Date: July 31, 2011 (Estimated)
Total Intended Award Amount: $31,453.00
Total Awarded Amount to Date: $31,453.00
Funds Obligated to Date: FY 2010 = $31,453.00
History of Investigator:
  • Ricardo Sanfelice (Principal Investigator)
    ricardo@ucsc.edu
Recipient Sponsored Research Office: University of Arizona
845 N PARK AVE RM 538
TUCSON
AZ  US  85721
(520)626-6000
Sponsor Congressional District: 07
Primary Place of Performance: University of Arizona
845 N PARK AVE RM 538
TUCSON
AZ  US  85721
Primary Place of Performance
Congressional District:
07
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI): ED44Y3W6P7B9
Parent UEI:
NSF Program(s): CSR-Computer Systems Research
Primary Program Source: 01001011DB NSF RESEARCH & RELATED ACTIVIT
Program Reference Code(s): 9102, 7918, 7354
Program Element Code(s): 735400
Award Agency Code: 4900
Fund Agency Code: 4900
Assistance Listing Number(s): 47.070

ABSTRACT

The objective of this proposal is to bring together faculty and students from the U.S. Southwest area through a workshop on theoretical and applied topics pertaining to cyber-physical systems (CPS). The target U.S. Southwest area, which comprises the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah, has numerous active research projects of interest to the global CPS community. Through this single-track workshop, which will take place during the Fall of 2010 at the University of Arizona, Tucson, participants will have an opportunity to present new results and explore new venues to contribute to CPS. Additionally, invited speakers from academia and government agencies will deliver technical and informative talks on open problems, opportunities, and future directions of CPS research. The workshop will provide funds to graduate students, faculty, and invitees to attend the meeting.

Intellectual merit:
The proposed workshop will promote the exchange and discussion of creative ideas across the multidisciplinary fields bridged by CPS. This workshop is a key step in materializing the collaborative vision of CPS, regionally within the Southwest as well as nationally as a potential model activity across the U.S.

Broader impacts:
The proposed workshop will strengthen collaboration between universities in the Southwest region on topics of national interests. It will provide an ideal venue for dissemination of research results of the participants. The involvement of participants from EPSCOR states will promote new research collaborative activities enlarging their research capabilities. The workshop will provide graduate students a unique opportunity to present and discuss their research with peers and experienced researchers in a semiformal environment. It will consist of the first workshop on CPS in the region, the goal being to have it organized yearly by participants from other institutions within the region. Dissemination of workshop information will be primarily through the workshop website supplemented by e-mail.

PROJECT OUTCOMES REPORT

Disclaimer

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A single-track, 1 1⁄2 day long workshop on theoretical and applied topics pertaining to cyber- physical systems (CPS) was offered on March 10 and 11, 2011, in Tucson Arizona. The main objectives of the workshop are the following:

Bring together faculty and students from the U.S. Southwest to strengthen regional collaboration on topics relevant to CPS.

Provide an opportunity to discuss open problems and future directions of CPS research. Give graduate students a unique opportunity to present and discuss their research with

peers and researchers in a semiformal environment.

The number of participants were 58, being 38 of them students and 20 Faculty, mainly from the U.S. Southwest area, including the states of Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah. See more details in Section 2 and at the workshop’s website

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~sricardo/CPSworkshop/

The funding provided by NSF covered transportation, lodging, and daily expenses of students and faculty attending the workshop, as well as two invited speakers.

Two invited speakers, Michael Branicky and Claire Tomlin, delivered plenary talks on CPS topics.

The four technical sessions consisted of a total of 13 talks given by graduate students working with faculty participating in the workshop. These talks followed the standard conference format of a 20 minute slot, including time for questions. Faculty participating in the workshop chaired these sessions.

A poster session took place at the end of Day 1. Graduate students presented their work and discussed it with the workshop participants. A total of 18 posters were presented. A complete list is in the next section.

Faculty with active projects on CPS and government agency representatives formed a panel. The panelists were Michael Branicky, Claire Tomlin, Jonathan Sprinkle, Chaouki Abdallah, Scott Erwin, and Kevin Moore. They lead a discussion on the focus, opportunities, and future of CPS.

 

 


Last Modified: 11/03/2011
Modified by: Ricardo Sanfelice

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