NAE Members/Invited Guests Only
NAE Regional Meeting at Texas A&M University
Tuesday, March 31, 2015
10:00am
NAE Member Check-in Opens
Lobby Area – Annenberg Presidential Conference Center
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
(Building located adjacent to George Bush Presidential Library.
Map available at engineering.tamu.edu/nae)
10:30am
NAE Members-Only Meeting
Presidential Dining Room
11:30am –
12:30pm
NAE Members/Invited Guests-Only Luncheon
1:00pm
SYMPOSIUM – Open to the Public
Cyber-Physical Systems: Implications and Societal
Applications
Room 1011 B/C
Hagler Auditorium– Annenberg Presidential Conference Center
Welcome – Dr. P.R. Kumar, Regional Meeting Chairman, Texas
A&M University
Greetings – Dr. C. D. Mote, Jr., President, National Academy of
Engineering
1:10pm-1:45pm
Cyber-physical Systems
Dr. David Corman
Program Director
Division of Computer and Network Systems
National Science Foundation
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1:45-1:55pm
Coffee Break
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2:00pm-2:45pm
Aerial Robot Swarms
Dr. Vijay Kumar
UPS Foundation Professor
University of Pennsylvania
Autonomous micro aerial robots can operate in three-dimensional, indoor
and outdoor environments, and have applications to search and rescue,
first response and precision farming. I will describe the challenges in
developing small, agile robots and the algorithmic challenges in the areas
of (a) control and planning, (b) state estimation and mapping, and (c)
coordinating large teams of robots.
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2:45-2:55pm
Coffee Break
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3:00pm-3:45pm
Snapshot of Technical Challenges for Cyber Physical Systems
Dr. Jack Stankovic
BP America Professor
University of Virginia
The term Cyber Physical Systems (CPSs) is being too broadly applied,
and consequently, it covers a vast spectrum of systems. This serves to
dilute the visibility of the new and exciting technical challenges. This talk
first articulates where and why new challenges exist for CPS. Then,
examples of challenges are discussed including the need to create
principles, architectures, and solutions for physically-aware and run-time
validate-aware cyber. Fundamental challenges for mobile and wireless
home health care CPSs are presented. As the world becomes covered by
more and more CPSs there are many fundamental challenges in the
areas of detecting and resolving unintended interdependencies among
independently developed systems, and how to synergistically leverage
characteristics of the systems-of-systems. Finally, problems and
opportunities that exist for increased inclusion of humans-in-the-loop are
discussed.
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3:45-3:55pm
Coffee Break
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4:00pm-4:45pm
Fundamental Challenges in Cyber-physical Systems
Dr. P.R. Kumar
Engineering Chair in Computer Engineering
Distinguished Professor
Texas A&M University
Cyber-physical systems represent a third generation platform enabling
large scale control systems, after the earlier two generations of analog
control and digital control. This new platform poses multiple challenges at
many levels to building reliable systems, both at the level of enabling
mechanisms as well as in application design and analysis. We will
address several problems related to providing guarantees on timeliness
of communications, proofs of safety, and design of distributed systems.
4:55pm
Closing Remarks
5:00pm
Wine and Cheese Reception
Lobby Area – Annenberg Presidential Conference Center
6:00pm
Reception Concludes
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