NSF CAREER Award
| Title: | Computation Platform for the Design of Hybrid Systems |
| PI: | T. John Koo, Ph.D. |
|
|
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Vanderbilt University |
| Award: | US$0.4M (April 1, 2005 - March 31, 2010) |
NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program
| "The Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program is a Foundation-wide activity that offers the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious awards for new faculty members. The CAREER program recognizes and supports the early career-development activities of those teacher-scholars who are most likely to become the academic leaders of the 21st century. CAREER awardees will be selected on the basis of creative, career-development plans that effectively integrate research and education within the context of the mission of their institution. NSF encourages submission of CAREER proposals from new faculty at all CAREER eligible institutions. Such plans should build a firm foundation for a lifetime of integrated contributions to research and education." |
 NSF Award Abstract - #0448234 |
| NSF Org | CNS |
| Intial Amendment Date | January 31, 2005 |
| Latest Amendment Date | January 31, 2005 |
| Award Number | 0448234 |
| Award Instrument | Continuing grant |
| Program Manager | D. Helen Gill CNS Division of Computer and Network Systems CSE Directorate for Computer & Information Science & Engineering |
| Start Date | April 1, 2005 |
| Expires | March 31, 2006 (Estimated) |
| Awarded Amount to Date | $80000 |
| Investigator(s) | Takkuen Koo john.koo@vanderbilt.edu (Principal Investigator) |
| Sponsor | Vanderbilt University Station B Box 357749 Nashville, TN 37235 615/322-2631 |
| NSF Program(s) | COMPUTER SYSTEMS, ADVANCED NET INFRA & RSCH |
| Field Application(s) | 0000912 Computer Science |
| Program Reference Code(s) | |
| Program Element Code(s) |
Title: Computation Platform for the Design of Hybrid Systems PI: Takkuen John Koo, Dept. of EECS, Vanderbilt University Abstract From home appliances to aircraft and from medical devices to power distribution networks, embedded software systems monitor and control our physical world in a computational manner. The goal of this NSF CAREER Development project is to develop the theoretical foundations, design tools and education programs to enable the modern system engineers to effectively and efficiently design embedded software based on hybrid systems theory for performance-critical and safety-critical applications. The research has four focus areas of research. (a) Multi-resolution Computation of Interface Evolution. The focus here is to develop computational methods, by combining the Level Set Methods with the Multi-resolution Analysis, for computing the evolution of interfaces of high-dimensional continuous systems with level-of-control in solution resolution. (b) Model-Based Computation Platform. The goal is to develop a computation platform that allows systematic construction of algorithms for the design of hybrid systems and enables automatic synthesis of associated embedded software. (c) Experimental Research. Two experimental testbeds, which are a FPGAbased reconfigurable power electronic circuit and a multi-vehicle multi-model system, provide case studies for the computational methods and software tools developed in this research. (d) Improving Undergraduate and Graduate Education. The research advancements made in this research would be integrated into an Interdisciplinary Curriculum that combines lecture and laboratory instruction in the design of hybrid systems for both undergraduate and graduate education. The broader impact on society made by this CAREER Development Plan is the generation of new paradigms and tools for the design of complex embedded software systems to ensure reliability and performance.
Please report errors in award information by writing to:
mailto:award-abstracts-info@nsf.gov.
T. John Koo
(john.koo@vanderbilt.edu). All rights reserved.