SENSORS and SENSOR NETWORKS NSF 03512 Dr' Vittal S' Rao September 9, 2003

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SENSORS and SENSOR NETWORKS(NSF 03-512)Dr.
Vittal S. RaoSeptember 9, 2003
National Science Foundation
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Program Announcement (NSF 03-512) National
Science FoundationDirectorate for
Engineering      Division of Bioengineering and
Environmental Systems      Division of Civil and
Mechanical Systems      Division of Chemical and
Transport Systems      Division of Design,
Manufacture, and Industrial Innovation      Divis
ion of Electrical and Communications
SystemsDirectorate for Computer and Information
Science and Engineering      Division of
Advanced Computational Infrastructure and
Research      Division of Advanced Networking
Infrastructure and Research      Division of
Computer-Communications Research      Division
of Experimental and Integrative
Activities      Division of Information and
Intelligent Systems Submission Deadline
March 6, 2003 Anticipated Funding
34,000,000 Expected Awards gt 45,000,000
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• INTRODUCTION
• In recent years, sensor research has been
  undergoing a quiet revolution.
• Significant impact likely for a broad range of
  applications relating to health care, the
  environment, energy, food safety, manufacturing,
  and Homeland Security.
• The coming years will likely see a growing
  reliance on and need for more powerful sensor
  systems, with increased performance and
  functionality.

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• TO MEET FUTURE SOCIETAL NEEDS
• Sensor systems must leverage and incorporate
  projected advances in adjacent technologies
• Nanofabrication
• Biosystems
• Massively distributed networks
• Ubiquitous and imbedded computing
• Broadband wireless communications
• Information and decision systems.

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• Long-range research trends
• Increasingly cross-disciplinary research
  required
• Continuing breakthroughs made by individual
  investigators
• Will encourage proposals from
• Individual investigators (up to 125K/year for
  3 years)
• Small teams (up to 250K/year for 3 years)
• Large interdisciplinary groups (up to 2.5M, 5
  year).

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• Broad interdisciplinary program of research and
  education to advance fundamental knowledge in the
  areas of
• Designs, materials concepts for new sensors
  sensing systems
• Sensor networks and networking in a distributed
  environment
• Interpretation, decision and action based on
  sensor data

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Novel Designs, Materials and Concepts for Sensors
and Sensing Systems

• Biomimetic sensors, including hybrids of
  proteins, enzyme fragments, and biocatalysts
  linked to surfaces surfaces with molecular
  recognition, long lifetime, and regeneration of
  the sensing site
• BioMEMS sensors for toxic agents (biological,
  chemical, radiation) and operation in harsh
  environments
• Wireless sensors remotely activated sensor
  systems
• Sensor system on a chip (SOC), with multiple
  sensors, computation, actuation, and wireless
  interfaces sensor power sources
• Novel nanoscale optical imaging and metrology
  EUV to THz freq, novel fiber sensors, near-field
  optics, nanophotonics and OEICs
• Enhanced specificity and accuracy (reduce false
  alarms), self-test and self-calibration
• Fabrication, manufacture and encapsulation
  processes.

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Arrayed Sensor Networks and Networking

• Distributed wireless and wired sensor networks,
  scalable and robust architectures, adaptive
  management and control of sensor nodes
• Resource-constrained sensor networks, ultra-low
  power processing nodes, local information
  management, energy-efficient media access
• Mobile sensor networks scalable
  reconfigurability and self-organization
• Design, automated tasking, and querying
  techniques localized versus distributed versus
  centralized processing of sensor data
• Heterogeneous sensor and network nodes, embedded
  and hybrid systems application-specific network
  and system services, including data-centric
  routing, attribute-based addressing, location
  management and service discovery
• Error control and traffic management protocols.

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Interpretation, Decision and Action Based on
Sensor Data

• Decision, feedback, and sampling theory
  supervisory control systems tailored to needs,
  and monitoring of distributed networks of large
  arrays of sensors and actuators
• System-level sensor applications include
• Biomedical health monitoring, diagnostic, and
  therapeutic systems image-guided surgery
• Health monitoring systems for civil structures,
  electric power grid
• Crisis management sensor systems
• Surveillance technology robotics mobile
  sensors tracking/monitoring of mobile units
  (endangered species, inventory control,
  transportation).

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PROPOSALS RECEIVED Individual-Investigator 2
53 Small-Team 469 Interdisciplinary-Resea
rch-Group 148 TOTAL 870
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ECS Division Investments FY 2003 gt 6
Million FY 2004 ???
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SENSOR NETWORKSIRG - AWARDS

• Dravid Design and Development of Remote
  Addressable Sensor Arrays for Toxic Agents
• Cassandras A Control and Optimization Science
  Base for Sensor Networks in Adverse and
  Stochastic Environments
• Van Briesen Placement and Operation of an
  Environmental Sensor Networks to Facilitate
  Decision Making Regarding Drinking Water Quality
  and Security
• Optical Wireless Sensor Networks for Critical
  Infrastructure Surveillance
• Ramachandran - Towards a System Theory for the
  Robust Design of Large-Scale Sensor Networks

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SENSOR NETWORKSSmall Team - AWARDS

• Bagchi Smart RF Antennas for Relaiable and
  Real-Time Sensor Networks
• Neikirk Low Cost Wireless State Sensors for
  Civil Infrastructure
• Sanderson RiverNet- Distributed Sensor Nets for
  Environmental Monitoring
• Gao, Wu Energy Efficient Communication in
  Sensor Networks
• Neuhoff Field-Gathering Wireless Sensor
  Networks
• Kalogeraki An Adaptive and Scalable
  Architecture for Dynamic Sensor Networks
• Stankovic Robust Event Services for Emergency
  Response in Sensor Networks

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SENSOR NETWORKSIndividual Investigator - AWARDS

• Wolf Design methods for High Performance Sensor
  Networks
• Host-Madsen Cooperative Diversity for Wireless
  Sensor Networks
• Yuan Intelligent Health Monitoring of Aerospace
  Structures Using Wireless Sensor Networks
• Kar- Optimal Deployment of Wireless Sensor
  Networks
• Haenggi Theory and Practice of Sensor Network
  Architecture
• Kannan Survivable Sensor Networks
• Prasanna Models and Algorithms for
  Collaborative Computation in Sensor Networks

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• SUMMARY
• Convergence of Internet, communications, and
  information technologies with techniques for
  miniaturization places sensor technology at the
  threshold of a period of major growth.
• Orders of magnitude reduction in size, weight and
  cost of sensors, and massively distributed
  sensors arrays will greatly increase
  spatial/temporal resolution, accuracy, and
  lifetime.
• Rapid access to information and computing via
  optical networks eliminate the barriers of
  distance and time applications include detecting
  toxic agents, and monitoring the security of
  civil and engineering infrastructures.
• Projected advances in the technology for sensing
  and control should have profound benefits for
  society, and significant impact on homeland
  security.

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SENSORS AND SENSOR NETWORKSFY 2004

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National Science Foundation FY2003 Budget - 5.34B
National Science Board
Office of theInspector General
Director
Staff Offices
582M
575M
909M
446M
147M
192M
534M
689M
1041M
150M Major Research Equipment
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SENSORS AND SENSOR NETWORKSConclusions

• Sensor Networks Emerging Research Area
• Multidisciplinary Applications
• Integration of Hardware and Communication
  Protocols
• Test Bed for Validation
• Educational Opportunities?
• Decision / Action Based on Sensor Data
• Role of Sensor/ Actuator Networks in
  Cyberinfrastructure