2006 ROSES Proposal - Revision history

Ho at 15:11, 2 January 2006

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	'''Tracy Ho''': mostly interested in Task 2, particularly		'''Tracy Ho''': mostly interested in Task 2, particularly
	* autonomous distributed transmission of sensor data*-- distributed adaptation of routing, rate control, ~~compression~~, etc. to data rate / correlation structure of sensor data (perhaps Michelle Effros may be interested if compression is considered).		* autonomous distributed transmission of sensor data* -- distributed adaptation of routing, rate control, data processing, etc. to data rate / correlation structure of sensor data (perhaps Michelle Effros may be interested if compression is considered).
	* optimal cost, throughput and reliability trade-offs*-- framework for tuning communication strategy to suit resource constraints or task-related performance requirements; new communication strategies that bring together CS networking concepts, e.g. zone routing~~, multipath~~, with info theory concepts, e.g. relay channel, channel estimation		* optimal cost, throughput and reliability trade-offs* -- framework for tuning communication strategy to suit resource constraints or task-related performance requirements; new communication strategies that bring together CS networking concepts, e.g. multipath, zone routing, with info theory concepts, e.g. relay channel, network coding, channel estimation
	* distributed storage with latency considerations,		* distributed storage with latency considerations,
	as well as Task 1 on smart sensing, particularly:		as well as Task 1 on smart sensing, particularly:

Ho at 05:24, 2 January 2006

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	'''Tracy Ho''': mostly interested in Task 2, particularly		'''Tracy Ho''': mostly interested in Task 2, particularly
	* autonomous distributed transmission of sensor data*-- distributed adaptation of routing, rate control, compression, etc. to data rate / correlation structure of sensor data (perhaps Michelle Effros may be interested if compression is considered).		* autonomous distributed transmission of sensor data*-- distributed adaptation of routing, rate control, compression, etc. to data rate / correlation structure of sensor data (perhaps Michelle Effros may be interested if compression is considered).
	* optimal cost, throughput and reliability trade-offs*-- framework for tuning communication strategy to suit resource constraints or task-related performance requirements; ~~bringing~~ together CS networking concepts, e.g. zone routing, multipath, with info theory concepts, e.g. relay channel		* optimal cost, throughput and reliability trade-offs*-- framework for tuning communication strategy to suit resource constraints or task-related performance requirements; new communication strategies that bring together CS networking concepts, e.g. zone routing, multipath, with info theory concepts, e.g. relay channel, channel estimation
	* distributed storage with latency considerations,		* distributed storage with latency considerations,
	as well as Task 1 on smart sensing, particularly:		as well as Task 1 on smart sensing, particularly:

Ho at 05:19, 2 January 2006

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	'''Tracy Ho''': mostly interested in Task 2, particularly		'''Tracy Ho''': mostly interested in Task 2, particularly
	* autonomous distributed transmission of sensor data*		* autonomous distributed transmission of sensor data*-- distributed adaptation of routing, rate control, compression, etc. to data rate / correlation structure of sensor data (perhaps Michelle Effros may be interested if compression is considered).
	* optimal cost, throughput and reliability trade-offs*		* optimal cost, throughput and reliability trade-offs*-- framework for tuning communication strategy to suit resource constraints or task-related performance requirements; bringing together CS networking concepts, e.g. zone routing, multipath, with info theory concepts, e.g. relay channel
	* distributed storage with latency considerations,		* distributed storage with latency considerations,
	as well as Task 1 on smart sensing, particularly:		as well as Task 1 on smart sensing, particularly:

Murray: added some citations to prior work

2005-12-31T20:55:02Z

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	Amendment No. 36 to NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences" (NNH05ZDA001N) establishes a new program element in [http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/30832/A.33%20AIST.pdf Appendix A.33] entitled "Advanced Information Systems Technology" (AIST). This new program element solicits proposals for development of selected key technologies to enable an evolution of distributed Earth system sensors and processing components into sensor webs. This AIST program solicitation will concentrate on the architecture (i.e., the design, structure, and behavior) and development of system building blocks leading to autonomous sensor webs. Scenarios are required to show the relevancy of the proposed technology to the objectives of NASA Earth science. During the course of the technology development, the awardees will be required to participate in ESTO-sponsored sensor web technology workshops to advance information sharing on components and concepts. Notices of Intent to propose are due January 17, 2006, and proposals are due March 17, 2006.		Amendment No. 36 to NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences" ([http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/225/ROSES_2005.pdf NNH05ZDA001N]) establishes a new program element in [http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/30832/A.33%20AIST.pdf Appendix A.33] entitled "Advanced Information Systems Technology" (AIST). This new program element solicits proposals for development of selected key technologies to enable an evolution of distributed Earth system sensors and processing components into sensor webs. This AIST program solicitation will concentrate on the architecture (i.e., the design, structure, and behavior) and development of system building blocks leading to autonomous sensor webs. Scenarios are required to show the relevancy of the proposed technology to the objectives of NASA Earth science. During the course of the technology development, the awardees will be required to participate in ESTO-sponsored sensor web technology workshops to advance information sharing on components and concepts. Notices of Intent to propose are due January 17, 2006, and proposals are due March 17, 2006.

	* '''Topic 1: Smart Sensing''' - Sensor webs of the future may include space-based, airborne, and in-situ sensors, all working together in a semi-closed loop system in which "smart" sensors sense what is happening per their designed sensing capabilities and feed that information into a control system. Based on the sensor inputs, the control system then modifies the environment (instrument pointing, data collection on or off, etc.) and causes the sensors to take in and provide new information to the control system. The system is considered semi-closed because modifications can also be made to the control system by human operators monitoring the sensor web and identified events.		* '''Topic 1: Smart Sensing''' - Sensor webs of the future may include space-based, airborne, and in-situ sensors, all working together in a semi-closed loop system in which "smart" sensors sense what is happening per their designed sensing capabilities and feed that information into a control system. Based on the sensor inputs, the control system then modifies the environment (instrument pointing, data collection on or off, etc.) and causes the sensors to take in and provide new information to the control system. The system is considered semi-closed because modifications can also be made to the control system by human operators monitoring the sensor web and identified events.
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	Since each task is a separate proposal, we need to decide what team (if any) will pursue what task, and then split up into LOI and proposal writing teams. It looks there are two basic areas where we are interested.		Since each task is a separate proposal, we need to decide what team (if any) will pursue what task, and then split up into LOI and proposal writing teams. It looks there are two basic areas where we are interested.

	=== Proposal #1: ~~Mobile~~ sensor networks ===		=== Proposal #1: Model-based, smart sensor networks ===

	=== Proposal #2: ~~Network and information~~ protocols ===		Team: Burdick, Chandy (PI?), Murray, with help from Doyle, Ho

			This proposal would be focused on developing validated methods for targetting sensors in a network to provide information at a given level of confidence.

			* If possible, I would like to have Yasi Mostofi (EE postdoc in my group) and perhaps Demetri Spanos (recent CDS PhD) participate in writing this proposal. This will be good experience for the two of them and they can help work up examples and chase down details.

			=== Proposal #2: Robust protocols for sensor web communications ===

			Team: Doyle, Ho (PI?), Low, with help from Chandy, Hassibi?

			== Proposal Timeline ==

			* '''Notice of Intent (17 Jan 06)''' - Notice of Intent (NOI) to propose is encouraged, but not required, for the submission of proposals to this
			solicitation. The information contained in an NOI is used to help expedite the proposal review activities and, therefore, is of considerable value to both NASA and the proposer. To be of maximum value, NOIs should be submitted by the PI to NASA’s master proposal data base located at http://nspires.nasaprs.com

			* '''Full Proposal (17 Mar 06)''' - 12 pages of technical material. $150-500K/year for up to 3 years.

	== Faculty Interest ==		== Faculty Interest ==
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	Topics marked with '*' are most closely related to previous or current work.		Topics marked with '*' are most closely related to previous or current work.

	'''Richard Murray''': I've got ongoing work related to topic #1, as part of some NSF sponsored research in mobile sensor networks. The problem we proposed is to look at how to position sensors to maximize the amount of information they gather. Several students in my group and Joel's group (specifically Tim Chung, Vijay Gupta, Yasi Mostifi) have worked on some initial approaches using mutual information concepts and also (simpler) Kalman filter approaches. I'm also interested in topic number two and some of Dimitri Spanos' work on robust connectivity might be applicable.		'''Richard Murray''': I've got ongoing work related to topic #1, as part of some NSF sponsored research in mobile sensor networks. The problem we proposed is to look at how to position sensors to maximize the amount of information they gather. Several students in my group and Joel's group (specifically Tim Chung, Vijay Gupta, Yasi Mostifi) have worked on some initial approaches using mutual information concepts and also (simpler) Kalman filter approaches:
			* [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/papers/2005a_mcmb05-ipsn.html Communication and Sensing Trade-Offs in Decentralized Mobile Sensor Networks: A Cross-Layer Design Approach]
			* [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/papers/2004a_cgbm04-cdc.html On a Decentralized Active Sensing Strategy using Mobile Sensor Platforms in a Network]
			I'm also interested in topic number two and some of Dimitri Spanos' work on robust connectivity might be applicable:
			* [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/papers/2004i_sm04-cdc.html Robust Connectivity of Networked Vehicles]
			* [http://www.cds.caltech.edu/~murray/papers/2003t_sm04-acc.html A Constrained Optimization Framework for Wireless Networking in Multi-Vehicle Applications]

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Murray: /* Faculty Interest */

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Faculty Interest

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	'''Richard Murray'''		'''Richard Murray''': I've got ongoing work related to topic #1, as part of some NSF sponsored research in mobile sensor networks. The problem we proposed is to look at how to position sensors to maximize the amount of information they gather. Several students in my group and Joel's group (specifically Tim Chung, Vijay Gupta, Yasi Mostifi) have worked on some initial approaches using mutual information concepts and also (simpler) Kalman filter approaches. I'm also interested in topic number two and some of Dimitri Spanos' work on robust connectivity might be applicable.

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Murray: added TOC + info on how to apply

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	Amendment No. 36 to NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences" (NNH05ZDA001N) establishes a new program element in [http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/30832/A.33%20AIST.pdf Appendix A.33] entitled "Advanced Information Systems Technology" (AIST). This new program element solicits proposals for development of selected key technologies to enable an evolution of distributed Earth system sensors and processing components into sensor webs. This AIST program solicitation will concentrate on the architecture (i.e., the design, structure, and behavior) and development of system building blocks leading to autonomous sensor webs. Scenarios are required to show the relevancy of the proposed technology to the objectives of NASA Earth science. During the course of the technology development, the awardees will be required to participate in ESTO-sponsored sensor web technology workshops to advance information sharing on components and concepts. Notices of Intent to propose are due January 17, 2006, and proposals are due March 17, 2006.		Amendment No. 36 to NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences" (NNH05ZDA001N) establishes a new program element in [http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/30832/A.33%20AIST.pdf Appendix A.33] entitled "Advanced Information Systems Technology" (AIST). This new program element solicits proposals for development of selected key technologies to enable an evolution of distributed Earth system sensors and processing components into sensor webs. This AIST program solicitation will concentrate on the architecture (i.e., the design, structure, and behavior) and development of system building blocks leading to autonomous sensor webs. Scenarios are required to show the relevancy of the proposed technology to the objectives of NASA Earth science. During the course of the technology development, the awardees will be required to participate in ESTO-sponsored sensor web technology workshops to advance information sharing on components and concepts. Notices of Intent to propose are due January 17, 2006, and proposals are due March 17, 2006.

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Proposal Approach

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	== Proposal Approach ==		== Proposal Approach ==

	Since each task is a separate proposal, we need to decide what team (if any)		Since each task is a separate proposal, we need to decide what team (if any) will pursue what task, and then split up into LOI and proposal writing teams. It looks there are two basic areas where we are interested.
	will pursue what task, and then split up into LOI and proposal writing
	teams...		=== Proposal #1: Mobile sensor networks ===

			=== Proposal #2: Network and information protocols ===

	== Faculty Interest ==		== Faculty Interest ==

Murray: added descriptions of topics

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	Amendment No. 36 to NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences" (NNH05ZDA001N) establishes a new program element in [http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/30832/A.33%20AIST.pdf Appendix A.33] entitled "Advanced Information Systems Technology" (AIST). This new program element solicits proposals for development of selected key technologies to enable an evolution of distributed Earth system sensors and processing components into sensor webs. This AIST program solicitation will concentrate on the architecture (i.e., the design, structure, and behavior) and development of system building blocks leading to autonomous sensor webs. Scenarios are required to show the relevancy of the proposed technology to the objectives of NASA Earth science. During the course of the technology development, the awardees will be required to participate in ESTO-sponsored sensor web technology workshops to advance information sharing on components and concepts. Notices of Intent to propose are due January 17, 2006, and proposals are due March 17, 2006.		Amendment No. 36 to NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences" (NNH05ZDA001N) establishes a new program element in [http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/30832/A.33%20AIST.pdf Appendix A.33] entitled "Advanced Information Systems Technology" (AIST). This new program element solicits proposals for development of selected key technologies to enable an evolution of distributed Earth system sensors and processing components into sensor webs. This AIST program solicitation will concentrate on the architecture (i.e., the design, structure, and behavior) and development of system building blocks leading to autonomous sensor webs. Scenarios are required to show the relevancy of the proposed technology to the objectives of NASA Earth science. During the course of the technology development, the awardees will be required to participate in ESTO-sponsored sensor web technology workshops to advance information sharing on components and concepts. Notices of Intent to propose are due January 17, 2006, and proposals are due March 17, 2006.

	* ~~Task~~ 1:		* '''Topic 1: Smart Sensing''' - Sensor webs of the future may include space-based, airborne, and in-situ sensors, all working together in a semi-closed loop system in which "smart" sensors sense what is happening per their designed sensing capabilities and feed that information into a control system. Based on the sensor inputs, the control system then modifies the environment (instrument pointing, data collection on or off, etc.) and causes the sensors to take in and provide new information to the control system. The system is considered semi-closed because modifications can also be made to the control system by human operators monitoring the sensor web and identified events.
	* ~~Task~~ 2:		* '''Topic 2: Sensor Web Communications''' - The communications component of the sensor web serves to tie the overall system together, forming an infrastructure that allows seamless connectivity among all sensors, nodes, and users belonging to the web. The goal of communication enhancements, especially session layer management, is to support dialog control for autonomous operations involving sensors and data processing and/or modeling entities. Reliable communication links allow the components of the sensor web to move freely within some defined environment while maintaining ubiquitous connectivity and highly reliable data transmission.
	* ~~Task~~ 3:		* '''Topic 3:Enabling Model Interactions in Sensor Webs''' - Technology is sought to tie prediction and forecasting models and scientific analysis tools to the sensor web framework to enable two-way interaction between the modeling / assimilation system and the sensing system to enhance sensor web performance and usage. The goal is to support the creation and management of new sensor web enabled information products.

	== Proposal Approach ==		== Proposal Approach ==

Murray: /* Faculty Interest */

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Faculty Interest

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	'''Mani Chandy''': most interested in smart sensing, specifically in model-based sensing where the sensing strategy is executed based on sets of models of the environment that is being sensed. This is Topic 1. The ideas are inter-related with Topics 2 and 3 because sensing strategies also depend on communication constraints (Topic 2) and model interactions (Topic 3). Since, however, each proposal has to identify ONE topic, mine is Topic 1.		'''Mani Chandy''': most interested in smart sensing, specifically in model-based sensing where the sensing strategy is executed based on sets of models of the environment that is being sensed. This is Topic 1. The ideas are inter-related with Topics 2 and 3 because sensing strategies also depend on communication constraints (Topic 2) and model interactions (Topic 3). Since, however, each proposal has to identify ONE topic, mine is Topic 1.

	'''John Doyle'''		'''John Doyle''':
			* Task 1: model based feedback control of active sensors. An issue I'd be interested in is whether there is a general theoretical framework that would allow a more principled approach to the design of protocols.
			* Task 2: General design principles for top to bottom protocol stack design for evolvable and robust sensor networks... The idea would be to try to decouple through layering and decentralization as much as possible the hardware and applications levels, so that there could be massive reuse of physical resources for different scientific applications, and natural and transparent upgrade/evolution of capacity/capability.... The issue here is how to allow selected cross-layer interactions as demanded by Task 1, yet preserving the benefits of layered modularity. Sensor networks provide a particular nice challenge in this regard, that the wired Internet generally does not.

	'''Tracy Ho''': mostly interested in Task 2, particularly		'''Tracy Ho''': mostly interested in Task 2, particularly

Murray: added additional info on participants

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	[~~[Category~~:Proposal]]		Amendment No. 36 to NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences" (NNH05ZDA001N) establishes a new program element in [http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/30832/A.33%20AIST.pdf Appendix A.33] entitled "Advanced Information Systems Technology" (AIST). This new program element solicits proposals for development of selected key technologies to enable an evolution of distributed Earth system sensors and processing components into sensor webs. This AIST program solicitation will concentrate on the architecture (i.e., the design, structure, and behavior) and development of system building blocks leading to autonomous sensor webs. Scenarios are required to show the relevancy of the proposed technology to the objectives of NASA Earth science. During the course of the technology development, the awardees will be required to participate in ESTO-sponsored sensor web technology workshops to advance information sharing on components and concepts. Notices of Intent to propose are due January 17, 2006, and proposals are due March 17, 2006.

			* Task 1:
			* Task 2:
			* Task 3:

			== Proposal Approach ==

			Since each task is a separate proposal, we need to decide what team (if any)
			will pursue what task, and then split up into LOI and proposal writing
			teams...

			== Faculty Interest ==

			'''Mani Chandy''': most interested in smart sensing, specifically in model-based sensing where the sensing strategy is executed based on sets of models of the environment that is being sensed. This is Topic 1. The ideas are inter-related with Topics 2 and 3 because sensing strategies also depend on communication constraints (Topic 2) and model interactions (Topic 3). Since, however, each proposal has to identify ONE topic, mine is Topic 1.

	~~Amendment No. 36 to NASA Research Announcement "Research Opportunities~~ in Space and Earth Sciences" (NNH05ZDA001N) establishes a new program element in [http://nspires.nasaprs.com/external/viewrepositorydocument/30832/A.33%20AIST.pdf Appendix A.33] entitled "Advanced Information Systems Technology" (AIST). This new program element solicits proposals for development of selected key technologies to enable an evolution of ~~distributed Earth system sensors and processing components into~~ sensor ~~webs. This AIST program solicitation will concentrate on the architecture (i.e.~~, ~~the design~~, ~~structure~~, ~~and behavior) and development of system building blocks leading to autonomous~~ sensor ~~webs. Scenarios are required to show the relevancy of the proposed technology to the objectives of NASA Earth science. During the course of the technology development~~, ~~the awardees will be required to participate in ESTO-sponsored sensor web technology workshops to advance information sharing on components~~ and ~~concepts. Notices of Intent to propose are due January 17, 2006~~, ~~and proposals~~ are ~~due March 17, 2006~~.		'''John Doyle'''

			'''Tracy Ho''': mostly interested in Task 2, particularly
			* autonomous distributed transmission of sensor data*
			* optimal cost, throughput and reliability trade-offs*
			* distributed storage with latency considerations,
			as well as Task 1 on smart sensing, particularly:
			* on-demand sensor activity
			* failure monitoring, diagnostics and recovery*,
			Topics marked with '*' are most closely related to previous or current work.

			'''Richard Murray'''

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