Theoretical Foundations of Cyber-Physical Systems
CCI faculty bring diverse mathematical perspectives to bear on studying foundational problems in Cyber-Physical Systems. We have expertise in control theory, optimization, machine learning and AI, information and communication theory, signal processing, and game theory.
Optimization and Control
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Our faculty are doing foundational research on many facets of optimization and control that are relevant to CPS and IoT systems:
- Distributed and hierarchical control
- Network Economics and Game Theory
- Stochastic control and Markov Decision Processes
- Distributionally robust optimization and control
- Fractal-based optimization and control
Faculty Involved: Mihailo Jovanovic, Ketan Savla, Rahul Jain, Insoon Yang, Paul Bogdan
Information and Communication Theory
Our team has expertise in
- Network coding applied to communication and distributed computation
- Ultra-wide band communication and localization
- Multi-user distributed MIMO communications
- Cognitive radio and white-spaces
Faculty Involved: Salman Avestimehr, Andreas Molisch, Konstantinos Psounis, Bhaskar Krishnamachari
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Signal Processing
In this area, CCI faculty research has included pioneering works on
- Graph signal processing
- Nonconvex optimization methods for signal recovery
Faculty Involved: Antonio Ortega, Mahdi Soltanolkotabi
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Design, Synthesis and Verification
In this area, CCI faculty research are working on
- formal methods, with emphasis on logic, verification, and automated reasoning
- Design methodogies for CPS systems using contracts, compositional methods, automated formal methods and optimization.
Faculty Involved: Chao Wang, Pierluigi Nuzzo
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