学术报告第201726期

报告题目：Co-Design of Networking and Decentralized Control to Enable Aerial Networks in an Uncertain Airspace

报告人：Yan Wan,University of Texas at Arlington 

报告时间：2017年6月8日10:00

报告地点：南一楼中311室

Abstract：

Airborne networks (ANs) that utilize flight-to-flight communication for information exchange, safe maneuvering, and coordination for time-critical missions have come to the forefront of research. Although the advantages of unmanned ANs (transportability, wide coverage, unmanned maneuvering, low latency, and flexibility) allow broad novel civilian applications, ANs do not yet exist in the National Airspace System. New technical challenges need to be conquered, summarized as mobility (frequent network topology variation), safety (stringent safety requirement of aerial maneuvers), and uncertainty (the sharing of resource-constrained uncertain airspace). We will discuss an innovative theoretical research paradigm to tackle the new challenges. Departing from the constrained design perspective, the paradigm proactively exploits the constraints, uncertainty, and new structures with information to enable high-performance designs. In particular, uncertainty-exploiting decentralized control facilitates robust networking, and practical networking techniques facilitate fast decentralized control under uncertainty. 

Short CV：

Dr. Yan Wan is currently an Associate Professor in the Electrical Engineering Department at the University of Texas at Arlington. She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from Washington State University in 2009 and then postdoctoral training at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Her research interests lie in developing fundamental theories and tools for the modeling, evaluation, and control tasks in large-scale dynamic networks and cyber-physical systems, with applications to air traffic management, airborne networking, systems biology, and complex information systems. Her research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Standards and Technology, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, and MITRE Corporation as subcontracts from Federal Aviation Administration. Dr. Wan's research has led to over 120 publications and successful technology transfer outcomes. Her contributions to the field of air traffic management, airborne networking, and general cyber-physical systems have been recognized by several prestigious awards, including the National Science Foundation Early Career Development (CAREER) Award, RTCA William E. Jackson Award, U.S. Ignite and GENI demonstration awards, IEEE WCNC Best Paper Award, UNT Early Career Award for Research and Creativity, and Tech Titan of the Future – University Level Award.