The University of Wisconsin System, through its University of Wisconsin - Madison division, was awarded a $190,020 Project Grant by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) federal grant program. This 5-year award, effective June 15, 2024, aims to develop rigorous scientific mechanisms to enable resilience in large-scale cyber-physical systems (CPS), with a focus on improving safety and security in connected and autonomous transportation systems.
The key products and services to be delivered under this "CHORUS: Resilient Distributed CPS Through Rational and Dynamic Decision-Making Among Multiple Stakeholders" project include: 1) modeling cyber, physical, and human assets, their interconnections, and economic/policy constraints to capture stakeholder cooperation in CPS defense; 2) developing game-theoretic formulations to model the spread of perturbations and identify optimal resource allocations for resilience; and 3) determining the security state of the system through novel sensor usage and triggering approximately optimal response mechanisms. The project will also create demonstrations on a connected vehicle testbed, an annual student security competition, and two MOOCs on resilient CPS and the connected autonomous transportation domain.