The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $278,101 Project Grant under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program to the University of Massachusetts Lowell. The grant, titled "CAREER: TOWARDS FAULT-TOLERANT EDGE COMPUTING FOR CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS: DISTRIBUTED PRIMITIVES FOR COORDINATION UNDER CYBER ATTACKS," will fund research to develop distributed consensus primitives that enable fault-tolerant and cyber-attack resilient coordination in edge computing-based cyber-physical systems. The key objectives are to: (i) identify fundamental properties, limitations, and trade-offs in edge-based cyber-physical systems; (ii) design adaptive algorithms to maintain performance under changing conditions and cyber-attacks; and (iii) implement a realistic simulator to study performance in practical scenarios. The expected outcomes will enable efficient and fault-tolerant edge computing services for cyber-physical systems, supporting innovation in these applications. The award period is from September 1, 2024 to June 30, 2028.
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