Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are typically composed of interconnected hardware and software components, which individually may not be inherently highly reliable or secure. However, several CPS applications demand a high degree of safety, security, and reliability. Thus, the fundamental problem is constructing highly dependable CPS applications from building blocks that are, in themselves, not inherently reliable.
Chorus will develop rigorous, scientific mechanisms to enable CPS resilience against a large universe of perturbations. Our application domain is Connected and Autonomous Transportation Systems (CATS) and thus, the benefits of CHORUS will be demonstrated through improvements in safety and security in this domain.
We will achieve goals of CHORUS through three interacting intellectually challenging thrusts in the project.
In terms of broader impact, the greatest impact will be that CPS owners will gain a higher degree of trust in the operation of the CPS and policy-makers will understand what level of cooperation among multiple stakeholders in a CPS to incentivize. We will create compelling demonstrations of CHORUS on a connected vehicle testbed distributed between our academic institutions and our industrial partner GM. We will also organize an annual student security competition and develop two MOOCS, both having foundational material on resilient CPS and one focusing more on the CATS application domain.
November 19-21, 2024
Event Link: Grand Challenges Workshop 2024
Location: Wright Center, Martell Forest (Reception on the 19th); Recreational Sports Center (20th and 21st); Shively Club (Banquet on the 20th), Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Kickstarting our NSF-funded CHORUS Center, this workshop will bring together leaders in resilient cyber-infrastructures, cyber-physical systems, and socio-technical resilience. Industry and academic speakers, along with federal program managers, will introduce the vision and goals through foundational techniques and real-world case studies to strengthen adaptive and resilient critical infrastructure.
October 2024
Purdue University's CHORUS Center has launched, thanks to a $7 million NSF grant, to boost resilience in autonomous transportation systems. Led by Saurabh Bagchi, a Purdue engineering professor, the project brings together experts from Purdue and partner institutions to address vulnerabilities in connected autonomous transportation systems (CATS), such as connectivity failures and cyberattacks. Collaborating with industry leaders like General Motors and Amazon Web Services, the CHORUS team aims to ensure safe, reliable, and secure autonomous networks, which could potentially reduce roadway fatalities by 85%. This work supports the Purdue Computes initiative, furthering Purdue's leadership in impactful, tech-driven research.
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September 2024
The skies above the Georgia Tech campus were clear in late spring as a group of graduate students gathered at Couch Park to test their custom-built drones one last time before the semester ended.
Their instructor, Associate Professor Saman Zonouz, created this course to teach students to prevent, detect, and respond to common cyberattacks launched against cyber-physical systems.
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