A hybrid navigation system [1] that performs route calculations and highly flexible natural speech location searches in the cloud using dynamic databases that combine probe data collected from the vehicle and external data, and transmits to on-board devices has been developed. The system automatically switches to the on-board device when the vehicle is out of mobile network communication range or when faster processing is required for tasks such as re-routing. The transition between the on-board devices and the cloud provide a seamless user experience adapted to use conditions and other factors. In addition, representing the route downloaded from the cloud by the on-board device requires synchronizing the map with the cloud, and a map caching function has been used to reduce the volume of data that needs to be synchronized. The cloud-based route calculation is based not only on average travel time, but on dispersion as well. Moreover, integrating entry and exit link direction data

JIN, Xin, Nakamura, Motohiro, TETSUO, Shuhei, Sugimoto, Hironobu

Cold Chain Management Using Model Based Design, Machine Learning Algorithms and Data Analytics

2018-01-12014/3/2018

In the food industry, there is an increased demand for generic pharmaceutical products and perishable food without compromising with the changes in texture and taste that occur in the transit. With this demand, there is a need for better visibility of products in the logistics network, to minimize wastage, to ensure product integrity, influence productivity, transparently track the fleet and to identify pathogens before a potential outbreak. In Cold Chain Management, information is power: with potentially billions of dollars’ worth of cargo (such as food items, vaccines, serums, tests or chemicals) at stake worldwide. Hence, careful live monitoring, inspection, supervision, validation and documentation of business-critical information is essential. In this paper, we have proposed a framework for Cold Chain Management using Internet of Things (IoT) combined with other technological innovations such as: Cloud Computing, Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics to revolutionize the cold

Khanuja, Gagandeep Singh, D H, Sharath, Nandyala, Sivaprasad, Palaniyandi, Balamurali

Workhorse multiphysics tool gets upgrades

18AUTP02_102/1/2018

Engineers are now able to design with far higher precision, making materials thinner and lighter without sacrificing quality and durability. But as they press the limits of technology, engineers must often examine and understand subtle factors that might have been negligible in the past. Often, these considerations involve multiple disciplines, which can make it difficult to see how changes in one technology will impact performance in other areas. COMSOL is finalizing a major upgrade of its Multiphysics multidisciplinary software tool, which let users see how changes in one field of physics impact other fields.

Costlow, Terry

Simplifying Cloud-Based Remote Access and Data Logging

TBMG-283422/1/2018

Smart manufacturing capabilities should be built into machines, particularly those with advanced functionality such as motion control. Even if the factory is not currently connected to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), it’s a good bet that it will be in the future. Fortunately, it’s becoming easier to connect, monitor, program, and maintain machines and motion control systems using cloud-based remote access.

Integrated Lab-on-a-Chip Uses Smartphone to Detect Multiple Pathogens

TBMG-281401/1/2018

Infectious diseases remain the world’s top contributors to human death and disability, and with recent outbreaks of Zika virus infections, there is a keen need for simple, sensitive, and easily translatable point-of-care tests. Since Zika virus infection shares symptoms with other diseases such as Dengue and Chikungunya, quick, accurate diagnosis is required to differentiate these infections and determine the need for aggressive treatment or quarantine.

Tackle the Intricacies of Medical Device Development with a Solid Platform

TBMG-281361/1/2018

Networked In-Flight Validation Environment for Air Traffic Management Concepts

TBMG-2798312/1/2017

Modernization of the National Airspace System (NAS) will involve future air traffic management (ATM) concepts of operation and technology frameworks that rely on the automated exchange of information between aircraft, and between aircraft and ground-based air traffic control systems. In-flight validation is critical to the acceptance and ultimate implementation of these concepts, so an approach and enabling infrastructure are needed to reduce the costs of flight tests. The approach and infrastructure must also support refinement and validation of interoperability standards for enabling communications and surveillance technologies. The innovation described here is a concept to develop an in-situ test environment for advanced ATM concepts by leveraging existing computing and network infrastructure and existing simulations of future surveillance equipage.

Secure and Privacy-Preserving Data Collection Mechanisms for Connected Vehicles

2017-01-16603/28/2017

Nowadays, the automotive industry is experiencing the advent of unprecedented applications with connected devices, such as identifying safe users for insurance companies or assessing vehicle health. To enable such applications, driving behavior data are collected from vehicles and provided to third parties (e.g., insurance firms, car sharing businesses, healthcare providers). In the new wave of IoT (Internet of Things), driving statistics and users’ data generated from wearable devices can be exploited to better assess driving behaviors and construct driver models. We propose a framework for securely collecting data from multiple sources (e.g., vehicles and brought-in devices) and integrating them in the cloud to enable next-generation services with guaranteed user privacy protection. To achieve this goal, we design fine-grained privacy-aware data collection and upload policies that balance between enforcing privacy requirements and optimizing resource consumption (e.g., processing

Li, Huaxin, Ma, Di, Medjahed, Brahim, Wang, Qianyi, Kim, Yu Seung, Mitra, Pramita

Cloud-Driven Traffic Monitoring and Control Based on Smart Virtual Infrastructure

2017-01-00923/28/2017

The new cyber-technological culture of the transport control based on virtual road signs and streetlight signals on the screen of car is the future of Humanity. A cyber-physical system (CPS) Smart Cloud Traffic Control, which realizes the mentioned culture, is proposed; it is characterized by the presence of the digitized regulatory rules, vehicles, infrastructure components, and also accurate monitoring, active cloud streetlight-free cyber control of road users, traffic lights, automatic output of operational regulatory actions (virtual traffic signs and traffic signals) to monitor of each vehicle. The main components of the cyber-physical system are the following: infrastructure, road users and rules, which have digital representation in cyberspace to realize a route, based on digital monitoring and cloud mobile control. We offer innovative services, which implement digital monitoring and cloud control as a scalable prototype of a global system that uses the following technology

Hahanov, Vladimir, Gharibi, Wajeb, Litvinova, Eugenia, Chumachenko, Svitlana, Ziarmand, Arthur, Englesi, Irina, Gritsuk, Igor, Volkov, Vladimir, Khakhanova, Anastasiia

Learning the "Keys" of IoT Security

TBMG-2561710/1/2016

Network-connected devices provide many opportunities to improve and enrich people’s lives, but the “Internet of Things” has a range of definitions. A consumer’s experience with the “IoT” may be a wearable computer for fitness tracking. A physician may place a connected heartbeat monitor on a patient. An industrial engineer may see the Internet of Things as thousands of sensor points that provide measurements of temperatures, pressures, or valve states.

A Robust, Real-Time Collaboration Technology for Decision Support using Common Operating Picture (COP) Environments

TBMG-242724/1/2016

StormCenter Communications, Inc. software takes advantage of cloud computing solutions to solve the growing need for real-time collaboration when accessing a Common Operating Picture (COP) from any device without having to give up all the vital tools and display functionality; all this is performed without disrupting current workflows. A COP is a platform shared by multiple stakeholders to provide a single, identical display of relevant operational information (i.e., mapping information, network operations and cyber security, sensors, weather, critical infrastructure) and tools to mark and manipulate the data. In the era of Big Data and the need for improved decision-making with the presence of multiple stakeholders across different disciplines, collaboration when using a COP is essential to success. This is especially important when dealing with decision-makers who are frequently non-data experts who need to take action immediately based on their situational awareness.

The Advanced Data Analytics Platform (ADAPT): Concept, Design, Architecture, and Operation

TBMG-238822/1/2016

NASA scientists are uniquely positioned to research and understand the processes affecting the Earth’s climate. To study these important processes, scientists must address the Big Data challenges posed by working with massive amounts of observational and climate model output data. The Advanced Data Analytics Platform (ADAPT) is a cyber infrastructure resource specifically designed to reduce the friction between scientists and data. The system includes a high-performance storage cloud surrounded by large-scale compute resources. A very high-performing network enables fast access to the data stored within ADAPT. Furthermore, the system allows users to bring their applications to the data and define the environment in which those applications run. The science results can then be stored for future analysis or shared through static and dynamic data services within ADAPT without having to move the data or make additional copies. The agility, flexibility, and extensibility of the system make

Deterministic Ethernet VPX 3U/6U Switches for Open Integrated Architectures

2015-01-25229/15/2015

VPX, as a switched fabric, supports the design of advanced integrated systems using technologies such as deterministic Ethernet. Deterministic Ethernet can be used in backplane and backbone applications. In cases where functional interrelationships and Ethernet network bandwidth sharing is deterministic and all logical links among critical function have configurable quality of service with guaranteed timing, the complexity challenges in design of advanced integrated architectures can be much simpler to handle and mitigate. VPX switches in 3/6U format with ARINC664 and SAE AS6802 services enable deterministic integration of many critical functions hosted on common embedded computing and networking resources. Both ARINC664 (asynchronous real-time) and SAE AS6802 (synchronous hard real-time), as Layer 2 enhancements, do not affect existing Ethernet services. They are compliant with all standard Ethernet physical layers for backbone and backplane networks, including those described in VPX

Jakovljevic, Mirko, Radke, Jan, Rucker, Perry

Web Application: Ground Hardware Management Tool

TBMG-22557

8/1/2015

An integrated ground support equipment (GSE) tracking and management tool is designed for tracking and managing GSE data used in support of KSC/Ground Systems Development and Operations (GSDO) planning and launch campaigns. This software (the Ground Hardware Management Tool, GHMT) will be fully integrated with the Ground Operations Planning Database (GOPDb) to provide a complete ground operations planning solution.

Fiber Optic Connectors

TBMG-22094

5/1/2015

With the standardization of 4G wireless, the increase in cloud storage and computing, and the push for faster network data rates, the highest quality passive interconnect systems must be used. While the robustness and size of these interconnections, fiber types, and cable management all play major roles in the backbone, what happens at the tip of the connector also greatly affects the optical performance of the system.

Smartphone-Based Device Spots Molecular Tumors

TBMG-219564/16/2015

A device developed by Massachusetts General Hospital investigators provides rapid, accurate molecular diagnosis of tumors and other diseases. The smartphone-based technology collects detailed microscopic images for digital analysis of the molecular composition of cells and tissues.

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