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SUMMARY:WEDNESDAYS@NICO PRESENTS: DECENTRALIZED CONTROL OF MOBILE SENSOR NETWORKS
DESCRIPTION:Presenter:  Kevin Lynch\, Professor and Associate Chair\, McCormick Mechanical Engineering\, Northwestern University Abstract:Mobile sensor networks can be deployed for tasks such as environmental monitoring or searching a collapsed building for survivors.  Decentralized control algorithms allow the mobile sensors to adapt to a changing environment and to failure of individual sensors\, without the need for a centralized controller.I will describe the control theory and experimental testbed we are developing to support "swarms" of mobile sensors.  This work is based on the concept of "information diffusion" in ad hoc communication networks and motion control laws that drive the sensors to optimally acquire information.  This work is joint with Prof. Randy Freeman (EECS) and the Naval Research Lab. NICO Coffee Hour will follow for questions\, networking\, and collaboration.     http:www.northwestern.edu/nico/events/index.html#seminars
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