Agenda for the NSF-CHORUS Kickoff Workshop (Nov 19-21, 2024)

Time

Program item

In charge

7:00-7:05 pm

Welcome remarks

Saurabh Bagchi

7:05-7:10 pm

Poster competition opening

Poster chairs: Somali Chaterji and Yin Li

7:15-9:00 pm

Socialization over hors d'oeuvres and drinks

7:30-8:15 pm

Lightning poster pitches

All student presenters

Moderated by poster chairs: Somali Chaterji and Yin Li

8:15-9:00 pm

Attendees interact with the students around their posters.

Judges (incognito) judge the posters

Time

Program item

In charge

9:00-9:10 am (Howard Taylor Room, HTR)

NSF CHORUS Center opening remarks

Saurabh Bagchi

9:10-9:15 am (HTR)

Ceremonial inauguration of CHORUS Center

All CHORUS PIs

9:15-9:30 am (HTR)

CPS Program Announcement

David Corman, NSF

9:30-10:00 am (HTR)

CHORUS Thrust Lead presentations

Sam Coogan
Shreyas Sundaram

Saman Zonouz

10:00-11:00 am (HTR)

Panel 1: Roadmap for CPS Resilience
Panelists: Abhishek Dubey (NSF, Vanderbilt), Aravind Kumar Machiry (Purdue), Saman Zonouz (Georgia Tech), Ashraf Alam (Purdue)

Saurabh Bagchi

11:00 - 11:05 am (HTR)

CPS Program Highlights

Abhishek Dubey, NSF

11:05-11:15 am

Break

11:15 am-11:45 pm (HTR)

Presentation and Roundtable discussion with Thrust Leads

Ramesh Govindan

Somali Chaterji

All (Integrated Vision)

11:45-12:15 pm (HTR)

Reflections: What it took to win an NSF Center

All CHORUS PIs

12:15-1:30 pm (MP 6)

Head to MP 6 for Lunch with Karen Plaut, Ph. D as speaker (15 minutes speech) - Excellence at Scale

Saurabh Bagchi

1:30-1:45 pm (HTR)

DOD Program Announcement

Mark Tschopp, ARL

1:45-2:00 pm (HTR)

Talk 1: CHORUS federal partner

Nathan Sturdevant, INDOT

2:00-3:00 pm (HTR)

Breakout 1A (HTR): Humans and CPS: What do we need to learn about behavioral interdependence and resilience?

Breakout 1B (LCR): Software Security and Privacy for CPS

Tim Cason

Zahra Ghodsi, Santiago Torres-Arias

3:00-3:30 pm

Break

3:30-4:00 pm (HTR)

Broader Impacts Activities of CHORUS

Carla Zoltowski

4:00-5:00 pm (HTR)

Panel 2: Connected and autonomous transportation systems

Panelists: Bo Yu (GM), Feng Qian (USC), Sam Coogan (Georgia Tech), Somali Chaterji (Purdue), Nathan Sturdevant (INDOT)

Ramesh Govindan

7:00-9:30 pm (Shively Club)

Banquet and Best Poster Awards

Shively Club, Ross Ade Stadium

Time

Program item

In charge

9:00-9:10 am (HTR)

Discussion of deliverables

Saurabh Bagchi

9:15-9:30 am (HTR)

Talk 2: Accounting for Human Engagement Behavior to Enhance AI-Assisted Decision Making

Ming Yin

9:30-10:30 am (LCR, HTR)

Breakout 2A (LCR): Resilience to natural hazards and security attacks in CPS

Breakout 2B (HTR): Resilient learning in Internet of Small Things (IoST)

Sam Coogan

Somali Chaterji

10:30-11:00 am

Break

11:00-11:15 am (HTR)

College of Engineering Research Accomplishments & Vision

Ali Shakouri, Associate Dean of Research, College of Engineering

11:15-11:30 am (HTR)

Talk 3: Non CHORUS faculty

Matt Huber

11:30 am-12:30 pm (HTR)

Panel 3: Industry perspectives on trustworthy CPS

Panelists: Jinzhu Chen (GM), Abe Clements (Sandia), Christopher Vo (Saab), Chris Gutierrez (Intel)

Shreyas Sundaram

12:30-1:00 pm (MP 6)

Lunch served. Then lunch continues through the next item.

1:00-1:30 pm (MP 6)

Project demonstrations

Feng Qian, Yin Li

1:30-1:50 pm (HTR)

Report outs from the breakouts

1:50-2:00 pm (HTR)

Wrapup and continuing engagement opportunities with CHORUS

Saurabh Bagchi