Control and Optimization of Cyber-Physical Systems
“I am working on the control and optimization of Cyber-Physical Systems. In particular, in my research, I focus on transportation and wireless networks, and use queuing theory and network optimization to control and schedule traffic (and data) flows to achieve optimal delay and throughput performance.” -Shanyu Zhou
Problem Statement and Motivation
- Dramatic growth of connected devices and vehicles require efficient network control mechanisms to utilize available resources
- We seek for an efficient scheduling and routing mechanism for connected devices and vehicles by taking into account:
- Heterogeneous communications between connected vehicles
- Head-of-Line (HoL) blocking
Technical Approach
- We use queuing theory and network optimization to control and schedule traffic/data flows to achieve optimal delay and throughput .
Key Achievements and Future Goals
- S. Zhou and H. Seferoglu, “Connectivity-Aware Traffic Phase Scheduling for Heterogeneously Connected Vehicles,’’ in Proc. of ACM CarSys, New York City, NY, Oct. 2016.
- S. Zhou, H. Seferoglu, and E. Koyuncu, “Blocking Avoidance in Wireless networks,’’ in Proc. of IEEE ITA, San Diego, CA, Feb. 2016.
- S. Zhou and H. Seferoglu, “Blocking Avoidance in Transportation Systems,’’ in Proc. of IEEE Allerton, Urbana, IL, Sep. 2015.
- Future goals:
- Traffic routing mechanisms for connected vehicles with selfish drivers and random deviations.
