1. Earthquakes: Some staggering facts
In the US:
Deaths are ~stable over the past 100 years
Economic losses are rising exponentially
In the world:
Earthquake fatality rate has doubled twice in the past 250 years.
Major cause = urban expansion
A repeat of the 1811 earthquake in the central Mississippi Valley region today would cause ~6,000 fatalities and $50 billion of damage.
Earthquakes do not kill, buildings do.
The total urban population by 2050 may exceed 5 billion people, with new super- and megacities:
Annual fatality rate and damage cost from earthquakes will keep rising
Global issue
Now is the time to prepare for future urban earthquakes

2. Innovative approach to mitigating earthquake and other hazards by integrating new sensor technology, real time systems, and pervasive computing environments

3. EAS Engineering Clusters Physics CS NSF Earthscope
Earthquake
science
& Engineering
Intelligent Infrastructure
System CS CS
Engineering Clusters
Physics
Real time
Sensing & Control
Information, Communication,
And Perception Technology CS
Pervasive Computing
Environments
NSF
Earthscope
Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation
Information Technology Research
US Geological Survey
National Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program
NASA
DARPA – DoD
Structural damage prognosis
DoT
Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental monitoring systems with adaptive control
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Industry: e.g., Intel, Microsoft, Xerox, and Cisco have expressed interest in collaboration on pervasive computing

4. Summary Merging scientific advances and engineering applications
Innovative approach to mitigating earthquake and other hazards by integrating new sensor technology, real time systems, and pervasive computing environments
Summary
Merging scientific advances and engineering applications
Potential for global societal impact, with potential applications beyond earthquakes
Interdisciplinary research that crosses traditional divides between, Earth science, computer science, and engineering
Critical components and expertise partly in place at Purdue
Federal and corporate sponsoring largely available.

5. Pervasive Computing Challenges for Enabling Infrastructure
Network Layer
Application Support Layer
Application Layer

6. Pervasive Computing Challenges
Network Layer
Media Access Control
Routing Protocols
Reliable Transport
Application Support
Security and Fault Tolerance
Service Mapping and Location
Data Assimilation and Filtering
Application Layer
Services Infrastructure
Control Algorithms

7. Pervasive Computing Challenges

8. Pervasive Computing Challenges
Software for embedded systems
System support
Software development and validation environments
Power-aware applications framework
Algorithmic infrastructure
Sensor/actuator placement
Location aware services and algorithms

9. Broader Impact of Proposed Cluster
Advancing Scientific Discovery: Computational framework for other sensors - bio-sensors, environmental hazard monitoring, active frameworks for pollutant dispersion, drug delivery systems, soil composition measurements, etc.
Improving the Computing Infrastructure: Domain knowledge can be crucial for enhancing sensors and networks. Applied math plays a critical role in control algorithms, model reduction, etc.

10. Hiring Plan
7.5 positions in the School of Science (CS/EAS) and 6.5 in the School of Engineering (CE/ECE/ME).
4 positions hosted by EAS (2.0 effective positions)
2 positions hosted by CE (shared with CS and EAS, 1.0 effective position)
6 positions hosted by CS (3.5 effective positions shared by EAS, CE, and ECE).
2.0 positions hosted by ECE (1.0 effective position shared with CS and ME).