CNS Core: Small: Boomerang: A Symbiotic Software Architecture for Real-Time Distributed Embedded Systems

CNS 核心：小型：Boomerang：实时分布式嵌入式系统的共生软件架构

• 批准号: 2007707
• 负责人: Richard West
• 金额: $ 49.77万
• 依托单位: Trustees of Boston University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2020-10-01 至 2024-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=2007707&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: CNS; Core; Small; Boomerang; Symbiotic

This project focuses on the development of a real-time distributed embedded system (RTDES) for timing and safety-critical applications, in areas such as semi-autonomous and driverless cars, robotics and manufacturing. The proposed system, called Boomerang, aims to enforce spatial and temporal isolation between tasks of different criticality levels on the same hardware. This will ensure tasks with a severe consequence of failure are isolated from less important tasks, while being able to meet their timing requirements. Boomerang uses a collection of lightweight partitioning hypervisors running on each host to securely divide machine resources among different guest domains. It will support the co-existence of a real-time operating system (RTOS) and one or more legacy systems such as Linux or Android on each physical host, to provide a mutually beneficial symbiotic relationship for the task at hand. The legacy systems will gain access to real-time capabilities, while the RTOS will be empowered with a rich collection of features that would take years to develop.Boomerang is being evaluated in the context of DriveOS, an automotive system for a high-performance, potentially autonomous, electric car being built with an industrial partner. Beyond DriveOS, Boomerang will provide opportunities for new classes of cyber-physical applications in smart manufacturing, robotics, and transportation systems, among others, where decisions are made by machines without recourse to human inputs. Boomerang will offer opportunities to build new distributed systems for neuromorphic computing applications, allowing real-time task pipelines to process large-scale sensor inputs and produce outputs similar to how a brain communicates between sensory and motor neurons. Lessons learned will lead to more safe, secure and robust distributed systems, with capabilities to learn and make informed decisions with respect to their environments. A Boomerang RTDES envisions end-to-end processes operating with potentially sub-millisecond latencies, making it suitable for situations where human control would be insufficient. Through this project, new courses on real-time computing and new research opportunities for undergraduate students are being developed. The project is also working with a number of outreach efforts on the Boston University campus such as the Drone Racing Club, BU BUILDS, SheHacks, and the Spark! Initiative to increase student interest in computing and entrepreneurship.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.

该项目着重于在半自治和无人驾驶汽车，机器人技术和制造等领域的实时分布式嵌入式系统（RTDES）开发用于时间和安全关键应用的实时分布式嵌入式系统（RTDES）。所提出的称为Boomerang的系统旨在在同一硬件上不同临界级别的任务之间执行空间和时间隔离。这将确保从不太重要的任务中隔离失败的严重后果，同时能够满足其时序要求。 Boomerang使用在每个主机上运行的轻质分区管理程序的集合，以将机器资源置于不同的来宾域之间。它将支持实时操作系统（RTO）和每个物理主机上的Linux或Android等一个或多个遗留系统的共存，为手头的任务提供互惠互利的共生关系。传统系统将获得实时功能的访问权限，而RTO将获得大量功能的授权，这些功能需要数年才能开发。除了Driveos之外，Boomerang还将为智能制造，机器人技术和运输系统等新类别的网络物理应用提供机会，在这里，机器是由机器做出的，而无需求助于人类投入的。 Boomerang将提供机会，为神经形态计算应用构建新的分布式系统，从而使实时任务管道可以处理大规模传感器输入并产生类似于大脑在感觉神经元之间进行交流的输出。经验丰富的经验将导致更安全，安全和健壮的分布式系统，并具有学习和对其环境做出明智决定的能力。 Boomerang RTDES设想具有潜在的亚毫秒潜伏期运行的端到端过程，使其适合人类控制不足的情况。通过这个项目，正在开发有关实时计算的新课程和本科生的新研究机会。该项目还在波士顿大学校园（例如无人机赛车俱乐部，Bu Builds，Shehacks和The Spark）上进行许多外展工作！该奖项反映了NSF的法定任务，并被认为是值得通过基金会的知识分子优点和更广泛的影响审查标准来评估的倡议。

项目成果

Jumpstart: Fast Critical Service Resumption for a Partitioning Hypervisor in Embedded Systems

• DOI: 10.1109/rtas54340.2022.00013
• 发表时间: 2022-05
• 期刊: 2022 IEEE 28th Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS)
• 作者: Ahmad Golchin;R. West

FLYOS: Integrated Modular Avionics for Autonomous Multicopters

FLYOS：用于自主多旋翼飞行器的集成模块化航空电子设备

• DOI: 10.1109/rtas54340.2022.00014
• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: IEEE 28th Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium (RTAS
• 作者: Farrukh, Anam;West, Richard
• 通讯作者: West, Richard

Telomere: Real-Time NAND Flash Storage

• DOI: 10.1145/3479157
• 发表时间: 2022-01
• 期刊: ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (TECS)
• 作者: Katherine Missimer;Manos Athanassoulis;R. West

ModelMap: A Model-based Multi-domain Application Framework for Centralized Automotive Systems

ModelMap：基于模型的集中式汽车系统多域应用框架

• 发表时间: 2022
• 期刊: 41st IEEE/ACM International Conference on Computer-Aided Design (ICCAD
• 作者: Sinha, Soham;Farrukh, Anam;West, Richard
• 通讯作者: West, Richard

FlyOS: rethinking integrated modular avionics for autonomous multicopters

• DOI: 10.1007/s11241-023-09399-w
• 发表时间: 2023-05-23
• 期刊: REAL-TIME SYSTEMS
• 影响因子: 1.3
• 作者: Farrukh，Anam;West，Richard
• 通讯作者: West，Richard