CPS IOT MAIN - cps-iot

About

The Cyber Physical Systems and Internet of Things (CPS-IoT) thinker’s space is envisioned as a facility to foster creative thinking in problems inspired on the application of sensing, actuators, embedded systems, cloud computing, and networking for undergraduate and graduate Electrical and Computer Engineering students. This space allows more than forty ECE students working in projects that span diverse application areas for CPS and IoT, to continue their preparation to become top notch professionals to feed the demand in the national STEM workforce and graduate programs. In addition, the laboratory is being used to host a variety of activities from the Computing Alliance of Hispanic Serving Institutions (CAHSI) that include outreach activities, coding club, hackathons, among others. Currently, our research groups include 47 undergraduate and graduate students conducting research in diverse areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Activities

CCWIC

The Caribbean Celebration of Women in Computing (CCWiC) 2023 objective is to increase the representation of female Hispanic students in areas related to Computer Science, Information Sciences, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, and Computational Mathematics who apply for job opportunities in diverse industries and who have opportunities in computing-related areas. This year the focus of the celebration will be Machine Learning and AI, Cybersecurity, Research, and local REU as well as women empowerment. We expect to prepare Hispanic female students leaders in computing, so they will take an active role in establishing support networks, leadership, initiatives, and activities that fulfill the already-mentioned needs. We want to increase participants’ confidence and promote and provide a better understanding of computing careers.

Dates: September 29 – October 1

IAP

The Industrial Affiliates Program is an innovative program of active learning that addresses today’s pressing need to blend theory with practice, education with work, and academic scientific rigor with industry’s fast pace. The program is fully sponsored by corporations which work jointly with faculty at UPRM.

Raytheon Drone Competition

The Raytheon Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) University Innovation Showcase was held on April 22, 2023 at the grounds of the Coliseo Mangual at the University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus. The purpose of the UAS Innovation Showcase is for students to use their creativity, innovation, and team-solving skills to research, develop, integrate, and test UAS hardware and software components to solve existing real-world problems. Universities will participate in a regional based showcase. To see more, click the link below.

Research

CAHSI GAME STUDIOS

Can Augmented Reality be used in Video Game Development as an effective tool to motivate middle school students to pursue careers in fields such as science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM)?

ROCS SMART CARPOOLING

According to USDOT, congestion problems are increasing in the US [6] and carpooling strategies has been suggested as a possible solution. The problem we are addressing is the design of a mobile app based carpooling system that will allow users to request either to take a ride or to provide rides by ensuring a parking spot for the person.

HASPNel

How can a computer identify all lexical and structural ambiguities within a given sentence?

PandaHat

Can vulnerabilities be discovered and protect against before they are made public with Machine learning and dynamic analysis?

What are the dangers of IoT devices and how can we keep IoT devices?

Lidron

Can a LiDAR based autonomous landing system be created to identify possible landing zones for an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in an unknown environment?

Maven

What is malware? How can we fight it?