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Smart Cities and Communities: A Key Performance Indicators Framework

February 24, 2022
Author(s)
Martin Serrano, Edward Griffor, David A. Wollman, Michael Dunaway, Martin Burns, Sokwoo Rhee, Chris Greer
This publication presents research findings and scientific work that advance the development and progression of smart city and community measurement methodology. The term 'smart,' as used in the phrase 'smart cities,' is defined here as the efficient use

The UCEF Approach to Tool Integration for HLA Co-Simulations

July 15, 2020
Author(s)
Thomas P. Roth, Christopher W. Lemieux, Martin J. Burns
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are complex systems that require expertise from multiple domains in their design, implementation, and validation. One cost-effective technique for validation of CPS is the integration of two or more domain-specific simulators

IEEE 1451 Smart Sensor Digital Twin Federation for IoT/CPS Research

May 6, 2019
Author(s)
Yuyin Song, Martin J. Burns, Abhinav Pandey, Thomas P. Roth
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are smart systems that include engineered, interacting networks of physical and cyber components. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 1451 defines a set of open, common, network-independent

NIST Transactive Energy Modeling and Simulation Challenge Phase II Final Report

May 3, 2019
Author(s)
David G. Holmberg, Martin J. Burns, Steven T. Bushby, Avi Gopstein
The NIST Transactive Energy (TE) Modeling and Simulation Challenge for the Smart Grid (Challenge) spanned from 2015 to 2018. The TE Challenge was initiated to identify simulation tools and expertise that might be developed or combined in co-simulation

UCEF 1.0.0-ALPHA Kickoff Workshop: Workshop Report

April 9, 2019
Author(s)
Martin J. Burns, Thomas P. Roth
This report summarizes the results of a workshop held at NIST on July 27, 2017. The goal of this workshop was to introduce participants to the newly constructed Universal CPS Environment for Federation (UCEF). Over 40 attendees were provided with the UCEF

Cyber-Physical Systems and Internet of Things

March 7, 2019
Author(s)
Christopher Greer, Martin J. Burns, David Wollman, Edward Griffor
This NIST Special Publication describes the relationship between the phrases "cyber-physical systems" and "Internet of Things." CPS and IoT both refer to trends in integrating digital capabilities, including network connectivity, with physical devices and

A Calibration of Timing Accuracy in the NIST Cyber-Physical Systems Testbed

December 18, 2018
Author(s)
Marc A. Weiss, YaShian Li-Baboud, Dhananjay Anand, Kevin G. Brady, Paul A. Boynton, Cuong T. Nguyen, Martin J. Burns, Avi M. Gopstein
We propose a general methodology for assessing the time accuracy and uncertainties and report results from a project to calibrate timing in the NIST CPS and Smart Grid Testbeds. We measured clock synchronization accuracy and stability as well as latencies

The Transactive Energy Abstract Component Model

November 30, 2018
Author(s)
Martin J. Burns, Yuyin Song, David G. Holmberg
The transactive energy (TE) abstract component model (“Model”) was the product of a tiger team effort engaged by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Pacific Northwest National Lab (PNNL), Vanderbilt University, and Carnegie Mellon

Transactive Energy Challenge Phase II Scenario

October 23, 2018
Author(s)
David G. Holmberg, Martin J. Burns, Steven T. Bushby, Avi M. Gopstein
The TE Challenge Phase II Scenario was developed in a multi-step process in collaboration with industry experts. The Scenario includes a common electric grid definition including attached loads and generators, weather, and reporting metrics which together

Facilitation of Smart City and Community Technology Convergence

October 15, 2018
Author(s)
Sokwoo Rhee, Martin J. Burns
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has led a series of efforts designed to propel consensus toward reusable smart city solutions through open collaborations with worldwide participation. This paper describes the novel strategy and

A Calibration of Timing Accuracy in NIST Cyber-Physical Systems Testbed

October 3, 2018
Author(s)
Marc A. Weiss, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Dhananjay Anand, Paul A. Boynton, Kevin Gerard Brady, Martin Burns
We report results from a project to calibrate timing in the NIST CPS and Smart Grid Testbeds. We measured clock synchronization accuracy and stability as well as latencies for potential experiments in the testbeds. We determined calibrations of GPS

Elaborating the Human Aspect of the NIST Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems

September 25, 2018
Author(s)
Edward R. Griffor, David A. Wollman, Martin J. Burns, Joe Manganelli, Ronald Boring, Stephen Gilbert, Yi-Ching Lee, Dan Nathan-Robers
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has developed a Framework for Cyber- Physical Systems (CPS Framework) that supports system engineering analysis, design, development, operation, validation and assurance of CPS. Cyber-physical

Reasoning about Smart City

July 31, 2018
Author(s)
Edward R. Griffor, Martin J. Burns, David A. Wollman, Marcello Balducinni, Claire Vishik, Michael Huth
Smart Cities are complex environments, comprising diverse cyber-physical systems (CPS), including Internet of Things (IoT). Smart Cities pose challenges of scale, integration, interoperability, sophisticated processes, governance, human elements

Using the IES-City Framework

July 31, 2018
Author(s)
Martin J. Burns, Joe Manganelli
This paper introduces a use case for using the IES-City Framework artifacts and methodology in the acquisition of a new smart city feature. Involving city management and potential service providers, it shows how this new feature can be acquired with

Ontology-Based Reasoning about the Trustworthiness of Cyber-Physical Systems

June 14, 2018
Author(s)
Edward R. Griffor, David A. Wollman, Martin J. Burns, Claire Vishik, Michael Huth, Marcello Balducinni
It has been challenging for the technical and regulatory com-munities to formulate requirements for trustworthiness of thecyber- physical systems (CPS) due to the complexity of theissues associated with their design, deployment, and opera-tions. The US

A Minimum Set of Common Principles for Enabling Smart City Interoperability

January 31, 2018
Author(s)
Angelo Frascela, Arianna Brutti, Nicola Gessa, Piero De Sabbata, Cristiano Novelli, Martin Burns, Vatsal Bhatt, Raffaelle Ianniello, Linghao He
The current investments for smart infrastructure development in cities result in the proliferation of self-consistent and closed applications (often called "silos"), which provide services with strong vertical integration but without ease of mutual

Universal CPS Environment for Federation (UCEF)

January 16, 2018
Author(s)
Martin J. Burns, Thomas P. Roth, Edward R. Griffor, Paul A. Boynton, Janos Sztipanovits, Himanshu Neema
NIST, in collaboration with Vanderbilt University, has assembled an open-source tool set for designing and implementing federated, collaborative and interactive experiments with cyber- physical systems (CPS). These capabilities are used in our research on

Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems: Volume 3, Timing Annex

September 28, 2017
Author(s)
David A. Wollman, Marc A. Weiss, YaShian Li-Baboud, Edward R. Griffor, Martin J. Burns
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) comprise interacting digital, analog, physical, and human components engineered for function through integrated physics and logic. NIST established the CPS Public Working Group (CPS PWG) to bring together a broad range of CPS

CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT FOR ENERGY APPLICATIONS

June 28, 2017
Author(s)
Thomas P. Roth, Yuyin Song, Martin J. Burns, Himanshu Neema, William Emfinger, Janos Sztipanovits
Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are smart systems that consist of highly interconnected networks of physical and computational components. The tight integration of a wide range of heterogeneous components enables new functionality and quality of life

Framework for Cyber-Physical Systems: Volume 1, Overview

June 26, 2017
Author(s)
Edward R. Griffor, Christopher Greer, David A. Wollman, Martin J. Burns
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) comprise interacting digital, analog, physical, and human components engineered for function through integrated physics and logic. CPS and related systems (including the Internet of Things, Industrial Internet, and more) are