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Autonomous, On-board Processing for Sensor Systems
Completed
TRL 6 (started at 3, targeting 6)
Description
Fuse high performance reconfigurable processors with emerging fault-tolerance & autonomous processing techniques for a 10-100x decrease in processing time. This means more science experiments conducted per day & more thorough, timely analysis of captured data. Addresses the ability to quickly react & adapt processing or mission objectives in real-time, by combining autonomous agents with reconfigurable computing. Enables Autonomous On-board Processing for Sensor Systems (A-OPSS), via a tool-suite that generates a run-time system for sensor systems to autonomously detect changes in collected data & tune processing in a controlled manner to adapt to unforeseen events. Decadal Survey Missions: Primary - DESDynl, HyspIRI, GEO-CAPE; Secondary – SMAP, SWOT
Details
| Technology area | Software, Modeling, Simulation, and Information Processing > Ground Computing > Exascale Supercomputers |
| Program | Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) |
| Lead organization | NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC |
| Start date | 2009-04-01 |
| End date | 2012-09-28 |
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