ADSC Research Activities

Human Sixth Sense Program

The initial project being undertaken by the ADSC is the 5-year Human Sixth Sense Program (HSSP). HSSP is focusing on breakthrough innovations in information technology that are expected to have a major impact in transforming human beings' utilization of information technology. The team is building interfaces that enable machines of all types - from tiny embedded devices found in cellphones and PDAs to huge databases - to talk with one another. Researchers are also developing a platform that will allow diverse machines to synthesize and aggregate raw data, thus allowing the system to tailor the results for the end user. The project is focusing on developing hardware and software that are reliable and secure, particularly in the areas of network systems, computing systems, cyber-physical infrastructure, multimedia and human-machine interfaces, and trusted information management. The ultimate result will be a search engine that can pull any relevant information and deliver it in a seamless, customized way, as if computers intuitively "knew" what information users were looking for.

Current Subproject

Health Monitoring

We are working to design, develop, and evaluate a scalable, trustworthy cyber-physical infrastructure for continuous health monitoring. To demonstrate the effectiveness of our solution, we will embody our architecture in a system for continuous control of insulin infusion to regulate blood glucose levels, and test this system in Type I and Type II diabetes populations in Singaporean medical centers.

Continuous Health Monitoring Architecture