Brace

Brace is a framework that allows developers to explicitly specify both physical and logical assumptions and expected behaviors. Brace then enables run-time checking of these combined physical and logical specifications, provided in the form of assertions, using the physical environment in which a CPS application is running. Brace uses physics models and temporal semantics to guide CPS developers in creating appropriate assertions and to check specified assertions for inconsistencies with the physical world.

Project Participants: James (Xi) Zheng (Ph.D. student), Dr. Chien-Liang Fok (Post-doctoral researcher), Dr. Christine Julien (MPC director), Dr. Sarfraz Khurshid (collaborator at The University of Texas at Austin), Dr. Miryung Kim (collaborator at The University of Texas at Austin)