Texas A&M University is a founding partner of the National Science Foundation (NSF) Center for Autonomous Air Mobility and Sensing (CAAMS) along with
University of Colorado Boulder (CU), Brigham Young University (BYU), University of Michigan (UM), Penn State University (PSU), and Virginia Tech (VT). The center is organized under the NSF’s Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers program (IUCRC). CAAMS consists of three primary partners: academia, industry, and government. Academic faculty collaborate with industry and government members to promote long-term global competitive research and innovation. They create solutions to the most critical challenges faced in the autonomous industry. Dr. John Valasek serves as the Site Director for Texas A&M University. Texas A&M University faculty associated with CAAMS include: Dr. Moble Benedict, Dr. Manoranjan Majji, Dr. Sivakumar Rathinem, and Dr. Swaroop Darbha.
In conjunction with the CASS Lab at Penn State, directed by Dr. Puneet Singla, VSCL will be working on the project Integration of System Theory with Machine Learning Tools for Data Driven System Identification. This project integrates system theory with machine learning tools for data driven system identification. The objective is to derive nonlinear dynamical models by employing a unique handshake between linear time varying subspace methods and sparse approximation tools from high fidelity flight simulations and flight experiments.