Shankar Sastry Control Quotations

We believe that wireless network embedded systems represent the infrastructure of the future, in that they will be used to monitor and control a number of physical infrastructures such as electric power, water, communications, oil and gas, and chemical refineries.

We can conceptualize smart buildings where the atmosphere inside each room is sensed and controlled in regions to accommodate varying preferences of its occupants. Water in the soil (and) chemical composition of the environment can be monitored and controlled inside hothouses or even in vineyards and fields. The key is to go beyond sensing the changes of physical quantities to closing the loop around the sensor webs, which means making accurate decisions based on the information.