Dr. Taylor's research team is currently collaborating with the Cape Breton University (CBU), in a project supported by the Atlantic Innovation Fund, to develop and commercialize infrastructure for wireless process control systems with applications within the energy sector, both onshore and offshore.  This project is led by the PAWS team at Cape Breton University; the primary web site is http://paws.cbu.ca .  The UNB team is focussing on the systems and control-related information technology (control/IT) aspects of the effort, with attention to the need for high-level utilization of the resulting data streams and coordination with the wireless sensor network. The resulting concept and implementation are called ICAM: Intelligent Control and Asset Management.

ICAM is an agent-based system, comprised of a rule-based Supervisor built in the artificial intelligence shell G2 that monitors and controls the activities of a number of smart agents which are implemented in MATLAB.  These agents "package" advanced algorithms with logic to apply the algorithms in a robust and intelligent (self-aware) manner.  Further information on the ICAM concept, architecture, agents and project publications is provided as follows: