Goal: Unless you read over the NPS (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=503286) proposal and suggest to instructor a different CPS system and are approved by instructor, you will be working on some instructor research on the topic of "senior collapse detection" (SCD) which is a "smart home" computer vision system to detect falling of senior/geriatric participants in their home environment.
Senior Collapse Detection