{"481571":{"#nid":"481571","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Ketan Bhardwaj","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle:\u0026nbsp;Frame, Rods and Beads of the Edge Cloud ABACUS\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EKetan\u0026nbsp;Bhardwaj\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E School of Computer Science\u003Cbr \/\u003E College of Computing\u003Cbr \/\u003E Georgia Institute of Technology\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Date: Monday, January 11th, 2016\u003Cbr \/\u003E Time:\u0026nbsp;12 PM to 2 PM EST\u003Cbr \/\u003E Location: KACB 3100\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003E Committee:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E ------------\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E Dr. Karsten Schwan (Advisor, School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech)\u003Cbr \/\u003E Dr. Ada Gavrilovska (Committee Chair, School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech)\u003Cbr \/\u003E Dr. Ling Liu (School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech)\u003Cbr \/\u003E Dr. Mostafa Ammar (School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech)\u003Cbr \/\u003E Dr. Ellen W. Zegura\u0026nbsp;(School of Computer Science, Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EDr. Dilma Da Silva (Department of computer science and engineering, Texas A\u0026amp;M University)\u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cbr \/\u003E \u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E -----------\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMobile-Cloud computing has driven tremendous innovation in the computing ecosystem. Going ahead it faces formidable challenges in form of achieving sub-millisecond access\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Elatency to cloud services and handling the huge amounts of data posed to traverse through\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ethe Internet fabric. Edge clouds in form of distributed infrastructure elements present near\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eend users have been posed as a solution. However, there are there are a number of barriers\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Efor edge cloud based services \u2013 Edge Functions \u2013 to become part of the mainstream computing ecosystem. This thesis proposes solutions to address the following three technical\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Echallenges that lower the barriers for use of edge functions by backend services.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFirst, to demonstrate real world benefits that edge functions can provide for the well established Android app ecosystem, this thesis proposes three novel edge functions \u2013 AppFlux,\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAppSachets and AppCraft \u2013 that address traffic due to app updates, provide efficient use\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eof edge cloud resources via app caching, and new mechanisms that lower app discovery and\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eadoption barriers. Second, to reduce deployment burdens on edge function developers, this\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Ethesis proposes a software platform AirBox \u2013 a frame \u2013 that enables flexible, fast and scalable edge function deployment, dynamic provisioning and execution, while ensuring security\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Efor its execution and stored state \u2013 rods. As part of AirBox, we propose and implement\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Emodels of secure generic edge functions \u2013 beads \u2013 that can be used as references or building\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eblocks by developers, and are referred to as ABACUS of edge functions. Third, to iden-\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Etify and ease development of edge functions, the thesis proposes tools and mechanisms for\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Echaracterization of required edge functions, with a goal of automating developer decisions\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eabout their structure and their dynamic deployment. These contributions are validated\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003Eusing network traces captured for three popular back end services.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Frame, Rods and Beads of the Edge Cloud ABACUS"}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2016-01-04 12:30:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 02:15:22","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2016-01-11T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2016-01-11T13:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2016-01-11T13:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2016-01-11 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2016-01-11 18:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2016-01-11 18:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78771","name":"Public"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}