{"613506":{"#nid":"613506","#data":{"type":"news","title":"School of Computer Science\u2019s Edge Computing Summit Fosters Collaboration","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDozens of faculty members gathered on Oct. 22 to discuss one of the most promising research endeavors, edge computing. School of Computer Science (SCS) Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/profiles.cc.gatech.edu\/umakishore-ramachandran\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EUmakishore Ramachandran\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E organized the all-day summit to bring faculty together from various schools and encourage collaboration.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;There are so many cool things happening across different research groups at Georgia Tech in edge computing,\u0026rdquo; Ramachandran said. \u0026ldquo;If we put them together, we can accomplish something really big. Georgia Tech has the opportunity to be the leader, but in order to do that we need to think as a collective.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EEdge computing uses devices at the edge of a network, from smartphones to Internet of Things (IoT) devices, to perform computation. By processing the data close to its source, edge computing can improve latency, security, and cost.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EFor the summit, 10 researchers from SCS and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E (ECE) gave 10-minute talks on their general research. They were divided into three sessions. After each round, there was a panel with the speakers moderated by a session chair, who asked each presenter to discuss possible joint research projects.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAlthough there were different interpretations of what constitutes an edge, the breadth of research projects speaks to the wide-ranging possibilities of edge computing. SCS Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~ewz\/Welcome.html\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EEllen Zegura\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E discussed her work with Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/fac\/Mostafa.Ammar\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EMostafa Ammar\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E on creating a self-configuring cloud of clustered mobile devices called a \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/news\/609257\/scs-phd-student-karim-habak-finds-computing-solutions-edge\u0022\u003Efemtocloud\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp; ECE Professor \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/gee-kung-chang\u0022\u003EGee-Kung Chang\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E suggested using 5G radio access networks to achieve sub-millisecond latency for getting data to \u0026nbsp;edge node.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPresentations included system software technologies for edge computing, including programming frameworks, compiler technologies, algorithmic techniques, and management of big data in support of edge computing. SCS Professor \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/vivek-sarkar\u0022\u003EVivek Sarkar\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E suggested software foundations for the edge platform. SCS Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/santosh-pande\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESantosh Pande\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E is devising compiler annotations to data and trust verification to enable data sharing and migration among mobile devices on the edge. \u0026nbsp;SCS Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/home\/ada\/\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAda Gavrilovska\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E proposed ideas for distributing model generation between the cloud, edge, and devices for intelligent analytics. ECE Assistant Professor \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/tusharkrishna.ece.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ETushar Krishna\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E discussed opportunities for continuous learning via neuro-evolutionary algorithms involving hardware-software co-design at the edge.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESecurity and privacy issues are paramount with edge computing. SCS Research Faculty \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/~kbhardwa\/\u0022\u003EKetan Bharadwaj\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E identified the challenges in securing the edge infrastructure from malicious attacks.\u0026nbsp; ECE Professor \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ece.gatech.edu\/faculty-staff-directory\/abhijit-chatterjee\u0022\u003EAbhijit Chatterjee\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E offered algorithmic ideas for mitigating security attacks and increasing error resilience using robotics as a \u0026ldquo;killer app\u0026rdquo; for the edge. \u0026nbsp;SCS Associate Professor \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.scs.gatech.edu\/people\/vladimir-kolesnikov\u0022\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EVladimir Kolesnikov\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E discussed efficient cryptographic techniques for ensuring secure communication and ideas for their deployment that would ensure low latency.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ERamachandran concluded the summit presentations by offering challenges and opportunities for elevating the edge to become a peer of the cloud.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe summit\u0026rsquo;s afternoon focused on opportunities for collaboration. \u0026nbsp;his approach was one of the reasons Ramachandran organized the summit. By bringing together researchers with varied complementary interests, Ramachandran hopes to bridge the gap and help push the field further. \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ic.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Interactive Computing\u003C\/a\u003E Professor \u003Cstrong\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.cc.gatech.edu\/people\/elizabeth-mynatt\u0022\u003EBeth Mynatt\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/strong\u003E discussed leveraging existing research to make Tech a frontrunner in edge innovation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;The industry leaders are not thinking yet about how cool and new the edge is,\u0026rdquo; he said. \u0026ldquo;All the cool things are being done by small start-ups and academia. Here, we can think of things we can do that industry is not yet doing. That\u0026rsquo;s the opportunity we have.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWatch \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.dropbox.com\/sh\/sn2844kcxt7spp0\/AAAN6jHp5OwSCiZvIRc7o_KUa?dl=0\u0022\u003Ea video\u003C\/a\u003E of the talks.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"SCS hosted the first-ever Edge Computing Summit in October,"}],"uid":"34541","created_gmt":"2018-10-30 16:57:14","changed_gmt":"2018-10-30 17:02:34","author":"Tess Malone","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-10-30T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"613507":{"id":"613507","type":"image","title":"Kishore at Edge","body":null,"created":"1540918939","gmt_created":"2018-10-30 17:02:19","changed":"1540918939","gmt_changed":"2018-10-30 17:02:19","alt":"Kishore Ramachandran presenting","file":{"fid":"233559","name":"IMG_1073.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1073.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/IMG_1073.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":414495,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/IMG_1073.jpg?itok=9sjZE44R"}}},"media_ids":["613507"],"groups":[{"id":"47223","name":"College of Computing"},{"id":"50875","name":"School of Computer Science"},{"id":"50876","name":"School of Interactive Computing"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"145171","name":"Cybersecurity"},{"id":"39541","name":"Systems"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETess Malone, Communications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etess.malone@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["tess.malone@cc.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}