OpenEdge: Toward Open and Transparent Edge Computing and Its Application in Public Safety

该项目的目标有三个：(1)确定公共安全应用挑战；(2)集思广益，解决一般边缘计算特别是公共安全应用中的技术挑战；以及(3)组建团队，为大型提案做准备。已确定的研究挑战要求在边缘计算平台的所有组件中提供解决方案。由于其独特的基础设施，边缘计算带来了一系列截然不同的研究挑战。我们设想将开发几项新技术，以使各种应用程序能够在所开发的平台上以保证的效率和安全性运行。关于分布式计算和调度/分配算法的新理论和系统科学在更好地理解新系统方面将有助于计算机科学中的知识库的主体。已确定的公共安全应用将例证和捕捉边缘计算核心研究的精髓。它们将为人们探索边缘计算中具有挑战性的问题提供一个实用和全面的环境，而不会失去现实的触觉。边缘计算被设想为支持除云计算范式之外的许多应用。开发这样的边缘计算系统将为行业内类似系统的设计和部署提供参考。该研究成果将对许多边缘计算实践者具有一定的参考价值。确定的应用程序规范将对许多研究人员有用，帮助他们了解问题设置并构建新的解决方案。组建一个团队将利用不同专业知识的集体智慧，并对科学发展产生更广泛的影响。招募一支科学家团队也将刺激和提升边缘计算在每个参与者的本地社区的研究、教育和研究成果传播。

The objectives of this project are three-fold: (1) identify public safety application challenges; (2) brainstorm the initial solutions to technical challenges in edge computing in general and public safety applications in particular; and (3) form the team and prepare for a large proposal. The identified research challenges call for solutions in all of the components of an edge computing platform. Edge computing poses a vastly different set of research challenges due to its distinct infrastructure. We envision several new technologies will be developed to enable various applications to run on the developed platform with guaranteed efficiency and safety. New theory on distributed computing and scheduling/allocation algorithms and systems science in better understanding the new systems will contribute to the body of the knowledge base in computer science. The identified public safety applications will exemplify and capture the essence of the core research in edge computing. They will illustrate a practical and comprehensive setting for people to explore the challenging problems in edge computing without losing the touch of reality.Edge computing is envisioned to enable many applications in addition to the cloud computing paradigm. Developing such an edge computing system will shed light on the design and deployment of similar systems in the industry. The research results will be valuable to many practitioners in edge computing. The identified application specifications will be useful to many researchers, for them to understand problem settings and build new solutions. Forming a team will harness the collective mind of different expertise and make much broader impacts on the scientific development. Recruiting a team of scientists will also stimulate and enhance the research, education, and research result dissemination of edge computing in the local community of each participant.