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

该项目的目标有三个方面：（1）确定公共安全应用挑战;（2）集思广益，为边缘计算技术挑战，特别是公共安全应用的技术挑战提供初步解决方案;（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。边缘计算由于其独特的基础设施而带来了一系列截然不同的研究挑战。我们设想将开发几种新技术，使各种应用程序能够在开发的平台上运行，并保证效率和安全性。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的系统将有助于在计算机科学的知识基础的机构。确定的公共安全应用程序将涵盖并捕捉边缘计算核心研究的本质。他们将为人们展示一个实用而全面的环境，让他们在不失去现实感的情况下探索边缘计算中具有挑战性的问题。边缘计算被设想为除了云计算范例之外还能实现许多应用。开发这样的边缘计算系统将为行业中类似系统的设计和部署提供借鉴。研究结果将对边缘计算的许多从业者有价值。确定的应用程序规范将对许多研究人员有用，让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思维，对科学发展产生更广泛的影响。招募一个科学家团队还将刺激和加强边缘计算在每个参与者当地社区的研究、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.