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)确定公共安全应用的挑战；(2)集思广益，针对边缘计算的一般技术挑战，特别是公共安全应用，提出初步解决方案；(3)组建团队，准备大型提案。确定的研究挑战需要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。新的分布式计算理论和调度/分配算法以及系统科学对新系统的更好理解将有助于构建计算机科学的知识库。确定的公共安全应用将例证和捕捉边缘计算核心研究的本质。他们将展示一个实用而全面的环境，让人们在不失去现实的情况下探索边缘计算中的挑战性问题。除了云计算范例之外，边缘计算还被设想为支持许多应用程序。开发这样一个边缘计算系统将为行业中类似系统的设计和部署提供启示。研究结果将对许多边缘计算从业者有价值。确定的应用程序规范将对许多研究人员有用，使他们能够理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想，对科学发展产生更广泛的影响。招募一组科学家，亦可促进和加强边缘计算的研究、教育和研究成果在每个参与者所在社区的传播。

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.