AnyScale Applications

计算设备的生态系统高度相连，随着物联网概念的实现，这一生态系统可能会变得更加紧密。存在用于通信的单个底层全球协议，其使得所有连接的设备能够交互，即网际协议(IP)。在这个项目中，我们将为计算创建一个相应的单一底层全局协议。这将使无线传感器、智能手机、笔记本电脑、服务器和云数据中心能够合作完成概念上的单一任务，即AnyScale应用程序。用户可以在智能手机上运行AnyScale应用程序，然后当电池电量不足或无线连接可用时，该应用程序可能会自动将其计算转移到云服务器。这种运行时的决策和决策是由AnyScale框架实现的，该框架使用成本/收益模型和机器学习技术来驱动其行为。当应用程序在手机上运行时，它不能进行非常复杂的计算或占用太多内存。然而，在功能强大的服务器中，计算量可能要大得多，而且复杂得多。AnyScale应用程序将根据其运行位置以适当的方式运行。在此项目中，我们将创建工具、技术和技术，使软件开发人员能够创建和部署AnyScale应用程序。我们的第一个案例研究将是设计一款运动控制器应用程序，它可以让一个拥有逼真的人形肢体的两足机器人在各种地形上“行走”。这是一项复杂的计算任务--通常超出了在机器人肢体中嵌入芯片的能力。我们的AnyScale控制器将把计算负载转移到机器人上的计算机上，或者无线地转移到附近的服务器或基于云的系统。这是机器人探测的理想场景，例如核灾难现场。

The ecosystem of compute devices is highly connected, and likely tobecome even more so as the internet-of-things concept is realized. There isa single underlying global protocol for communication which enables allconnected devices to interact, i.e. internet protocol (IP). In thisproject, we will create a corresponding single underlying global protocolfor computation. This will enable wireless sensors, smartphones,laptops, servers and cloud data centres to co-operate on what is conceptually a single task,i.e. an AnyScale app.A user might run an AnyScale app on her smartphone, then when the battery is runninglow, or wireless connectivity becomes available, the app may shift itscomputation to a cloud server automatically. This kind of runtime decisionmaking and taking is made possible by the AnyScale framework, which uses acost/benefit model and machine learning techniques to drive itsbehaviour.When the app is running on the phone, it cannot do very complexcalculations or use too much memory. However in a powerful server, thecomputations can be much larger and complicated. The AnyScale app willbehave in an appropriate way based on where it is running.In this project, we will create the tools, techniques and technology toenable software developers to create and deploy AnyScale apps. Our firstcase study will be to design a movement controller app, that allows a biped robot with realistic humanoid limbs to 'walk' over various kinds of terrain. Thisis a complex computational task - generally beyond the power of embeddedchips inside robotic limbs. Our AnyScale controller will offloadcomputation to computers on-board the robot, or wirelessly to nearbyservers or cloud-based systems. This is an ideal scenario for roboticexploration, e.g. of nuclear disaster sites.