PhD/MsC Student - Edge and cloud computing technologies per el Barcelona Supercomputing Center

Internet of Things (IoT) involves massive numbers of sensing devices with different capabilities, ranging from low-complexity sensors to smart cameras and actuators, generating huge volumes of data, which can be transformed into valuable knowledge through Artificial Intelligence (AI) and big data technologies. In this context, an effective combination of edge and cloud computing technologies (a.k.a. compute continuum) has been rising as an emerging paradigm that: (1) allows bringing computation closer to the data sources, bringing down latency and energy consumption with respect to cloud computing, enabling novel real-time services for domains such as smart city; and (2) provides high-performance capabilities for data intensive algorithms. Moreover, the advent of newest communication technologies (e.g., 5G) can offer the necessary bandwidth, ultra‐low latency, and massive device connectivity needed to distribute applications across the compute continuum. Unfortunately, edge and cloud computing and networks technologies have been evolving in parallel, and they are not fully integrated, leaving a gap that must be addressed to jointly leverage the compute computing capabilities.

The research activities will be focused on one or several of the following topics, among others:

1. Design of orchestration policies that meet specific application requirements, jointly taking into account computing and communication resources in a distributed edge/cloud computing environment.

2. Leverage parallel programming models for an efficient distribution of computation, including AI analytics.

3. Development of advanced data analytics pipelines, addressing smart mobility, precision agriculture and astronomy domains

Key Duties

Research on distributed and parallel computing taking into account advanced edge devices (featuring GPUs, many-core, FPGAs, etc.)

Develop system prototypes featuring advanced data analytics pipelines, for the smart mobility, precision agriculture and astronomy domains

Attend technical meetings and conferences

Write technical reports and papers

Termini per aplicar: Dissabte, 31 Desembre, 2022

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