Abstract
The advent of the Edge-Cloud has
revolutionized the landscape of delay-sensitive applications by providing the
ability to execute them closer to data sources for greater efficiency. This
paradigm shift enables fast data processing, critical for applications with
stringent Quality of Service (QoS) requirements, such as industrial automation,
augmented reality (AR), autonomous transportation, and next-generation telco
services. However, the unique characteristics of the Edge-Cloud present several
challenges. The heterogeneity of resources, including variations in processing,
memory, and network capabilities, and the fluctuating resource availability in
shared environments, complicates application development. Mitigating these
challenges requires innovative approaches to efficiently leverage heterogeneous
resources while ensuring consistent QoS. The keynote speech will focus on emerging directions, relying on
hardware/software acceleration technologies and network intelligence to further
boost the potential Edge-Cloud systems and applications, to achieve ultra-low
latencies and high throughput. Practical examples of implemented solutions
supporting these technologies will be described, in the vertical domains of
industrial manufacturing plants and smart city management optimization.
Short Bio:
Armir Bujari holds a position as an Associate Professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Dept. (DISI) of the University of Bologna. His research interests include next generation networks, middleware for mobile computing, digital twins for Industry4.0 and smart city applications, QoS management in the cloud continuum, infrastructures for big data processing in industrial environments, and performance optimization in wide-scale and latency-sensitive deployment scenarios. On these topics, he is active in various technical program committees of the most prominent international conferences & venues.