MARC Research Leader was Invited to HiPEAC 2025

22/1/2025

The HiPEAC conference is the premier European forum for experts in computer architecture, programming models, compilers and operating systems for general-purpose, embedded and cyber-physical systems. Areas of focus and integration include safety-critical dependencies, cybersecurity, energy efficiency and machine learning. The research 2 leader Alessandro Papadopoulos was invited to give keynote speech of Ensuring Predictability in the Edge-to-Cloud Computing Continuum.

The speech was at the workshop DISCOVER-US: a EU-US bridge for joint research on the edge-cloud compute continuum (one full year into it), at 11:30 of January 22, hosted by Professor Tullio Vardanega, from University of Padova. This workshop is about The Horizon-EU funded CSA action “DISCOVER-US”, launched on 1-Jan-2024 for 30 months, is tasked to create networking and collaboration opportunities between EU and US research actors around the themes of distributed computing on the continuum, swarm intelligence, and edge AI.

Alessandro talked about the challenges and prospects around the compute continuum and its game-changer applications.

Abstract of the speech: The edge-to-cloud computing continuum has emerged as a critical paradigm in modern computing, bridging the gap between data-generating devices and centralized cloud platforms. By complementing traditional cloud computing, edge and fog computing bring intelligence closer to the network edge, enabling smarter and more efficient data processing. Applications with stringent timing and performance requirements, such as those in autonomous systems, industrial automation, and healthcare, increasingly rely on offloading computations to this continuum. However, realizing the full potential of the edge-to-cloud continuum demands predictable behavior across all layers, including deterministic data processing, minimal latency, and robust real-time responsiveness. This presentation will explore the challenges and state-of-the-art solutions for developing predictable components for the edge-to-cloud continuum. The talk will highlight strategies for ensuring deterministic performance and reliability in an increasingly decentralized computing landscape.