Speaker: Faisal Nawab, University of California - Irvine
Location: DC 1304
Abstract:
The
potential
of
Edge
and
IoT
applications
encompasses
realms
like
smart
cities,
mobility
solutions,
and
immersive
technologies.
Yet,
the
actualization
of
these
promising
applications
stumbles
upon
a
fundamental
impediment:
the
prevailing
cloud
data
management
technologies
are
often
tethered
to
remote
data
centers.
This
architectural
choice
introduces
daunting
challenges,
including
substantial
wide-area
latency,
burdensome
connectivity
and
communication
bandwidth
demands,
and
regulatory
constraints
related
to
personal
and
sensitive
data.
This
talk
presents
our
research
in
introducing
edge-cloud
data
management
that
provides
a
framework
for
managing
data
across
edge
nodes
to
overcome
the
limits
of
cloud-only
data
management.
We
encounter
various
challenges
to
achieving
this
vision
such
as
managing
the
sheer
amount
of
edge
nodes,
their
sporadic
availability,
and
device
constraints
in
terms
of
compute,
storage,
and
trust.
To
navigate
these
multifaceted
challenges,
our
work
redesigns
distributed
data
management
technologies
to
adapt
to
the
edge
environment.
This
includes
introducing
design
concepts
in
the
domains
of
hierarchical
and
asymmetric
edge-cloud
data
management,
decentralized
edge
coordination
techniques,
and
edge-friendly
mechanisms
to
maintain
security
and
trust.
The
talk
includes
a
demonstration
of
'AnyLog'–an
edge-cloud
data
management
solution
that
integrates
our
research
findings.
Bio: Faisal Nawab is an assistant professor in the computer science department at the University of California, Irvine. He is the director of EdgeLab, which is dedicated to building edge-cloud data management solutions for emerging edge and IoT applications. Faisal's research is influenced by practical industry problems through his involvement with the startup 'AnyLog' where he acts as the lead architect of designing an edge-cloud database. Faisal has received recognition for his work, winning the "Next-Generation Data Infrastructure" award from Facebook, being named the runner-up for the IEEE TEMS Blockchain Early-Career Award, and being awarded several NSF grants, and industry funding from Meta and Roblox.