Edge Intelligence—Research Opportunities for Distributed Computing Continuum Systems
Víctor Casamayor Pujol, Praveen Kumar Donta, Andrea Morichetta, Ilir Murturi, Schahram Dustdar
Abstract
Edge intelligence and, by extension, any distributed computing continuum system will bring to our future society a plethora of new and useful applications, which will certainly revolutionize our way of living. Nevertheless, managing these systems challenges all previously developed technologies for Internet-distributed systems. In this regard, this article presents a set of techniques and concepts that can help manage these systems; these are framed in the main paradigm for autonomic computing, the well-known monitor–analyze–plan–execute over shared knowledge, or MAPE-K. All in all, this article aims at unveiling research opportunities for these new systems, encouraging the community to work together toward new technologies to make edge intelligence a reality.