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Call cancelled on January 10
by Ildiko Vancsa 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

Hi, As many of us will be attending a conflicting event on January 10 we will cancel the call for that day. __The next meeting is on January 17 at 6am Pacific / 1400 UTC.__ For dial-in information and further details please check out our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Notes from 1/3 - ideas for topics
by Rob Hirschfeld 03 Jan '22

03 Jan '22

All, >From today, I captured notes from brainstorming topics for discussion this year. Here's my list 1) series about dealing w/ complexity 2) focus on technical architecture / solutions for topics including: hardware, virtualization, kubernetes, networking (IPv4 & IPv6), DNS 3) having a vendor series with startups and established vendors. I had StackPath, VMware, Amazon Outpost, etc. RackN would be happy to present too. 4) build up a reference environment that we could collaborate around. I tried to do this around RPis with EdgeLab but didn't get traction. Rob <https://t.sidekickopen14.com/s3t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kv8bq216W4V2M7g2zGCwVW8Jbw_8…> Rob Hirschfeld Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, RackN (512) 773-7522 or Schedule a 1x1 <https://t.sidekickopen14.com/s3t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kv8bq216W4V2M7g2zGCwVW8Jbw_8…> <https://t.sidekickopen14.com/s3t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kv8bq216W4V2M7g2zGCwVW8Jbw_8…> <https://t.sidekickopen14.com/s3t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7kv8bq216W4V2M7g2zGCwVW8Jbw_8…>

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Mailing list has moved
by Jeremy Stanley 24 Dec '21

24 Dec '21

In the process of moving non-OpenStack-specific mailing lists off the lists.openstack.org domain, the Edge Computing mailing list now uses lists.opendev.org instead. The list configuration and subscribers were moved to this new domain, while key redirects and a forwarding alias for the old list address have been installed in order to keep existing hyperlinks and replies to messages from before the move working. If you have any questions or notice problems related to this change, please feel free to follow up here on the list or with me directly. -- Jeremy Stanley

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Holiday Break and 2022 Plans
by Ildiko Vancsa 20 Dec '21

20 Dec '21

Hi, Today we concluded the last OpenInfra Edge Computing Group call of 2021! The December 27th call is cancelled, our first call in 2022 is __January 03 at 6am Pacific Time / 1400UTC__. In January we will start with doing a short retrospective of 2021 and make plans and set goals for 2022. If you have topics or goals for the group for 2022 to share please share them on this thread or bring them to our next call! Happy Holidays!! Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Industry IoT Consortium Edge Computing Efforts presentation on Monday
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Dec '21

13 Dec '21

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we are having a very exciting presentation comping up on Monday (December 13) at our weekly call at 6am Pacific Time: The Industry IoT Consortium (IIC) Edge Computing Efforts by Chuck Byers - Associate CTO - IIC IIC has been working on edge computing for about five years. When the OpenFog Consortium joined IIC in 2019, our edge efforts were strengthened. We have worked on requirements, reference architectures, standards, best practices, testbeds, product catalogues, presentations and publications regarding edge computing. In this session, we will outline IIC's edge computing efforts, the work of our Edge Computing Task Group, and the many publications and industry best practices we have delivered. We will also describe some of our ongoing liaison work, and several whitepapers on edge computing we currently have in production. If you are interested in listening to the presentation and participate in the discussions afterwards, you can find the meeting details and dial-in information here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings See you on Monday! :) Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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IPv6 at the edge discussion happening now!
by Ildiko Vancsa 07 Dec '21

07 Dec '21

Hi, If you’re interested in chatting about IPv6 at the edge you should join the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group call NOW! :) Here’s the dial-in info: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Networking and DNS discussion with Cricket Liu and Andrew Wertkin
by Ildiko Vancsa 30 Nov '21

30 Nov '21

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we are having a great session coming up next Monday (November 29) at 6am Pacific / 1400 UTC! We will have Cricket Liu and Andrew Wertkin with us to talk about Networking and DNS at the edge. We also need YOU to join to turn this session into a lively discussion and debate! The details of the meeting and dial-in information are on our wiki page: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings For upcoming topics, please check our lineup here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Upcoming_Topics Please note that __our calls are now on Zoom__, the calendar file on the wiki page is updated with the new information. See you on Monday! Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Smart Edge Open presentation and discussion with Neal Oliver - November 15 - ON ZOOM
by Ildiko Vancsa 16 Nov '21

16 Nov '21

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we are having a great session coming up next Monday (November 15) at 6am Pacific / 1400 UTC! We will have Neal Oliver with us to talk about Smart Edge Open, which you might’ve heard of under the name of Secure Device Onboard (SDO). The details of the meeting and dial-in information are on our wiki page: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings For upcoming topics, please check our lineup here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Upcoming_Topics Please note that __our calls are now on Zoom__, the calendar file on the wiki page is updated with the new information. See you on Monday! Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Digital Rebar session recording and upcoming topics
by Ildiko Vancsa 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

Hi, You can now find the recording[1] of this Monday’s session about Digital Rebar on the edge WG wiki[2]. Next Monday (November 15), we have another great topic coming up about the Smart Edge (formerly Secure Device Onboarding (SDO)) presented by Neal Oliver. The presentation will be followed by a lively discussion about the project and any connecting topics. Make sure to tune in, ask questions and share your thoughts! Also check out the topics[3] for future Mondays this year. Finally something that will make you look forward to Mondays again!! :) See you on November 15th! Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Digital_Rebar_presenta… [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group [3] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Upcoming_Topics ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Digital Rebar and edge discussion with Rob Hirschfeld - November 8
by Ildiko Vancsa 08 Nov '21

08 Nov '21

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we are having a great session coming up next Monday (November 8) at 6am Pacific / 1400 UTC! We will have Rob Hirschfeld with us to talk about Digital Rebar and how they are approaching their edge challenges. The details of the meeting and dial-in information are on our wiki page: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings For upcoming topics, please check our lineup here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Upcoming_Topics Please note that __our calls are now on Zoom__, the calendar file on the wiki page is updated with the new information. See you on Monday! Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Switching back to Zoom starting November 8 - IMPORTANT UPDATE
by Ildiko Vancsa 03 Nov '21

03 Nov '21

Hi, As we talked about it this Monday switching back to Zoom from Meetpad has its advantages. We can record sessions as it feels reasonable and Zoom seems to be working better for some of our regular meeting participants as well. We will switch to a new Zoom bridge on our next call on __November 8 at 6am Pacific Time / 1400 UTC__. For dial-in information please see the working group’s wiki page: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings See you on Monday! Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Industry IoT Consortium (IIC) session at December 13th
by Ildiko Vancsa 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

Hi, I’m happy to announce that we will have Chuck Byers, Associate CTO at Industry IoT Consortium (Formerly Industrial Internet Consortium), joining us on our weekly call on December 13th to talk about IIC and their edge efforts. The presentation will be followed by a discussion about the topic including collaboration opportunities. Session details: Title - The Industry IoT Consortium (IIC) Edge Computing Efforts Abstract IIC has been working on edge computing for about five years. When the OpenFog Consortium joined IIC in 2019, our edge efforts were strengthened. We have worked on requirements, reference architectures, standards, best practices, testbeds, product catalogues, presentations and publications regarding edge computing. In this session, we will outline IIC's edge computing efforts, the work of our Edge Computing Task Group, and the many publications and industry best practices we have delivered. We will also describe some of our ongoing liaison work, and several whitepapers on edge computing we currently have in production. For further information about our weekly calls and other upcoming sessions please visit our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Upcoming Monday discussions
by Ildiko Vancsa 29 Oct '21

29 Oct '21

Hi, I’m happy to announce that we have a lot of great sessions and discussion topics coming up on our schedule for November! Our lineup for the month is: * November 1st - Hardware, TPM and Trust & Verification * November 8th - Digital Rebar overview and discussions by Rob Hirschfeld * November 15th - Smart Edge project overview and discussions by Neal Oliver * November 29th - Networking and Ipv6 discussion with Ed Horley You can also find these on the working group’s wiki page along with other resources: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Upcoming_Events See You next Monday!! Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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PTG recordings are now available!
by Ildiko Vancsa 26 Oct '21

26 Oct '21

Hi, The recent Project Teams Gathering (PTG) event was held last week in an online format. The OpenInfra Edge Computing Group participated with very lively sessions on three consecutive days. Beyond taking notes we also recorded our sessions so people who weren’t able to attend can catch up or those of you who were there can refresh your memories or check parts where might’ve had to step away from the call a little bit. The recordings along with the link to the etherpad with notes are now accessible on the working group’s wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Virtual_PTG_Recordings… Please let me know if you have any questions or have issues with accessing any of the recordings. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Re: [Edge-computing] PTG recordings are now available!
by Rob H 26 Oct '21

26 Oct '21

ThanksRackN.com 512.773.7533 -------- Original message --------From: Ildiko Vancsa <ildiko(a)openstack.org> Date: 10/25/21 3:52 PM (GMT-06:00) To: edge-computing <edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org> Subject: [Edge-computing] PTG recordings are now available! Hi,The recent Project Teams Gathering (PTG) event was held last week in an online format. The OpenInfra Edge Computing Group participated with very lively sessions on three consecutive days.Beyond taking notes we also recorded our sessions so people who weren’t able to attend can catch up or those of you who were there can refresh your memories or check parts where might’ve had to step away from the call a little bit.The recordings along with the link to the etherpad with notes are now accessible on the working group’s wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Virtual_PTG_Recordings… let me know if you have any questions or have issues with accessing any of the recordings.Thanks and Best Regards,Ildikó———Ildikó VáncsaSenior Manager, Community & EcosystemOpen Infrastructure Foundation_______________________________________________Edge-computing mailing listEdge-computing@lists.openstack.orghttp://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/edge-computing

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PTG and upcoming meetings
by Ildiko Vancsa 23 Oct '21

23 Oct '21

Hi, We had an amazing time at the PTG this week, I would like to thank all of you who were able to attend the edge sessions at the event! A summary write-up is on its way and will be published soon, if you missed any or all of them or just would like to be able to catch up on what we discussed to refresh your memories. I will also share the links to he recordings as soon as they are available. In the meantime you can check the notes from our discussions here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2021 As a follow up to the PTG we will have two upcoming meetings dedicated to discuss specific topics and areas: * November 8th - Digital Rebar overview and discussions by Rob Hirschfeld * November 15th - Smart Edge project overview and discussions by Neal Oliver You can also find these on the working group’s wiki page along with other resources: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Upcoming_Events Please let me know if you have any questions to any of the above. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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PTG sessions are now on!! - JOIN NOW
by Ildiko Vancsa 20 Oct '21

20 Oct '21

Hi All, It is a friendly reminder that the edge PTG sessions are starting now! You can find the join in link by clicking on “edge” in the agenda here: https://ptg.opendev.org/ptg.html Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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PTG Updates
by Ildiko Vancsa 19 Oct '21

19 Oct '21

Hi, Today we had great discussions with the group of people who joined. Our topics covered Automation and Trust & Verification at the Edge. For the first topic we touched on the challenges of handling a heterogenous pool of hardware resources throughout edge locations, portability and reusability and the challenges of versioning. The second topic also touched on hardware aspects through the heavy use of TPM in edge scenarios, but we were looking into other solutions as well. The session covered the challenges of deploying edge devices at remote locations considering full automation where the device doesn’t need human interaction as well as the cases where a technician interacts with the box. You can find the full notes of our 2-hour slot here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2021 Tomorrow (Tuesday, October 19) we will start at 1400 UTC / 7am Pacific / 16:00 CEST! See you tomorrow! Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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No meeting next week in favor of our sessions at the PTG
by Ildiko Vancsa 12 Oct '21

12 Oct '21

Hi, We are now just one week out from the Project Teams Gathering (PTG) event that starts next Monday (October 18)! As the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group is meeting there Monday - Wednesday we are __canceling our weekly call on Monday (October 18)__. The first OpenInfra Edge Computing Group session __starts at 1400 UTC (7am Pacific / 4pm CEST) on Monday (October 18)__. We would like to invite you to participate in our discussions to untangle the edge and get on top of the challenges of edge infrastructure. You can find a summary of the edge sessions here: https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/the-project-teams-gathering-is-com… We build our agenda and will take notes on this etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2021 If you haven’t registered to the event yet, please do so here so you receive the latest updates about the event and how to join: https://www.openstack.org/ptg/ Please let me know if you have any questions about the edge sessions or the event in general. Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Meeting recap
by Ildiko Vancsa 06 Oct '21

06 Oct '21

Hi, This Monday we had two topics to discuss during our weekly call. We were continuing the preparation for the upcoming PTG[1] to make sure we are ready to discuss the topics we’ve outlined. Our etherpad[2] contains all the topics and session information while we are still working with a few adjacent communities to fit their sessions in. We also started to dive into the topic of edge hardware and how that relates to infrastructure software that goes on top of it. As hardware and software on the infrastructure layer can be decoupled, but will not become completely independent, we need to focus on how to handle the challenges that we are facing due to the massively distributed systems that edge computing use cases demand. We need to distinguish between IoT and edge, we need to decide the approach to take with the overall architecture and where control functions live and how to manage the hardware resources locally while might still keep a centralized control plane after all. We will keep on untangling these challenges and more on the upcoming weekly calls as we outlined on the meeting etherpad[3]. If you are interested in joining our calls please see our wiki[4] for dial-in information and agenda. Also please note that the weekly meeting on October 18 will be canceled in favor of the edge sessions we will be having at the PTG[1]. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://www.openstack.org/ptg [2] https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2021 [3] https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/osf-edge-computing-group [4] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Exploring hardware for the edge
by Ildiko Vancsa 23 Sep '21

23 Sep '21

Hi, Following up the presentation from the Chameleon project last Monday[1] we will deep dive into the topic of hardware at the edge. While hardware design is not in the scope of this working group we still keep track of needs and options to make sure that the integration between the hardware and software layer is smooth in order to leverage the best of both layers. We will be discussing hardware needs for the edge to fulfill the requirements of new and demanding use cases. We will also be discussing the challenges of testing and evaluating specialized hardware as well, since that task is not as straight forward as it might seem. Join us on Mondays at 6am Pacific / 9am Central / 1300 UTC to discuss this topic and more! For further details and dial-in information please see our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings If you would like to add topics to the meeting agenda, please add them on the wiki or reply with your thoughts and suggestions to this mail. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#CHI.40Edge_-_recording… ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Weekly calls are on MEETPAD again
by Ildiko Vancsa 16 Sep '21

16 Sep '21

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that next Monday (September 20) our weekly calls will return to Meetpad that we have been using for a little while now. For the meeting details and agenda please check out this wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edge for scientific research session on September 13
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Sep '21

14 Sep '21

Hi, I’m very excited to invite you to a session with the Chameleon project to discuss how edge computing is powering education, scientific research and more! As always in the area of edge there are challenges and gaps that we need to solve together. In that sense the session will start with a presentation that we will then turn into a discussion to turn towards discussing solutions. The session will take place on the weekly call on __September 13, at 1300 UTC / 6am Pacific__. Please find the details of the session below. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó Title: Chameleon: a cloud to edge infrastructure for science Abstract: The NSF-funded Chameleon project (www.chameleoncloud.org) provides an OpenStack-based bare metal reconfigurable cloud that supports systems research, education, and emergent application projects in science. The facility has been in existence for 6+ years, and has served ~6,000 users working on a variety of projects ranging from networking, operating systems design, and security, to innovative applications in astronomy, physics, and life sciences. Recent research trends in IoT and edge computing, as evidenced by increased numbers of project applications in those areas, made it clear that Chameleon needed to expand into the edge space. Remaining within the OpenStack framework allowed us to leverage end-user features that we developed for Chameleon, such as access via federated identity and Jupyter integration. Accordingly, we developed infrastructure called CHI@Edge that adapts Zun to provision containers on edge devices and significantly expands its capabilities to work in the edge space. The talk will describe our use case and the emergent product definition, the OpenStack adaptations we made to the current preview implementation, the directions we plan to take in our further work, as well as the ecosystem of projects and NSF infrastructure deployments leveraging this work and collaborating with us. ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Today's meeting is on ZOOM
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Sep '21

13 Sep '21

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that today’s meeting will be on Zoom! For the dial in details please check this wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Upcoming meeting schedule
by Ildiko Vancsa 31 Aug '21

31 Aug '21

Hi, As we have a couple things coming up for our weekly calls I wanted to give you a quick overview and reminder of our plans for the next few weeks: * August 30 - We’ve been discussing our plans for the upcoming PTG[1] event which we will be finalizing on this call. * September 6 - US Labor Day, the meeting will be cancelled. * September 13 - Chameleon project: edge for education and scientific research presentation and discussion. As a reminder the weekly calls are happening on Mondays at 6am Pacific / 1300 UTC. You can find the meeting details here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó [1] https://www.openstack.org/ptg/ ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Updated Edge October 2021 PTG Session writeups
by Cohen, Beth F 26 Aug '21

26 Aug '21

Folks - Please review the session writeups. I have 12 sessions identified from a total of 14. Some of them can be broken into two sessions, so I suspect we do have enough sessions to fill all the slots at this point. https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2021 -- -- *Beth Cohen* SDN Network Product Strategy Verizon Business Group M 781.434.8553

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Blog post series and PTG
by Ildiko Vancsa 09 Aug '21

09 Aug '21

Hi, First of all let me announce that our new blog post, 'Is Edge Computing a Distributed System at Scale?’, is now live on Superuser: https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/is-edge-computing-a-distributed-sy… The discussion on distributed systems and/vs edge computing has just started, we have a lot more to untangle there. Hereby I would like to invite everyone who has some follow up thoughts or questions to the above blog to join our calls on Mondays at 6am PDT / 1300 UTC[1]. We have a thread already going about the distributed systems topic. If you’re not on the edge-computing mailing list[2], you can check the archive here: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/edge-computing/2021-August/000779.html If you would like to join the discussion please subscribe to the mailing list and reply to the thread. We are also continuously looking for new topics, so if you have an edge conundrum you can bring that to discuss with the group as well! The Edge Computing Group will be participating in the upcoming PTG[3] in October. We have three slots booked for this fully online event for some more deep dive technical discussions about edge infrastructures including challenges and solutions. If you have topics you would like to discuss please add that to our planning etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2021 Also please add your name to your topic and add your contact info to the etherpad so we can keep you in the loop during the planning phase. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings [2] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/edge-computing [3] https://www.openstack.org/ptg/ ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edits to the Blog completed
by Cohen, Beth F 09 Aug '21

09 Aug '21

Ildiko and the rest of the Edge group. I have edited the Blog and hopefully made it a better and more entertaining read. -- -- *Beth Cohen* SDN Network Product Strategy Verizon Business Group M 781.434.8553

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Re: [Edge-computing] Distributed systems first blog post
by lebre.adrien＠free.fr 09 Aug '21

09 Aug '21

> > Hi, > > > > @Ildiko, thanks once again for this draft. > > > > @All, It is still not clear whether the ''centralization'' word is > > clear (in particular in this sentence, "... we will need autonomy > > and centralization..." > > By centralisation here we mean that we would like to be able to > > administrate/use all edge sites (or edge areas) like if it was a > > single DC. However this ''centralisation'' can be implemented in > > different manners. > > Would it be possible to qualify this term or to make it clear that > > it is not a centralized system as such (i.e. a single point of > > failure with all well known limitation such as scalability etc.)? > > How about 'autonomy and hierarchical control loops'? That doesn't > bring the > notion of centralisation but rather subordination. The term ''hierarchical'' looks to me also connoted. I have the feeling that it is the notion of a mechanism capable of giving the illusion that all the edge sites form a single system that is important, isn't it? A kind of single pane of glass that can be used to manage the life cycle of -- both -- the edge sites/areas -- and -- the edge applications. > > > > > @Rob, if you have time, can you please give a look to the questions > > I put in the main etherpad: > > https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-untangling-the-edge. > > Actually, I'm not sure I'm capturing well t the exact services you > > expect from this ''centralised'' system. If I correctly > > understood, it looks like it is a golden node that is used to > > (re)configure/(re)synchronise the edge sites. If I fully agree > > such services are mandatory to manage/interact with each > > independent control plane (one per edge site/area), this system > > should also provide the right abstractions/mechanisms to manage > > the life cycle of the edge applications (which can be deployed > > across multiple edge sites/areas). In other words, we need > > independent control loops for each edge area and at least one > > control loop to manage applications. > > > > Without discussing now whether such a system could be implemented > > in a (geo-)distributed manner or whether we need one global > > application control loop or one per application, I would > > appreciate if we could highlight the fact that the control loop > > at the higher level (i.e. ''the centralised system you mention in > > your initial text'') is more complex than a golden node that is > > used to keep each edge site synchronised. . > > I would stick to a concept of targeted (or causal) events sourcing. > Like each > edge site has to follow a dedicated sub-flow of events in order to > keep being > synchronised, irrelevant to the state of its neighbours. That is > unlike to the > classic events sourcing, where the golden node tells its replicas to > strictly > apply (or reply) events from a log/journal. Does that makes sense? > The events > source concept is high level enough, it would not bring the blog > readers to the > jungles of technical details. If I'm correctly understanding your point, this might be ok but we need to consider that some events are related to the edge applications you would like to execute across different edge sites (i.e. events are not only related to keeping edge sites synchronised). best regards, Adrien >

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Re: [Edge-computing] Distributed systems first blog post
by Bogdan Dobrelya 02 Aug '21

02 Aug '21

> Hi, > > @Ildiko, thanks once again for this draft. > > @All, It is still not clear whether the ''centralization'' word is clear (in particular in this sentence, "... we will need autonomy and centralization..." > By centralisation here we mean that we would like to be able to administrate/use all edge sites (or edge areas) like if it was a single DC. However this ''centralisation'' can be implemented in different manners. > Would it be possible to qualify this term or to make it clear that it is not a centralized system as such (i.e. a single point of failure with all well known limitation such as scalability etc.)? How about 'autonomy and hierarchical control loops'? That doesn't bring the notion of centralisation but rather subordination. > > @Rob, if you have time, can you please give a look to the questions I put in the main etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-untangling-the-edge. > Actually, I'm not sure I'm capturing well t the exact services you expect from this ''centralised'' system. If I correctly understood, it looks like it is a golden node that is used to (re)configure/(re)synchronise the edge sites. If I fully agree such services are mandatory to manage/interact with each independent control plane (one per edge site/area), this system should also provide the right abstractions/mechanisms to manage the life cycle of the edge applications (which can be deployed across multiple edge sites/areas). In other words, we need independent control loops for each edge area and at least one control loop to manage applications. > > Without discussing now whether such a system could be implemented in a (geo-)distributed manner or whether we need one global application control loop or one per application, I would appreciate if we could highlight the fact that the control loop at the higher level (i.e. ''the centralised system you mention in your initial text'') is more complex than a golden node that is used to keep each edge site synchronised. . I would stick to a concept of targeted (or causal) events sourcing. Like each edge site has to follow a dedicated sub-flow of events in order to keep being synchronised, irrelevant to the state of its neighbours. That is unlike to the classic events sourcing, where the golden node tells its replicas to strictly apply (or reply) events from a log/journal. Does that makes sense? The events source concept is high level enough, it would not bring the blog readers to the jungles of technical details. > > Hope this helps move forward the discussion ;-) > Thanks > Adrien -- Best regards, Bogdan Dobrelya, Irc #bogdando

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Distributed systems first blog post
by Ildiko Vancsa 28 Jul '21

28 Jul '21

Hi, As our discussions have been evolving around distributed systems and edge computing I typed up the first blog entry to kick off the mini series about this topic. I was focusing on questions and highlighting some of our debates as we have a lot of good content on the main etherpad that don’t fit into one blog post neither did we finish discussing some of them. I’m also hoping that we might be able to attract more people to join the conversation. The current version of the blog is here for review before it gets posted on superuser.openstack.org: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-distributed-edge-mini-series Please let me know if you have any comments or questions to this piece or the discussion itself. Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Sign up to the upcoming PTG in October
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Jul '21

13 Jul '21

Hi, While the next PTG[1] is a little while away on October 18 - 22, we need to decide about time slots for the Edge Computing Group till next Wednesday! The event will be a fully online event. As a reminder, previously we had 2 x 2 hours and 1 x 3 hours to discuss relevant topics as well as to schedule cross-project discussions and sync with adjacent communities. I believe we didn’t always use all the available time, so it might make sense to re-visit. __What is people's preference in terms of the length and number of slots we would like to reserve for edge discussions?__ Please __respond with your preference by the end of this week__ to make sure we have time for debate and to submit our request to the event organizers. If you are planning to attend the event please register[2], the registration is already open. I also created a new etherpad to throw topic ideas in: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-october-2021 Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó [1] https://www.openstack.org/ptg/ [2] https://openinfra-ptg.eventbrite.com/ ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Tangled up in Edge blog post is live!
by Ildiko Vancsa 08 Jul '21

08 Jul '21

Hi, I wanted to give a heads up and draw your attention to the new blog post from the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group titled ‘Tangled up in Edge’: https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/tangled-up-in-edge-a-blog-by-the-o… It is the first piece of a series, if you are interested in helping to write up the next article join our weekly calls on Mondays! Our next call is on July 12 at 1300 UTC: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings We will keep on talking about the challenges of distributed management for edge infrastructures. You can find the notes from the previous meeting starting from Line 48 on this etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-untangling-the-edge If you cannot join our next meeting just reply to this thread to join the discussion and share your comments or questions. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Next meeting on July 5 is cancelled
by Ildiko Vancsa 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

Hi, Due to many of the participants will be on holiday next Monday (July 5) we are cancelling the next occasion and will reconvene the week after. The next meeting is on__ Monday, July 12 at 1300 UTC__. For more information about the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group and our meetings please see this wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Distributed Management for Edge discussion next week
by Ildiko Vancsa 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

Hi, I mentioned in a thread earlier that we started to work on blog posts to cover common questions, conundrums and confusions in the area of edge computing. As part of this series we picked distributed management as our next topic to untangle. If you are interested in participating please join our next weekly call next Monday (June 28) at 1300 UTC and/or add your thoughts and comments starting at line #46 to this etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-untangling-the-edge For further information about the working group and meeting details please check out our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Canceling the next two weekly calls
by Ildiko Vancsa 07 Jun '21

07 Jun '21

Hi, We are canceling the next two weekly calls due to holidays and conflicts. Next Monday is Memorial Day in the US and the week after most of the call attendees will attend the upcoming LFN DDF. The next call will happen on _Monday, June 14 at 1300 UTC__. We are currently working on a blog series to untangle the edge and just finished the first draft which should be posted soon! We are collecting thoughts and topics to write about here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-untangling-the-edge Please throw in ideas and comments on the ehterpad above if you would like to participate in the discussion. For details about the weekly calls and more information about the group please visit our wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edge Blog text
by Cohen, Beth F 24 May '21

24 May '21

Folks - Here is the cleaned up text for our first Blog. Plenty of materials and follow up here. Ildiko: I assume you will be taking it to get it posted on the Super User site. Tangled Up in Edge A Blog by the Open Infra Edge Working Group Edge computing has been part of the emerging technology landscape for coming up on 5 years now, yet somehow, it remains somewhat of a mystery (or possibly just a Byzantine maze). The OpenInfra Edge Computing Group has been working towards understanding what edge computing is and what it is not. To demonstrate the crux of the issue, according to the telecoms and their analysts, it is a way of delivering low latency (something that telecom will tell you is REALLY important) to applications such as some Industrial IoT (autonomous vehicles, UAV), VR/AR, gaming, and telematics applications; these use cases are clearly dependent on low latency for their performance. On the other hand, another way of looking at Edge is use cases such as video processing, AI/ML, IoT monitoring for maintenance and diagnostics, where the objective is to use limited bandwidth capacity more effectively by shifting information processing closer to where the data is generated (the Edge). Since defining what exactly edge is, borders on the futile, that does not mean that there is not plenty to talk about. The group stepped away from creating a definition, as in our experience pinpointing exactly what industry and analysts mean when they talks about edge computing is rather elusive. Far more interesting Edge topics are what is happening to Edge adoption as the technology, use cases and tooling mature. The working group will be sharing our findings and thoughts on some of the more knotty Edge issues that we have encountered, and with that, a blog is born. The OpenInfra Edge Computing Group will be publishing a series of blog posts to address some of the thornier aspects of edge computing as it enters the mainstream adoption cycle. We will focus on the far more interesting discussion of the technology and architectures needed to support edge workloads – in whatever form or criteria is required for the given use case. There is no question that there are many edge use cases, ranging from content delivery to tracking data from IoT devices. However, the deeper into the use cases you get, the more it becomes apparent that there are multiple edge related efforts each with their own definitions, architectures and requirements. That does not mean that there are no common criteria and features, it just shows that they are slippery and constantly evolving, depending more on the specific industry use cases and perspective of the related user community ecosystem. Some common Edge considerations that will be explored in more depth include: - *Workload latency (to end users)* – This metric can vary from under 2 ms to orders of magnitude higher. This criteria is often most touted by telecom operators as being the most important factor to consider, but that is more a function of their strong network bias than any requirement for any give Edge use case. Yes, there are use cases that are heavily dependent on low latency and they are worthy of more exploration - *Network Transport Considerations* – How does the underlying transport affect use cases and the thinking about Edge? This is a rich area to dig into as it has been somewhat overlooked. In short, it is much harder to actually manage in real life so to speak. · Edge should be transport agnostic, so why is it not? · MEC/Edge/5G are not the same thing at all, how did they get so confused? - *Where are my Edge workloads?* -- Where are the workloads and how are they moved around on the Edge and between the Edge and Center -- some workloads will need to be located at the edge for reasons of reducing backhaul and latency to varying degrees, while others can be moved between Edge and Center to offload from Edge or the Center. Determining the best option for a given use case can be tricky. - *How do constraints affect Edge architectures?* – One major criteria, which is often overlooked is that Edge, by its very nature, is defined by the constraints set by its environment and infrastructure. · *Edge Infrastructure and Platform issues* -- There is wide variability in infrastructure specs, hardware and tooling. Some factors that affect deployments include: · Node Size: from single CPU to multiple racks (e.g., hyperscalers) · Does Edge require special hardware, such as accelerators? - *Does Edge work when multi-clouds are required? *– Can the Edge support multiple platforms or does that quickly become a nightmare of mismatched tools and bad integration? - *Day 2 Operations of Edge deployments* – When a deployment can range from 10s of sites to thousands or even millions if you count IoT devices as Edge, how does deployment scale affect architecture, management and application decisions? -- [image: Verizon] <http://www.verizon.com/> *Beth Cohen* *DMTS - *NFV/SDN Network Product Strategy Verizon Business Group M 781.434.8553 [image: Facebook] <http://www.facebook.com/verizon> [image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/verizon>

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OpenInfra Edge computing Group featured on OpenInfra Live
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 May '21

14 May '21

Hi, I would like to draw your attention to yesterday’s (May 13) episode of OpenInfra Live[1], that is a weekly hour-long interactive content series sharing production case studies, open source demos, industry conversations, and the latest updates from the global open infrastructure community. We were focusing on edge computing in our most recent episode, 'Open Edge Infrastructure Conundrums and Solutions'[2], where we discussed the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group and StarlingX. Hereby I would like to thank Gergely Csatári, who was my partner in crime yesterday to share details and news about the OpenInfra Edge computing Group. In case you missed the episode yesterday you can watch the recording[2] on YouTube and you can also access the slides[3] online. If you are interested in other episodes of OpenInfra Live you can check out the event website[1] that also points to the YouTube playlist for further recordings. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://openinfra.dev/live/ [2] https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hs8bp8NSYAM&feature=share [3] https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1oFBcZWNfhSPl4DgvLMj-9LAH6ri8zX4lneo… ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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OpenInfra Live - May 13th at 14:00 UTC
by Erin Disney 13 May '21

13 May '21

Hi everyone, This week’s OpenInfra Live episode is brought to you by the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group and the StarlingX community. As edge computing use cases demand the cloud to break out of large data centers, they also put new challenges on infrastructure as the scale and geographical distribution is going through a yet unprecedented growth. This episode of OpenInfra Live is taking a closer look into these challenges through providing a closer look into the work of the OpenInfra Edge Computing Group. The StarlingX community is working tirelessly to address these edge requirements and active contributors of the project will highlight the features of the recent release and give an overview of their roadmap moving forward. Episode: Open Edge Infrastructure Conundrums and Solution Date and time: May 13th at 9am CT (1400 UTC) You can watch us live on: YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs8bp8NSYAM <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs8bp8NSYAM> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6796149427959660544 <https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6796149427959660544> Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/104139126308032/posts/3952194941502412/ <https://www.facebook.com/104139126308032/posts/3952194941502412/> WeChat: recording will be posted on OpenStack WeChat after the live stream Speakers: Gergely Csatari, Nokia Greg Waines, Wind River Cloud Platform Ildiko Vancsa, Open Infrastructure Foundation Matt Peters, Wind River Cloud Platform Mingyuan Qi, Intel Thanks, Erin Erin Disney Event Marketing Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Untangling the edge - weekly call minutes
by Ildiko Vancsa 10 May '21

10 May '21

Hi, We had a really good chat today in an attempt to untangle the edge! As edge computing evolves we got some clarity around certain aspects and even more confusions and misconceptions around others. Today we were collecting these confusions and were also looking into commonalities and varieties in describing edge and edge infrastructures. We collected ideas for a first blog post that includes topics to deep dive into later on. You can find the noted from the call here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-untangling-the-edge If you would like to join the effort and help us untangle the edge you can join our next weekly call next Monday (May 17). If you cannot make it to the call, you can respond to this mail thread, or sign up on the etherpad above, or reach out to me directly and I can help you to get started. On our next weekly call next Monday we will deep dive into specific items to sort out, such as ‘why edge and 5G are two completely separate things’. Our calls are on Mondays at 1300 UTC, you can find more details here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Edge blog and survey
by Ildiko Vancsa 03 May '21

03 May '21

Hi, On the weekly call today we were brainstorming ideas on how to utilize our time on the calls the best as well as how to improve our ways to share information with the industry. Our plan is to use the weekly calls as an opportunity to discuss specific topics that we then turn into blog posts. Our goal is to make writing content a collaborative effort while also sharing the findings of our group with the broad industry in a more visible way than our wiki pages. Today we were sharing our thoughts around two questions that came up as part of a PTG feedback discussion: * There are a lot of silos and parallel activities around edge. Who and how can make it more coherent? * Which OpenStack projects are affected by the edge and what activities do they have in the area? Today we were focusing mainly on the first question and will be working on content to help groups in the industry and open source ecosystm to connect through. The topics that we identified today: * Untangling the Edge * Why 5G and Edge are two different and separate things? * Edge transport and network overlay On the weekly call next Monday (May 10) we will talk about untangling the edge and turn the discussion into a blog post. If you have ideas for further topics please throw them into this etherpad and add your name next to your topic idea: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-blog-posts We also plan to work on gathering information in the form of survey(s) to learn more about short and mid-term edge plans and identify gaps in current edge infrastructures. The weekly calls are happening every Monday at 6am PDT. You can find more details and dial-in information here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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PTG starting today - no weekly call this week
by Ildiko Vancsa 19 Apr '21

19 Apr '21

Hi, This is a friendly reminder that the PTG is starting today and therefore we will not have the weekly call. The OpenInfra Edge Computing Group session __starts at 1400 UTC today__. You can find the agenda for the edge sessions here: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-april-2021 If you haven’t registered to the event yet, please do so here: https://www.openstack.org/ptg/ Please let me know if you have any questions or have any trouble connecting to the sessions. Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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PTG edge agenda is now final - Cross-community sessions with ETSI, Akraino, GSMA and more!
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Apr '21

13 Apr '21

Hi, I’m reaching out to you to draw your attention to the Edge Computing Group’s agenda for the PTG next week. We are having a couple of cross-project and cross-community discussions next week as well as discussing topics around use cases and reference architectures. Our agenda is the following: * Monday (April 19) * 1400 UTC - Intro and Agenda bashing * 1415 UTC - Use cases * 1500 UTC - ETSI MEC cross-community session * Tuesday (April 20) * 1400 UTC - Storage discussion * 1430 UTC - Applications and underlying network transport * 1500 UTC - Reference architectures * Wednesday * 1300 UTC - StarlingX cross-project session * 1400 UTC - Akraino cross-community session * 1500 UTC - GSMA cross-community session For more detailed information about the above topics please see our etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-april-2021 Please let me know if you have additional topics for the sessions next week or if you have questions to the items on the agenda. Also please remember to register for the event in case you are interested in attending to ensure that you have the latest updates about the event and dial-in information: https://www.openstack.org/ptg/ Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Cross-community edge sessions at the PTG
by Ildiko Vancsa 08 Apr '21

08 Apr '21

Hi, I’m reaching out to you to give an update about our preparations for the upcoming PTG in April 19 - 23. The Edge Computing Group is meeting on 3 consecutive days from Monday to Wednesday. While our agenda is not final, we already have have a couple of cross-community sessions scheduled on our agenda for the event along with topics for the group to discuss: * Monday (April 19) 1400 UTC - 1600 UTC * 1400 UTC: Use cases * 1500 UTC: ETSI MEC cross-community session * Tuesday (April 20) 1400 UTC - 1600 UTC: Storage and Networking * Wednesday (April 21) 1300 UTC - 1600 UTC * 1300 UTC - 1400 UTC: StarlingX cross-community session * 1400 UTC - 1500 UTC: Akraino cross-community session * 1500 UTC - 1600 UTC: GSMA Operator Platform Group cross-community session We are building our agenda and collecting talking points on this etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-april-2021 Please feel free to add further topics to the etherpad. If you do also add your name next to your item so we know who would be describing the topic and lead the discussions during the sessions. Also, if you haven’t yet, please register for the event so you receive the latest information and dial-in information: https://april2021-ptg.eventbrite.com/ For the full agenda and further details about the PTG, please see the PTG website: https://www.openstack.org/ptg/ Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó Váncsa ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Time slots for the PTG in April, 2021
by Ildiko Vancsa 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

Hi, As probably already know the next Project Teams Gathering (PTG) event is approaching fast and will happen on April 19-23, 2021: https://www.openstack.org/ptg/ Based on our former PTG attendance and discussions on the recent weekly calls we settled on the following time slots for the Edge Computing Group: * Monday, April 19 - 1400 UTC - 1600 UTC * Tuesday, April 20 - 1400 UTC - 1600 UTC * Wednesday, April 21 - 1300 UTC - 1600 UTC Please reply to this thread or reach out to me if you have objections to either of the above time slots. For topics and agenda, please see this etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-april-2021 If you have additional topics please add them to the etherpad. Please add your name to the topic as well so we know who will help moderating that discussion. If you are planning to attend the event, don’t forget to register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/project-teams-gathering-april-2021-tickets-143…! Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Senior Manager, Community & Ecosystem Open Infrastructure Foundation

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ECG at the PTG
by Ildiko Vancsa 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

Hi, On the call today we started to plan for the upcoming PTG to ensure we have some good discussions in real time. As a reminder, the next PTG is happening at __April 19-23, 2021__. On previous PTGs we opted for having 2x2 hours and 1x3 hours booked on 3 consecutive days starting at 1300 UTC. These blocks provide the best coverage around the globe. If we follow the same scheme this time around as well that would give us the following time slots: * Monday, April 19 - 1300 UTC - 1500 UTC * Tuesday, April 20 - 1300 UTC - 1500 UTC * Wednesday, April 21 - 1300 UTC - 1600 UTC For potential agenda items we were thinking about the following: * Reference Architecture discussion * New use cases * Broadcasting * Manufacturing * Storage discussion - requirements and solutions * Cross-community collaboration * CNCF groups * LF Edge * GSMA Edge We are collecting ideas and feedback on this etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-ptg-april-2021 If you have any other topic ideas or feedback on the proposed time slots please add them to the etherpad or reply to this mail thread. We will __decide on the time slots on the weekly next Monday, March 22 at 1300 UTC__. We will keep on working on the agenda till the event in April. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Today's meeting is at 6am PST / 1300 UTC
by Ildiko Vancsa 15 Mar '21

15 Mar '21

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we keep the US time slot (6am PST) as a baseline for the weekly call. As the US went through the daylight savings switch yesterday the meeting time in UTC is __1300 UTC starting today__. Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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State of the Edge 2021 Report is now available
by Ildiko Vancsa 11 Mar '21

11 Mar '21

Hi, I’m reaching out to you to draw your attention to the State of the Edge 2021 Report that is now available! I participated in putting together this report as one of the editors. The document is a great overview of where edge computing is in terms of challenges and solutions as well as giving some market insights. You can find the press release here: http://bit.ly/3t5QJIM Or download the report from here: https://stateoftheedge.com/reports/state-of-the-edge-report-2021/ Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Slides from today's presentation from INRIA
by Ildiko Vancsa 01 Mar '21

01 Mar '21

Hi, Today with had a presentation from INRIA, delivered by Marie Delavergne. The topic of the presentation was an approach to edge deployments to be able to share data and resources between edge sites. In the evaluation work the sites were separate standalone OpenStack instances. The prerequisite of this approach is to have a platform that has a modular architecture. You can find the slides with the list of challenges and details of the solution here: http://people.rennes.inria.fr/Adrien.Lebre/PUBLIC/OpenStack-EdgeWG-STACK.pdf The group’s roadmap includes making their solution agnostic to be able to use it with Kubernetes and other projects as well. As edge sites can get very small they also plan to include IoT and other end devices as well in their scope. If you have any questions or would like to discuss the topic further please reply to this thread. You can also reach out to Marie directly, her contact info is in the slides above. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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OpenStack for the Edge presentation from INRIA on March 1st
by Ildiko Vancsa 01 Mar '21

01 Mar '21

Hi, I would like to draw your attention to the weekly call on March 1st. We will have a presentation from INRIA, delivered by Marie Delavergne, to learn about INRIA’s activities to test and evaluate edge platform options. The abstract of the presentation: Cloud computing applications are often represented as a collection of loosely coupled services encapsulated into sandboxing technologies such as containers. That modularization helps programmers to cope with the complexity of distributed infrastructures. Not only does it make the application easier to understand, but also enable DevOps to build generic features on top of it. The externalization of the application life-cycle management (deployment, monitoring, scaling, etc.) from the business logic is a perfect example. With the arrival of the edge computing paradigm, new challenges arise for applications: How to benefit from geo-distribution? How to deal with inherent constraints such as network latencies and partitioning? The general approach consists in implementing edge-native applications by entangling geo-distribution aspects in the business logic. In addition to complexifying the code, this is in contradiction with the idea of externalizing concerns. We suggest to rely, once again, on modularity of applications to externalize geo-distribution concerns and avoid meddling in the business logic. In this approach, an instance of the application is deployed on each edge location and a generic mechanism enables DevOps to recompose, on demand, the different services of these application instances in order to give the illusion of a single application instance. Our proposal requires some extensions to be complete. However, we present its relevance on a real use-case: OpenStack for the Edge. Thanks to this approach, DevOps can make multiple autonomous instances of OpenStack collaborative to manage a geo-distributed infrastructure. Please join us next week to attend the presentation and participate in the discussion about the topic. You can find the meeting details here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Next week's meeting is canceled
by Ildiko Vancsa 26 Jan '21

26 Jan '21

Hi, We are canceling next week’s call in favor of the LFN DDF event that many of us will attend. The next weekly call is scheduled for __Monday, February 08 at 1400 UTC__. For details about the meeting please see this wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Upcoming weekly meeting at 1400 UTC today
by Ildiko Vancsa 11 Jan '21

11 Jan '21

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we are having the next weekly call at 1400 UTC today. The call will focus on containers at the edge and hybrid architecture models. Full agenda and dial-in details are here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Next two meetings are cancelled due to holidays
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Dec '20

14 Dec '20

Hi, As Christmas and New Years are approaching where many of us plan to take time off we cancelled the Dec 21 and Dec 28 meetings. __The next meeting is on January 4, 2021 at 1400 UTC.__ You can find more information about the group and our meetings on this wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group I attached an updated meeting invite as well, please let me know if you have any issues with it. Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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2021 planning and OpenStack sample edge config
by Ildiko Vancsa 30 Nov '20

30 Nov '20

Hi, On next week’s call we are having two main items on the agenda: * OpenStack sample edge config(s) - https://www.openstack.org/software/sample-configs#web-applications * 2021 planning - https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/edge-computing-group-2021-planning The next call is on next Monday (November 30) at 1400 UTC: https://meetpad.opendev.org/osf-edge-computing-group For further information about the WG resources please check the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Meeting on Meetpad in 5 minutes
by Ildiko Vancsa 23 Nov '20

23 Nov '20

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that the weekly calls are back on Meetpad starting today in 5 minutes: https://meetpad.opendev.org/osf-edge-computing-group Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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OGC presentation materials
by Ildiko Vancsa 17 Nov '20

17 Nov '20

Hi, Please find the meeting recording and slides for yesterday’s Open Geospatial Consortium presentation on the wiki here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Open_Geospatial_Consor… Thanks, Ildikó ——— Ildikó Váncsa Ecosystem Technical Lead Open Infrastructure Foundation

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Open Geospatial Consortium presentation at Nov 16
by Ildiko Vancsa 16 Nov '20

16 Nov '20

Hi, I e-met George Percivall, who is with the Open Geospatial Consortium (https://www.ogc.org) at an edge event a few weeks ago and we had a brief discussion about their activities and interest in edge computing and infrastructure for edge especially from the perspective of handling location information. I invited George to present at the Edge Computing Group weekly call on __November 16 at 1400 UTC__. He will talk about the OGC as well as their top use cases and their edge aspects. It will also be a great opportunity to discuss location awareness at the edge and the requirements it puts on the infrastructure software components. I will share dial-in details for the call as we are getting closer to the date. See you there! Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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Application edge discussion on Nov 09 -- Deck
by beth.cohen＠verizon.com 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Folks - As a follow up here is a copy of the Application Edge Presentation Beth Cohen DMTS - NFV/SDN Network Product Strategy Verizon Business Group O 781.466.2055 M 781.434.8553 60 Sylvan Rd. Waltham, MA 02451

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Application edge discussion on Nov 09
by Ildiko Vancsa 09 Nov '20

09 Nov '20

Hi, As a follow-up discussion of the reference architecture model discussions at the PTG last week we are planning to discuss the topic of application edge next Monday (November 09) at 1400 UTC. We will also touch on how to combine OpenStack and Kubernetes on the edge. For dial-in details and meeting agenda please visit the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks, Ildikó

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PTG recordings
by Ildiko Vancsa 02 Nov '20

02 Nov '20

Hi, Thank you all who could attend the Edge Computing Group sessions at the PTG last week! The recordings of the sessions are now available if you would like to refresh your memories or in case you couldn’t attend some of the discussions. You can find the links and the passcode on the wiki here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Virtual_PTG_Recordings… Agenda and notes are on this etherpad: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg-vptg-october-2020 Thanks, Ildikó

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New meeting invite for the weekly calls - UPDATE
by Ildiko Vancsa 15 Sep '20

15 Sep '20

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we switched from Zoom to Meetpad for the weekly calls and had the first call on the new platform yesterday. I attached a new meeting invite to this mail to replace all the references to the previous dial-in information and it also holds the new time for the calls. See you next Monday! Thanks, Ildikó

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New meeting time and dial-in!
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Sep '20

14 Sep '20

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we are moving the weekly calls to a new time slot, which is __Mondays and 1300 UTC__. The first weekly call in the new time slot starts in an hour and 20 minutes! We are also using Meetpad for the calls, the new dial-in link for the calls is https://meetpad.opendev.org/osf-edge-computing-group You can find more information about the group and its resources here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks, Ildikó

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New time for the weekly calls - IMPORTANT INFORMATION
by Ildiko Vancsa 10 Sep '20

10 Sep '20

Hi, As the group agreed we are changing the time for the weekly calls. The new time is __Mondays at 1300 UTC__. The next weekly call is on __Monday (September 14) at 1300 UTC__. You can find the agenda for the calls here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings I also attached a meeting invite for those of you who like to rely on their calendar. Please let me know if you have any questions or trouble with the invite. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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New time slot for the weekly calls - ACTION NEEDED
by Ildiko Vancsa 26 Aug '20

26 Aug '20

Hi, It came up on the weekly call yesterday that it would probably be beneficial to look for another time slot as the regular attendees have a lot of conflicts with the current one. I created a Doodle poll to see if we can find something better: https://doodle.com/poll/7w4tg7mcnpat5v5p __Please fill out the form as soon as you can.__ Please __ignore the dates__ in the poll as we are looking for a time slot that works for long term. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó

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This week's meeting is canceled
by Ildiko Vancsa 10 Aug '20

10 Aug '20

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we are canceling this week’s edge call as it overlaps with the OpenDev[1] event about containers. The next weekly call will be next Tuesday, August 18 at 1400 UTC. Please check the group wiki for more information about the edge computing group and the weekly calls. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://www.openstack.org/events/opendev-2020 [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group

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Open Infrastructure Summit edge session proposals
by Ildiko Vancsa 28 Jul '20

28 Jul '20

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that the call for papers to the Open Infrastructure Summit[1] is __closing on August 4th at 11:59pm PT/August 5 at 6:59 am UTC__. A few of us are planning to submit a panel about the OSF Edge Computing Group’s recent activities to give an update what the groups has done since the last Summit. If you are interested in joining or have an idea that you are looking for co-presenters for or would like to get a review on before submitting please reply to this thread or reach out to me. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó [1] https://www.openstack.org/summit/2020

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Meeting is cancelled today
by Ildiko Vancsa 21 Jul '20

21 Jul '20

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that today’s meeting is cancelled in favor of the OpenDev event[1] around hardware automation. We will resume the weekly calls __next Tuesday, July 28 at 1400 UTC__[2]. Thanks, Ildikó [1] https://www.openstack.org/events/opendev-2020/ [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings

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Next week's meeting is cancelled
by Ildiko Vancsa 15 Jul '20

15 Jul '20

Hi, As the weekly call next Tuesday (July 21) overlaps with the OpenDev[1] virtual event we will cancel that occasion. The next weekly call is on __July 28__ at 1400 UTC. For further information about the working group and the meetings please see our wiki page[2]. Thanks, Ildikó [1] https://www.openstack.org/events/opendev-2020/ [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group

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Edge related event recordings and articles
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Jul '20

13 Jul '20

Hi, It came up on the last weekly call that it would be good to share event recordings and other edge related artifacts that are interesting to watch/read. I created an etherpad to collect useful links to share with each other: https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/edge-event-recordings Please add further links that you think are worthwhile to check out. Let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó

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Edge meeting calendar file test
by Ildiko Vancsa 08 Jul '20

08 Jul '20

Hi, Attached please find the new calendar file for the weekly calls. This time I didn’t specify an end date so it will not expire. For details about the Edge Computing Group and upcoming meetings please see the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks, Ildikó

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Next weekly call is tomorrow
by Ildiko Vancsa 06 Jul '20

06 Jul '20

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that after a short break due to event collisions we will have our __next weekly call tomorrow (July 7)__. You can find dial-in details on the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks, Ildikó

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Next weekly meeting is on July 7
by Ildiko Vancsa 23 Jun '20

23 Jun '20

Hi, Due to conflicting events this week (LFN DDF) and next week (OpenDev) we are canceling the weekly calls these weeks and will resume them on July 7. Please see the wiki for details: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks, Ildikó

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PTG edge summaries
by Ildiko Vancsa 18 Jun '20

18 Jun '20

Hi, It was great seeing many of you at the virtual PTG two weeks ago. I wrote up two blog posts to summarize edge related sessions at the event: * Edge Computing Group recap: https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/osf-edge-computing-group-ptg-overv… * StarlingX recap: https://www.starlingx.io/blog/starlingx-vptg-june-2020-recap/ The articles have pointers to the etherpads we used at the event and include further pointers as well in case you would like to follow up on either discussion item or missed the event and would like to get a somewhat detailed view of what was discussed. If you are interested in any of the topics that came up during the event I would like to encourage you to join the group discussions and participate in the next steps. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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Kubernetes IoT Edge Working Group Meeting
by Csatari, Gergely (Nokia - FI/Espoo) 17 Jun '20

17 Jun '20

Hi, This is an invite for the cross community meeting we plan to have with Kubernetes IoT Edge WG. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/760932414 Notes and aganda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yuwy9IO4X6XKq2wLW0pVZn5yHQxlyK7wdYBZBXR… Br, Gerg0

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2nd OSF Edge Computing Group white paper is now live!
by Ildiko Vancsa 16 Jun '20

16 Jun '20

Hi, I’m reaching out to you to draw your attention to the 2nd white paper[1] of the Edge Computing Group that was published[2] yesterday and I would like to ask for your help to spread the word about it. I would also like to thank all the contributors who participated in putting together and editing the content. Happy reading! :) Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó [1] https://www.openstack.org/edge-computing/edge-computing-next-steps-in-archi… [2] https://www.openstack.org/news/view/455/edge-computing-use-cases-gain-momen…

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Kubernetes IoT Edge Working Group Meeting
by Csatari, Gergely (Nokia - FI/Espoo) 15 Jun '20

15 Jun '20

Hi, This is an invite for the cross community meeting we plan to have with Kubernetes IoT Edge WG. Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/760932414 Notes and aganda: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yuwy9IO4X6XKq2wLW0pVZn5yHQxlyK7wdYBZBXR… Br, Gerg0

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Re: [Edge-computing] Meet with Kubernetes IoT-edge-wg
by beth.cohen＠verizon.com 11 Jun '20

11 Jun '20

I would be interested if I can. [Verizon]<http://www.verizon.com/> Beth Cohen DMTS - NFV/SDN Network Product Strategy Verizon Business Group O 781.466.2055 M 781.434.8553 60 Sylvan Rd. Waltham, MA 02451 <http://www.facebook.com/verizon> [Twitter] <http://twitter.com/verizon> From: Csatari, Gergely (Nokia - FI/Espoo) [mailto:gergely.csatari@nokia.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 3:54 AM To: edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org Subject: [E] [Edge-computing] Meet with Kubernetes iot-edge-wg Hi, We have a chance to meet with the Kubernetes iot-edge-sig in their monthly callnext Wednesday (06.17) from 9:00 PT. Who would be interrested to join to this cross community discussion? Br, Gerg0

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Re: [Edge-computing] Meet with Kubernetes iot-edge-wg
by Waines, Greg 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

I’d be interested. Do you have zoom details ? Greg. From: "Csatari, Gergely (Nokia - FI/Espoo)" <gergely.csatari(a)nokia.com> Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 at 3:58 AM To: "edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org" <edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org> Subject: [Edge-computing] Meet with Kubernetes iot-edge-wg Hi, We have a chance to meet with the Kubernetes iot-edge-sig in their monthly callnext Wednesday (06.17) from 9:00 PT. Who would be interrested to join to this cross community discussion? Br, Gerg0

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Cross community meeting between Kubernetes WG IoT Edge and OSF ECG
by Csatari, Gergely (Nokia - FI/Espoo) 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

Hi, As discussed on the Kubernetes IoT Edge WG and the mailing list of OSF ECG let's have a cross community meeting next Wednesday (06.17) from 9:00 PT in the meeting of the Kubernetes IoT Edge WG. I've added this to the agenda of the meeting<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Yuwy9IO4X6XKq2wLW0pVZn5yHQxlyK7wdYBZBXR…>. Zoom link is here<https://zoom.us/j/760932414>. Topics I would propose to discuss (feel free to comment if something is not right to discuss): * Quick intro of Kubernetes IoT Edge WG * Quick intro of OSF ECG * Different edge cloud infrastructure architectures their benefits and drawbacks with Kubernetes. What things are missing from Kubernetes * Centralized control plane (KubeEdge, K3s model) * Distributed control plane (KubeFed model) * Testing of Kubernetes in edge environments. * Any other things people would like to propose Br, Gerg0

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Meet with Kubernetes iot-edge-wg
by Csatari, Gergely (Nokia - FI/Espoo) 10 Jun '20

10 Jun '20

Hi, We have a chance to meet with the Kubernetes iot-edge-sig in their monthly callnext Wednesday (06.17) from 9:00 PT. Who would be interrested to join to this cross community discussion? Br, Gerg0

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Virtual PTG recordings
by Ildiko Vancsa 09 Jun '20

09 Jun '20

Hi, I’m reaching out to let you know that the recordings to last week’s edge PTG sessions are now available! You can find the links and corresponding passwords here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Virtual_PTG_Recordings… Please let me know if you have any issues accessing the videos. Thanks, Ildikó

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Call for Papers - 2020 IEEE Conference on Network Functions Virtualization & Software Defined Networks:
by flavio.esposito＠slu.edu 20 Apr '20

20 Apr '20

Dear Edge Computing Aficionados Colleagues, My sincere apologies if you are not interested in this call for papers. Please consider sending your contributions to IEEE NFV-SDN 2020. Call for papers here below, and more details at https://nfvsdn2020.ieee-nfvsdn.org/ We have extended all deadlines due to the covid19 emergency, and we hope that you and your family are and will be safe! Please see the details below. With regard, Flavio Esposito -- Assistant Professor Computer Science Department & School of Engineering Saint Louis University Office: (314)-977-2434<tel:%28314%29-977-2434> McDonnell Douglas Hall 2015 http://www.cs.slu.edu/~esposito/ ==== IEEE NFV-SDN 2020 ===== Madrid, Spain November 10th – 12th, 2020 IMPORTANT DATES (UPDATED) FULL PAPERS July 13th, 2020 Full papers submission deadline Sept 14rd, 2020 Full papers acceptance notification Oct 12th, 2020 Full paper camera-ready deadline FAST-TRACK PAPERS Aug 17th, 2020 Fast Track papers submission deadline Sept 28rd, 2020 Fast Track papers acceptance notification Oct 12th, 2020 Fast Track papers camera-ready deadline DEMO PAPERS Aug 17th, 2020 Demo papers submission deadline Sept 28rd, 2020 Demo papers acceptance notification Oct 12th, 2020 Demo papers camera-ready deadline WORKSHOP PROPOSAL April 30th, 2020 Workshop proposal deadline May 14th, 2020 Workshop proposal notification WORKSHOP PAPERS Aug 24th, 2020 Workshop papers deadline Sept 28rd, 2020 Workshop papers acceptance notification Oct 19th, 2020 Workshop papers camera-ready deadline DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM Aug 24th, 2020 doctoral symposium submission deadline Sept 28th, 2020 doctoral symposium acceptance notification Oct 19th, 2020 doctoral symposium camera-ready deadline TUTORIALS July 6th, 2020 tutorial submission deadline July 13th, 2020 tutorial acceptance notification ----- Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) and Software Defined Networks (SDN) are an accepted evolution in all areas of network concepts and technologies. They are dramatically transforming telecommunication networks, campus, enterprise and data center networks, and accelerating the introduction of technologies and applications, which enable programmatic control of networks. Currently, NFV and SDN are in the transition phase from development and trials to full-scale deployments. Significant enablers for rapid adoption are the shifts towards open source software and hardware development, the convergence of IT and telco tools and technologies, and the alignment of operational processes. The integration of the latest research in software technologies, algorithms, hardware design, etc., driven by competition for the adoption of the best ideas is helping to drive global acceptance of NFV and SDN. The 2020 IEEE NFV-SDN conference is an important forum for the ongoing exchange of the latest ideas, developments, and results amongst ecosystem partners in both academia and industry. The conference fosters knowledge sharing and discussion on new approaches as well as work addressing gaps and improvements in NFV and SDN enabled architectures, algorithms and operational frameworks for virtualized network functions and infrastructures. TOPICS The IEEE NFV-SDN conference invites researchers from around the world to share ideas influencing the evolution and operation of NFV and SDN technologies. The following is a non-exhaustive list of topics: NFV and SDN Architectures, Infrastructure and Elements - Emerging improvements including Network Slicing and the unikernel paradigm - Impact of “open X” - Improvements in design of forwarding elements, e.g. switches/routers, wireless systems - Optimizing NFV infrastructures including hardware acceleration technologies - Heterogeneous server platforms and the detailed element-level CPU/GPU/FPGA mapping of NFV functions - SDN/NFV in recent and novel architecture paradigms such as Edge, Fog etc. NFV and SDN Operations - Dynamic license management, autonomics, machine learning, monitoring, resiliency, fault management and self-healing - Network security and isolation impacts of virtualization technologies - Advanced tools for automated design, deployment, validation and management - Application of machine learning and big data analytics to manage and simplify deployment and operation of SDN/NFV networks Performance Analysis and Optimization - Costs of migration of application containers and workloads - Data/control plane performance, interoperability and scalability studies - Resource dimensioning and optimization (e.g. cloud-native design), workload isolation and tradeoffs - Design guidelines for modularity, scalability, high availability and interoperability (e.g. container and microservices implementations) Results and Evaluations in Application Scenarios - Comparative studies on different virtualization technologies - Usage scenarios such as SD-WAN, IoT, Smart Grid, Smart Cities, etc. - Improvements in future communication infrastructure enabled by SDN and NFV including fixed and wireless access, public, private and hybrid clouds - Social and regulatory impacts (e.g. network implications of data location and privacy) DEMOS, TUTORIALS, WORKSHOPS, DOCTORAL SYMPOSIUM Call for Demos: The IEEE NFV-SDN 2020 conference also invites demonstration papers in the NFV and SDN realms addressing (but not limited to) the topics above. The demonstrations should be configured to run in a cloud environment accessible via Internet and presented from the exhibition space floor on the demonstrator’s laptop. Also, an author of an accepted demo is required to register for the conference at the full or limited rate and present the demo at the IEEE NFV-SDN 2020 conference. For information on submission, please visit http://www.ieee-nfvsdn.org/ Call for Tutorials: The organizing committee invites proposals for tutorials to be held prior to the main conference. Tutorials should serve one or more of the following objectives: introducing students and newcomers to major topics in NFV and SDN research; providing instructions on established practices and methodologies; surveying a mature area of NFV and SDN research and/or practice; motivating and explaining an NFV and SDN topic of emerging importance; introducing expert non-specialists to an NFV and SDN research area. Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the Tutorial Program Co-Chairs. For information on submission, please visit http://www.ieee-nfvsdn.org/ Call for Workshop Proposals: The committee solicits proposals for one full-day or two half-day workshops to be held at the beginning of the main technical program. The scope of the workshops aims to complement the main conference program with forums for exchange of technical expertise, development, integration and standardization efforts on particularly focused areas of interest within the frame of NFV and SDN. Proposals from industry and academia are welcome. Proposals should be submitted by electronic mail to the Workshop Program Co-Chairs. For information on submission, please visit http://www.ieeenfvsdn.org/ Call for Doctoral Symposium: The Doctoral Symposium is a new feature for the conference this year. It provides an opportunity for young researchers (PhD students) to discuss and get valuable feedback on preliminary research work from experienced researchers from both industry and academia. It will help to build and strengthen collaboration amongst the communities researching and working in the areas of NFV and SDN. The doctoral symposium has the status of an IEEE workshop and provides an excellent opportunity for networking amongst PhD students and experienced researchers. Accepted submissions are published in the conference proceedings. For information on submission, please visit http://www.ieee-nfvsdn.org/ AUTHOR & SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Prospective authors are invited to submit original full technical or fast-track papers for publication in the IEEE NFV-SDN 2020 Conference Proceedings and for presentation in the technical sessions. We solicit the submission of high-quality full papers reporting original and novel research results on all the above topics. Papers must be written in English, unpublished and not submitted elsewhere. Full papers must be formatted as the standard IEEE double-column conference template. FULL TECHNICAL PAPERS: should have a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font), including figures, without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with over length page charge of USD100 if accepted). Papers exceeding 7 pages will not be accepted at EDAS. For information on submissions, please visit http://www.ieee-nfvsdn.org/ FAST-TRACK PAPERS: In addition, we welcome fast-track papers from the research community up to four (4) pages in length (10pt font); max. one additional page with over length page charge of USD100 if accepted. These papers should focus more on recent and newly-developing results. FAST-TRACK papers will be reviewed with a more open mind towards the scope of evaluation or breadth of topics compared to longer papers. We recommend that authors check both calls for papers before submitting. For information on submissions, please visit http://www.ieee-nfvsdn.org/ DEMO PAPERS: should have a maximum paper length of two (2) printed pages (10-point font), including figures, without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with over length page charge of USD100 if accepted). Papers exceeding 3 pages will not be accepted at EDAS. For information on submissions, please visit http://www.ieeenfvsdn.org/ To be published in the IEEE NFV-SDN 2020 Conference Proceedings and to be eligible for publication in IEEE Xplore, an author of an accepted paper is required to register for the conference at the FULL (member or non-member) rate and the paper must be presented by an author of that paper at the conference. For authors with multiple accepted papers, one FULL registration is valid for up to 3 papers. Accepted and presented papers will be published in the IEEE NFV-SDN 2020 Conference Proceedings and submitted to IEEE Xplore®. The IEEE reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (including its removal from IEEE Xplore) if the paper is not presented at the conference. Papers are reviewed on the basis that they do not contain plagiarized material and have not been submitted to any other conference at the same time (double submission). These matters are taken very seriously and the IEEE Communications Society will take action against any author who engages in either practice. ORGANIZING COMMITTEES General Chairs Larry Horner, Intel, USA Kurt Tutschku, BTH, SE Technical Program Co-Chairs Antonio de la Oliva Delgado, Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, ES Sandra Scott-Hayward, Queen’s Univ. Belfast, UK Marco Tacca, UT Dallas, USA Publicity Co-Chairs Flavio Esposito, Saint Louis University, USA Yubin Zhao, Shenzhen Inst. of Adv. Technologies, CN Demo Co-Chairs Chiara Contoli, ABiZCo Sacmi Group, IT Molka Gharbaoui, CNIT, IT Workshop Co-Chairs Fabrizio Granelli, Univ. of Trento, IT Evangelos Markakis, Hellenic Mediterranean Univ., GR George Xilouris, NCSR Demokritos, GR Tutorial Co-Chairs Silvia Fichera, Sant’anna, Pisa, IT Rentao Gu, BUPT, CN Doctoral Symposium Co-Chairs Don Clarke, Telecom Foresight Consulting, USA Barbara Martini, CNIT, IT Helge Parzyjegla, Univ. of Rostock, DE Keynote Chair Andreas Kassler, Karlstad Univ., SE Panel Chair Tim Culver, UT Dallas, USA Patronage Chair Larry Horner, Intel, USA Publication Co-Chairs Georgiana Caltais, Univ. of Konstanz, DE Helge Parzyjegla, Univ. of Rostock, DE Local Arrangements Co-Chairs Carlos J. Bernardos, Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, ES Ana Hernandez, Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, ES Cristina Quintana, Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, ES Web Co-Chairs Kiril Antevski, Univ. Carlos III of Madrid, ES Roman-Valentyn Tkachuk, BTH, SE Technical Sponsorships Chair Kurt Tutschku, BTH, SE Secretary Molka Gharbaoui, CNIT, IT Steering Committee Prosper Chemouil, Orange Labs, France Don Clarke, Telecom Foresight Consulting, USA Nelson Fonseca, U. Campinas, Brazil Diego Lopez, Telefonica, Spain Dan Pitt, MEF, USA Kohei Shiomoto, TCU, Japan Kurt Tutschku, BTH, Sweden James Won-Ki Hong, POSTECH, Korea. Steven Wright, AT&T USA IEEE Staff Contact Tina Gaerlan, IEEE Comsoc, USA -- Assistant Professor Computer Science Department & School of Engineering Saint Louis University Office: (314)-977-2434<tel:%28314%29-977-2434> McDonnell Douglas Hall 2015 http://www.cs.slu.edu/~esposito/

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Tomorrow's meeting is canceled
by Ildiko Vancsa 20 Apr '20

20 Apr '20

Hi, This is a friendly reminder that we are canceling the tomorrow’s call due to a collision with and LFN virtual event that a few of us will attend. The next call is next Tuesday (April 28) at 1400 UTC. Agenda and further information is here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks, Ildikó

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Edge sessions on the virtual PTG - ACTION NEEDED
by Ildiko Vancsa 20 Apr '20

20 Apr '20

Hi, I’m reaching out to you as we need to book slots for edge discussions on the official schedule[2] of the virtual PTG[1]. As discussed on this week's working group meeting we are shooting for three blocks (~2 hours) to cover reference architecture and testing discussions as well as cross—project related topics More details are on the PTG planning etherpad[3]. I created a Doodle poll[4] with time slots that are doable around the globe. Please __fill it out as soon as you can__ if you are interested in joining and I will book the three most popular slots. Thanks, Ildikó [1] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/edge-computing/2020-April/000699.html [2] https://ethercalc.openstack.org/126u8ek25noy [3] https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/ecg_virtual_ptg_planning_june_2020 [4] https://doodle.com/poll/gpd4hg6ambryi8c9

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Fwd: Virtual PTG Layout & Signup
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Apr '20

14 Apr '20

Greetings! I am sure you have all been anxiously awaiting more details on how we are going to virtualize the PTG :) After the community meetings we had last week/the week before to understand the key challenges and ideate on solutions, we have a plan! The virtual event will be held from Monday June 1 to Friday June 5. We set up available times in 3 different time windows where each window is a cross over time between at least 2 regions (Window A - Americas/Europe, Window B - Europe/APAC, and Window C - APAC/Americas). Here is an ethercalc[1]. We ask that the PTL/SIG Chair/Team lead sign up for time to have their discussions in with 4 rules/guidelines. 1. Cross project discussions (i.e. SIGs and horizonal teams), try to schedule yourselves towards the start of the week so that any discussions that might shape those of vertical teams might happen first. 2. Vertical teams (ex. Nova, Cyborg, Manila) should wait till April 6th at 7:00 UTC to start signing up for slots to help prioritize the scheduling of cross project conversations. 3. No team (SIG, horizonal project, vertical project, etc) can sign up for more than 4 hours per UTC day to help keep participants actively engaged. 4. No team (SIG, horizonal project, vertical project, etc) can sign up for more than 16 hours across all time slots to avoid burning out our contributors and to enable participation in multiple teams discussions. Once every team has had a chance to sign up (lets say two weeks from today April 28th at 7:00 UTC) if signing up for more time makes sense, it will be possible. We want to encourage ANY team to sign up, even those that had originally said no to the initial outreach when the PTG was supposed to be in person. The more the merrier! Once you have signed up for time slots, please also fill out this survey[2] with your team information. We need this additional information to help shape other decisions down the road and coordinate other details closer to the event. If you have any issues with signing up your team, due to conflict or otherwise, please let me know! While we are trying to empower you to make your own decisions as to when you meet and for how long (after all, you know your needs and teams timezones better than we do), we are here to help! Continue to check back for updates at openstack.org/ptg <http://openstack.org/ptg>. -the Kendalls (diablo_rojo & wendallkaters) [1] https://ethercalc.openstack.org/126u8ek25noy <https://ethercalc.openstack.org/126u8ek25noy> [2] https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/june2020_virtual_ptg_survey <https://openstackfoundation.formstack.com/forms/june2020_virtual_ptg_survey>

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[tc][all][SDK][API] Multi-region/edge OpenStack deployment
by Marie Delavergne 07 Apr '20

07 Apr '20

Hi, Following the previous discussions regarding approaches to make several instances of OpenStack collaborative[1], we finally decided to make a research report on the approach we initially proposed during the edge hackathon in Berlin (OSF summit 2018). The document is a short article (~10 pages long)[2] that gives a rather complete overview of the approach. If you are interested to see how mutliple instances of distinct OpenStack can give the illusion of a single system you might be interested to give it a look. A brief excerpt: “We propose a novel approach that delivers any collaboration between services of distinct OpenStack once and for all. Our approach eliminates development efforts related to the brokering aspect by leveraging dynamic composition and a Domain Specific Language (DSL). Using these two mechanisms, Admins/DevOps can specify, on a per-request basis, which services from which OpenStacks are required for the collaboration. This information is then interpreted to dynamical recompose services between the different OpenStacks, enabling the execution of single-, cross- or multiple-site requests without code effort.” The main idea is, considering several OpenStacks running, to use a DSL to specify which instance of the service (i.e. on which Openstack) the user wants its request to be executed. For instance, to provision a VM on a Nova in Paris using an image from a Glance in New York. You may contact the API either in NewYork or in Paris and perform the following request: "openstack server create --image debian --scope { compute: Paris, image: New York }" Along with the report comes a proof of concept available on GitLab[3]. Feel free to get back to us. Cheers [1] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-discuss/2020-March/013562.ht… [2] https://hal.inria.fr/hal-02527366/ [3] https://gitlab.inria.fr/discovery/openstackoid ---- Marie Delavergne

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Open Networking & Edge Summit - Unconference - EC WG and LF Edge
by St Leger, Jim 13 Mar '20

13 Mar '20

I added an unconference topic for the upcoming LF ONES event happening in LA in mid-April. It's designed to bring together both the OpenStack Foundation Edge Computing Working Group and the LF Edge project groups. https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/2020+ONES%3ANA+Unconfrence+Topic+P… Please add your name if you are interested in the joint OSF Edge Computing WG and LF Edge discussion. Share with others. Add topics you'd like to specifically share. Thanks, Ildiko and Jim

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Nomination and Application due 1 June for MDPI Computers Travel Award 2020
by Blink Yu 12 Mar '20

12 Mar '20

*** 2020 MDPI Computers Travel Award *** We are pleased to announce that the application period is now open for the Computers Travel Award 2020. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief of Computers. This prize provides financial support for the winner to attend an international conference in the field of computer science & engineering to be held in 2020 in order to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both. Requirements: • Applicants must be postdoctoral fellows or PhD students involved in computer science, broadly defined as any discipline covered within Computers. Required application documents: • Outline of current and future research; • CV, including a complete list of publications; • Details of the conference to be attended (conference name and website) and an abstract of the work that will be presented; • Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head that confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/Ph.D. student. The award will be 800 CHF for each winner, with two winners in total. Please apply by clicking the link below before 1 June, 2020. The winners will be announced on 30 June, 2020. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computers/awards/submit/876 Kind regards, Computers Editorial Office -- Mr. Blink Yu Managing Editor E-Mail: blink.yu(a)mdpi.com Skype: live:c91693ac8277e1f0 -- MDPI Wuhan Office No.6 Jingan Road, 430064 Wuhan, China MDPI Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland http://www.mdpi.com -- Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone.

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Meeting time
by Ildiko Vancsa 10 Mar '20

10 Mar '20

Hi, We have reached the point of daylight saving time switches that the US has already progressed with. I’m sending this email as a reminder that we will stick to the strategy that we followed in earlier years to keep the US time slot for the calls. This means that the calls will be running on Tuesdays at 7am PDT / 1400 UTC which is currently 3pm CET but that will change at the end of this month. For the latest information please check the OSF Edge Computing Group’s wiki page: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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FedCSIS 2020 - Initial Call for Papers
by FedCSIS no-reply 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

INITIAL CALL FOR PAPERS 15th Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS’2020) Sofia, Bulgaria, 6-9 September, 2020 www.fedcsis.org Strict submission deadline: May 15, 2020, 23:59:59 pm HST (no extensions) (FedCSIS IEEE conference number: #49059) Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues and associates who could be interested in it. KEY FACTS: expected Proceedings: IEEE Digital Library; indexing: Web of Science (since 2012); 22 Technical Sessions in 5 Tracks; Doctoral Symposium; conference fee covers 4 lunches and 3 social events; Sofia – capital of Bulgaria, city history goes back to Roman times (with some, recently uncovered and made available to see, fascinating ruins of Serdika – which is how Sofia was known during Tracian and Roman times). FedCSIS is an annual international conference, this year organized jointly by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI), IEEE Poland Section Computer Society Chapter and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The mission of the FedCSIS Conference Series is to provide a highly acclaimed forum in computer science and information systems. We invite researchers from around the world to contribute their research results and participate in Technical Sessions focused on their scientific and professional interests in computer science and information systems. As in the previous years, FedCSIS 2020 will host a data mining challenge. It will be organized on a, recently re-designed, Knowledge Pit platform: https://knowledgepit.ml?utm_source=emailcampaign98&utm_medium=phpList&utm_c… The specific topic will be announced shortly, please check the competition site (or the conference portal). There will also be a special session devoted to this challenge at the FedCSIS 2020 conference. Since 2012, Proceedings of the FedCSIS conference are indexed in the Web of Science, SCOPUS and other indexing services. This already includes Proceedings of FedCSIS 2018 (we are awaiting the decision for the FedCSIS 2019). Information about FedCSIS indexing / bibliometry / rankings can be found at: https://www.fedcsis.org/2020/indexation?utm_source=emailcampaign98&utm_medi… FedCSIS TRACKS AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS The FedCSIS 2020 consists of five conference Tracks, hosting Technical Sessions: Track 1: Artificial Intelligence * Advanced Artificial Intelligence in Applications (15th Symposium AAIA'20) * Advances in Semantic Information Retrieval (9th International Workshop ASIR'20) * Formal Approaches to Vagueness in Relation to Mereology (1st Symposium FVRM'20) * Language Technologies and Applications (5th Workshop LTA'20) * Computational Optimization (13th Workshop WCO'20) Track 2: Computer Science & Systems * Advances in Computer Science & Systems (ACSS'20) * Actors, Agents, Assistants, Avatars (1st Workshop 4A'20) * Computer Aspects of Numerical Algorithms (13th Workshop CANA'20) * Multimedia Applications and Processing (13th Symposium MMAP'20) * Scalable Computing (11th Workshop WSC'20) Track 3: Network Systems and Applications * Advances in Network Systems and Applications (ANSA'20) * Internet of Things - Enablers, Challenges and Applications (4rd Workshop IoT-ECAW'20) * Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust (1st International Forum NEMESIS'20) Track 4: Information Systems and Technologies * Advances in Information Systems and Technologies (AIST'20) * Data Science in Health (DSH'19) (2nd Special Session DSH'20) * Information Systems Management (15th Conference ISM'20) * Knowledge Acquisition and Management (26th Conference KAM'20) Track 5: Software and System Engineering * Advances in Software and System Engineering (ASSE'20) * Cyber-Physical Systems (7th Workshop IWCPS’20) * Lean and Agile Software Development (4th International Conference LASD'20) * Model Driven Approaches in System Development (6th Workshop MDASD'20) * Software Engineering (40th IEEE Workshop SEW’20) Track 6: DS-RAIT'20 - 7th Doctoral Symposium on Recent Advances in Information Technology KEYNOTE SPEAKERS * Christian Blum, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain Keynote title: Are you a Hybrid? Yes, of course, everyone is a Hybrid nowadays! * George Boustras, European University Cyprus Keynote title: Critical Infrastructure Protection – on the interface of safety and security * Hans-Georg Fill, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Keynote title: From Digital Transformation to Digital Ubiquity: The Role of Enterprise Modeling PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION + Papers should be submitted by May 15, 2020 (strict deadline, no extensions, submission system will be opened in the first week of March). + Preprints will be published on a USB memory stick and provided to the FedCSIS participants. + Only papers presented during the conference will be submitted to the IEEE for inclusion in the Xplore Digital Library. Furthermore, proceedings, published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers, will posted within the conference Web portal. Moreover, most Technical Session organizers arrange quality journals, edited volumes, etc., and may invite selected extended and revised papers for post-conference publications (information can be found at the websites of individual events, or by contacting Chairs of said events). IMPORTANT DATES + Paper submission (strict deadline): May 15, 2020, 23:59:59 pm HST (there will be no extension) + Position paper submission: June 9, 2020 + Author notification: June 30, 2020 + Final paper submission and registration: July 15, 2020 + Conference date: September 6-9, 2020 CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. 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Dell expands edge computing ambitions in telco space
by beth.cohen＠verizon.com 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

I am sure we had something to do with this. Dell expands edge computing ambitions in telco space<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__alva-2Dgroup.us11.list…> Light Reading, Mike Dano, February 18, 2020 Dell Technologies today released a handful of new products specifically targeted at edge computing operations in the telecom industry. "We think the edge is an opportunity," Dell Technologies' Kevin Shatzkamer told Light Reading. Dell announced a new server (PowerEdge XE2420), a new mini data center module (Modular Data Center Micro 415), new controller software (iDRAC9) and a new ingestion and analysis offering (Streaming Data Platform) that are all designed to allow service providers to quickly and easily build edge computing operations. Dell's Shatzkamer explained that the company decided to target the telco space roughly three years ago. He said the company saw an opportunity there as operators moved their network operations from dedicated hardware to virtualized, software-powered systems that could work on off-the-shelf hardware. He said the first phase of the company's efforts involved working with telecom suppliers like Nokia and Ericsosn, but is now evolving to include direct sales of Dell hardware and software to telecom operators directly. Dell already highlights Orange and AT&T as telecom operator "partners." Shatzkamer admitted that, with its new products, Dell would compete directly with companies that also sell edge computing hardware, including Nokia, Erisson and others. [Verizon]<http://www.verizon.com/> Beth Cohen DMTS - NFV/SDN Network Product Strategy Verizon Business Group O 781.466.2055 M 781.434.8553 60 Sylvan Rd. Waltham, MA 02451 <http://www.facebook.com/verizon> [Twitter] <http://twitter.com/verizon>

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Re: [Edge-computing] Usage CHECK on "StarlingX 1.0 Distributed Cloud Solution" on packet.com
by Waines, Greg 05 Feb '20

05 Feb '20

Last call before I tear this down ... ( I’ve heard from Dave Paterson who is done with this. ) Greg. From: Greg Waines <Greg.Waines(a)windriver.com> Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 10:04 AM To: "edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org" <edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org> Subject: [Edge-computing] Usage CHECK on "StarlingX 1.0 Distributed Cloud Solution" on packet.com Hey, Just trying to free up some resources in the StarlingX PROJECT in packet.com . Is anyone still using or wanting to use the "StarlingX 1.0 Distributed Cloud Solution" on packet.com ? e.g. see https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ecg-test-plan ... i.e. the one highlighted in yellow Open Deployments of ECG MVP Reference Architecture: · Distributed Control Plane Scenario o StarlingX Distributed Cloud solution --> deployed STX 1.0 Distributed Cloud on packet.com § https://www.packet.com § https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Packet_SIG § http://147.75.105.194 o admin / St8rlingX* o ecg-member / St8rlingX* § David Paterson deployed open-source squid web caching ( http://www.squid-cache.org ) on the Dallas Edge Cloud o · Centralized Control Plane Scenario o OpenStack's Tripleo Solution --> deployed in Dell labs § [dpaterson] thus far testing has been in our lab only, packet.com is a noop until we have access to BMC for nodes. Some useful work we did around testing latency etc are illustrated in this diagram:https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tsnz0asFhw_Jd-uXwwOl7oKzm59cDtq1. · What we did here was creat a VM to act as a network impairment node, basically all network traffic goes through this node and we have a script that introduces latenency on demad. I can look into making the internal wiki page public as it may be useful for this group.. Let me know ... it’s using up 70% of resources dedicated to StarlingX in packet.com . I’d like to free it up for other purposes if this is not being used, Greg.

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Usage CHECK on "StarlingX 1.0 Distributed Cloud Solution" on packet.com
by Waines, Greg 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Hey, Just trying to free up some resources in the StarlingX PROJECT in packet.com . Is anyone still using or wanting to use the "StarlingX 1.0 Distributed Cloud Solution" on packet.com ? e.g. see https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ecg-test-plan ... i.e. the one highlighted in yellow Open Deployments of ECG MVP Reference Architecture: · Distributed Control Plane Scenario o StarlingX Distributed Cloud solution --> deployed STX 1.0 Distributed Cloud on packet.com § https://www.packet.com § https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Packet_SIG § http://147.75.105.194 o admin / St8rlingX* o ecg-member / St8rlingX* § David Paterson deployed open-source squid web caching ( http://www.squid-cache.org ) on the Dallas Edge Cloud o · Centralized Control Plane Scenario o OpenStack's Tripleo Solution --> deployed in Dell labs § [dpaterson] thus far testing has been in our lab only, packet.com is a noop until we have access to BMC for nodes. Some useful work we did around testing latency etc are illustrated in this diagram:https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tsnz0asFhw_Jd-uXwwOl7oKzm59cDtq1. · What we did here was creat a VM to act as a network impairment node, basically all network traffic goes through this node and we have a script that introduces latenency on demad. I can look into making the internal wiki page public as it may be useful for this group.. Let me know ... it’s using up 70% of resources dedicated to StarlingX in packet.com . I’d like to free it up for other purposes if this is not being used, Greg.

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Using DCN Primary site for future-proofing
by Ajay Simha 20 Dec '19

20 Dec '19

Hi Team, We are working on High Level Design for Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) in India. As an architect, I'm recommending L3 based design - spine/leaf as the design for datacenter whether or not there will be edge sites. This way, in future (which will most likely happen), they can hang edge DCN sites off this primary site. Additionally, today there is a real issue where they have to expand existing OSP VIM (pod) to have additional computes. However, no more room in the DCN floor. L3 based lends itself to expand the POD in a different floor, building etc. If we go with this architecture, I'm concerned about nova backend. @Jaromir Coufal <jcoufal(a)redhat.com> - I checked with you if the leaf is within the same DCN (not on an edge site) I can use the Ceph backend. Which you answered "yes". Is nova backend using ephemeral/local a design limitation? OR actual limitation in OSP13 where it simply cannot be configured/enabled for spine-leaf/DCN deployment? Thanks Ajay

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2nd Edge White paper - zoom Link / Call
by lebre.adrien＠free.fr 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Hi all, Can someone send the right zoom link for the telco? I'm using the following link [1] but it looks like I'm the only one. Did I miss something? Thanks Adrien [1] https://meet.jit.si/OSF_Edge_Computing_Group_Whitepaper

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New calendar file for the weekly calls
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Dec '19

14 Dec '19

Hi, I updated the calendar invite for the weekly calls. You can find the new file here: https://object-storage-ca-ymq-1.vexxhost.net/swift/v1/6e4619c416ff4bd19e1c0… Please let me know if you have any trouble with it. Thanks, Ildikó

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The weekly call this Tuesday is cancelled
by Ildiko Vancsa 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Hi, As many of the group participants have conflicts with the weekly call tomorrow (December 10) we are cancelling this week’s meeting. __Next meeting is next Tuesday (December 17) at 1500UTC__: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings In the meantime the authors are continuing to work on the second whitepaper and we are also looking into taking the next steps with the testing activities. Keep in touch on the mailing list and IRC and see you all on the weekly call next Tuesday. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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Requirement List
by Wang, Shane 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

Hi all, In today's meeting, we received a suggestion to get a requirement list and collect requirements on edge, after comparing and analyzing the existing features in OpenStack, StarlingX and other edge projects. Zhu Rong from ZTE already had some and even had patches to fix them, but they are not in the upstream yet. Do you think if it makes sense to initiate and create such a list for edge WG? Do you see any overlap with existing efforts? Thanks. -- Shane

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Open Infrastructure Summit and PTG Shanghai - edge recap
by Ildiko Vancsa 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Hi, Hereby is a recap of the Open Infrastructure Summit that was held in Shanghai, November 4-6, with conference sessions including presentations and panel discussions, a lively Marketplace and the co-located Forum to provide space and time for users, operators and developers to talk about the software pieces the communities are working on. As usual the event started with keynotes[1] that were focusing on open infrastructure and updates about OpenStack and further OSF projects as well as news from the global and local communities. During the event the sessions were organized into dedicated tracks to cover relevant areas including a combined track for NFV, 5G, and edge computing. OSF Edge Computing Group contributors had a panel discussion to give an update on the latest activities of the group including a sync with representatives of the Chinese edge community. Similarly to former Summits we had the Forum[2] running in parallel to the conference with 40 minutes long sessions with users, operators and developers in the rooms to discuss feedback, new ideas and next steps. StarlingX and the OSF Edge Computing Group had a joint session[3] to talk about reference architectures and gather new use cases from the attendees. The session discussed use cases related to Content Delivery Networks (CDN) and requirements to run workloads on bare metal at the edge and further items in the area of networking. The conference sessions were recorded and the slides and videos are being uploaded to the event website[4] as you read this article. We had a full day[5] dedicated to the edge working group to talk about recent activities, synchronize with OpenStack and OSF projects and work on the roadmap for the first half of 2020. The working group discussions were mainly focusing on testing activities that we have started earlier this year. The group is working on defining reference architectures[6] that we are turning into reference implementations to see if they fulfill edge requirements and find gaps and areas to improve. In recent activities we started to test the distributed control plane model with using StarlingX[7] and setup the centralized control plane model with TripleO. Due to limitations on the lab environment we have we hit a roadblock with the latter scenario which brought us to discuss alternatives both on the side of ways to deploy the test systems as well as alternatives for lab environments. The group decided to reach out to universities as well as look into offers on lab donations from earlier PTGs. The group has a test plan proposal[7] that we started to review at the PTG. Our main goal for testing is to evaluate the functionality of the services that we deploy in the lab environments based on information we gathered from collecting use cases from different industry segments. Evaluating the services as a complete platform is out of the scope of our work as the group is not working on an end-to-end solution that can be used out of the box but rather wants to make sure that the building blocks deliver what they promise. In that sense we will not test the steps of deployment and configuration neither the steps of upgrading the infrastructure at this stage. Based on the outreach to look for lab environments we also hope to be able to deploy edge environments at multiple sites which could give us the possibility to eventually test geographically distributed configurations. This is not a high priority task at this point, but the group had an agreement to keep this as a desirable goal. After the test environments we also briefly discussed possible workloads to test our edge environments with. We identified two areas to look at, these being vRAN and cloud gaming. Both of these use cases are already moving to deployment stage which means that we have a potential to find open source building blocks to use or partner up with organizations to do joint work in the area, one example to look at is O-RAN. The group is planning to record demos once we reached the stage of operational deployments with workloads running on top of them. We are also still dedicated to lower level testing such as Keystone federation testing in a Devstack environment. Another big chunk of the PTG activities of the group were cross-project discussions with two main objectives. As projects and services continuously evolve we need to periodically re-evaluate our reference architecture models to ensure they are still correct and realistic when it comes to the details. We identified items to fix for projects like Glance, Nova and Cinder. Beyond synchronizing with the projects we’ve already been working with we are also constantly looking into new projects to add to the models and activities as well. Candidates high on our list are Ironic and Cyborg as both managing bare metal resources and hardware acceleration technologies are getting more and more crucial for edge use cases. We had sessions with Cinder, Cyborg and Neutron and had one large joint session involving Ironic, TripleO, Airship and Manila. With Cinder we focused mainly on deployment options regarding the placement of the services and some functionality around availability zones (AZs). We touch based on features such as setting a default volume type per AZ as volume requests don’t contain AZ information. Another feature that is very useful for edge use cases is the instance locality filter which can ensure for single node edge sites that the deployment is using local disks on the node. Group members had a very fruitful discussion with the Cyborg team to kick off the collaboration between the project and the edge working group. As hardware acceleration is a hot topic for edge use cases it is very important that we have the possibility to experiment with that in our test environments as well beyond capturing this need on architecture diagrams. During the session we synced up on the state of both Cyborg as well as the work of the Edge Computing Group and started to explore some relevant use cases. Our current focus is on vRAN deployments, and mentioned the work that a team from Rakuten was presenting[8] at the Summit. We had a short sync with the Neutron team to check on items that are in progress. Our focus with that team was on enhancements in the ability of managing network segment ranges[9] in edge deployments. The task is currently approved and in progress with some cross-project work items in the plan such as collaboration with the Placement team. We will track progress during the Ussuri release cycle and include the functionality in our testing activities once it is implemented. Our last session was held with a large group where we had members from multiple project teams. Our main focus was concentrating around Ironic use cases mainly around the area of virtual media based provisioning as well as booting from a URL. For the deployment side in relation to TripleO we were discussing an option for single step configuration that would include full node settings for the hardware. It faces challenges around locality to ensure that the image has a local source or is cached somewhere close to the server that is getting deployed. To utilize Ironic for Airship we mentioned the Metal3[10] CRD work. The last item of the session was a short update from Manila to summarize the relevant service and ongoing work around active-active configurations. Based on the information the working group has gathered during the Open Infrastructure Summit and PTG we will work on both building and evolving test environments as well as to enhance our reference architecture models. The group is also planning to start actively discussing concepts such as containerization and extend the architecture models to be suitable for all types of workloads. You can also check out the StarlingX blog[11] for details about the StarlingX activities in Shanghai. For more details about the OSF Edge Computing Group check out the group's wiki page[12]. You can participate in the discussions by joining our mailing list[13] or joining the #edge-computing-group IRC channel on Freenode. The group will also participate in the next OSF event[14] in June, 2020. Stay tuned for updates! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó [1] https://www.openstack.org/videos/summits/shanghai-2019/tracks/keynotes [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum [3] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PVG-edge-wg-forum [4] https://www.openstack.org/videos/search?search=edge [5] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PVG-ECG-PTG [6] https://www.starlingx.io [7] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ecg-test-plan [8] https://www.openstack.org/summit/shanghai-2019/summit-schedule/events/24451… [9] https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1832526 [10] https://metal3.io [11] https://www.starlingx.io/blog/starlingx-shanghai-recap.html [12] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group [13] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/edge-computing [14] https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2020

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Call for Paper: [Information] Special Issue--"Advances in Mobile Gaming and Games-based Leaning" （More than 15 scholars agreed to submit）
by Blink Yu 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Special Issue: Advances in Mobile Gaming and Games-based Leaning Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2020 Website and Planned Papers:https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/MobileGaming… Guest Editor: Dr. Antonio Coelho Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal Dr. Carlos Vaz de Carvalho Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Polit?cnico do Porto, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal ======================= Dear Colleagues, We cordially invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and possible publication in a Special Issue on "Advances in Mobile Gaming and Games-based Leaning" to be published in an EI, ESCI and Scopus-indexed open access journal Information (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/information) The submission manuscript deadline is 31 January 2020. For more details, please visit the website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/MobileGaming_Gamesb… You may share this invitation with your team members and colleagues; co-authors are most welcome. Please let me know within a month or as soon as possible if you and your colleagues are interested in submitting a manuscript for this special issue. If more time is needed, please feel free to tell us (information(a)mdpi.com) Your contribution would be most welcome. Information is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 1000 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/instructions) We hope this topic is of interest to you and look forward to collaborating with you in the near future. Kind regards, Blink Yu Section Managing Editor --- Dear Colleagues, Education is evolving to overcome new challenges related to the unique competencies of the professionals of the future and the requirements of a new generation that is immersed in the digital media world from birth. Digital Games is one of the media that have the potential to reach these two objectives. Game-based learning is the scientific area that focuses on the development of games that are designed over specific learning objectives. From thoroughly crafted educational games to the use of gamification, the new era of the school will be digital. However, we should not forget tangential learning with the use of entertainment games. Mobile games are also leveraging a large community of gamers that relies on the specifics of mobile technology, such as ubiquity and pervasiveness. The solutions can leverage informal learning, literacy, science communication, and citizenship, among a vast area of applications. The aim of this Special Issue is to disclose the new advances in game-based learning and mobile games that can enhance the effectiveness and outreach of learning objects. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Game-based learning; Serious games; Mobile games; Pervasive games; Learning models and practices with the use of games; New technologies for game-based learning: Virtual and augmented reality; New interaction devices, toys, and playthings; Simulations; 3D rendering technologies; Game engines and development tools; Location-based games; Artificial intelligence; Educational games analytics; Assessment and evaluation of educational games; User experience design; The psychology of educational games; Gender and age issues; Social and collaborative games; Security and confidentiality in educational games; Case studies in educational games; Game development for mobile devices. Dr. Antonio Coelho Dr. Carlos Vaz de Carvalho Guest Editors -- Mr. Blink Yu Managing Editor E-Mail: blink.yu(a)mdpi.com Skype: live:c91693ac8277e1f0 -- MDPI Wuhan Office No.6 Jingan Road, 430064 Wuhan, China MDPI Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland http://www.mdpi.com -- Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone.

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