Intelligent Resource Allocation in Industrial IoT at Edinburgh Napier University on FindAPhD.com

Prof A Al-Dubai, Prof Amir Hussain, Prof Berk Canberk Applications accepted all year round Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Edinburgh United Kingdom Cyber Security Electronic Engineering Machine Learning Computer Science

About the Project

While cloud computing offers virtually infinite processing resources, it also, however, leads to intolerable processing delays for timely critical Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications. In addition, while the amount of generated data increases dramatically, such data are in need for different resources at different levels. With implications in the IIoT and virtual reality, mobile networks operate and provide a multi-aspect strategy for multiple resource allocation paradigms and service-oriented possibilities in the computing sectors. Hence, the evolution of the current cloud-centric architecture to new paradigms (e.g. fog, edge & distributed clouds) presents a suitable path to facilitate solutions that are more efficient in terms of capacity and latency. The Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) model combines a virtual source with edge communication among execution. Thus, this study will develop and implement a revolutionary resource allocation technique in the IIoT by using appropriate machine learning algorithms that will enable MEC share and utilise the resources efficiently. The study will employ a latency-aware scheduling and resource provisioning algorithms to enable tasks to complete and meet their latency requirements. Simulation experiments and analytical modelling will be deployed to validate the proposed solutions.

Academic qualifications

A first degree (at least a 2.1) ideally in Electronic Engineering or Computer Science with a good fundamental knowledge of Cybersecurity.

English language requirement

IELTS score must be at least 6.5 (with not less than 6.0 in each of the four components). Other, equivalent qualifications will be accepted. Full details of the University’s policy are available online.

Essential attributes:

Experience of fundamental IoT systems
Competent in handling cloud and dge computing
Knowledge of Resource allocation and machine learning
Good written and oral communication skills
Strong motivation, with evidence of independent research skills relevant to the project
Good time management

Desirable attributes:

Experience in cloud computing
Good knowledge of communications
Preliminary experience in machine learning

For enquiries about the content of the project, please email Professor Ahmed Al-Dubai - a.al-dubai@napier.ac.uk

For information about how to apply, please visit our website https://www.napier.ac.uk/research-and-innovation/research-degrees/how-to-apply

To apply, please select the link for the PhD Computing FT application form.

References

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J. Xu, B. Palanisamy, H. Ludwig and Q. Wang, "Zenith: Utility-Aware Resource Allocation for Edge Computing," 2017 IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE), 2017, pp. 47-54, doi: 10.1109/IEEE.EDGE.2017.15. - H. Liao et al., "Learning-Based Context-Aware Resource Allocation for Edge-Computing-Empowered Industrial IoT," in IEEE Internet of Things Journal, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 4260-4277, May 2020, doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2019.2963371.
Z. Sharif, L. T. Jung and M. Ayaz, "Priority-based Resource Allocation Scheme for Mobile Edge Computing," 2022 2nd International Conference on Computing and Information Technology (ICCIT), 2022, pp. 138-143, doi: 10.1109/ICCIT52419.2022.9711641.
Sartzetakis, P. Soumplis, P. Pantazopoulos, K. V. Katsaros, V. Sourlas and E. M. Varvarigos, "Resource Allocation for Distributed Machine Learning at the Edge-Cloud Continuum," ICC 2022 - IEEE International Conference on Communications, 2022, pp. 5017-5022, doi: 10.1109/ICC45855.2022.9838647.
M. S. Allahham, A. Mohamed and H. Hassanein, "Incentive-based Resource Allocation for Mobile Edge Learning," 2022 IEEE 47th Conference on Local Computer Networks (LCN), 2022, pp. 157-164, doi: 10.1109/LCN53696.2022.9843405.
X. Liu, "Resource Allocation in Multi-access Edge Computing: Optimization and Machine Learning," 2021 IEEE 12th Annual Information Technology, Electronics and Mobile Communication Conference (IEMCON), 2021, pp. 0365-0370, doi: 10.1109/IEMCON53756.2021.9623076.