Edge Computing for the Infrastructure – Victor Bahl, Microsoft Research

Bahl explores the edge computing paradigm from the perspective of a researcher who has worked on this since its inception over a decade ago. He discusses the evolution of the intelligent edge, describes real-world applications and products; the progress made & lessons learned as they developed and deployed Rocket, an edge-cloud live video analytics system. Rocket is part of several pilots including Vision Zero, aimed at reducing traffic-related fatalities, and improving urban mobility. Bahl also takes a peek into the future and predicts how the telecommunication industry will embrace edge computing as part of it’s infrastructure. He lays out a few technical and business challenges facing large-scale adoption and the opportunities that are been created.

Speaker Details

Victor Bahl is a technical fellow and the director of mobility & networking in Microsoft Research, with over 30 years of industry experience. He advises Microsoft’s CEO and senior leadership team on long-term vision/strategy in networked systems, edge and cloud infrastructures, mobile computing, wireless systems, and 5G. He leads a group that executes on this vision through research, incubations, technology transfers to product groups, industry partnerships, and associated engagement with governments and research institutes around the world. Dr. Bahl has delivered numerous foundational technologies to Azure, XBOX and Windows. Some seminal technologies he has developed include edge computing, white space networking, mesh networking, Wi-Fi virtualization, multi-radio systems, Wi-Fi hot-spots, and indoor localization. His contributions in dynamic spectrum access led to the United States FCC opening 180 MHz of spectrum for unlicensed use. He has published 125 papers with over 50,000 citations, he has been issued 165 patents, and has received numerous technical leadership awards incl. two test-of-time awards, three best paper awards, two U.S. FCC awards, two national transportation awards, two distinguished alumni awards, and four lifetime outstanding achievement awards from ACM and IEEE. He is the founder/co-founder of ACM SIGMOBILE, MobiSys, GetMobile and several other important conferences and journals. Dr. Bahl is a Fellow of ACM, IEEE, and AAAS

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Victor Bahl
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Microsoft Research