[open-edge] FW: Update on Open Edge Computing Initiative

[Mahadev Satyanarayanan]

Dear Rolf,
  Thank you for that excellent summary.   Now I realize why we all feel
exhausted at the end of year :-)    Until you put it together in one email,
you don't realize how far we have come in  just one year.  A big thanks
to all who contributed in so many different ways, both from the
CMU team and our industry colleagues.     And a very special thank you
to Rolf for managing our university-industry collaboration so effectively
and pleasantly.

  Even before it starts, 2016 is already promising to be a very important
year in the early childhood of  Open Edge Computing.    I look forward to
many accomplishments with all of you next year.

  Happy Holidays to everyone.

              -- Satya


On Wednesday 23 December 2015 07:22:26 Schuster, Rolf, Vodafone Group via open-edge wrote:
> Dear all,
> Below please find a brief summary of the achievement of our Open Edge Computing Initiative in 2015 I have shared with external partners today. From my perspective this is an impressive set of results considering that quite a few of us could only spend limited time on the matter. At that point a big THANK YOU to all of you for your very personal support and efforts, very often on top of you other responsibilities! This has led to excellent results & progress and is very much appreciated!
> 
> As you might know already, based on the success in 2015 we have decided to expand the current cooperation model with CMU at the centre. Hence, this will be bilateral research sponsorships for Prof. Satya with joint and coordinated  governance by all partners. For this expanded cooperation we will actively approach carefully selected partners which have relevant influence on the global edge eco-system.
> 
> We very much look forward to continue to work with you in 2016!
> Best Season´s Greetings and a Happy New Year for all of you...
> 
> Rolf.
> 
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> _____________________________________________
> From: Schuster, Rolf, Vodafone Group
> Sent: Mittwoch, 23. Dezember 2015 11:53
> To: Rolf Schuster - Vodafone Group Services GmbH (rolf.schuster at vodafone.com)
> Subject: Update on Open Edge Computing Initiative
> 
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> This is a brief update on the Open Edge Computing Initiative and the related eco-system progress.
> 
> As you know we have set-up the Open Edge Computing Initiative currently between Huawei, Intel, Vodafone and Carnegie Mellon University to drive the eco-system development for Edge Computing (details on motivation, scope and targets in the attachment).
> 
> Here are some of the achievements over the last 6 months:
> 
> - Build a number of innovative edge computing demonstrators
> --> for example table tennis assistant with edge supported google glass device:
> www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lp32sowyUA<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lp32sowyUA>
> --> running a student class on Open Edge Computing Applications at Carnegie Mellon University (12 applications):
> www.cs.cmu.edu/~15-821/project-demo-day.html<http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~15-821/project-demo-day.html>
> 
> - Overview publication on Edge Computing in IEEE Communications Magazine (March 2015) addressing a broad and large audience in the telecommunications and IT industry. Furthermore, quite a few scientific publications.
> --> see IEEE COMMAG publication in the attachment. Scientific publications at elijah.cs.cmu.edu/publications.html
> 
> - Contribute key use cases for Open Edge Computing to the ETSI Group "Mobile Edge Computing" and get them included in the scope of the ETSI standardisation work
> --> portal.etsi.org/tb.aspx?tbid=826&SubTB=826
> 
> - Delivery of an E2E Reference Platform for Open Edge Computing including an Open Edge API and a modified cloud stack (based on OpenStack as the initial cloud technology)
> --> Source code available as open source on github.com/cmusatyalab/elijah-cloudlet
> 
> - Contribute to the success of the first Mobile Edge Computing Congress in London in September 2015 (with > 200 participants) and initiating a number of new conferences and workshops for next year
> --> First Mobile Edge Computing Congress in London: meccongress.com
> 
> - Presentation of Edge Computing (Cloudlets) and the E2E Reference Platform at the OpenStack Summit in Tokyo in October 2015 and driving community acceptance
> --> Link to video of summit presentation "Driving Cloudlet into Openstack": www.openstack.org/summit/tokyo-2015/videos/presentation/driving-cloudlet-into-openstack<http://www.openstack.org/summit/tokyo-2015/videos/presentation/driving-cloudlet-into-openstack>
> 
> - Started to engage with key industry verticals that will benefit from Edge Computing
> --> assisted / automated driving, drone control, precision agriculture, virtual Customer Premise Equipment etc.
> 
> Overall, these are excellent and very visible achievements from just a few months of cooperation. Big thanks to all of you who have contributed to these achievements with your very personal time and enthusiasm!
> 
> Beyond these achievement the overall eco-system has also progressed significantly during the last few months and accelerated the speed of uptake:
> 
> - by now there are a number of real-world deployments of Edge Computing in the area of
> --> edge caching (mainly Asia), virtual eNodeB at the edge (NZ), enterprise applications (UK) and virtualised customer premise equipment (Japan)
> 
> - real-world Edge Computing installation at a German motorway for connected car and saver car driving
> --> press release: www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/continental-deutsche-telekom-fraunhofer-esk-and-nokia-networks-showcase-first-safety-applications-at-digital-a9-motorway-test-bed-543728312.html<http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/continental-deutsche-telekom-fraunhofer-esk-and-nokia-networks-showcase-first-safety-applications-at-digital-a9-motorway-test-bed-543728312.html>
> 
> - there are a number of related initiatives that clearly demonstrate the growing interest in Edge Computing in various industries:
> --> Open Fog Consortium supported by ARM, Cisco, Dell, Intel, Microsoft (emerged in November 2015): www.openfogconsortium.org<http://www.openfogconsortium.org>
> --> FAST project supported by more than 80 companies (Germany): www.fast-zwanzig20.de/EN/vision<http://www.fast-zwanzig20.de/EN/vision>
> 
> In 2016 the Open Edge Computing Initiative will further expand and continue to orchestrate and drive the eco-system development on the business as well as the technology front. We are very interested in new edge application areas and new edge enabling technologies. Furthermore, we are happy to liaise and actively cooperate with other initiatives.
> 
> Please do not hesitate to get back to us in case you are interested in supporting or joining the initiative. We very much look forward to work with you.
> 
> Best Season´s Greetings and a Happy New Year for all of you...
> 
> Rolf.
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