Since its release in 2014, Kubernetes has become a popular choice for orchestrating
containerized workloads at scale. To determine the most appropriate node to host a given …

Communication networks are in constant evolution to adapt to the ever-changing demands
of modern services and applications. On the one hand, technologies within the framework of …

Kubernetes (K8s) is expected to be a key container orchestration tool for edge computing
infrastructures owing to its various features for supporting container deployment and …

Edge computing is a viable approach to improve service delivery and performance
parameters by extending the cloud with resources placed closer to a given service …

Recently, the concept of cloud computing has been extended towards the network edge.
Devices near the network edge, called fog nodes, offer computing capabilities with low …

Distributed control systems transform with the Industry 4.0 paradigm shift. A mesh-like,
network-centric topology replaces the traditional controller-centered architecture, enforcing …

Edge computing offers computational resources near data-generating devices to enable low-
latency access. Especially for smart city contexts, edge computing becomes inevitable for …

The continuous expansion of Edge computing calls for efficient scheduling techniques for
the employed microservices. However, typical container schedulers often fall short when …

The evolution of industrial environments makes the reconfigurability and flexibility key
requirements to rapidly adapt to changeable market needs. Computing paradigms like …

This paper presents the Fault-Tolerant Real-Time Cloud (FTRTC) project that aims to design
cloud computing infrastructures capable of hosting highly reliable and real-time applications …