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TY - GEN
T1 - Edge of Tomorrow
T2 - Designing Sustainable Edge Computing
AU - Stead, Michael
AU - Gradinar, Adrian
AU - Coulton, Paul
AU - Lindley, Joseph
PY - 2020/8/11
Y1 - 2020/8/11
N2 - Vaunted as the next frontier within the scope of the Internet of Things (IoT), Edge Computing (EC) is seen as a means to improve efficiency and privacy across IoT infrastructures. This is because it enables data to be processed where it originates, that is, at the so-called ‘edge’ of the network, this being within, or close to, individual Internet-connected devices. Consequently, EC is considered more secure than conventional processing methods as data need not travel over networks to and from the centralised ‘Cloud’. We argue that EC optimisation might also offer credible benefits for environmental sustainability, particularly regarding decarbonisation by minimising data-distribution. To make this case, we outline the creation of two integrated design fictions which highlight environmental harms resulting from widespread Cloud data management, as well as envisioning potential future sustainability advantages of Edge-based processing. Based upon our process, we put forward an initial model for Sustainable Edge Computing.
AB - Vaunted as the next frontier within the scope of the Internet of Things (IoT), Edge Computing (EC) is seen as a means to improve efficiency and privacy across IoT infrastructures. This is because it enables data to be processed where it originates, that is, at the so-called ‘edge’ of the network, this being within, or close to, individual Internet-connected devices. Consequently, EC is considered more secure than conventional processing methods as data need not travel over networks to and from the centralised ‘Cloud’. We argue that EC optimisation might also offer credible benefits for environmental sustainability, particularly regarding decarbonisation by minimising data-distribution. To make this case, we outline the creation of two integrated design fictions which highlight environmental harms resulting from widespread Cloud data management, as well as envisioning potential future sustainability advantages of Edge-based processing. Based upon our process, we put forward an initial model for Sustainable Edge Computing.
KW - Edge Computing
KW - Data
KW - Decarbonisation
KW - Internet of Things
U2 - 10.21606/drs.2020.293
DO - 10.21606/drs.2020.293
M3 - Conference contribution/Paper
SN - 9781912294374
VL - 1
T3 - Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference 2020
SP - 88
EP - 110
BT - Proceedings of the Design Research Society Conference 2020
PB - Design Research Society
CY - Brisbane
ER -