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Research Statement
My mission is to tackle systems-based challenges for unlocking the scientific and societal opportunities in the next Internet frontier, Edge Computing. Read more at http://www.blessonv.com. Watch a video of my research vision here: https://youtu.be/GIEWxNNhYPw.
Research Interests
Fog and Edge computing. Cloud computing, Parallel and distributed systems
Achievements
2020 Royal Society Short Industry Fellow to British Telecommunications plc (BT), UK
2019 Visiting Researcher, BT Ireland Innovation Centre, UK
2019 Finalist Team, GSMA Mobile World Congress
2018 Schlumberger Scholarship as PhD supervisor
2017 Honorary Lecturer, University of St Andrews, UK
2017 Eaton Fellowship
2017 Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
2017 Santander Scholarship
2017 EPSRC and QUB Collaborative Funding
2016 Summer Internship Student from the Spanish Government
2015 Member of the ESRC Peer Review College
2015 Scottish Crucible Award
2014 Impact Acceleration Account Award
2014 Microsoft Azure Research Award
2014 Best Paper Nomination - International Symposium on Big Data Computing at the IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing, London, UK
2013 NVIDIA Research Award
2013 Amazon Web Services Award
2010 University of Reading International Scholarship
2008 ACET Postgraduate Scholarship
2007 Felix Scholarship
1999 Silver Medal for All India Math Olympiad
1995 United National International Award
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Projects
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R1155CSC: DiPET: Distributed Stream Processing on Fog and Edge Systems via Transprecise Computing
Vandierendonck, H. (PI) & Varghese, B. (CoI)
07/04/2020 → …
Project: Research
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PiPar: Pipeline parallelism for collaborative machine learning
Zhang, Z., Rodgers, P., Kilpatrick, P., Spence, I. & Varghese, B., 02 Jul 2024, (Early online date) In: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. 104947.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-tier GPU virtualization for deep learning in cloud-edge systems
Kennedy, J., Sharma, V., Varghese, B. & Reano, C., 10 May 2023, In: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. 34, 7, p. 2107 - 2123 17 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
CONTINUER: maintaining distributed DNN services during edge failures
Abdul Majeed, A., Kilpatrick, P., Spence, I. & Varghese, B., 24 Aug 2022, Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing and Communications (IEEE EDGE). Ardagna, C. A., Bian, H., Chang, C. K., Chang, R. N., Damiani, E., Elia, G., He, Q., Puig, V., Ward, R., Xhafa, F. & Zhang, J. (eds.). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 143-152 10 p. (IEEE International Conference on Edge Computing (EDGE)).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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FedFly: toward migration in edge-based distributed federated learning
Ullah, R., Wu, D., Harvey, P., Kilpatrick, P., Spence, I. & Varghese, B., 01 Nov 2022, In: IEEE Communications Magazine. 60, 11, p. 42-48 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
5 Citations (Scopus) -
Abusive Adversaries in 5G and beyond IoT
Sharma, V., Varghese, B., McAllister, J. & Mohanty, S. P., 19 May 2021, (Early online date) In: IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile3 Citations (Scopus)208 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy
Varghese, Blesson (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Finalist, Vice Chancellor's Early Career Research Prize
Varghese, Blesson (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Finalist Team, GSMA Mobile World Congress
Wang, Nan (Recipient) & Varghese, Blesson (Recipient), 2019
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Frederik and Catherine Eaton Fellowship
Varghese, Blesson (Recipient), 2017
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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Activities
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6th ACM/IEEE Symposium on Edge Computing
Blesson Varghese (Member of programme committee)
Nov 2021 → …Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Edge Computing: The Next Internet and Telecoms Frontier
Blesson Varghese (Invited speaker)
16 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Real-time Responsiveness and Dynamic Adaptation in Edge Computing Systems
Blesson Varghese (Invited speaker)
11 Mar 2021Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Computation Offloading in Heterogeneous Multi-access Edge Computing
Blesson Varghese (Examiner)
02 Feb 2021Activity: Examination types › PhD external examination
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Computing (Journal)
Varghese, B. (Associate editor)
Jan 2021Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Press/Media
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Meet the computer that must survive ‘the shake, rattle, and roll’ of a space launch
10/03/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Comment
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Edge computing may hold the key to a faster, cheaper, more sustainable internet
12/02/2021
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Japanese internet giant Rakuten to set up edge computing hub in Belfast
09/01/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Asian firm Rakuten Mobile establishing computing hub at QUB
09/01/2020
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research