Project

Real-Time Adaptive Serverless Computing

Code
BOF/STA/202502/011
Duration
01 October 2025 → 30 September 2029
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Engineering and technology
    • High performance computing
    • Modelling and simulation
Keywords
real-time computing deterministic networking serverless computing
 
Project description

6G applications demand extreme performance, including ultra-low latency (microseconds), high reliability, and deterministic execution for services like immersive XR and autonomous systems, often powered by distributed AI/ML. Current serverless (FaaS) platforms, designed for stateless, asynchronous cloud workloads, are ill-suited. They struggle with significant cold start latency, unpredictable multi-tenancy performance, complex orchestration overheads, and limited support for stateful processing. This project proposes a novel Real-Time FaaS (RT-FaaS) paradigm to overcome these limitations. It focuses on designing deterministic, ultra-low latency inter-function data transfer leveraging technologies like DetNet/TSN; real-time, overhead-aware scheduling algorithms for dynamic workloads; scalable and secure stateful function management with predictive cold start mitigation; and an agent-based, self-optimizing control substrate that learns and adapts for holistic QoS.