Deadline-Driven Serverless for the Edge
SledgeEDF: Deadline-driven Serverless for the Edge by Sean Patrick McBride B.S. in German, May 2007, United States Military Academy M.A.S. in Information Technology and Management, May 2013, Illinois Institute of Technology A Thesis submitted to The Faculty of The School of Engineering and Applied Science of The George Washington University in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science January 8, 2021 Thesis directed by Gabriel Parmer Associate Professor of Computer Science c Copyright 2021 by Sean Patrick McBride All rights reserved ii Dedication This thesis is dedicated to the many educators, mentors, and battle buddies that have helped me grow as a technologist, software engineer, and computer scientist. Sankaran Iyer, Susan Schwartz, Chris Okasaki, Christa Chewar, Ray Trygstad, Jeremy Hajek, Jeffrey Kimont, Robert Hendry, Carol Davids, Bill Slater, Bonnie Goins, David Gaertner, Andy Quintana, Patricia Schatz, Wayne Bucek, Pat Medo, Lih Wang, Tony Liu, Bill Seubert, Marty Horan, Fred Bader, Mitch Green, Bob Kaas, Richard Lewis, Gwen Dente, Ray Mullins, Frank DeGilio, Paul Novak, Bruce Hayden, Art Breslau, Chris Ganim, Mark Woehrer, Will Dory, Steve Payne, Walt Melo, Mark Davis, Omri Bernstein, Eliot Szwajkowski, Dani Young-Smith, Conrad Holloman, David Tillery, Garth Hershfield, Daniel Cox, Doug Fort, Jeff Hemminger, Josh Rutherford, Hiromi Suenaga, Kait Moreno, Howie Huang, Ben Bowman, Yuede Ji, Pradeep Kumar, Nahid Ghalaty, Roozbeh Haghnazar, Morris Lancaster, Gabe Parmer, Phani Kishoreg, and the unnamed others I’ve forgotten. I am mostly an ambulatory accumulation of the investments others have made in me over the years. I hope that you consider me a worthy investment, and I pledge to pay this forward! iii Abstract SledgeEDF: Deadline-driven Serverless for the Edge Serverless Computing has gained mass popularity by offering lower cost, improved elasticity, and improved ease of use.
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