Themis

Geographically distributed probabilistic operating systems for edge-native code offloading

Project Overview

Themis develops fundamentals for a new generation of geographically distributed, probabilistic operating systems that unify computation and communication.

The project focuses on instantly offloading arbitrary portions of code from end devices (e.g., IoT sensors) to available computational surrogates such as idle nodes, personal laptops, Raspberry Pi devices, or other compute resources.

Its core challenge is to achieve sustainable, low-latency execution for hyper-heterogeneous and highly volatile tactile Internet applications, building on advances in edge computing and probabilistic near real-time systems based on Markov Chains.

Funding & Project Details

  • Funded by: FWF Austrian Science Fund
  • Project Number: PAT1668223
  • Project Duration: 01.05.2024 – 30.04.2027
  • Research Institution(s): TU Wien (100%)
  • Grant DOI: https://doi.org/10.55776/PAT1668223

Partners

  • Thomas Monz — Universität Innsbruck, Austria
  • Ewa Deelman — University of Southern California, USA

Application Areas

  • Intelligent traffic management
  • Hybrid classical/quantum architectures
  • Microgrids
  • Earth science

Official Sources

  • Grant DOI page: https://doi.org/10.55776/PAT1668223
  • FWF logo image source: https://www.fwf.ac.at/fileadmin/Website/Logos/FWF_Logo.png