3.2c IEEE Paper - A Heterogeneous Tactical Cloud Architecture for Emergency Services Search and Rescue Operations
Tracks
Track 2
| Thursday, November 12, 2020 |
| 9:30 AM - 10:00 AM |
Speaker
Dr Kiplimo Yego
Scientist
Defence Science And Technology Group
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Abstract
With an increased adoption of uninhabited platforms in tactical environments such as search and rescue operations, the proliferation of tactical assets equipped with advanced computing, sensing and networking capabilities becomes complex to manage. Edge/tactical cloud architectures provide the necessary automation processes for managing and scaling services and applications deployed across a larger number of platforms. However, size weight and power restrictions on tactical platforms leads to a heterogeneity in deployed infrastructure for both compute capabilities and available network bearers which raises complexities that need to be addressed by the underlying cloud infrastructure. In this paper we propose and demonstrate a heterogeneous cloud architecture used for a search and rescue training operation conducted by Surf Life Saving South Australia in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Group.
Biography
Dr Kiplimo Yego completed his bachelor in communications engineering with first class honours at RMIT University (Melbourne) in 2008 subsequently working as a research assistant at RMIT University on the simulation of enhanced fibre optic sensors through utilization of the surface plasmon resonance effect. He then received a PhD scholarship while at RMIT University looking into the exploitation of polarization coupling effects in silicon photonic chip waveguides which resulted in the discovery and consequent patenting of an optical resonance effect shown to have applications for on-chip optical filters and optical signal processing. After receiving his PhD in 2016 Kiplimo continued working as a research fellow at RMIT on the commercialization of patented on-chip photonic filters targeting data-centre network applications. In mid-2017 Kiplimo joined DST group as a tactical information architectures scientist within the weapons and combat systems division.
