Contract type : Fixed-term contract
Level of qualifications required : Graduate degree or equivalent
Fonction : PhD Position
About the research centre or Inria department
The Inria Rennes - Bretagne Atlantique Centre is one of Inria's eight centres and has more than thirty research teams. The Inria Center is a major and recognized player in the field of digital sciences. It is at the heart of a rich R&D and innovation ecosystem: highly innovative PMEs, large industrial groups, competitiveness clusters, research and higher education players, laboratories of excellence, technological research institute, etc.
Context
The European Union is willing to design a trusted, best-in-class European-owned software platform for development, deployment and management of applications across the cloud-to-edge continuum, from central infrastructure to devices. It is important to deal with energy efficiency to reduce (or save) electricity consumption and CO2 emissions to limit global warming. It is typically true due to a massive expected of edge sites submitted to power and heat constraints.
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze strategies of cloud actors, their impact, and regulation procedures which could lead to socially-improved situation.
The objective is the optimisation of workload and resources placement for power efficiency.
Assignment
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The PhD is part of the E2CO Platform project (European Edge Computing platform & ser- vices) which aims to develop a highly scalable, federated, trusted edge service platform, supported by an ecosystem of cross-industry users and technology providers.
The PhD will take place will be realized within the Inria Dionysos team, specialized in network economics, one of its main research activities. Network economics can be (and should be) used to understand what happens with entities/operators wishing to optimize their revenue which can be in contradiction with carbon footprint limitation.
Contact: bruno.tuffin@inria.fr.
Main activities
The project consists of several actions:
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Model edge nodes and infrastructure costs, interests and goals.
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Use of tools from game theory to determine the best strategies of resource placement and use in the cloud for energy-aware actors.
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Study of what happens if some actors are “energy-compliant" while others are not.
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Then using more precisely mechanism design theory will be considered to determine rules (e.g., regulation) which could be imposed for resource placement and strategies implement- ing a trade-off between carbon emissions/power saving and quality of service/experience. Financial and technical regulation can be applied and will be studied toward this goal, and compared to determine the best strategy
The output will contribute to:
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Allow for the analysis of the effectiveness of placement strategies before their deployment.
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Investigate appropriate regulation procedures (if needed) towards energy-aware placement strategies.
Skills
Networking knowledge expected, as well as interest for modeling/performance evaluation.
Benefits package
- Subsidized meals
- Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
- Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours)
- Possibility of teleworking ( 90 days per year) and flexible organization of working hours
- Social, cultural and sports events and activities
- Partial payment of insurance costs
Remuneration
Monthly gross salary amounting to :
- 1982 euros for the first and second years and
- 2085 euros for the third year
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General Information
- Theme/Domain :
Networks and Telecommunications
System & Networks (BAP E) - Town/city : Rennes
- Inria Center : CRI Rennes - Bretagne Atlantique
- Starting date : 2022-10-01
- Duration of contract : 3 years
- Deadline to apply : 2022-10-15
Contacts
- Inria Team : DIONYSOS
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PhD Supervisor :
Tuffin Bruno / bruno.tuffin@inria.fr
About Inria
Inria is the French national research institute dedicated to digital science and technology. It employs 2,600 people. Its 200 agile project teams, generally run jointly with academic partners, include more than 3,500 scientists and engineers working to meet the challenges of digital technology, often at the interface with other disciplines. The Institute also employs numerous talents in over forty different professions. 900 research support staff contribute to the preparation and development of scientific and entrepreneurial projects that have a worldwide impact.
Instruction to apply
Please submit online : your resume, cover letter and letters of recommendation eventually
For more information, please contact bruno.tuffin@inria.fr
Defence Security :
This position is likely to be situated in a restricted area (ZRR), as defined in Decree No. 2011-1425 relating to the protection of national scientific and technical potential (PPST).Authorisation to enter an area is granted by the director of the unit, following a favourable Ministerial decision, as defined in the decree of 3 July 2012 relating to the PPST. An unfavourable Ministerial decision in respect of a position situated in a ZRR would result in the cancellation of the appointment.
Recruitment Policy :
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