Pervasive AI for IoT applications: A Survey on Resource-efficient Distributed Artificial Intelligence

Authors

Emna Baccour, Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, QatarFollow
Naram Mhaisen, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar
Alaa Awad Abdellatif, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, QatarFollow
Aiman Erbad, Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Amr Mohamed, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, College of Engineering, Qatar University, Qatar
Mounir Hamdi, Division of Information and Computing Technology, College of Science and Engineering, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar Foundation, Qatar
Mohsen Guizani, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial IntelligenceFollow

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Article

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IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Abstract

Artificial intelligence (AI) has witnessed a substantial breakthrough in a variety of Internet of Things (IoT) applications and services, spanning from recommendation systems and speech processing applications to robotics control and military surveillance. This is driven by the easier access to sensory data and the enormous scale of pervasive/ubiquitous devices that generate zettabytes of real-time data streams. Designing accurate models using such data streams, to revolutionize the decision-taking process, inaugurates pervasive computing as a worthy paradigm for a better quality-of-life (e.g., smart homes and self-driving cars.). The confluence of pervasive computing and artificial intelligence, namely Pervasive AI, expanded the role of ubiquitous IoT systems from mainly data collection to executing distributed computations with a promising alternative to centralized learning, presenting various challenges, including privacy and latency requirements. In this context, an intelligent resource scheduling should be envisaged among IoT devices (e.g., smartphones, smart vehicles) and infrastructure (e.g., edge nodes and base stations) to avoid communication and computation overheads and ensure maximum performance. In this paper, we conduct a comprehensive survey of the recent techniques and strategies developed to overcome these resource challenges in pervasive AI systems. Specifically, we first present an overview of the pervasive computing, its architecture, and its intersection with artificial intelligence. We then review the background, applications and performance metrics of AI, particularly Deep Learning (DL) and reinforcement learning, running in a ubiquitous system. Next, we provide a deep literature review of communication-efficient techniques, from both algorithmic and system perspectives, of distributed training and inference across the combination of IoT devices, edge devices and cloud servers. Finally, we discuss our future vision and research challenges. IEEE

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DOI

10.1109/COMST.2022.3200740

Publication Date

8-25-2022

Keywords

Artificial intelligence, Computational modeling, Data models, deep learning, distributed inference, federated learning, Internet of Things, Pervasive computing, reinforcement learning, Servers, Task analysis, Training

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E. Baccour et al., "Pervasive AI for IoT applications: A Survey on Resource-efficient Distributed Artificial Intelligence," in IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, 2022, doi: 10.1109/COMST.2022.3200740.