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Edge intelligence (EI) allows resource-constrained edge devices (EDs) to offload computation-intensive AI tasks (e.g., visual object detection) to edge servers (ESs) for fast execution. However, transmitting high-volume raw task data (e.g.,…

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Driven by the interplay among artificial intelligence, digital twin, and wireless networks, 6G is envisaged to go beyond data-centric services to provide intelligent and immersive experiences. To efficiently support intelligent tasks with…

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In the near future, Internet-of-Things (IoT) is expected to connect billions of devices (e.g., smartphones and sensors), which generate massive real-time data at the network edge. Intelligence can be distilled from the data to support…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-04 Qiao Lan , Zezhong Zhang , Yuqing Du , Zhenyi Lin , Kaibin Huang

With the proliferation of edge computing, efficient AI inference on edge devices has become essential for intelligent applications such as autonomous vehicles and VR/AR. In this context, we address the problem of efficient remote object…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-12-01 Xiangyu Gao , Yaping Sun , Dongyu Wei , Xiaodong Xu , Hao Chen , Hao Yin , Shuguang Cui

This paper studies task-oriented, otherwise known as goal-oriented, communications, in a setting where a transmitter communicates with multiple receivers, each with its own task to complete on a dataset, e.g., images, available at the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-08-15 Yalin E. Sagduyu , Tugba Erpek , Aylin Yener , Sennur Ulukus

In multi-task remote inference systems, an intelligent receiver (e.g., command center) performs multiple inference tasks (e.g., target detection) using data features received from several remote sources (e.g., edge devices). Key challenges…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-25 Md Kamran Chowdhury Shisher , Adam Piaseczny , Yin Sun , Christopher G. Brinton

Empowered by deep learning, semantic communication marks a paradigm shift from transmitting raw data to conveying task-relevant meaning, enabling more efficient and intelligent wireless systems. In this study, we explore a deep…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Chenyang Wang , Roger Olsson , Stefan Forsström , Qing He

Edge machine learning can deliver low-latency and private artificial intelligent (AI) services for mobile devices by leveraging computation and storage resources at the network edge. This paper presents an energy-efficient edge processing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-03 Kai Yang , Yuanming Shi , Wei Yu , Zhi Ding

Edge computing is a distributed computing paradigm that collects and processes data at or near the source of data generation. The on-device learning at edge relies on device-to-device wireless communication to facilitate real-time data…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-12-18 Hanqiu Chen , Xuebin Yao , Pradeep Subedi , Cong Hao

Semantic communications for multi-modal data can transmit task-relevant information efficiently over noisy and bandwidth-limited channels. However, a key challenge is to simultaneously compress inter-modal redundancy and improve semantic…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-13 Jingwen Fu , Ming Xiao , Zhonghao Lyu , Mikael Skoglund , Celimuge Wu

This paper introduces a deep learning approach to dynamic spectrum access, leveraging the synergy of multi-modal image and spectrum data for the identification of potential transmitters. We consider an edge device equipped with a camera…

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The inference of Neural Networks is usually restricted by the resources (e.g., computing power, memory, bandwidth) on edge devices. In addition to improving the hardware design and deploying efficient models, it is possible to aggregate the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-05 Jun-Liang Lin , Sheng-De Wang

Semantic communication enhances transmission efficiency by conveying semantic information rather than raw input symbol sequences. Task-oriented semantic communication is a variant that tries to retains only task-specific information, thus…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-10-06 Xuesong Wang , Mo Li , Xingyan Shi , Zhaoqian Liu , Shenghao Yang

Collaborative perception systems leverage multiple edge devices, such surveillance cameras or autonomous cars, to enhance sensing quality and eliminate blind spots. Despite their advantages, challenges such as limited channel capacity and…

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Collaborative Perception (CP) has shown great potential to achieve more holistic and reliable environmental perception in intelligent unmanned systems (IUSs). However, implementing CP still faces key challenges due to the characteristics of…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-06-06 Sheng Zhou , Yukuan Jia , Ruiqing Mao , Zhaojun Nan , Yuxuan Sun , Zhisheng Niu

Task-oriented integrated sensing, communication, and computation (ISCC) is a key technology for achieving low-latency edge inference and enabling efficient implementation of artificial intelligence (AI) in industrial cyber-physical systems…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-03-04 Jiacheng Yao , Wei Xu , Guangxu Zhu , Kaibin Huang , Shuguang Cui

To realize cooperative computation and communication in a relay mobile edge computing system, we develop a hybrid relay forward protocol, where we seek to balance the execution delay and network energy consumption. The problem is formulated…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-01 Xihan Chen , Qingjiang Shi , Yunlong Cai , Minjian Zhao , Mingjie Zhao

Rare events, despite their infrequency, often carry critical information and require immediate attentions in mission-critical applications such as autonomous driving, healthcare, and industrial automation. The data-intensive nature of these…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-07 You Zhou , Changsheng You , Kaibin Huang

Collaborative inference among multiple wireless edge devices has the potential to significantly enhance Artificial Intelligence (AI) applications, particularly for sensing and computer vision. This approach typically involves a three-stage…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-29 Mohamed Seif , Yuqi Nie , Andrea J. Goldsmith , H. Vincent Poor

Originated from distributed learning, federated learning enables privacy-preserved collaboration on a new abstracted level by sharing the model parameters only. While the current research mainly focuses on optimizing learning algorithms and…

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