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Large language models (LLMs) have shown great potential in natural language processing and content generation. However, current LLMs heavily rely on cloud computing, leading to prolonged latency, high bandwidth cost, and privacy concerns.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Mingjin Zhang , Jiannong Cao , Xiaoming Shen , Zeyang Cui

Most edge AI focuses on prediction tasks on resource-limited edge devices while the training is done at server machines. However, retraining or customizing a model is required at edge devices as the model is becoming outdated due to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-29 Rei Ito , Mineto Tsukada , Hiroki Matsutani

The widespread adoption of Language Models (LMs) across industries is driving interest in deploying these services across the computing continuum, from the cloud to the network edge. This shift aims to reduce costs, lower latency, and…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-30 SiYoung Jang , Roberto Morabito

Many large vision models have been deployed on the cloud for real-time services. Meanwhile, fresh samples are continuously generated on the served mobile device. How to leverage the device-side samples to improve the cloud-side large model…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Yucheng Ding , Chaoyue Niu , Fan Wu , Shaojie Tang , Chengfei Lyu , Guihai Chen

Deploying large language models (LLMs) in mobile and edge computing environments is constrained by limited on-device resources, scarce wireless bandwidth, and frequent model evolution. Although edge-cloud collaborative inference with…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-05 Yuchen Li , Rui Kong , Zhonghao Lyu , Qiyang Li , Xinran Chen , Hengyi Cai , Lingyong Yan , Shuaiqiang Wang , Jiashu Zhao , Guangxu Zhu , Linghe Kong , Guihai Chen , Haoyi Xiong , Dawei Yin

Edge computing enables real-time data processing closer to its source, thus improving the latency and performance of edge-enabled AI applications. However, traditional AI models often fall short when dealing with complex, dynamic tasks that…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Haoxiang Luo , Yinqiu Liu , Ruichen Zhang , Jiacheng Wang , Gang Sun , Dusit Niyato , Hongfang Yu , Zehui Xiong , Xianbin Wang , Xuemin Shen

Multimodal large language models (MLLMs) demonstrate exceptional capabilities in semantic understanding and visual reasoning, yet they still face challenges in precise object localization and resource-constrained edge-cloud deployment. To…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Yunqing Hu , Zheming Yang , Chang Zhao , Qi Guo , Meng Gao , Pengcheng Li , Wen Ji

Large Language Models (LLMs) enable various applications on edge devices such as smartphones, wearables, and embodied robots. However, their deployment often depends on expensive cloud-based APIs, creating high operational costs, which…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-29 Yeshwanth Venkatesha , Souvik Kundu , Priyadarshini Panda

The burgeoning field of Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) has exhibited remarkable performance in diverse tasks such as captioning, commonsense reasoning, and visual scene understanding. However, the deployment of these large-scale…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-12-29 Guanqun Wang , Jiaming Liu , Chenxuan Li , Junpeng Ma , Yuan Zhang , Xinyu Wei , Kevin Zhang , Maurice Chong , Ray Zhang , Yijiang Liu , Shanghang Zhang

The widespread adoption of machine learning on edge devices, such as mobile phones, laptops, IoT devices, etc., has enabled real-time AI applications in resource-constrained environments. Existing solutions for managing computational…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Akhila Matathammal , Kriti Gupta , Larissa Lavanya , Ananya Vishal Halgatti , Priyanshi Gupta , Karthik Vaidhyanathan

This paper proposes Shoggoth, an efficient edge-cloud collaborative architecture, for boosting inference performance on real-time video of changing scenes. Shoggoth uses online knowledge distillation to improve the accuracy of models…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2023-06-28 Liang Wang , Kai Lu , Nan Zhang , Xiaoyang Qu , Jianzong Wang , Jiguang Wan , Guokuan Li , Jing Xiao

With the proliferation of edge devices, there is a significant increase in attack surface on these devices. The decentralized deployment of threat intelligence on edge devices, coupled with adaptive machine learning techniques such as the…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Syed Mhamudul Hasan , Alaa M. Alotaibi , Sajedul Talukder , Abdur R. Shahid

Federated learning (FL) is a popular way of edge computing that doesn't compromise users' privacy. Current FL paradigms assume that data only resides on the edge, while cloud servers only perform model averaging. However, in real-life…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-13 Zexi Li , Qunwei Li , Yi Zhou , Wenliang Zhong , Guannan Zhang , Chao Wu

The conventional cloud-based large model learning framework is increasingly constrained by latency, cost, personalization, and privacy concerns. In this survey, we explore an emerging paradigm: collaborative learning between on-device small…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-04-23 Chaoyue Niu , Yucheng Ding , Junhui Lu , Zhengxiang Huang , Hang Zeng , Yutong Dai , Xuezhen Tu , Chengfei Lv , Fan Wu , Guihai Chen

Distributed machine learning (ML) at network edge is a promising paradigm that can preserve both network bandwidth and privacy of data providers. However, heterogeneous and limited computation and communication resources on edge servers (or…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-04-24 Qing Han , Shusen Yang , Xuebin Ren , Cong Zhao , Jingqi Zhang , Xinyu Yang

This article surveys Cognitive Edge Computing as a practical and methodical pathway for deploying reasoning-capable Large Language Models (LLMs) and autonomous AI agents on resource-constrained devices at the network edge. We present a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-10 Xubin Wang , Qing Li , Weijia Jia

The rapid development of generative AI technologies, including large language models (LLMs), has brought transformative changes to various fields. However, deploying such advanced models on mobile and edge devices remains challenging due to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Ruichen Zhang , Jiayi He , Xiaofeng Luo , Dusit Niyato , Jiawen Kang , Zehui Xiong , Yonghui Li , Biplab Sikdar

Edge intelligence delivers low-latency inference, yet most edge analytics remain hard-coded and must be redeployed as conditions change. When data patterns shift or new questions arise, engineers often need to write new scripts and push…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Chinmaya Kumar Dehury , Siddharth Singh Kushwaha , Qiyang Zhang , Alaa Saleh , Praveen Kumar Donta

The collaboration of large artificial intelligence (AI) models in mobile edge networks has emerged as a promising paradigm to meet the growing demand for intelligent services at the network edge. By enabling multiple devices to…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-02-17 Peichun Li , Liping Qian , Dusit Niyato , Shiwen Mao , Yuan Wu

On-device large language models (LLMs), referring to running LLMs on edge devices, have raised considerable interest since they are more cost-effective, latency-efficient, and privacy-preserving compared with the cloud paradigm.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-21 Guanqiao Qu , Qiyuan Chen , Wei Wei , Zheng Lin , Xianhao Chen , Kaibin Huang