Application Execution under Near-Memory Processing Paradigm: A Hybrid Computation Offloading Approach

Title of the Talk: Application Execution under Near-Memory Processing Paradigm: A Hybrid Computation Offloading Approach
Host Faculty: Dr.Rajesh Kedia
Speaker: Manojit Ghose
Date: 24th March 2026
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Online

Abstract Emerging computing paradigms such as near-memory processing (NMP) and edge computing (EC) are reshaping application execution and resource management under increasingly stringent constraints on performance, energy efficiency, data movement, and reliability, etc., imposed by modern data-intensive workloads. As these workloads continue to dominate contemporary systems, conventional processor-centric execution models face severe limitations due to memory bottlenecks. Similarly, centralized cloud-based execution often fails to meet the latency requirements of delay-sensitive applications due to inherent geographical and network-induced delays. This talk focuses on application execution and resource management in emerging computing paradigms such as near-memory processing and edge computing, with an emphasis on NMP-enabled systems. The talk shall discuss in detail an application-agnostic hybrid computation offloading scheme for 3D NMP-enabled systems that works on a balanced granularity and does not rely on prior profiling of applications. The talk shall further highlight ongoing work and prospective research directions in NMP and EC, including integrating security mechanisms into these paradigms, supporting application execution on resource-constrained devices, and handling intermittent power conditions.

Bio Manojit Ghose has been working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIIT Guwahati since 2019. He has done his engineering from Jorhat Engineering College (Govt. of Assam), followed by MTech and PhD from IIT Guwahati, all in Computer Science and Engineering. His research broadly focuses on scheduling and resource management across emerging computing paradigms, including near-memory computing, edge computing, IoT, and related systems. He has published more than 30 research papers in various reputed forums such as ACM TACO, IEEE TETC, IEEE TCAD, IEEE TNSM, Future Generation Computer Systems, Expert Systems with Applications, Journal of Systems Architecture, VLSID, HiPC, CCGrid, ANTS, etc., with a total of 550+ citations, an h-index of 10, and an i-index of 10. His research has received Best Paper Awards at VLSID 2026, ANTS 2024, GCON 2023, and INDICON 2016 (the first publication of his PhD work), and Best Paper nomination in 15th SPACE 2025. He has successfully completed one sponsored project, and three are ongoing. Apart from teaching and research, he is actively involved in several administrative responsibilities and outreach activities. He is the lead author of the Computer Science textbooks for Classes IX and X for the Board of Secondary Education, Assam (SEBA). He also serves as a Co-Chair, Technical Program Committee member, and reviewer for several reputed journals and conferences.