Foundations and Intelligent Strategies for Load Balancing in Cloud and Edge Computing

Dr. Anshul Verma received his MTech and PhD degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from ABV -Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management (IIITM), Gwalior, India. He pursued his postdoctoral research at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. He is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India, and is presently on study leave, serving as a Visiting Researcher at the School of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia, with over 10 years of academic and research experience. Prior to joining BHU, he was associated with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology (MNNIT) Allahabad and the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Jamshedpur as a faculty member. His research interests span Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, Mobile Ad-Hoc Networks, and Formal Verification. He has successfully organized five editions of the International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing (ANTIC) as General Chair and Convener since 2021.He has published extensively in renowned journals, books, and conferences.  Mr. Bablu Kumar received an M.C.A. degree in Computer Science and Engineering from Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry. He qualified for JRF in 2021 and is currently a research scholar under the supervision of Dr. Anshul Verma in the Department of Computer Science at the Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (India). His primary research interests include Cloud Computing, Edge Computing with Autoscaling and Resource Allocation, Docker, Kubernetes, Intelligent Systems, Distributed Systems, Deep Learning, and Federated Learning with Large Language Models (LLMs). Dr. Pradeepika Verma received her PhD degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India. She has received MTech in Computer Science and Engineering from Banas thali University, Rajasthan, India. She is currently serving as an Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science Engineering and Technology at Bennett University, Greater Noida, India. She has worked as a Faculty Fellow in Technical Innovation Hub at Indian Institute of Technology, Patna, India and as a Post-Doctoral Fellow in Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India. She has also worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Pranveer Singh Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, and as a Faculty Member in the Department of Computer Application at the Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow, India.

• .- Load Balancing in Cloud and Edge Environments..- Literature and Foundational Techniques..- Foundations of Intelligent Load Balancing..- A Comparative Study of Load Balancing Algorithms..- Implementation Platforms and Supporting Technologies..- Integrated Discussion,Challenges.