Dr. Anshul Verma

Intelligent Proactive and Privacy-Preserving Autoscaling for Edge and Cloud-Native Environments

Abstract:

The rapid growth of cloud-native applications has intensified the need for intelligent, scalable, and privacy-preserving resource management. Kubernetes, the de facto standard for container orchestration, provisions pods dynamically but relies primarily on threshold-based reactive policies. Such reactive autoscaling often leads to inefficiencies, including over-provisioning or under-provisioning under volatile workloads. To address these limitations, proactive autoscaling methods such as MV-Transformer and InformerAutoScale enable faster scaling, improved prediction accuracy, and more efficient resource utilization. Furthermore, privacy-preserving frameworks like FedScaleEdge extend these benefits to cloud-edge environments, offering an effective balance between accuracy, elasticity, and data privacy. This talk will explore the integration of proactive autoscaling and privacy-preserving approaches to advance edge and cloud-native resource management.

Profile:

Dr. Anshul Verma received his M.Tech. and Ph.D. 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 serving as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science, Institute of Science, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India, 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 four editions of the International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing (ANTIC) as General Chair and Convener since 2021. Dr. Verma has an extensive publication record, including more than 40 journal articles, 16 conference papers, 23 edited books, and 11 book chapters with reputed publishers. He is currently leading three externally funded and three institutionally funded research projects as Principal Investigator/Co-Principal Investigator. He also contributes actively to the academic publishing community, serving as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Scientific Research of the Banaras Hindu University and as an Editorial Board Member of Scientific Reports of Springer.