Arnab Sarkar


Publications



Book Chapters (Published / Accepted)

  1. Chapter Title: A Buffer Aware Resource Allocation Framework for Video Streaming over LTE (Chapter No.: 14); Authors: S.Kumar, D.P.Goswami, A. Sarkar, A. Sur; Book Title: Communication Systems and Networks; Publisher: Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 10340, Springer; Accepted in: April, 2017.

Journal Papers (Published / Accepted)

  1. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar. Comments on IPPTS: An Efficient Algorithm for Scientific Workflow Scheduling in Heterogeneous Computing Systems. To Appear in: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (IEEE TPDS).

  2. D. Senapati, A. Sarkar, C. Karfa. Energy-aware Real-time Scheduling of Multiple Periodic DAGs on Heterogeneous Systems. To Appear in: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (IEEE TCAD).

  3. N. Aswathy, A. Sarkar, H.K. Kapoor. A Predictable QoS-aware Memory Request Scheduler for Soft Real-Time Systems. To Appear in: ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (ACM TECS)

  4. B.D. Raj, A. Sarkar A, D. Goswami. An Efficient Framework for Brownout Based Appliance Scheduling in Microgrids. To Appear in: Sustainable Cities and Society, Elsevier.

  5. S. K. Roy, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar. SAFLA: Scheduling Multiple Real-time Periodic Task Graphs on Heterogeneous Systems. To Appear in: IEEE Transactions on Computers (IEEE TC).

  6. A. Lekharu, M. Jain, A. Sur, A. Sarkar. Deep Learning Model for Content Aware Caching at MEC Servers. To Appear in: IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (IEEE TNSM)

  7. D. Senapati, A. Sarkar, C. Karfa. HMDS: A Makespan Minimizing DAG Scheduler for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems. To Appear in: ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (ACM TECS), Special Issue on ESWEEK 2021.

  8. S. K. Roy, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, D. Senapati. SLAQA: Quality-level Aware Scheduling of Task Graphs on Heterogeneous Distributed Systems. To Appear in: ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (ACM TECS).

  9. S. K. Roy, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar. Contention Cognizant Scheduling of Task Graphs on Shared Bus based Heterogeneous Platforms. To Appear in: IEEE Transactions on Computer-Aided Design of Integrated Circuits and Systems (IEEE TCAD).

  10. D. Senapati, A. Sarkar, C. Karfa. PRESTO: A Penalty-aware Real-time Scheduler for Task Graphs on Heterogeneous Platforms. To Appear in: IEEE Transactions on Computers (IEEE TC).

  11. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar. Resource-optimal Fault-tolerant Scheduler Design for Task Graphs using Supervisory Control. To Appear in: IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (IEEE TII).

  12. B.Deepakraj, S. Kumar, S. Padhi, A. Sarkar, A. Mondal, K. Ramamritham. Brownout Based Blackout Avoidance Strategies in Smart Grids. To Appear in: IEEE Transactions on Sustainable Computing (IEEE TSUSC).

  13. P. P. Nair, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. Fault-tolerant Real-time Fair Scheduling on Multiprocessor Systems with Cold-standby. To Appear in: IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (IEEE TDSC).

  14. S. Moulik, A. Sarkar, H. Kapoor. TARTS: A Temperature-Aware Real-Time Deadline-Partitioned Fair Scheduler. Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), Elsevier, Vol. 112: 101847, 2021.

  15. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. Optimal Work-conserving Scheduler Synthesis for Real-time Sporadic Tasks using Supervisory Control of Timed Discrete Event Systems. Journal of Scheduling (JOSH), Springer, Vol. 24, No. 1, pp. 69-82, 2021.

  16. S. K. Roy, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, K. Maji, S. Sinha. Contention-aware Optimal Scheduling of Real-time Precedence-constrained Task Graphs on Heterogeneous Distributed Systems. Journal of Systems Architecture (JSA), Elsevier, Vol. 105:101706, 2020.

  17. S. Kumar, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, A. Sur. Client-side QoE Management for SVC Video Streaming: An FSM Supported Design Approach. IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (IEEE TNSM), Vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 1113-1126, 2019.

  18. S. Moulik, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar. HEALERS: A Heterogeneous Energy-Aware Low-overhead Real-time Scheduler. IET Computers and Digital Techniques, Vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 470-480, 2019.

  19. J. Mayank, A. Mondal, A. Sarkar. Control-schedule Co-design for Fast Stabilization in RT Systems Facing Repeated Reconfigurations. Design Automation of Embedded Systems (DAES), Springer, Vol. 23(3-4), pp. 79-101, 2019.

  20. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. Supervisory Control Approach and its Symbolic Computation for Power-aware RT Scheduling. IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (IEEE TII), Vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 787-799, 2019.

  21. S. Kumar, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar. A Hybrid Offline-Online Approach to Adaptive Downlink Resource Allocation Over LTE. IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica, Vol. 6, no. 3, pp. 766-777, 2019.

  22. P.P. Nair, A. Sarkar, S.Biswas. Design of Light Weight Exact DES Diagnosers using Measurement Limitation: Case Study of EFI system. International Journal of Systems Science, Taylor & Francis, Vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 1760-1783, 2018.

  23. S. Moulik, A. Sarkar, H. Kapoor. Energy Aware Frame Based Fair Scheduling. Sustainable Computing, Informatics and Systems (SUSCOM), Elsevier, vol. 18, pp. 66-77, 2018.

  24. S. Saha, A. Sarkar, A. Chakrabarti, R.Ghosh. Co-scheduling Persistent Periodic and Dynamic Aperiodic Real-Time Tasks on Reconfigurable Platforms. IEEE Transactions on Multi-Scale Computing Systems (IEEE TMSCS), Vol. 4, no. 1, pp. 41-54, 2018.

  25. V. Kochar, A. Sarkar. Real-time Scheduling on Dynamic Resources in a Fog Computing Environment (Conference extended journal version). Journal of Low Power Electronics (JOLPE), Vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 616-626, 2017.

  26. S. Kumar, A. Sarkar, A. Sur. A Resource Allocation Framework for Adaptive Video Streaming Over LTE. Journal of Network and Computer Applications (JNCA), Elsevier, vol. 97, pp. 126-139, 2017.

  27. S. Saha, A. Sarkar, A. Chakrabarti. Spatio-Temporal Scheduling of Preemptive Real-Time Tasks on Partially Reconfigurable Systems. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (ACM TODAES), Vol. 22, no. 4, pp. 71:1-71:25, 2017.

  28. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas, Comments on “Supervisory control for real-time scheduling of periodic and sporadic tasks with resource constraints” [Automatica 45 (2009) 2597–2604], Automatica, Elsevier, Vol. 82, pp. 332-334, 2017.

  29. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. Fault-Tolerant Preemptive Aperiodic RT Scheduling by Supervisory Control of TDES on Multiprocessors. ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems (ACM TECS), Vol. 16, no. 3, pp. 87:1-87:25, 2017.

  30. P. P. Nair, A. Sarkar, N. M. Harsha, M. Gandhi, P. P. Chakrabarti, S.Ghose. ERfair Scheduler with Processor Suspension for Real-Time Multiprocessor Embedded Systems. ACM Transactions on Design Automation of Electronic Systems (ACM TODAES), Vol. 22, no. 1, pp. 19:1-19:25, 2016.

  31. S. Kumar, A. Sarkar, S. Sriram, A. Sur. A Three Level LTE Downlink Scheduling Framework for RT VBR Traffic. Computer Networks, Elsevier, vol. 91, pp. 654-674, 2015.

  32. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. A Design Fix to Supervisory Control for Fault-tolerant Scheduling of Real-time Multiprocessor Systems with Aperiodic Tasks. International Journal of Control, Taylor & Francis, vol. 88, no. 11, pp. 2211-2216, 2015.

  33. S. Saha, A. Sarkar, A. Chakrabarti. Scheduling Dynamic Hard Real-Time Task Sets on Fully and Partially Reconfigurable Platforms. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 23-26, 2015.

  34. A. Sarkar, S. Ghose, P.P. Chakrabarti. Sticky-ERfair: A Task-Processor Affinity Aware Proportional Fair Scheduler. Real Time Systems Journal, vol. 47, no. 4, Springer, pp. 356-377, 2011.

  35. A. Sarkar, S. Ghose, P.P. Chakrabarti. A Corrigendum to: "Sticky-ERfair: a task-processor affinity aware proportional fair scheduler". Real Time Systems Journal, vol. 47, no. 4, Springer, pp. 382-385, 2011.

  36. A. Sarkar, A. Shanker, S. Ghose, P.P. Chakrabarti. A Low Overhead Partition-Oriented ERfair Scheduler for Hard Real-Time Embedded Systems. IEEE Embedded Systems Letters, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 5-8, 2011.

  37. A. Sarkar, P.P. Chakrabarti, S. Ghose. Partition Oriented Frame-Based Fair Scheduler. Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (JPDC), vol. 70, no. 7, Elsevier, pp. 707-718, 2010.

  38. A. Sarkar, P.P. Chakrabarti, R. Kumar. Frame-Based Proportional Round-Robin. IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 55, no. 9, pp. 1121-1129, Sep, 2006.



Conference Papers
  1. C. Kajela, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Saha. A Supervisory Control Approach for Scheduling Real-time Periodic Tasks on Dynamically Reconfigurable Platforms. Accepted in: Euromicro Digital System Design (Euromicro DSD/SEAA 2022), 2022.

  2. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. Non-Preemptive Real-Time Task Scheduling on Heterogeneous Systems - a Supervisory Control Based Optimal Approach. Accepted in: European Control Conference (ECC 2022), 2022.

  3. D. Senapati, A. Sarkar, C. Karka. Performance-Effective DAG Scheduling for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems. Accepted in: 23rd International Conference On Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN 2022), pp. 234-235, 2022.

  4. N. Aswathy, S. Bhavanasi, A. Sarkar, H.K. Kapoor. SRS-Mig: Selection and Run-time Scheduling of Page Migration for Improved Response Time in Hybrid PCM-DRAM Memories. Accepted in: ACM Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI (GLSVLSI 2022), pp. 217-222, 2022.

  5. D. Senapati, A. Sarkar, C. Karfa. HMDS: A Makespan Minimizing DAG Scheduler for Heterogeneous Distributed Systems. Accepted in: International Conference On Embedded Software (EMSOFT 2021), 2021.

  6. Aswathy N.S, H. K. Kapoor, A. Sarkar. A Soft Real-time Memory Request Scheduler for Phase Change Memory Systems. Accepted in: 27th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2021), 2021.

  7. S.K. Roy, A. Sarkar, R. Gangopadhyay. Processor and Bus Co-scheduling Strategies for Real-time Tasks with Multiple Service-levels. Accepted in: 27th IEEE International Conference on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (RTCSA 2021), 2021.

  8. S. Moulik, R. Chaudhary, Z. Das, A. Sarkar. EA-HRT: An Energy-Aware scheduler for Heterogeneous Real-Time systems. 25th Asia and South Pacific Design Automation Conference (ASP-DAC 2020), pp. 500-505, 2020.

  9. A. Lekharu, K. Y. Moulii, A. Sur, A. Sarkar: Deep Learning based Prediction Model for Adaptive Video Streaming. COMSNETS 2020: pp. 152-159, 2020.

  10. S.K. Roy, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar. Optimal Scheduling of PTGs with Multiple Service Levels on Heterogeneous Distributed Systems. Accepted in: American Control Conference (ACC '19), 2019.

  11. S.K. Roy, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Sinha, K. Maji. Optimal Scheduling of Precedence-constrained Task Graphs on Heterogeneous Distributed Systems with Shared Buses. 22nd IEEE International Symposium On Real-time Computing (ISORC '19), pp. 185-192, 2019.

  12. S. Moulik, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar. HEART: A Heterogeneous Energy-Aware Real-Time Scheduler. 32nd Int. Conf. on VLSI Design (VLSID '19), pp. 476-481, 2019.

  13. S. Kumar, P. Vishnoi, A. Sarkar, A. Sur. QoE Aware Resource Allocation for Multi-View Video Flows in LTE. 20th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), pp. 526-532, 2018.

  14. S. Moulik, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar. HETERO-SCHED: A Low-overhead Heterogeneous Multi-core Scheduler for Real-time Periodic Tasks. 20th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC), pp. 659-666, 2018.

  15. B.Deepakraj, S.Kumar, S.Padhi, A.Sarkar, A. Mondal, K. Ramamritham. Brownout Based Blackout Avoidance Strategies in Smart Grids. ACM e-Energy, pp. 456-458, 2018.

  16. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. Exact Task Completion Time Aware Real-Time Scheduling Based on Supervisory Control Theory of Timed DES. European Control Conference (ECC), pp. 1908-1913, 2018.

  17. A. Lekharu, S. Kumar, A. Sur, A. Sarkar. A QoE Aware LSTM based Bit-Rate Prediction Model for DASH Videos. 10th International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS (COMSNETS 2018), pp. 392-395, 2018.

  18. P.P. Nair, R.Devaraj, A. Sarkar. FEST: Fault-Tolerant Energy-Aware Scheduling on Two-Core Heterogeneous Platform. 8th Int. Symp. on Embedded computing & system Design (ISED '18), pp. 63-68, 2018.

  19. S. Moulik, R. Devaraj and A. Sarkar. COST: A Cluster-Oriented Scheduling Technique for Heterogeneous Multi-cores. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC), pp. 1951-1957, 2018.

  20. S. Moulik, A. Sarkar and H. Kapoor. DPFair Scheduling with Slowdown and Suspension. 31st Int. Conf. on VLSI Design (VLSID '18), pp. 43-48, 2018.

  21. A. Lekharu, S. Kumar, A.Sur, A.Sarkar. A QoE Aware SVC Based Client-side Video Adaptation Algorithm for Cellular Networks. 9th International Conference on Distributed Computing and Networking (ICDCN '18), pp. 27:1-27:4, 2018.

  22. S. Moulik, R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar and A. Shaw. A Deadline-partition Oriented Heterogeneous Multi-core Scheduler for Periodic Tasks. 18th Int. Conf. on Par. & Distrib. Comput., Appl. and Tech. (IEEE PDCAT '17), pp. 204-210, 2017.

  23. P.P. Nair, R. Devaraj, A. Sen, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. DES based Modeling and Fault Diagnosis in Safety-critical Semi-Partitioned Real-time Systems. IFAC World Congress, pp. 5029-5034, 2017.

  24. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. Fault-Tolerant Scheduling of Non-preemptive Periodic Tasks using SCT of Timed DES on Uniprocessor Systems. IFAC 2017 World Congress, pp. 9315 - 9320, 2017.

  25. R. Devaraj, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. Real-time scheduling of non-preemptive sporadic tasks on uniprocessor systems using supervisory control of timed DES. American Control Conference (ACC '17), pp. 3212-3217, 2017.

  26. S. Kumar, D.P. Goswami, A. Sarkar, A. Sur. Buffer Aware Three Level Scheduler for Video Streaming over LTE. 9th International Conference on COMmunication Systems and NETworkS (COMSNETS '17), pp. 222-228, Jan, 2017.

  27. A. Tripathi, A. Sarkar, P.P. Chakrabarti. Migration Aware Low Overhead ERfair Scheduler. 30th Int. Conf. on VLSI Design (VLSID '17), pp. 219-224, Jan, 2017.

  28. V. Kochar, A. Sarkar. Real Time Resource Allocation on a Dynamic 2-level Symbiotic Fog Architecture. 6th Int. Symp. on Embedded computing & system Design (ISED '16), pp. 49-55, 2016.

  29. S. Kumar, S. Sriram, A. Sarkar, A. Sur. A Three Level Adaptive Video Streaming Framework Over LTE. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (IEEE SMC), pp. 2442-2447, Dec, 2016.

  30. A. Sarkar, A. Mondal. Partitioned Proportional Round Robin: A Fast and Accurate QoS Aware Scheduler for Embedded Systems. 29th Int. Conf. on VLSI Design (VLSID '16), pp. 403-408, Jan, 2016.

  31. K. Chauhan, Piyoosh. P, A. Sarkar, S. Biswas. A Priori Overload Handling in ERfair Scheduled Embedded Systems: Hybrid Automata Approach. IEEE INDICON, Dec, 2014.

  32. S. Ray, A. Sarkar. A Pseudo-Deadline Based O(1) proportional share scheduler for embedded systems. 18th VLSI Design and Test (VDAT) Symp., pp. 1-2, Aug, 2014.

  33. A. Sarkar, R. Nanda, S. Ghose, P.P. Chakrabarti. Safe-ERfair - A priori Overload Handling in Fair Scheduled Embedded Systems. 23rd Int. Conf. on VLSI Design (VLSID '10), pp. 128-133, Jan, 2010.

  34. A. Sarkar, S. Swaroop, S. Ghose, P.P. Chakrabarti. ERfair Scheduler with Processor Shutdown. 16th Int. Conf. on High Performance Computing (HiPC '09), pp. 4-12, Dec, 2009.

  35. S. Chatterjee, A. Sarkar, P.P. Chakrabarti. A priori Overload Detection and Avoidance in RT Fair Scheduled Systems. 10th High Performance Computing ASIA Conference (HPC ASIA '09), pp. 93-100, Mar, 2009.

  36. S. Bhattacharya, P. Verma, S. Malhotra, A. Sarkar, S.K. Ghosh. An Automated Framework for Network Security Assessment. Int. Conf. on Advances in Computing, Feb, 2008.

  37. A. Sarkar, P.P. Chakrabarti, R. Kumar. Frame-Based Fair Multiprocessor Scheduler: A Fast Fair Algorithm for Real-time Embedded Systems. 19th Int. Conf. on VLSI Design (VLSID '06), pp. 677-682, Jan, 2006.

  38. A. Sarkar, P.P. Chakrabarti, R. Kumar. Boundary-Fair Round-Robin: A Fast Fair Scheduler. 9th VLSI Design and Test (VDAT) Symp., pp. 81-91, Aug, 2005.



Posters
  1. Low Overhead Real-time Proportional Fair Resource Allocation Microsoft Techvista, Bangalore, 2010.

Tutorials
  1. Scheduling in Mixed-Criticality Systems – From Theory to Practice. 7th International Symposium on Embedded Computing and System Design (ISED), Dec, 2017.

  2. Real-time Task Scheduling in the Reconfigurable Space. 7th International Symposium on Embedded Computing and System Design (ISED), Dec, 2017.

  3. Real-time Embedded Systems Analysis – From Theory to Practice. 19th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT), June, 2015.

  4. Reliable Real-Time Embedded Systems. IEEE INDICON, Dec, 2014.


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