Biography
Blesson Varghese is Professor in the School of Computer Science at the University of ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø. He directs the funded by Rakuten, Japan, and leads research on the UKRI-funded . Ìý
He was the recipient of the 2021 IEEE Rising Star Award and a Royal Society industry fellowship to British Telecoms plc, UK. His research interests are in developing large-scale distributed systems spanning the cloud and the edge of the network and has academic, industry and consulting experience in multiple continents.
He has featured in '', a documentary on the cloud produced by Hewlett Packard and VMWare, and has interviewed on .
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Teaching
I teach and CS5939: Data-Driven Systems, both of which focus on the design of large-scale distributed systems spanning the cloud and the edge.Ìý
I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate projects.Ìý
Research areas
My research focuses on addressing challenges in developing large-scale distributed systems, specifically those encompassing the cloud and the edge of the network. My current interests are in Edge AI systems. methods and architectures.Ìý
PhD supervision
- JiaweiÌýLuo
- DhananjayÌýSaikumar
Selected publications
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Open access
Wu, D., Wong, L. & Varghese, B., Apr 2026, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 177, p. 1-14 14 p., 108250.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Zhang, Z., Wong, L. & Varghese, B., 1 Oct 2026, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 183, 15 p., 108551.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Eccles, B. J., Wong, L. & Varghese, B., Feb 2026, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 175, p. 1-15 15 p., 108056.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wu, D., He, W., Feng, W., Wen, Z., Qian, B. & Varghese, B., 21 Jul 2025, p. 1-6. 6 p.
Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Open access
Antar, G. O. K. & Varghese, B., 31 Dec 2025, Proceedings of the IEEE/ACM international conference on utility and cloud computing (UCC 2025). New York: ACM, 10 p. 2
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Open access
Eccles, B. J., Rodgers, P., Kilpatrick, P., Spence, I. & Varghese, B., Mar 2024, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 152, p. 43-54
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Wu, D., Ullah, R., Rodgers, P., Kilpatrick, P., Spence, I. & Varghese, B., 4 Jan 2024, In: IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems. Early Access, 13 p., 10380682.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Chhetri, T. R., Dehury, C. K., Varghese, B., Fensel, A., Srirama, S. N. & DeLong, R. J., Aug 2024, In: Future Generation Computer Systems. 157, p. 164-179
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Saikumar, D. & Varghese, B., Apr 2024, EuroSys '24: Proceedings of the Nineteenth European Conference on Computer Systems. ACM, p. 999-1015 17 p.
Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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Open access
Zhang, Z., Rodgers, P., Kilpatrick, P., Spence, I. & Varghese, B., Nov 2024, In: Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing. 193, 17 p., 104947.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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