New Challenges in Cloud–Fog–Edge Computing and Mobile Intelligence

Dear Colleagues,

Expansions in Internet-of-Things (IoT) and mobile devices are revolutionizing the paradigms for computing and intelligent services. To harness the massive distributed computing potential of IoT and mobile devices, researchers have been working to implement cloud–fog–edge computing architectures and artificial intelligence algorithms on these devices for innovative applications. In parallel with the continuous progress of related techniques, new concerns are also emerging, including the heterogeneity of computing nodes, fluctuations in computing resources, balancing energy consumption and quality of services, and safeguarding data security and user privacy.

The Electronics Special Issue on “New Challenges in Cloud–Fog–Edge Computing and Mobile Intelligence” aims to explore the cutting-edge research in this field. The focus of the issue is to address the most pressing and challenging problems oriented to cloud–fog–edge computing and mobile intelligence, including, but not limited to

• architectures for energy- and resource-efficient cloud–fog–edge computing;
• novel mobile intelligence algorithms and models;
• big data management in cloud–fog–edge computing environments;
• real-time data processing and analysis in cloud–fog–edge computing environments;
• distributed machine learning in cloud–fog–edge computing environments;
• model training and inference on edge and mobile devices;
• context-awareness in IoT and mobile environments;
• blockchain-based security and privacy in mobile intelligence;
• secure and efficient data sharing in cloud–fog–edge computing systems;
• emerging applications of smart wearable healthcare systems;
• emerging applications of smart energy management systems;
• emerging applications of smart traffic management systems.

We welcome submissions of original research articles, reviews, and case studies on these topics and others relevant. Submissions must not have been previously published or be under consideration for publication elsewhere. The articles will be peer-reviewed and selected based on their relevance, quality, and originality. The selected papers are expected to supplement existing literature by presenting new and innovative solutions to the major challenges in this field.

Dr. Huan Li
Dr. Dalin Zhang
Dr. Xu Cheng
Guest Editors

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