Distributing Computing in the Internet of Things: Cloud, Fog and Edge Computing

Dear Colleagues,

The Internet of Things (IoT) has recently received considerable attention due to its capability of generating an unprecedented volume and variety of data. It has been predicted that in the near future, the data generation rate in the IoT will exceed the capacity of today’s internet. These big data can be utilized to support many computational intelligent applications. However, traditional cloud computing cannot support such intelligent computing due to its long communication latency. Fortunately, fog and edge computing extend traditional cloud computing by putting the services and resources of the cloud closer to the users. The distributed and collaboratively computing among cloud, fog, and edge provides a valid solution to support intelligent data analytics, real-time computing, big data storage, and so on.

Considering recent advances in IoT, this Special Issue will accept unpublished original research on (but not restricted to) the following research areas:

• Architecture of distributed computing in the IoT;
• Collaboration of cloud/fog/edge computing;
• Resource allocation of cloud/fog/edge computing;
• Data analytic and data mining in the IoT;
• Machine learning in cloud/edge/fog computing;
• Privacy preservation of the IoT;
• Incentive mechanism in cloud/fog/edge computing;
• Service placement and management in fog/edge computing;
• Mobility management of users.

Dr. Xiumin Wang
Guest Editor

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