Cloud and Edge Computing for the Next-Generation Networks

Dear Colleagues,

The computing world is rapidly transforming into an expansive, interconnected, highly diverse distributed system. Internet of Things (IoT) devices are at the forefront of this evolution, generating unprecedented volumes of data. This surge in data production is forerunning a new era of computing paradigms, necessitating a fundamental shift from centralized cloud to decentralized edge computation. This transformation requires enabling distributed intelligence for efficient data processing and communication and ensuring a seamless continuum between the edge and cloud. This evolution shapes the future of resilient, efficient, and intelligent next-generation networks.

This Special Issue delves into the challenges and opportunities presented by this transition. Our focus is on cloud and edge computing, particularly in the context of distributed intelligence and networking. Distributed intelligence empowers a system to make autonomous decisions, stay updated, and operate based on local data and models without centralized control and coordination.

Potential submission topics include the following:

• Edge computing in IoT and 5G networks.
• Next-generation network architectures for the cloud-edge continuum.
• Strategies for task offloading in the cloud-edge continuum.
• Resource management and allocation using distributed intelligence.
• Update mechanisms for distributed learning systems.
• Policies for resilient, fault-tolerant distributed computing.
• Privacy-aware processing and communication in distributed systems.

Dr. Jordi Mateo-Fornés
Prof. Dr. Choong Seon Hong
Guest Editors

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