Mathematical Method for Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Edge Computing

A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E1: Mathematics and Computer Science".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2026 | Viewed by 824

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School of Computer Science, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China
Interests: mobile edge computing; networking for crowdsensing; internet of vehicles

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Dear Colleagues, 

With the popularization of diverse smart Mobile Devices (MDs) and the advent of many new wireless services in the emerging 5G networks, mobile applications, especially for more and more computation-intensive tasks such as online interactive game, face recognition and location-based augmented/virtual reality, have led to an explosive growth of data traffic. Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), which brings network functions and contents to the network edge, has been proposed. According to ETSI, MEC is an important component in the 5G architecture. Compared with mobile Cloud computing (MCC), MEC empowers MCC by extending cloud computing and caching services from the centralized cloud to the edge of networks, which can improve the Quality of Service (QoS) of mobile applications with considerably reduced latency and power consumption. 

Recently, some researchers have paid attention to the combination of AI and MEC. However, integrating AI with MEC still raise several major challenges in various aspects of algorithm design, resource allocation, security, privacy, incentive mechanism, etc. This special issue solicits papers with novel contributions that address such issues regarding advances in Mathematical Method for Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Edge Computing. Experts and scholars from both industry and academia are encouraged to demonstrate their latest research progress, achievements and potential directions in this area.

Potential topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:

  • Information fusion and sensing for Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Edge Computing
  • Federated learning for Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Edge Computing
  • Networking architectures, protocols for supporting AI and edge computing empowered autonomous driving
  • Deep-learning algorithm at the edge servers
  • Framework design and optimization for Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Edge Computing
  • Trust, security, and privacy in Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Edge Computing
  • Resource management for Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Edge Computing
  • The exploration of applications for Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Edge Computing

Prof. Dr. Huan Zhou
Dr. Yao Zhang
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • artificial intelligence
  • mobile edge computing
  • deep-learning algorithm
  • framework design and optimization
  • networking architectures

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When Mathematical Methods Meet Artificial Intelligence and Mobile Edge Computing
by Yuzhu Liang, Xiaotong Bi, Ruihan Shen, Zhengyang He, Yuqi Wang, Juntao Xu, Yao Zhang and Xinggang Fan
Mathematics 2025, 13(11), 1779; https://doi.org/10.3390/math13111779 - 27 May 2025
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The integration of mathematical methods with artificial intelligence (AI) and mobile edge computing (MEC) has emerged as a promising research direction to address the growing complexity of intelligent distributed systems. To chart the landscape of this interdisciplinary field, we first examine recent surveys [...] Read more.
The integration of mathematical methods with artificial intelligence (AI) and mobile edge computing (MEC) has emerged as a promising research direction to address the growing complexity of intelligent distributed systems. To chart the landscape of this interdisciplinary field, we first examine recent surveys that primarily focus on architectural designs, learning paradigms, and system-level deployments in edge AI. However, these studies largely overlook the theoretical foundations essential for ensuring reliability, interpretability, and efficiency. This paper fills this gap by conducting a comprehensive survey of mathematical methods and analyzing their applications in AI-enabled MEC systems. We focus on addressing three key challenges: heterogeneous data integration, real-time optimization, and computational scalability. We summarize state-of-the-art schemes to address these challenges and identify several open issues and promising future research directions. Full article
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