Evolution of Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems

Today, most computer systems from laptops to cluster/network/cloud/fog/edge computing systems are available for parallel and distributed computing. Distributed computing plays an increasingly important role in modern signal and data sensors processing, information fusion, and electronic engineering. Cloud/fog/edge computing platforms are able to provide a unified interface over heterogenous resources found in the Internet of Things (IoT)-based applications, thereby improving the reliability of cloud services. Further, fog computing supports Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as mobile phones, sensors, and health monitoring devices.

Thanks to the evolution that some artificial intelligence techniques are undergoing in IoT environments, it is possible to provide these new computational environments with a high added value and economic potential. Distributed Intelligent Systems have matured over the last decade and now many effective applications have been deployed.

In this Special Issue, we aim to explore how two emerging paradigms (IoT and Artificial Intelligence) will influence future distributed computing systems (cloud/fog/edge environments). Furthermore, we try to identify several technologies driving these paradigms and invite international experts to discuss the current status and future directions of IoT.

The topics of interest for this issue include but are not limited to:

• Internet of Things applications
• Industrial Internet of things applications
• Artificial Intelligence approaches in distributed environments
• Fog Computing environments
• Edge Computing environments
• Intelligent environments
• Distributed Algorithms
• Distributed Databases
• Virtual Organizations of Agents
• Distributed Architectures
• Multiagent Systems
• High-performance distributed systems

Prof. Dr. Sara Rodríguez González
Dr. Francisco Herrera
Dr. Alfonso González-Briones
Prof. Yucheng Dong
Guest Editors

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