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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%">[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation]<o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:105%">The <span class="gmaildefault"><span style="color:black">9th
</span></span>International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 202<span class="gmaildefault"><span style="color:black">4</span></span>)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:105%"><a href="https://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2024/index.php">https://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2024/index.php</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:105%;color:black">Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024</span>
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<span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:105%;color:red">Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE
<span class="gmaildefault">Sweden </span>Section</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FMEC 202<span class="gmaildefault"><span style="color:black">4</span></span> CFP:</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Cloud computing provides a large range of services and virtually unlimited available resources for users. New applications, such as virtual
reality and smart building control, have emerged due to the large number of resources and services brought by cloud computing. However, the delay-sensitive applications face the problem of large latency, especially when several smart devices and objects are
getting involved in human’s life such as the case of smart cities or Internet of Things. Therefore, cloud computing is unable to meet the requirements of low latency, location awareness, and mobility support. To solve this problem, researchers have introduced
a trusted and dependable solution through the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) to put the services and resources of the cloud closer to users, which facilitates the leveraging of available services and resources in the edge networks. By this, we are
moving from the core (cloud data centers) to the edge of the network closer to the users. FMEC dependability is based on providing user centric service. The purpose of Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing is to run the heavy real-time applications at the network
edge directly using the billions of connected mobile devices.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;text-align:justify"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Several features enable the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing to be a perfect paradigm to the aforementioned purpose, which are the dense geographical
deployment of servers, supporting mobility and the closeness to users. As in every new technology, some challenges face the vision of the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing, which are the administrative policies and security concerns (i.e. secure data storage,
secure computation, network security, data privacy, usage privacy, location privacy, etc). FMEC 202<span class="gmaildefault"><span style="color:black">4</span></span> conference aims to investigate the opportunities and requirements for Mobile Edge Computing
dominance. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigate Mobile Edge Computing challenges. That is, the objective of FMEC 202<span class="gmaildefault"><span style="color:black">4</span></span> is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers,
and researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC). FMEC 202<span class="gmaildefault"><span style="color:black">4</span></span> is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE
<span class="gmaildefault"><span style="color:black">Sweden </span></span>Section. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to the following:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Fog and Mobile Edge Computing in unmanned aerial vehicle communications and applications
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Fog and Mobile Edge Computing in mission-critical systems <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Intelligent Transportation Systems <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Edge-cloud computing architectures, frameworks and platforms <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Edge-cloud networking and communication <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Quality of Service (QoS) improvement techniques <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Network virtualization for Edge-to-cloud systems <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
FMEC and IoT Data Communication Protocols <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Industrial Fog and Mobile Edge Computing Applications <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Mobile Cloud Computing Systems and Applications <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
FMEC in Environmental Sustainability <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Trustworthy AI for Edge and Fog Computing <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Security and Privacy in Fog and Mobile Edge Computing <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Decentralized Data Management and Streaming Systems in FMEC <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Data storage, processing, and management at FMEC platform <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Federated learning and distributed machine learning in the fog and on the edge <o:p>
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5G and fog/edge computing <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Middleware and runtime systems for fog/edge infrastructures <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Energy-efficient fog/edge computing <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Edge/fog-to-cloud APIs and protocols <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Mobility, connectivity, heterogeneity support for edge/fog services <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Load balancing/scheduling in fog/edge computing <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Crowdsourcing and establishing trust on data sources <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Decision support systems for Edge-cloud computing <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
AI-based or data-driven orchestration of workflows in Edge computing <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Automatic reasoning, scheduling and deployment of workflows and services in Edge computing
<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Distributed management of Edge computing <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Mechanisms and data structures for the governance of Edge computing <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Interfaces, orchestration and optimization of the Networking-Computing continuum <o:p>
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In-network computing for the edge-cloud continuum <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Novel programming models for Edge computing <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Dynamic Edge/Fog environments <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Automatic deployment and continuous dynamic composition of Edge services <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
Semantic annotation of Edge/Fog services <o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3">
AI in Autonomous Urbanism <o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper can be up to 8 pages (including all figures, tables and references).
Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding
length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the FMEC
Proceeding, and be published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion.
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Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers up to 8 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include up to 7 keywords, complete postal and email
address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers will be accepted
as short papers. Length of short papers can be between 4 to 6 pages. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<span class="gmaildefault"><u><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:105%;color:black">Important Dates:</span></u></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;color:red">Submission Date: 1 June 2024
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Notification to Authors: 12 July 2024<br>
Camera Ready Submission: 1 August 2024 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:105%"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Contact:</span></u></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:105%"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;line-height:105%">Please send any inquiry on FMEC to<span class="gmaildefault"><span style="color:black">
</span></span>Sadi Alawadi<span class="gmaildefault"><span style="color:black"> </span>
</span>at: <a href="mailto:Sadi.alawadi@bth.se">Sadi.alawadi@bth.se</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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