Convergence of IoT, Edge and Cloud Systems
A special issue of Future Internet (ISSN 1999-5903). This special issue belongs to the section "Internet of Things".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 950
Special Issue Editors
Interests: edge intelligence; privacy-aware machine learning; cloud computing
Interests: system security; artificial intelligence security; network and information security
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Dear Colleagues,
The widespread adoption of smart devices and the Internet of Things (IoT) have a significant impact on the whole world. IoT devices generate massive amounts of data. Cloud computing provides the scalability, storage, and advanced analysis capabilities required for processing and analyzing large volumes of IoT data. But, processing these data in the cloud alone can lead to issues such as high latency, network congestion, and increased costs. Fortunately, edge computing aims to address these challenges by bringing computation and storage closer to the data source, reducing the need for data transmission to the cloud. Thus, this has led to the emergence of cloud-edge IoT, which integrates IoT with cloud computing and edge computing. The hierarchical cloud-edge IoT architecture offers numerous benefits by enabling data aggregation, storage, and processing. But, achieving an effective convergence of IoT, cloud, and edge computing requires overcoming various design, implementation, deployment, security, privacy, and evaluation challenges.
The goal of this Special Issue is to provide an overview of the latest developments regarding the convergence of IoT, edge and cloud systems. Both theoretical and technical aspects are of interest. Interdisciplinary approaches are also highly welcome.
Dr. Dandan Li
Dr. Li Duan
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- cloud computing
- edge intelligence
- hybrid cloud-edge architectures
- communication protocols
- IoT device orchestration, industry application, security and privacy
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