[agents] FMEC 2016: The First IEEE International Fog and Mobile Edge Computing Workshop, Augsburg, Germany, September 12-16, 2016

Tue Jun 28 09:48:43 EDT 2016

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We apologize for multiple CFP]

The First IEEE International Fog and Mobile Edge Computing Workshop
Part of FAS* - Foundations and Applications of Self* Systems

Augsburg, Germany, September 12-16, 2016

http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2016/index.php

Call for Papers:

Cloud computing provides 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.  Sever

al 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 aims to investigate the opportunities and requirements for Mobile
Edge Computing dominance. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions
that help mitigating Mobile Edge Computing challenges. That is, the
objective of FMEC 2016 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). Researchers are
encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas,
which include, but not limited to:

* Mobile Cloud Computing Systems.
* FMEC Security and Privacy Issues.
* FMEC Pricing and billing models.
* FMEC support for VANETS and MANETS
* Cloudlet based computing
* Dew based computing
* Lightweight authentication mechanisms in FMEC architecture.
* Access Control models in FMEC.
* Identification of incentives for FMEC service providers.
* The future perspective for FMEC: Challenges and Open Issues.
* FMEC Quality of Service (QoS) improvements techniques.
* FMEC architecture features and evolution.
* FMEC Real-time communication interfaces and protocols.
* FMEC Resource scheduling that enhances the reliability and scalability.
* FMEC Resources monitoring mechanism and utilization measuring mechanism.
* FMEC resources allocation and management.
* Real-time load prediction model to optimize the user satisfaction.
* FMEC virtualization.
* Data storage, processing, and management at FMEC platform.
* Cyber hacking, next generation fire wall of FMEC.
* Deployment strategies of FMEC Servers
* Admission control for FMEC.
* Social engineering, insider threats, advance spear phishing.
* Incident Handling and Penetration Testing.
* Forensics of Virtual and FMEC Environments.
* Security protocols in FMEC.
Important Dates
Submission Date: 4
July 2016 (Firm Deadline)
Notification to Authors: 17 July 2016
Camera Ready Submission: 22 July 2016
Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings

Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under
consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular
papers must not exceed

6 pages (10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format) and
must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include up to 7 keywords,
complete postal and e-mail 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. Accepted papers will appear in the
Conference Proceedings, and be published by the IEEE Computer Society
Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE Xplore for
inclusion. Submission System

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fmec2016

There will be a special issue in the international journal Network
protocols and algorithms (http://www.macrothink.org/journal/index.php/npa),
moreover we are also considering special issues in other international
journals
Steering Committee: * Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University, UK.
* Yaser Jararweh, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan.
* Burak Kantarci, Clarkson University, USA
* Jaime Lloret Mauri, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain
* Periklis Chatzimisios, Alexander TEI of Thessaloniki, Greece
* Salim Hariri, University of Arizona, USA 

Please send any inquiry on FMEC 2016 to Yaser Jararweh :
*yijararweh at just.edu.jo
<yijararweh at just.edu.jo>*  and to Elhadj Benkhelifa:
E.Benkhelifa at staffs.ac.uk

-- 
Yaser