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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-numeric"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">The Internet of Things (IoT) paradigm promises to make “things” such as physical objects with sensing capabilities and/or
attached with tags, mobile objects such as smart phones and vehicles, consumer electronic devices and home appliances such as fridge, television, healthcare devices, as part of the Internet environment. In cloud-centric IoT applications, the sensor data from
these “things” is extracted, accumulated and processed at the public/private clouds, leading to significant latencies.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-numeric"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">To satisfy the ever increasing demand for Cloud Computing resources from emerging applications such as Internet-of-Things
(IoT), academics and industry experts are now advocating for going from large-centralized Cloud Computing infrastructures to micro data centres located at the edge of the network. These micro data centres are often closer to a user (geographically and in access
latency) compared to the centralised cloud data centre. The aim of utilizing such edge resources is to off load computation that would have “traditionally” been carried out at the cloud data centre to a resource that is closer to a user or edge devices. This
vision also acknowledges the variation in network latency from an end user to cloud data centre. Whereas the network around a data centre is often high capacity and speed, that near the user device may have variably properties (in terms of resilience, bandwidth,
latency, etc.).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:ideograph-numeric"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Referred to as “fog/edge computing”, this paradigm is expected to improve the agility of cloud service deployments in
addition to bringing computing resources closer to end-users. On the one hand, the development of Fog and Edge clouds includes dedicated facilities, operating system, network and middleware techniques to build and operate such micro data centres that host
virtualized computing resources. On the other hand, the use of Fog and Edge clouds requires extension to current programming models and propose new abstractions that will allow developers to design new applications that take benefit from such massively distributed
systems. The use of this approach also opens up other challenges in: security and privacy (as a user now needs to “trust” every micro data centre they interact with), support for resource management for mobile users who transfer session from one micro data
centre to another, support for “embedding” such micro data centres into devices (e.g. cars, buildings, etc).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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from the management software stack to domain-specific applications. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Data centers and infrastructures for Fog/Edge Computing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Middleware for Fog/Edge infrastructures<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Programming models and runtime systems for Fog/Edge Computing<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Scheduling for Fog/Edge infrastructures<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Fog/Edge storage<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Monitoring/metering of Fog/Edge infrastructures<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Fog/Edge Computing applications<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Latency/locality-critical applications<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Legal issues in Fog/Edge clouds<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Security and privacy – including support for new cryptographic approaches<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Modelling Fog/Edge environments – e.g. using process networks, agent-based models, Peer-2-Peer systems, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Performance monitoring and modelling<o:p></o:p></span></li><li><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;
font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">Applications of Fog/Edge Computing<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Segoe UI"">This special issue invites submissions that present novel and innovative ideas. It also welcomes submissions of extended versions of the best selected
papers presented in the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing (ICFEC 2018 -
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Segoe UI"">We seek submission of papers that present new, original and innovative ideas for the "first" time in SPE. Submission of "extended versions" of
already published works (conference papers) is not encouraged unless they contain a significant number of "new and original" ideas/contributions along with more than 50% brand "new" material. If you are submitting an extended version of an already published
conference paper, you must submit a cover letter/document detailing (1) the "Summary of Differences" between the SPE paper and the earlier paper, (2) a clear list of "new and original" ideas/contributions in the SPE paper (identifying sections where they are
proposed/presented), (3) confirmation of the percentage of new material, and (4) the original conference paper. Otherwise, the submission will be "desk" rejected without being reviewed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif">While submitting paper to this issue, please select “<b>Special Issue –
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Segoe UI"">If you have a paper on cloud computing or IoT which does not match the requirements of the Special Issue, we encourage you to submit it as a regular
paper to Software: Practice and Experience. The journal has expanded its coverage to specifically include cloud computing and IoT.<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
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due date: <s>April 30th, 2018,</s> July 30, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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"Times New Roman";mso-font-kerning:0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:
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of acceptance: <s>July 30th, 2018</s>, September 30, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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of final manuscript: <s>August 30th, 2018,</s> November 30, 2018<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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date: 1st Quarter, 2019 (Tentative)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">A/Prof. Rajiv Ranjan (Corresponding Guest Editor), Newcastle University,
UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">A/Prof. Massimo Villari, University of Messina, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">A/Prof. Haiying Shen, University of Virginia, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-weight:bold">Prof. Omer Rana, Cardiff University, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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