Call for Papers： Special Issue on Cloud Computing Fog Computing

Dew+Computing

Cloud Computing has drastically changed the landscape of IT industry by providing some major benefits to IT customers： eliminating upfront IT investment， scalability， proportional costs， and so on. However， the delay?sensitive applications face the problem of large latency， especially when several smart devices are getting involved. Therefore， cloud computing is unable to meet the requirements of low latency， location awareness， and mobility support.

To overcome this problem， Cisco has first introduced a trusted and dependable solution through the Fog Computing 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. Fog Computing is a scenario where a huge number of heterogeneous ubiquitous and decentralized devices communicate and potentially cooperate among them and with the network to perform storage and processing tasks without the intervention of third?parties.

Dew Computing is an on?premises computer software?hardware organization paradigm in the cloud computing environment where the on?premises computer provides functionality that is independent of cloud services and is also collaborative with cloud services. The goal of Dew Computing is to fully realize the potentials of on?premises computers and cloud services.

The definition and features of Cloud Computing， Fog Computing， and Dew Computing， the relationships among them， and their applications are still under heated discussion and are the focus of this special Issue.

This special issue intends to gather the preeminent minds of the field to discuss and envision the future development of cloud?related technologies， which would be of interest for researchers， entrepreneurs， and customers. This special issue seeks original， high quality and unpublished research contributions as well as implementation experiences from researchers in the related areas.

Guest Editors

Dr. PAN Yi （yipan@gsu.edu）， Georgia State University， USA

Dr. LUO Guangchun （gcluo@uestc.edu.cn）， University of Electronic Science and Technology of China， China

Important Dates

First Submission Due： May 15， 2017

Review and Final Decision Due： July 1， 2017

Final Manuscript Due： July 25， 2017

Publication Date： October 25， 2017

Preparation & Submission

For detailed information on the submission and preparation of manuscripts， please visit ZTE Communications Author Guidelines （http：//wwwen.zte.com.cn/endata/magazine/ztecommunications/index_5104.html）.