Edge Computing: From Hype to Reality

by Fadi Al-Turjman

Overview

In this book, contributors provide insights into the latest developments of Edge Computing/Mobile Edge Computing, specifically in terms of communication prools and related applications and architectures. The book provides help to Edge service providers, Edge service consumers, and Edge service developers interested in getting the latest knowledge in the area. The book includes relevant Edge Computing topics such as applications; architecture; services; inter-operability; data analytics; deployment and service; resource management; simulation and modeling; and security and privacy. Targeted readers include those from varying disciplines who are interested in designing and deploying Edge Computing.

• Features the latest research related to Edge Computing, from a variety of perspectives;

• Tackles Edge Computing in academia and industry, featuring a variety of new and innovative operational ideas;

• Provides a strong foundation for researchers toadvance further in the Edge Computing domain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319990606
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	11/09/2018
Series:	EAI/Springer Innovations in Communication and Computing
Edition description:	1st ed. 2019
Pages:	188
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Prof. Dr. FADI AL-TURJMAN received his Ph.D. degree in computer science from Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada, in 2011. He is a leading authority in the areas of smart/cognitive, wireless and mobile networks architecture, prools, deployments, and performance evaluation. His record spans more than 170 publications in journals, conferences, patents, books, and book chapters, in addition to numerous keynotes and plenary talks at flagship venues, including the IEEE ICC, LCN, and GLOBECOM conferences. He is a full professor at Antalya Bilim University, in Turkey. He has received several recognitions and best papers’ awards at top international conferences, and led a number of international symposia and workshops in flagship ComSoc conferences. He is the sole author for 4 recently published books about cognition and wireless sensor networks’ deployments in smart environments with Taylor and Francis, CRC New York (a top tier publisher in the area). He is serving as the Lead Guest Editor in several journals including the IET Wireless Sensor Systems (WSS), MDPI Sensors and Wiley. He is also the publication chair for the IEEE International Conf. on Local Computer Networks (LCN’18).

Table of Contents

Chapter1: The Era of the Personal Cloud: What Does It Mean for Cloud Providers?.- Chapter2: Optimization in Edge Computing and Small-cell Networks.- Chapter3: A comprehensive survey on Architecture for Big Data Processing in Mobile Edge Computing Environments.- Chapter4: Taxonomy of Edge Computing: Challenges, Opportunities and Data Reduction Methods.- Chapter5: Applications of the Internet of Things with the Cloud Computing Technologies– A Review.- Chapter6: Software Defined Internet of Thing to Analyze Big Data in Smart Cities.- Chapter7: Taking Cloud Computing to the Extreme Edge: A Review of Mist Computing for Smart Cities and Industry 4.0 in Africa.- Chapter8: IoT and Edge Computing as a Tool for Bowel Activity Monitoring.- Chapter9: Application of Cloud Computing and Internet of Things to Improve Supply Chain Processes.- Chapter10: A Conceptual framework for Security and Privacy in Edge Computing.

Editorial Reviews

Edge computing: from hype to reality, edited by Fadi Al-Turjman, has the ambitious goal of providing the necessary knowledge for implementing edge computing. … this book can be recommended to undergraduates who are interested in learning more about edge computing and IoT, or as a text on these topics for the general public.” (D. Grigoras, Computing Reviews, August 23, 2019)

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