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The 4th International Workshop on Multi-access Edge Computing and Networking (MECN-2019) http://hpcn.ex.ac.uk/mecn2019/

MECN-2019 is to be held in conjunction with the 18th IEEE International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IUCC-2019), 21-23 October 2019, Shenyang, China.


Overview 
The goal of the 4th International Workshop on Multi-access Edge Computing and Networking (MECN-2019) is to bring the research community and industry practitioners together and foster a cross-disciplinary scientific forum. In addition to building a premier publication venue that features high-quality research, MECN-2019 provides unique opportunities for researchers from academia and industry to interact, share new results, and discuss emerging directions focused regarding the field of multi-access computing and networking. 

Important Dates
Paper Submission Deadline:		10 August 2019 (extended)
Authors Notification:			30 August 2019
Camera-Ready Paper Due:		12 September 2019 
Early Registration Due:			12 September 2019 
Conference Date:			21-23 October 2019


Topics of interests include, but not limited to
Novel architecture of MEC in 5G
Large-scale mobile edge computing
Data-centric MEC
MEC for the Future Internet
AI at the edge
Machine learning and big data analytics
Green edge computing
Information-Centric Networking (ICN)
Fog computing
Quality-of-Experience (QoE) of MEC applications
Heterogeneous networks
Service-centric communications
MEC for Internet-of-Things
MEC for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality
Emerging MEC applications and services
Software-Defined Networking (SDN)
Edge resource management
Network modelling
Hybrid cloud computing
Security and privacy in MEC
System prototypes, practical deployments and experimentation


Paper Submission Guideline 
The workshop seeks for novel, previously unpublished papers. More submission details can be found at http://hpcn.ex.ac.uk/mecn2019/. 

All accepted papers are expected to be included in IEEE Xplore and will be indexed by Engineering Index (EI).
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