Secure Management of the Cloud-to-Edge Continuum Leveraging IoT, Digital Twin, 6G and Artificial Intelligence Technologies Evolution
A special issue of Sensors (ISSN 1424-8220). This special issue belongs to the section "Communications".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 August 2024) | Viewed by 250
Special Issue Editors
Interests: edge computing; reference architecture; meta-operating system; decentralized intelligence; iot–edge–cloud continuum; Federated learning; swarm learning; cybersecurity
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Interests: edge computing; cloud computing; cloud-to-edge to IoT management; distributed systems; network management
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Interests: wireless communications; networking; machine learning; cloud computing; IoT
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Interests: NFV; SDN; 6G networks; network slicing; swarm intelligence
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The cloud-to-edge continuum paradigm is expected to further mature and thus optimally and efficiently link centralized clouds with highly distributed and dynamic edge systems. However, the edge is expected to confer extensive deployments of extremely heterogeneous end devices (e.g., mobiles, IoT, etc.), technologies (e.g., mobile apps), communication protocols (e.g., LoRa) and systems (e.g., SoCs, Android, iOS etc.), which are often installed, configured, and managed in isolation. This raises major questions regarding the following: i) how this large set of heterogeneous systems should be efficiently managed within the continuum; ii) how the various parts of the continuum can trust newly added components (or even complete edge deployments); iii) how the overall continuum can protect itself against vulnerabilities and new threats introduced by its own individual parts and deployed technologies (e.g., Digital Twin, AI, 6G); and iv) how security compliance and assessment can be guaranteed and or certified.
Supported by European projects ICOS, HORSE and COBALT, this Special Issue aims to attract outstanding contributions related to the cloud-to-edge continuum, covering at least one out of the following development levels, theoretical designs, PoC deployment solutions and/or validation into pilots in close-to-real scenarios, including supply chains, critical infrastructures (transportation, energy, logistics, smart cities, etc.) or health.
The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Cloud–edge continuum management and orchestration solutions;
- Meta-OS design and development;
- Proactive security in the cloud-to-edge continuum;
- AI-assisted solutions for cloud-to-edge continuum management;
- Offensive AI and countermeasures;
- Collaborative data-sharing architecture and systems;
- Trust in the cloud–edge continuum;
- Digital Twins and their role in the cloud-to-edge continuum;
- Swarm Intelligence at scale in a continuum;
- Privacy-preserving frameworks in the continuum;
- Securing 5G/6G communication in the continuum;
- End-to-end security assessment and certification;
- Application, services and relevant business cases.
Prof. Dr. Xavi Masip
Prof. Dr. Admela Jukan
Dr. Panagiotis Trakadas
Dr. Michael Alexandros Kourtis
Guest Editors
Francesco D’Andria
George Xilouris
Guest Editor Assistants
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Keywords
- cloud-edge continuum
- IoT
- cybersecurity
- security assessment
- 6G
- predictive AI-assisted strategies
- novel pilots and demonstration scenarios
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