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2021 9th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Cloud Computing, Services, and Engineering (IEEE Mobile Cloud)
August 23-26, 2021
https://www.mobile-cloud.net
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The integration of mobile computing, edge, and cloud services enables new applications that provide resources and services on an intelligent basis, process big data collected from mobile sensors, connected vehicles, and support the Internet of things (IoT) with massive edge and cloud-based backends. 5G technology will be a key enabler of this integration. Such mobile applications will have tremendous impacts on many aspects of our life, including transportation/V2X, e-commerce, healthcare, smart homes and smart cities, social interaction, and many more.

Topics of interest
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Theory, Modeling, and Methodologies
- Mobile cloud computing models, architectures, infrastructures, and platforms
- Mobile cloud computing theories, concepts, algorithms, and methodologies
- Mobile cloud data management: models, big data, stream processing
- Mobile cloud data centers: storage, caching, retrieval, migration, resilience, availability
- Mobile cloud networking and protocols
- Mobile cloud tools and middlewares
- Mobile cloud (computing) as a service
- Mobile cloud quality of service (QoS): reliability, robustness, throughput, latency, recovery-time, and scalability
- Mobile cloud security, data protection, privacy, and cryptography
- Mobile cloud analytics
- Mobile cloud optimization with artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), and deep learning (DL)
- Mobile cloud services: model, discovery, provisioning, security, and marketplace
- Mobile cloud for context/location-aware services
- Mobile cloud for crowdsensing and crowdsourcing: models, platforms, and applications
- Mobile cloud for/with 5G/6G: mobile edge computing (MEC), function virtualization, mobile multimedia, load balancing
- Mobile cloud with Edge, Fog, and Cloud computing

Applications and Industry Practice
- Mobile clouds for V2X, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), telematics
- Mobile clouds for surveillance
- Mobile clouds for drones, unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV),
- Mobile clouds for augmented reality
- Mobile clouds for sensor networks, IoT, and Industrial IoT
- Mobile clouds for aviation, airports, and railway
- Mobile clouds for community services and social networking
- Mobile clouds for health and disaster management
- Mobile cloud computing for sustainable development
- Mobile clouds for mission-critical systems

Important Dates
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2021/06/10 – Paper submission deadline
2021/07/01 – Paper notification
2021/07/15 – Camera-ready and registration
2021/08/23-26 - Conference

Paper submission
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IEEE Mobile Cloud 2021 solicits research papers describing novel and previously unpublished scientific contributions to the field of Internet of Things (IoT), edge computing, mobile cloud, mobile systems, intelligent systems, smart homes, connected vehicles (V2X), and 5G/6G connectivity and cloud services.

Two different types of papers can be submitted:
- Regular papers (8 pages IEEE double-column format)
- Work-in-progress and workshop papers (6 pages IEEE double-column format)

All papers must be written in English. Manuscripts must include a title, an abstract with 200-250 words, and a list of 4-6 keywords. All papers must be prepared in the IEEE double-column proceedings format. Please see https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html. Submitted papers should contain original work and not being submitted elsewhere. Each paper must be presented by an author at the conference. Permissions to have the paper presented by a qualified substitute presented may be granted by the TPC Chairs under extraordinary circumstances, upon written request.

General Chairs
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Yan Bai, University of Washington, USA
Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna, Italy
Hiroyuki Sato, University of Tokyo, Japan

Program Committee Chairs
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Jen J. Liu, North Dakota State University, USA
Sandro Rodriguez Garzon, Technische Universität Berlin, Germany
Xuyun Zhang, Macquarie University, Australia