Officers

Chair: Zhi Liu, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan, liu@ieee.org
Co-Chair: Xun Shao, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan, x-shao@ieee.org
Co-Chair: Kui Wu, University of Victoria, Canada, wkui@uvic.ca
Co-Chair: Soufiene Djahel, University of Huddersfield, UK, S.Djahel@hud.ac.uk
Co-Chair: Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul, University of Rennes, France, yhadjadj@irisa.fr
Co-Chair: Avishek Nag, University College Dublin, Ireland, avishek.nag@ucd.ie
Co-Chair: Heli Zhang, Beijing University of Post and Telecommunications, China, zhangheli@bupt.edu.cn

Advisor:
– Yusheng Ji, National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan, kei@nii.ac.jp
– Mianxiong Dong, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan, mx.dong@csse.muroran-it.ac.jp
– Seng Loke, Deakin University, Australia, seng.loke@deakin.edu.au
– Jianping Wang, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, jianwang@cityu.edu.hk
– Xianfu Chen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland, xianfu.chen@vtt.fi

Scope and Objectives

The development of mobile devices and edge computing leads to the explosive deployment
of mobile services and IoT applications; the recent development of advanced algorithms such as deep
learning has shown great potential in resource allocation and service orchestration. The
deep integration of the above technologies provides a wide range of opportunities for the
realization of future edge-assisted intelligent IoT systems. On the other hand, there are
many challenges to realize an efficient and sustainable ecosystem. The challenges are broad and include
device technologies, communication and networking technologies, cloud and edge computing
technologies, energy harvesting technologies, incentive and marketing mechanisms, and the
ethical implications of IoT devices.

In fact, The use of the smart IoT and edge devices in various contexts such as smart homes,
supermarkets, farms, hospitals and elderly care facilities is becoming increasingly popular.
In such environments, multiple users can use smart devices to interact with collections of
other smart devices. However, managing the interaction behavior of a collection of heterogeneous
devices and ensuring responsible behavior in a human-centric way remains a challenge. For this
purpose, it is urgent to design a policy-based development methodology to make smart devices
more human-centric and ethical.

This SIG focus on addressing the above issues with advanced IoT and edge computing technologies,
contributing to the future smart and sustainable society. We will focus on the following topics:

– Multiaccess networks and resource management
– Blockchain and related applications in mobile environment
– Cooperative communications
– Cooperative and smart Internet of Things
– Ethical smart devices and data management
– V2X (vehicular to everything) technologies
– Mobile network management and virtualization
– Software defined networks for mobile networking
– Routing and resource allocation for hybrid network (hNets)
– Game-theoretical analysis for the future mobile networking market
– 5G network architecture, management technologies, and services
– Operation and management of virtualized network functions
– Network function virtualization and software defined networking
– Information-Centric Networking and Named-Data-Networking technologies for mobile networks
– Joint management and orchestration of cloud and networking
– Energy efficiency for multiaccess networks
– Energy harvesting technologies for mobile networks
– Advanced algorithms such as Deep Learning for mobile network management
– Security and privacy issues for emerging mobile services
– Emerging multimedia services, service enablers and management
– Mobile edge computing (MEC) architecture, protocol, and services
– Design, implementation, and testbed/experimental evaluations
– Advanced education technologies with IoT and edge computing technologies

Founding Members:
– Yassine Hadjadj-Aoul, University of Rennes, France, yhadjadj@irisa.fr
– Avishek Nag, University College Dublin, Ireland, avishek.nag@ucd.ie
– Xun Shao, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
– Soufiene Djahel, University of Huddersfield, UK
– Seng Loke, Deakin University, Australia
– Kui Wu, University of Victoria, Canada
– Xianfu Chen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland
– Zhi Liu, The University of Electro-Communications, Japan
– Yuanlong Cao, Jianxi Normal University, China
– Reza Malekian, Malmö University, Sweden
– Heli Zhang, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
– Di Zhang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China
– Kazuhisa Matsuzono, National Institute of Communications Technology, Japan
– Yuanlong Cao, Jiangxi Normal University, China
– Bingyi Liu, Wuhan University of Technology, China
– Fan He, Wuhan University of Technology, China
– Cheng Zhang, Ibaraki University, Japan
– Satish Narayana Srirama, University of Hyderabad, India
– Niroshinie Fernando, Deakin University, Australia
– Jianwen Xu, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
– He Li, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
– Charilaos Zarakovitis, Axon Logic, Greece
– Wenjuan Yu, Lancaster University, UK
– Yusheng Ji, National Institute of Informatics (NII), Japan
– Mianxiong Dong, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan
– Jingjing Lin, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan
– Jianping Wang, City University of Hong Kong, China
– Claudio E. Palazzi, University of Padua, Italy, cpalazzi@math.unipd.it
– Floriano De Rango, University of Calabria, Italy, derango@deis.unical.it
– Ramona Trestian, Middlesex University, Uk, R.Trestian@mdx.ac.uk
– Takfarinas Saber, University of Galway, Ireland, takfarinas.saber@nuigalway.ie
– Irina Tal, Dublin City University, Ireland, irina.tal@dcu.ie
– Mamun Abu-Tair, Ulster University, UK, m.abu-tair@ulster.ac.uk
– Saïd Yahiaoui, CERIST Research Center, Algeria, syahiaoui@gmail.com
– Hrishikesh Venkataraman, Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), India, hvraman@iiits.in
– Razvan Stanica, INSA Lyon, France, razvan.stanica@insa-lyon.fr
– Kamal Singh, Telecom Saint Etienne / University Jean Monnet, France, kamal.singh@univ-st-etienne.fr
– Suat Ozdemir, Hacettepe University, Turkey, ozdemir@cs.hacettepe.edu.tr