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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 
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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
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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
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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 
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The workshop seeks for novel, previously unpublished papers.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).