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Nomination and Application due 1 June for MDPI Computers Travel Award 2020
by Blink Yu 12 Mar '20

12 Mar '20

*** 2020 MDPI Computers Travel Award *** We are pleased to announce that the application period is now open for the Computers Travel Award 2020. The applications will be assessed by an Evaluation Committee chaired by the Editor-in-Chief of Computers. This prize provides financial support for the winner to attend an international conference in the field of computer science & engineering to be held in 2020 in order to hold a presentation, present a poster, or both. Requirements: • Applicants must be postdoctoral fellows or PhD students involved in computer science, broadly defined as any discipline covered within Computers. Required application documents: • Outline of current and future research; • CV, including a complete list of publications; • Details of the conference to be attended (conference name and website) and an abstract of the work that will be presented; • Letter of recommendation from the supervisor, research director, or department head that confirms the applicant’s status as a postdoctoral fellow/Ph.D. student. The award will be 800 CHF for each winner, with two winners in total. Please apply by clicking the link below before 1 June, 2020. The winners will be announced on 30 June, 2020. https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computers/awards/submit/876 Kind regards, Computers Editorial Office -- Mr. Blink Yu Managing Editor E-Mail: blink.yu(a)mdpi.com Skype: live:c91693ac8277e1f0 -- MDPI Wuhan Office No.6 Jingan Road, 430064 Wuhan, China MDPI Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland http://www.mdpi.com -- Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone.

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Meeting time
by Ildiko Vancsa 10 Mar '20

10 Mar '20

Hi, We have reached the point of daylight saving time switches that the US has already progressed with. I’m sending this email as a reminder that we will stick to the strategy that we followed in earlier years to keep the US time slot for the calls. This means that the calls will be running on Tuesdays at 7am PDT / 1400 UTC which is currently 3pm CET but that will change at the end of this month. For the latest information please check the OSF Edge Computing Group’s wiki page: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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FedCSIS 2020 - Initial Call for Papers
by FedCSIS no-reply 23 Feb '20

23 Feb '20

INITIAL CALL FOR PAPERS 15th Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS’2020) Sofia, Bulgaria, 6-9 September, 2020 www.fedcsis.org Strict submission deadline: May 15, 2020, 23:59:59 pm HST (no extensions) (FedCSIS IEEE conference number: #49059) Please feel free to forward this announcement to your colleagues and associates who could be interested in it. KEY FACTS: expected Proceedings: IEEE Digital Library; indexing: Web of Science (since 2012); 22 Technical Sessions in 5 Tracks; Doctoral Symposium; conference fee covers 4 lunches and 3 social events; Sofia – capital of Bulgaria, city history goes back to Roman times (with some, recently uncovered and made available to see, fascinating ruins of Serdika – which is how Sofia was known during Tracian and Roman times). FedCSIS is an annual international conference, this year organized jointly by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI), IEEE Poland Section Computer Society Chapter and Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. The mission of the FedCSIS Conference Series is to provide a highly acclaimed forum in computer science and information systems. We invite researchers from around the world to contribute their research results and participate in Technical Sessions focused on their scientific and professional interests in computer science and information systems. As in the previous years, FedCSIS 2020 will host a data mining challenge. It will be organized on a, recently re-designed, Knowledge Pit platform: https://knowledgepit.ml?utm_source=emailcampaign98&utm_medium=phpList&utm_c… The specific topic will be announced shortly, please check the competition site (or the conference portal). There will also be a special session devoted to this challenge at the FedCSIS 2020 conference. Since 2012, Proceedings of the FedCSIS conference are indexed in the Web of Science, SCOPUS and other indexing services. This already includes Proceedings of FedCSIS 2018 (we are awaiting the decision for the FedCSIS 2019). Information about FedCSIS indexing / bibliometry / rankings can be found at: https://www.fedcsis.org/2020/indexation?utm_source=emailcampaign98&utm_medi… FedCSIS TRACKS AND TECHNICAL SESSIONS The FedCSIS 2020 consists of five conference Tracks, hosting Technical Sessions: Track 1: Artificial Intelligence * Advanced Artificial Intelligence in Applications (15th Symposium AAIA'20) * Advances in Semantic Information Retrieval (9th International Workshop ASIR'20) * Formal Approaches to Vagueness in Relation to Mereology (1st Symposium FVRM'20) * Language Technologies and Applications (5th Workshop LTA'20) * Computational Optimization (13th Workshop WCO'20) Track 2: Computer Science & Systems * Advances in Computer Science & Systems (ACSS'20) * Actors, Agents, Assistants, Avatars (1st Workshop 4A'20) * Computer Aspects of Numerical Algorithms (13th Workshop CANA'20) * Multimedia Applications and Processing (13th Symposium MMAP'20) * Scalable Computing (11th Workshop WSC'20) Track 3: Network Systems and Applications * Advances in Network Systems and Applications (ANSA'20) * Internet of Things - Enablers, Challenges and Applications (4rd Workshop IoT-ECAW'20) * Cyber Security, Privacy and Trust (1st International Forum NEMESIS'20) Track 4: Information Systems and Technologies * Advances in Information Systems and Technologies (AIST'20) * Data Science in Health (DSH'19) (2nd Special Session DSH'20) * Information Systems Management (15th Conference ISM'20) * Knowledge Acquisition and Management (26th Conference KAM'20) Track 5: Software and System Engineering * Advances in Software and System Engineering (ASSE'20) * Cyber-Physical Systems (7th Workshop IWCPS’20) * Lean and Agile Software Development (4th International Conference LASD'20) * Model Driven Approaches in System Development (6th Workshop MDASD'20) * Software Engineering (40th IEEE Workshop SEW’20) Track 6: DS-RAIT'20 - 7th Doctoral Symposium on Recent Advances in Information Technology KEYNOTE SPEAKERS * Christian Blum, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Barcelona, Spain Keynote title: Are you a Hybrid? Yes, of course, everyone is a Hybrid nowadays! * George Boustras, European University Cyprus Keynote title: Critical Infrastructure Protection – on the interface of safety and security * Hans-Georg Fill, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Keynote title: From Digital Transformation to Digital Ubiquity: The Role of Enterprise Modeling PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION + Papers should be submitted by May 15, 2020 (strict deadline, no extensions, submission system will be opened in the first week of March). + Preprints will be published on a USB memory stick and provided to the FedCSIS participants. + Only papers presented during the conference will be submitted to the IEEE for inclusion in the Xplore Digital Library. Furthermore, proceedings, published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers, will posted within the conference Web portal. Moreover, most Technical Session organizers arrange quality journals, edited volumes, etc., and may invite selected extended and revised papers for post-conference publications (information can be found at the websites of individual events, or by contacting Chairs of said events). IMPORTANT DATES + Paper submission (strict deadline): May 15, 2020, 23:59:59 pm HST (there will be no extension) + Position paper submission: June 9, 2020 + Author notification: June 30, 2020 + Final paper submission and registration: July 15, 2020 + Conference date: September 6-9, 2020 CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki CONTACT FedCSIS at: secretariat(a)fedcsis.org FedCSIS in Social Media: FedCSIS on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISFacebook?utm_source=emailcampaign98&utm_medium=ph… FedCSIS on LinkedIN: https://tinyurl.com/FedCSISonLinkedIN?utm_source=emailcampaign98&utm_medium… FedCSIS on Twitter: https://twitter.com/FedCSIS?utm_source=emailcampaign98&utm_medium=phpList&u… FedCSIS on XING: http://preview.tinyurl.com/FedCSISonXING?utm_source=emailcampaign98&utm_med… -- To unsubscribe from this list visit http://fedcsis.org/mailinglist?p=unsubscribe&uid=b3b961015513fbe6c0ffafd8a7… -- powered by phpList, www.phplist.com --

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Dell expands edge computing ambitions in telco space
by beth.cohen＠verizon.com 18 Feb '20

18 Feb '20

I am sure we had something to do with this. Dell expands edge computing ambitions in telco space<https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__alva-2Dgroup.us11.list…> Light Reading, Mike Dano, February 18, 2020 Dell Technologies today released a handful of new products specifically targeted at edge computing operations in the telecom industry. "We think the edge is an opportunity," Dell Technologies' Kevin Shatzkamer told Light Reading. Dell announced a new server (PowerEdge XE2420), a new mini data center module (Modular Data Center Micro 415), new controller software (iDRAC9) and a new ingestion and analysis offering (Streaming Data Platform) that are all designed to allow service providers to quickly and easily build edge computing operations. Dell's Shatzkamer explained that the company decided to target the telco space roughly three years ago. He said the company saw an opportunity there as operators moved their network operations from dedicated hardware to virtualized, software-powered systems that could work on off-the-shelf hardware. He said the first phase of the company's efforts involved working with telecom suppliers like Nokia and Ericsosn, but is now evolving to include direct sales of Dell hardware and software to telecom operators directly. Dell already highlights Orange and AT&T as telecom operator "partners." Shatzkamer admitted that, with its new products, Dell would compete directly with companies that also sell edge computing hardware, including Nokia, Erisson and others. [Verizon]<http://www.verizon.com/> Beth Cohen DMTS - NFV/SDN Network Product Strategy Verizon Business Group O 781.466.2055 M 781.434.8553 60 Sylvan Rd. Waltham, MA 02451 <http://www.facebook.com/verizon> [Twitter] <http://twitter.com/verizon>

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Re: [Edge-computing] Usage CHECK on "StarlingX 1.0 Distributed Cloud Solution" on packet.com
by Waines, Greg 05 Feb '20

05 Feb '20

Last call before I tear this down ... ( I’ve heard from Dave Paterson who is done with this. ) Greg. From: Greg Waines <Greg.Waines(a)windriver.com> Date: Wednesday, January 29, 2020 at 10:04 AM To: "edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org" <edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org> Subject: [Edge-computing] Usage CHECK on "StarlingX 1.0 Distributed Cloud Solution" on packet.com Hey, Just trying to free up some resources in the StarlingX PROJECT in packet.com . Is anyone still using or wanting to use the "StarlingX 1.0 Distributed Cloud Solution" on packet.com ? e.g. see https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ecg-test-plan ... i.e. the one highlighted in yellow Open Deployments of ECG MVP Reference Architecture: · Distributed Control Plane Scenario o StarlingX Distributed Cloud solution --> deployed STX 1.0 Distributed Cloud on packet.com § https://www.packet.com § https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Packet_SIG § http://147.75.105.194 o admin / St8rlingX* o ecg-member / St8rlingX* § David Paterson deployed open-source squid web caching ( http://www.squid-cache.org ) on the Dallas Edge Cloud o · Centralized Control Plane Scenario o OpenStack's Tripleo Solution --> deployed in Dell labs § [dpaterson] thus far testing has been in our lab only, packet.com is a noop until we have access to BMC for nodes. Some useful work we did around testing latency etc are illustrated in this diagram:https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tsnz0asFhw_Jd-uXwwOl7oKzm59cDtq1. · What we did here was creat a VM to act as a network impairment node, basically all network traffic goes through this node and we have a script that introduces latenency on demad. I can look into making the internal wiki page public as it may be useful for this group.. Let me know ... it’s using up 70% of resources dedicated to StarlingX in packet.com . I’d like to free it up for other purposes if this is not being used, Greg.

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Usage CHECK on "StarlingX 1.0 Distributed Cloud Solution" on packet.com
by Waines, Greg 29 Jan '20

29 Jan '20

Hey, Just trying to free up some resources in the StarlingX PROJECT in packet.com . Is anyone still using or wanting to use the "StarlingX 1.0 Distributed Cloud Solution" on packet.com ? e.g. see https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ecg-test-plan ... i.e. the one highlighted in yellow Open Deployments of ECG MVP Reference Architecture: · Distributed Control Plane Scenario o StarlingX Distributed Cloud solution --> deployed STX 1.0 Distributed Cloud on packet.com § https://www.packet.com § https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/StarlingX/Packet_SIG § http://147.75.105.194 o admin / St8rlingX* o ecg-member / St8rlingX* § David Paterson deployed open-source squid web caching ( http://www.squid-cache.org ) on the Dallas Edge Cloud o · Centralized Control Plane Scenario o OpenStack's Tripleo Solution --> deployed in Dell labs § [dpaterson] thus far testing has been in our lab only, packet.com is a noop until we have access to BMC for nodes. Some useful work we did around testing latency etc are illustrated in this diagram:https://drive.google.com/open?id=1tsnz0asFhw_Jd-uXwwOl7oKzm59cDtq1. · What we did here was creat a VM to act as a network impairment node, basically all network traffic goes through this node and we have a script that introduces latenency on demad. I can look into making the internal wiki page public as it may be useful for this group.. Let me know ... it’s using up 70% of resources dedicated to StarlingX in packet.com . I’d like to free it up for other purposes if this is not being used, Greg.

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Using DCN Primary site for future-proofing
by Ajay Simha 20 Dec '19

20 Dec '19

Hi Team, We are working on High Level Design for Vodafone Idea Limited (VIL) in India. As an architect, I'm recommending L3 based design - spine/leaf as the design for datacenter whether or not there will be edge sites. This way, in future (which will most likely happen), they can hang edge DCN sites off this primary site. Additionally, today there is a real issue where they have to expand existing OSP VIM (pod) to have additional computes. However, no more room in the DCN floor. L3 based lends itself to expand the POD in a different floor, building etc. If we go with this architecture, I'm concerned about nova backend. @Jaromir Coufal <jcoufal(a)redhat.com> - I checked with you if the leaf is within the same DCN (not on an edge site) I can use the Ceph backend. Which you answered "yes". Is nova backend using ephemeral/local a design limitation? OR actual limitation in OSP13 where it simply cannot be configured/enabled for spine-leaf/DCN deployment? Thanks Ajay

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2nd Edge White paper - zoom Link / Call
by lebre.adrien＠free.fr 16 Dec '19

16 Dec '19

Hi all, Can someone send the right zoom link for the telco? I'm using the following link [1] but it looks like I'm the only one. Did I miss something? Thanks Adrien [1] https://meet.jit.si/OSF_Edge_Computing_Group_Whitepaper

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New calendar file for the weekly calls
by Ildiko Vancsa 14 Dec '19

14 Dec '19

Hi, I updated the calendar invite for the weekly calls. You can find the new file here: https://object-storage-ca-ymq-1.vexxhost.net/swift/v1/6e4619c416ff4bd19e1c0… Please let me know if you have any trouble with it. Thanks, Ildikó

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The weekly call this Tuesday is cancelled
by Ildiko Vancsa 09 Dec '19

09 Dec '19

Hi, As many of the group participants have conflicts with the weekly call tomorrow (December 10) we are cancelling this week’s meeting. __Next meeting is next Tuesday (December 17) at 1500UTC__: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings In the meantime the authors are continuing to work on the second whitepaper and we are also looking into taking the next steps with the testing activities. Keep in touch on the mailing list and IRC and see you all on the weekly call next Tuesday. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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Requirement List
by Wang, Shane 05 Dec '19

05 Dec '19

Hi all, In today's meeting, we received a suggestion to get a requirement list and collect requirements on edge, after comparing and analyzing the existing features in OpenStack, StarlingX and other edge projects. Zhu Rong from ZTE already had some and even had patches to fix them, but they are not in the upstream yet. Do you think if it makes sense to initiate and create such a list for edge WG? Do you see any overlap with existing efforts? Thanks. -- Shane

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Open Infrastructure Summit and PTG Shanghai - edge recap
by Ildiko Vancsa 02 Dec '19

02 Dec '19

Hi, Hereby is a recap of the Open Infrastructure Summit that was held in Shanghai, November 4-6, with conference sessions including presentations and panel discussions, a lively Marketplace and the co-located Forum to provide space and time for users, operators and developers to talk about the software pieces the communities are working on. As usual the event started with keynotes[1] that were focusing on open infrastructure and updates about OpenStack and further OSF projects as well as news from the global and local communities. During the event the sessions were organized into dedicated tracks to cover relevant areas including a combined track for NFV, 5G, and edge computing. OSF Edge Computing Group contributors had a panel discussion to give an update on the latest activities of the group including a sync with representatives of the Chinese edge community. Similarly to former Summits we had the Forum[2] running in parallel to the conference with 40 minutes long sessions with users, operators and developers in the rooms to discuss feedback, new ideas and next steps. StarlingX and the OSF Edge Computing Group had a joint session[3] to talk about reference architectures and gather new use cases from the attendees. The session discussed use cases related to Content Delivery Networks (CDN) and requirements to run workloads on bare metal at the edge and further items in the area of networking. The conference sessions were recorded and the slides and videos are being uploaded to the event website[4] as you read this article. We had a full day[5] dedicated to the edge working group to talk about recent activities, synchronize with OpenStack and OSF projects and work on the roadmap for the first half of 2020. The working group discussions were mainly focusing on testing activities that we have started earlier this year. The group is working on defining reference architectures[6] that we are turning into reference implementations to see if they fulfill edge requirements and find gaps and areas to improve. In recent activities we started to test the distributed control plane model with using StarlingX[7] and setup the centralized control plane model with TripleO. Due to limitations on the lab environment we have we hit a roadblock with the latter scenario which brought us to discuss alternatives both on the side of ways to deploy the test systems as well as alternatives for lab environments. The group decided to reach out to universities as well as look into offers on lab donations from earlier PTGs. The group has a test plan proposal[7] that we started to review at the PTG. Our main goal for testing is to evaluate the functionality of the services that we deploy in the lab environments based on information we gathered from collecting use cases from different industry segments. Evaluating the services as a complete platform is out of the scope of our work as the group is not working on an end-to-end solution that can be used out of the box but rather wants to make sure that the building blocks deliver what they promise. In that sense we will not test the steps of deployment and configuration neither the steps of upgrading the infrastructure at this stage. Based on the outreach to look for lab environments we also hope to be able to deploy edge environments at multiple sites which could give us the possibility to eventually test geographically distributed configurations. This is not a high priority task at this point, but the group had an agreement to keep this as a desirable goal. After the test environments we also briefly discussed possible workloads to test our edge environments with. We identified two areas to look at, these being vRAN and cloud gaming. Both of these use cases are already moving to deployment stage which means that we have a potential to find open source building blocks to use or partner up with organizations to do joint work in the area, one example to look at is O-RAN. The group is planning to record demos once we reached the stage of operational deployments with workloads running on top of them. We are also still dedicated to lower level testing such as Keystone federation testing in a Devstack environment. Another big chunk of the PTG activities of the group were cross-project discussions with two main objectives. As projects and services continuously evolve we need to periodically re-evaluate our reference architecture models to ensure they are still correct and realistic when it comes to the details. We identified items to fix for projects like Glance, Nova and Cinder. Beyond synchronizing with the projects we’ve already been working with we are also constantly looking into new projects to add to the models and activities as well. Candidates high on our list are Ironic and Cyborg as both managing bare metal resources and hardware acceleration technologies are getting more and more crucial for edge use cases. We had sessions with Cinder, Cyborg and Neutron and had one large joint session involving Ironic, TripleO, Airship and Manila. With Cinder we focused mainly on deployment options regarding the placement of the services and some functionality around availability zones (AZs). We touch based on features such as setting a default volume type per AZ as volume requests don’t contain AZ information. Another feature that is very useful for edge use cases is the instance locality filter which can ensure for single node edge sites that the deployment is using local disks on the node. Group members had a very fruitful discussion with the Cyborg team to kick off the collaboration between the project and the edge working group. As hardware acceleration is a hot topic for edge use cases it is very important that we have the possibility to experiment with that in our test environments as well beyond capturing this need on architecture diagrams. During the session we synced up on the state of both Cyborg as well as the work of the Edge Computing Group and started to explore some relevant use cases. Our current focus is on vRAN deployments, and mentioned the work that a team from Rakuten was presenting[8] at the Summit. We had a short sync with the Neutron team to check on items that are in progress. Our focus with that team was on enhancements in the ability of managing network segment ranges[9] in edge deployments. The task is currently approved and in progress with some cross-project work items in the plan such as collaboration with the Placement team. We will track progress during the Ussuri release cycle and include the functionality in our testing activities once it is implemented. Our last session was held with a large group where we had members from multiple project teams. Our main focus was concentrating around Ironic use cases mainly around the area of virtual media based provisioning as well as booting from a URL. For the deployment side in relation to TripleO we were discussing an option for single step configuration that would include full node settings for the hardware. It faces challenges around locality to ensure that the image has a local source or is cached somewhere close to the server that is getting deployed. To utilize Ironic for Airship we mentioned the Metal3[10] CRD work. The last item of the session was a short update from Manila to summarize the relevant service and ongoing work around active-active configurations. Based on the information the working group has gathered during the Open Infrastructure Summit and PTG we will work on both building and evolving test environments as well as to enhance our reference architecture models. The group is also planning to start actively discussing concepts such as containerization and extend the architecture models to be suitable for all types of workloads. You can also check out the StarlingX blog[11] for details about the StarlingX activities in Shanghai. For more details about the OSF Edge Computing Group check out the group's wiki page[12]. You can participate in the discussions by joining our mailing list[13] or joining the #edge-computing-group IRC channel on Freenode. The group will also participate in the next OSF event[14] in June, 2020. Stay tuned for updates! Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó [1] https://www.openstack.org/videos/summits/shanghai-2019/tracks/keynotes [2] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Forum [3] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PVG-edge-wg-forum [4] https://www.openstack.org/videos/search?search=edge [5] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PVG-ECG-PTG [6] https://www.starlingx.io [7] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/ecg-test-plan [8] https://www.openstack.org/summit/shanghai-2019/summit-schedule/events/24451… [9] https://bugs.launchpad.net/neutron/+bug/1832526 [10] https://metal3.io [11] https://www.starlingx.io/blog/starlingx-shanghai-recap.html [12] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group [13] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/edge-computing [14] https://www.openstack.org/summit/vancouver-2020

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Call for Paper: [Information] Special Issue--"Advances in Mobile Gaming and Games-based Leaning" （More than 15 scholars agreed to submit）
by Blink Yu 27 Nov '19

27 Nov '19

Special Issue: Advances in Mobile Gaming and Games-based Leaning Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 January 2020 Website and Planned Papers:https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/MobileGaming… Guest Editor: Dr. Antonio Coelho Faculdade de Engenharia, Universidade do Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal Dr. Carlos Vaz de Carvalho Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Instituto Polit?cnico do Porto, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal ======================= Dear Colleagues, We cordially invite you to submit a manuscript for consideration and possible publication in a Special Issue on "Advances in Mobile Gaming and Games-based Leaning" to be published in an EI, ESCI and Scopus-indexed open access journal Information (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/information) The submission manuscript deadline is 31 January 2020. For more details, please visit the website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/MobileGaming_Gamesb… You may share this invitation with your team members and colleagues; co-authors are most welcome. Please let me know within a month or as soon as possible if you and your colleagues are interested in submitting a manuscript for this special issue. If more time is needed, please feel free to tell us (information(a)mdpi.com) Your contribution would be most welcome. Information is fully open access. Open access (unlimited and free access by readers) increases publicity and promotes more frequent citations, as indicated by several studies. Open access is supported by the authors and their institutes. An Article Processing Charge (APC) of CHF 1000 currently applies to all accepted papers. You may be entitled to a discount if you have previously received a discount code or if your institute is participating in the MDPI Institutional Open Access Program (IOAP), for more information see: http://www.mdpi.com/about/ioap. For further details on the submission process, please see the instructions for authors at the journal website (http://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/instructions) We hope this topic is of interest to you and look forward to collaborating with you in the near future. Kind regards, Blink Yu Section Managing Editor --- Dear Colleagues, Education is evolving to overcome new challenges related to the unique competencies of the professionals of the future and the requirements of a new generation that is immersed in the digital media world from birth. Digital Games is one of the media that have the potential to reach these two objectives. Game-based learning is the scientific area that focuses on the development of games that are designed over specific learning objectives. From thoroughly crafted educational games to the use of gamification, the new era of the school will be digital. However, we should not forget tangential learning with the use of entertainment games. Mobile games are also leveraging a large community of gamers that relies on the specifics of mobile technology, such as ubiquity and pervasiveness. The solutions can leverage informal learning, literacy, science communication, and citizenship, among a vast area of applications. The aim of this Special Issue is to disclose the new advances in game-based learning and mobile games that can enhance the effectiveness and outreach of learning objects. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: Game-based learning; Serious games; Mobile games; Pervasive games; Learning models and practices with the use of games; New technologies for game-based learning: Virtual and augmented reality; New interaction devices, toys, and playthings; Simulations; 3D rendering technologies; Game engines and development tools; Location-based games; Artificial intelligence; Educational games analytics; Assessment and evaluation of educational games; User experience design; The psychology of educational games; Gender and age issues; Social and collaborative games; Security and confidentiality in educational games; Case studies in educational games; Game development for mobile devices. Dr. Antonio Coelho Dr. Carlos Vaz de Carvalho Guest Editors -- Mr. Blink Yu Managing Editor E-Mail: blink.yu(a)mdpi.com Skype: live:c91693ac8277e1f0 -- MDPI Wuhan Office No.6 Jingan Road, 430064 Wuhan, China MDPI Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland http://www.mdpi.com -- Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone.

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Weekly call is on :)
by Ildiko Vancsa 26 Nov '19

26 Nov '19

Hi, Just a friendly reminder that the weekly call is on. Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/879678938 Further info: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks, Ildikó

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Wiki page update
by Ildiko Vancsa 25 Nov '19

25 Nov '19

Hi, Our wiki page has grown organically since the creation of our group and got a little chaotic. I updated the page a little to make it less busy and extracted some of the content out to separate pages. You can check the result here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Please let me know what you think. Thanks, Ildikó

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The IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E) - New deadline!
by Flavia Delicato 17 Nov '19

17 Nov '19

===================================================================== The IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E) April 21-24, 2020, Sydney, Australia Website: https://conferences.computer.org/IC2E/2020/ ===================================================================== Call for Papers The IEEE International Conference on Cloud Engineering (IC2E) is targeted to be a premier conference on cloud computing, which represents a paradigm shift for the use and delivery of information technology (IT) and has been revolutionizing the support of on-demand access, economies of scale, and dynamic sourcing options. IC2E provides a high-quality and comprehensive forum, where researchers and practitioners can exchange information on engineering principles, enabling technologies, and practical experiences related to cloud computing. The conference brings together experts who work on different levels of the cloud stack—systems, storage, networking, platforms, databases, and applications. IC2E offers an end-to-end view on the challenges and technologies in cloud computing, fosters research that addresses the interaction between different layers of the stack, and ultimately helps shape the future of cloud-transformed business and society. IC2E-2020 invites submissions of high-quality research papers describing fully-developed results, and ongoing foundational and applied work related to all aspects of cloud engineering. The program committee will interpret “cloud engineering” very broadly—everything from engineering principles to practical experiences, at and across different levels of the cloud stack, from both academia and industry. --------------TOPICS-------------- We particularly encourage submissions on topics of emerging interest in the research and development communities. We invite submissions on the following topics: * Cloud Infrastructure - Processors, accelerators for Cloud processing: interactive, batch, and streaming - Cloud storage and databases - Programming models, benchmarks, and tools - Mobile cloud computing - Multimedia cloud computing - Cloud Networking, 5G - Runtimes, virtualization, containers, unikernels, event-driven serverless - Platforms and services for data and analytics - Operational analytics and DevOps solutions - Economics of cloud * Cloud services - X as a Service: Backend, Business Process, Database, Infrastructure, Network, - Platform, Security, Software, Storage, etc. - Microservices in the cloud - Support for mobility - Accelerators at the edge and core - Edge to core/data center - AI at the core and edge - Edge and fog computing - (Near) Real-time applications and services - Blockchain in support of Cloud Services * Cloud management - Big data management, platforms, analytics - Energy management in cloud centers - Cloud security, privacy, compliance, and trust - SGX, Trust zone, hardware security support - Hybrid cloud integration - Metering, pricing, and software licensing - Resource management and optimization - Service lifecycle management, automation - Performance, dependability, SLAs - Workload deployment and migration - Resource management and accounting - Cloud operating models including, public, on-premises and hybrid integration * Practice and Experience - Design, implementation and operation of cloud platforms - Practical design issues with infrastructure, platform and other as-a-service offerings - Experimental data on cloud operations and usage patterns - Managing big data, practical challenges and emerging techniques - Experience with management systems, tools, and integration --------------IMPORTANT DATES-------------- Abstract submission deadline (New): November 22nd 2019, 23:59 GMT Full paper submission deadline(New): November 29th 2019, 23:59 GMT Author notification:January 31st 2020 Camera-ready deadline:March 20th 2020 --------------SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS-------------- Please submit full (and short) papers by the full paper submission deadline in PDF format via the web submission form. All papers should be double blind. Full research/industry track papers should not exceed 10 pages double column, including figures, and tables. References can be additional pages. We do not distinguish research and industry, there is a unified track. Short papers are limited to 6 pages, not including references. Short papers should be clearly marked as such in the title. The manuscripts may not exceed 10-point size font on 8.5x11 inch pages (IEEE conference style). --------------REVIEW PROCESS & PUBLICATION-------------- All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed. Submissions will be judged on correctness, originality, technical strength, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference scope. Submitted manuscripts must contain original contributions, and their contributions must NOT have appeared in or be under consideration for publication in another workshop, conference, or journal. After review, some full paper submissions may be offered to be published as a short paper (6 pages) or a poster (2 pages). Accepted papers will be published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services (EI indexed). -- Flávia C. Delicato Professora Associada Instituto de Computação - Laboratório MídiaCom Universidade Federal Fluminense (IC / UFF) http://www.ic.uff.br - http://www.midiacom.uff.br =======================================

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Edge Woman of the Year
by Ildiko Vancsa 15 Nov '19

15 Nov '19

Hi, I came across this one and thought to share if people have someone to nominate: https://www.edgecomputingworld.com/edgewomanoftheyear/ :) Thanks, Ildikó

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Next Tuesday's (November 19) weekly call is cancelled
by Ildiko Vancsa 15 Nov '19

15 Nov '19

Hi, As a few people from the group will be at Kubecon next week we are cancelling the weekly call for next Tuesday. The next call will be on __November 26 at 1500 UTC__. For more information and agenda please see the wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks, Ildikó

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Call for Paper: [Computers]: Special Issue "Simulation, Imaging and Modelling for Biomedical Systems" (Scopus, ESCI, 50% discount, Deadline Approaching)
by Blink Yu 14 Nov '19

14 Nov '19

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message] ==================================== Special Issue "Simulation, Imaging and Modelling for Biomedical Systems" Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 December 2019 Guest Editor: Dr. Elena Casiraghi and Dr. Barbara Barricelli Department of Computer Science; Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Website: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/computers/special_issues/SIM_BS ===================================== Dear Colleagues, Over the past decades, a continuous increase in computational power, together with substantial advances in the digital image processing and pattern recognition fields, has motivated the development of computer-aided diagnostic (CAD) systems, augmented and virtual reality applications for surgical planning and simulation, and digital-twin applications for healthcare. Thanks to their effective, precise, and repeatable results, validated CAD systems are nowadays exploited as a valid aid during diagnostic procedures. Surgical simulation applications have become an essential part of surgical procedures as well as training, while research on the development of digital-twin applications in healthcare is continuously increasing, to deliver significant societal and health benefits. Similar important advances in the field of microscopy image analysis have been motivated by the advent of digital microscopes producing high-resolution digital images. Indeed, in the past thirty years the development of computerized systems that have helped pathologists in their analysis of images obtained by fluorescence, histochemical, and immunohistochemical labeling has become a main research focus for computer scientists and clinicians. State-of-the-art automatic microscopy image analysis systems automatically identify biological structures of interest and then try to reproduce the evaluation and quantification performed by expert pathologists and clinicians. These tools are much appreciated in the field for their potential to minimize the inherent subjectivity of manual analysis and to largely reduce the workload of clinicians via high-throughput analysis. This Special Issue intends to provide a comprehensive overview of recent, theoretical, and/or practical advances and new trends in biomedical/microscopy image enhancement and analysis, vision modelling, and general physiological models applied to biomedical/microscopy image processing and advanced visualization methods and devices, and to discuss their applications in the biological and medical fields. Keywords: BioMedical/microscopy image enhancement Biomedical/microscopy image quality assessment Biomedical/microscopy image analysis Computational approaches for citology and histology Computer-aided diagnosis Neuro imaging BioMedical/microscopy image databases Machine learning and artificial intelligence Image segmentation, registration, and fusion Interventional imaging systems Image-guided interventions and surgery Surgical and interventional simulation systems Interventional tracking and navigation Surgical planning and simulation Surgical visualization and mixed, augmented and virtual reality Digital twins and end-user development in biomedicine Interventional software and user interfaces Physiological models Dr. Elena Casiraghi Dr. Barbara Barricelli Guest Editors -- Mr. Blink Yu Managing Editor E-Mail: blink.yu(a)mdpi.com Skype: live:c91693ac8277e1f0 -- MDPI Wuhan Office No.6 Jingan Road, 430064 Wuhan, China MDPI Postfach, CH-4020 Basel, Switzerland http://www.mdpi.com -- Disclaimer: MDPI recognizes the importance of data privacy and protection. We treat personal data in line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and with what the community expects of us. The information contained in this message is confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this message in error, please notify me and delete this message from your system. You may not copy this message in its entirety or in part, or disclose its contents to anyone.

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Meeting is on for this Tuesday (November 12)
by Ildiko Vancsa 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

Hi, As I need to update the calendar invites it is a quick heads up that we will have an attempt to have a meeting this week to recap the discussions happened at the Open Infrastructure Summit in Shanghai last week. As we have KubeCon happening next week which may also affect attendance of our weekly call I’m hoping that this week and next week we can spread the information and then keep on working on items onwards. Dial in info and agenda is here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Thanks, Ildikó

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Joint sessions on Thursday at the PTG
by Ildiko Vancsa 07 Nov '19

07 Nov '19

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we have two joint sessions at the PTG today: * meeting with the Neutron team today at 12:00pm in room 431 * meeting with the Cinder team at 1:30pm at table Austin Edge PTG etherpad: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PVG-ECG-PTG Thanks, Ildikó

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Cyborg joint session on Wednesday (November 6) at the Shanghai PTG
by Ildiko Vancsa 05 Nov '19

05 Nov '19

Hi, Just a quick heads up that we are planning a joint session with the Cyborg project tomorrow (November 6) at 4pm at the Cyborg table (Diablo) at the PTG (https://www.openstack.org/ptg/) The objective for the discussion is to kick off the collaboration between the edge group and the Cyborg project to make sure we have a good awareness on both sides around how acceleration devices are leveraged on the edge and what we need to do to make sure the infrastructure services support the needs. Edge group PTG etherpad: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PVG-ECG-PTG Thanks, Ildikó

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PTG cross-project session scheduling and plans
by Ildiko Vancsa 30 Oct '19

30 Oct '19

Hi, As a few people from the group are already on the road and had to skip the meeting today I’m dropping this mail as a reminder to the PTG planning. We have a few cross-project slots that are currently scheduled for Thursday, namely: * Neutron - Thursday 12:00pm - 12:30pm * Cinder - 1:30pm - A few more cross-project sessions scheduled for Friday * Ironic - Friday 1:30pm - * Airship - some time in the afternoon, check right after lunch Beyond the above you can find the currently planned topics here: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PVG-ECG-PTG Please reply to this thread asap if any of the cross-project sessions are colliding with other activities. Please add comments to the etherpad or reply to this thread with further questions or comments. Thanks, Ildikó

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Edge call is on now
by Ildiko Vancsa 15 Oct '19

15 Oct '19

Zoom is fixed. :) https://zoom.us/j/879678938 Thanks, Ildikó

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StarlingX's Use of Keystone for Kubernetes Authentication
by Waines, Greg 12 Oct '19

12 Oct '19

Hey Colleen, Ildiko asked me to summarize StarlingX’s experiences with using Keystone in STX R2.0 . Specifically summarize StarlingX’s experiences with using Keystone for Kubernetes API Authentication and Docker Registry Authentication. Greg. Background: In STX 1.0 * StarlingX managed a Baremetal OpenStack Cloud, * All the OpenStack Services, e.g. neutron, nova, cinder, etc. ... including StarlingX itself, used Keystone to authenticate, In STX 2.0 * StarlingX changed to manage a Baremetal Kubernetes Cluster, with a Containerized OpenStack Cloud running on top of Kubernetes. * The solution is now layered * StarlingX Kubernetes * Keystone * StarlingX ... authenticating with the Platform Keystone * Kubernetes ... authenticating with the Platform Keystone (intent ... but abandoned) * Docker Registry ... authenticating with the Platform Keystone * OPTIONAL Containerized OpenStack * Keystone, * Nova, Neutron, Glance, Cinder, Horizon, Heat * ... all authenticating with the OpenStack Keystone * Barbican, Telemetry (Ceilometer, Panko, Gnocchi, Aodh), Ironic * ... all authenticating with the OpenStack Keystone Use of Keystone in “StarlingX Kubernetes”: * Ironically we were using Keystone for authentication of a Baremetal Kubernetes Cluster * Normally this would be done for a Kubernetes Cluster running on top of OpenStack * i.e. the Kubernetes Cluster using services of the underlying cloud provider * e.g. using the cloud provider’s authentication services, load balancing services, storage services, etc. * ( This doesn’t have any relevance to this discussion ... just thought I’d point it out. ) * StarlingX Services authenticating with Keystone * No issues ... did it in STX 1.0 ... so no changes required. * Docker Registry authenticating with Keystone * This link: https://docs.docker.com/registry/spec/auth/token/ describes how Docker Registry token authentication works * The Authentication/Authorization Service in the above link’s diagram, MUST be a JSON Web Token Server supporting OAUTH2 interface to docker, * Docker provides an EXAMPLE of such a Token Server in its github: https://github.com/docker/distribution/tree/master/contrib/token-server , which can be copied and updated to handle your preferred authn/z backend. * Docker guy we spoke to was kind of surprised someone hadn’t done this already for keystone. * So StarlingX started with this example and built a JSON Web Token Server supporting OAUTH2 interface to docker and with a backend talking to Keystone * Located here: https://opendev.org/starlingx/containers/src/branch/master/registry-token-s… * ... we are still doing this currently. * Kubernetes API authenticating with Keystone * So we were using the Keystone Authentication and Authorization Webhooks and the Client-Keystone-Auth defined here: https://github.com/kubernetes/cloud-provider-openstack * I presented this solution in this presentation at the DENVER OPENSTACK SUMMIT https://www.dropbox.com/s/gnyf3mtyf5janq1/KubernetesMultiTenancyWithKeyston… * See slides 6,7,8 * This did not work out-of-the box circa early-2019, we had to fix the following issues: * Had to add Authentication to Armada (upstreamed) * StarlingX used Armada to manage set of helm charts for openstack * Armada did NOT support kubernetes authentication * StarlingX team added it and upstreamed it * Had to fix lock feature for Authentication in Armada (upstreamed) * After previous upstream commit to support authentication in armada, * A commit went in to Armada to support locking (for atomic transactions I think), and the commit forgot to take into account authentication, * StarlingX team fixed this commit upstream. * Had issues with expiring tokens with the client-keystone-auth * I believe that the client-auth-plugin was using a cached keystone client that was holding on to tokens that eventually expired * We put in some workaround for this ... can’t remember details. * Eventually we “generally” had this working ... except for a specific but-easily-repeatable use case, where the system would hang or fail in client-keystone-auth (being called from the StarlingX systemInventory process) * It was a path in the client-keystone-auth, where the code was trying to refresh the token in the kubernetes client, * Investigation suggested that the client-keystone-auth was not compatible with our version of eventlet(0.18.4) ... which is a few years old, * There was no way to update the token through “proper” methods. Attempting to delete the client caused the code to mysteriously freeze. If you tried to set the client to none on 1 line then set it to a new client in another line, the code would freeze as you try to set the client to none. * we managed to get it to work by digging through the internals of the client and setting a new token that way, but this was somewhat of a hack. * Since eventlet was used everywhere and we were getting close to STX 2.0 release date, we felt like it was too much risk to try and upversion it. * So, we abandoned the “Kubernetes API authentication with Keystone” work. * StarlingX Roadmap wrt Kubernetes API Authentication * Given our struggles in getting Keystone working ... a little uneasy in picking it up again, * Also Authentication requirements from StarlingX 2.0 Users of the Kubernetes Layer only, are asking for things like: * OpenID Connect (OIDC, OAuth2) type authentication, * LDAP * SAML * Integration with specific authentication platforms like: * GitHub, * LinkedIn, * Azure, * Windows Active Directory * I suspect many of these would require development in Keystone to support. * Whereas there are other existing opensource solutions that can provide that now. Greg.

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PTG planning - ACTION NEEDED
by Ildiko Vancsa 10 Oct '19

10 Oct '19

Hi, I’m reaching out with a friendly reminder that it is time now to prepare for the upcoming PTG (https://www.openstack.org/ptg/) which will be held in Shanghai, November 6-8. The Edge Computing Group session is scheduled for all day Friday (November 8). We have time to discuss items that are more relevant for the working group’s activities as well as organizing cross-project sessions. I created an etherpad which has a few items there already: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PVG-ECG-PTG Please add ‘+1’s next to the items you are interested in discussing as well as comments or new items to talk about. We will continue the planning on the next weekly call next Tuesday (October 15). It is crucial to identify projects to have sessions with to make sure we get a chance to schedule the collaborative sessions. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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FW: [ironic] FFE: Add idrac HW type Redfish virtual media boot interface
by David.Paterson＠dell.com 24 Sep '19

24 Sep '19

My associate wasn't getting much traction with this FFE and I know this group expressed interest in this feature. Please take a look and review and +1 if possible. Thanks, dp From: Pioso, Richard Sent: Monday, September 23, 2019 8:09 PM To: 'openstack-discuss(a)lists.openstack.org' Subject: [ironic] FFE: Add idrac HW type Redfish virtual media boot interface Hi, I request a late feature freeze exception (FFE) for https://review.opendev.org/#/c/672498/ -- "Add Redfish vmedia boot interface to idrac HW type". There is high demand from operators for this feature. They would be delighted if it were included in Train. We believe it is a low risk change, because of the following: 1) It affects only the idrac hardware type. 2) The highest priority boot interfaces supported by the idrac hardware type remain so. 'ipxe' and 'pxe' continue to have the highest priority, and the new 'idrac-redfish-virtual-media' has the lowest priority. The new order from highest to lowest priority is 'ipxe', 'pxe', and 'idrac-redfish-virtual-media'. 3) The new interface is based on and almost entirely leverages an already merged interface implementation, 'redfish-virtual-media'. [1] Please let me know if you have any concerns or questions. Thank you for your consideration. Rick [1] https://review.opendev.org/#/c/638453/

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OSF Edge Whitepaper update
by Ildiko Vancsa 20 Sep '19

20 Sep '19

Hi, First of all thanks to all of you who signed up to be an author for our second whitepaper. We have 12 volunteers so far which means that I think we have reached the limits of a group size with which we can effectively work on the paper. With that said if you are just catching up and would like to participate please reach out to me or reply to this thread to see how we can still have you involved. You can find details and current plans on this etherpad: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/osf-ecg-second-whitepaper We plan our next call for next Monday (September 23) at 1300 UTC, further details are on the etherpad. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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[ndnSIM] CFP [Deadline Extended]: 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP’19)
by Reza Tourani 19 Sep '19

19 Sep '19

(Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this email) The paper submission deadline was extended to accommodate the extension requests received from several authors. Dear Colleagues, Please consider contributing to the 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP’19) to be held on 9 December 2019; Orlando, FL, USA. Workshop links: http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~encp19/ <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http:%2F%2Fwww.cs.umsl.…> , https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2019/#!/workshop-encp <https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconferenc…> Scope and Topic List The integration of computing and networking is considered a promising direction to fulfill the strict low latency and high data exchange requirements of a number of new and innovative application use-cases (e.g., augmented/virtual reality, autonomous driving, drone coverage). Context-aware networking can help maximize the compute utilization at the edge increasing the network capacity. For instance, network functions may enable intelligent distribution of tasks to resources, the reuse of results from previously executed tasks, adaptability to the dynamic nature of edge ecosystems (e.g., network dynamics, bursty rates of tasks, dynamic resource availability). The ENCP workshop has the integration of networking and computing as the central theme with a focus on mechanisms for the joint optimization of networking and computing resources, infrastructure virtualization, in-network caching, compute reuse, and security and privacy concerns. The ENCP workshop has the goal of serving as a venue, where minds from the Distributed Computing, Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Edge Computing communities meet to advance the state-of-the-art in the area of systems for In-Network Computing. The workshop welcomes submissions from researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, who explore challenges and advances in architectures, algorithms, protocols, middleware, and technologies in the current or the future clean-slate Internet. We also encourage work-in-progress and position papers that describe original ideas, present new directions, or have the potential to stimulate insightful discussions. ENCP invites submissions of unpublished work on the following topics (but not limited to): • Architectures of in-network computing • In-network caching solutions • Virtualization for in-network computing systems • Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for in-network computing • Security, privacy, trust management, and access control in in-network computing architectures • Information-Centric Networking (ICN) for in-network computing • Software-Defined Networking for in-network computing • In-network computing for challenged networks (e.g., disaster scenarios) • Deployment and interoperability with traditional network architectures/functions • Network slicing for in-network computing systems • Internet of Things (IoT) for in-network computing • Pricing and billing in in-network computing systems • Highly available in-network computing systems • Management of in-network computing systems • In-network computing in the era of 5G • Scalability, performance advancements, and fault-tolerance • Tools for troubleshooting, monitoring, and validation of in-network computing systems and architectures • Innovative applications that in-network computing enables • In-network computing in public and private clouds, as well as edge computing paradigms • Resource allocation, modeling, and analysis • Applications of machine learning to in-network computing • Microservice architectures • Distributed consensus algorithms • Data processing frameworks Important dates Paper submission deadline: September 23, 2019 (11:59PM EDT) Acceptance notification: October 10, 2019 Camera-ready deadline: October 17, 2019 Workshop date: December 9, 2019 Submission details The workshop solicits papers written in the standard (2-column, 10pt ACM format). All the submissions will be double-blind and will be peer-reviewed. Per the anonymity guide, authors must remove their own names and any other information that may identify themselves to the reviewers. Submissions should be no more than 6 pages (including references, appendix, and all figures). The submission links will be announced shortly. — Best Regards, Abderrahmen Mtibaa, Spyridon Mastorakis, and Dirk Kutscher ENCP'19 General Chairs

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Re: [Edge-computing] Lab requirements collection
by Waines, Greg 17 Sep '19

17 Sep '19

Agreed I did volunteer. I can put something together for next week’s meeting. Greg. From: "ANDREAS.FLORATH(a)TELEKOM.DE" <ANDREAS.FLORATH(a)TELEKOM.DE> Date: Friday, May 31, 2019 at 5:58 AM To: "gergely.csatari(a)nokia.com" <gergely.csatari(a)nokia.com>, "edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org" <edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org> Cc: "matthias.britsch(a)telekom.de" <matthias.britsch(a)telekom.de> Subject: Re: [Edge-computing] Lab requirements collection Hello! We are also waiting that somebody asks for hardware ;-) IMHO Greg volunteered to collect requirements: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/edge-wg-ptg-preparation-denver-2019 > ACTION(gwaines): Put together requirements and start collecting an inventory of hardware that can be used for a testing lab > Requirements for both distributed and centralized MVPs > Greg Waines, greg.waines(a)windriver.com, GregWaines, in person Kind regards Andre ________________________________ From: Csatari, Gergely (Nokia - HU/Budapest) <gergely.csatari(a)nokia.com> Sent: Tuesday, May 28, 2019 17:05 To: edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org Subject: [Edge-computing] Lab requirements collection Hi, During the PTG sessions we agreed that we will try to build and verify the minimal reference architectures (formally known as MVP architectures). We also discovered, that we might need to have some hardware for this. Some companies were kind enough to promise some hardware resource for us if we can define the “lab requirements” for these. There was someone in the room who volunteered for this task, but unfortunatelly I forgot the name. Can someone please remind me who was the kind person to volunteer for this task? Thanks, Gerg0

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CFP [Deadline Approaching] : 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP’19)
by reza tourani 13 Sep '19

13 Sep '19

(Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this email) The Abstract Registration Deadline has been removed to accommodate for some technical paper authors to have a chance to submit their work. There will be NO EXTENSION for the paper submission deadline. — — Dear Colleagues, Please consider contributing to the 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP’19) to be held on 9 December 2019; Orlando, FL, USA. Workshop links: https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2019/#!/workshop-encp <https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2019/#!/workshop-encp>, http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~encp19/ <http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~encp19/> Scope and Topic List The integration of computing and networking is considered a promising direction to fulfill the strict low latency and high data exchange requirements of a number of new and innovative application use-cases (e.g., augmented/virtual reality, autonomous driving, drone coverage). Context-aware networking can help maximize the compute utilization at the edge increasing the network capacity. For instance, network functions may enable intelligent distribution of tasks to resources, the reuse of results from previously executed tasks, adaptability to the dynamic nature of edge ecosystems (e.g., network dynamics, bursty rates of tasks, dynamic resource availability). The ENCP workshop has the integration of networking and computing as the central theme with a focus on mechanisms for the joint optimization of networking and computing resources, infrastructure virtualization, in-network caching, compute reuse, and security and privacy concerns. The ENCP workshop has the goal of serving as a venue, where minds from the Distributed Computing, Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Edge Computing communities meet to advance the state-of-the-art in the area of systems for In-Network Computing. The workshop welcomes submissions from researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, who explore challenges and advances in architectures, algorithms, protocols, middleware, and technologies in the current or the future clean-slate Internet. We also encourage work-in-progress and position papers that describe original ideas, present new directions, or have the potential to stimulate insightful discussions. ENCP invites submissions of unpublished work on the following topics (but not limited to): • Architectures of in-network computing • In-network caching solutions • Virtualization for in-network computing systems • Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for in-network computing • Security, privacy, trust management, and access control in in-network computing architectures • Information-Centric Networking (ICN) for in-network computing • Software-Defined Networking for in-network computing • In-network computing for challenged networks (e.g., disaster scenarios) • Deployment and interoperability with traditional network architectures/functions • Network slicing for in-network computing systems • Internet of Things (IoT) for in-network computing • Pricing and billing in in-network computing systems • Highly available in-network computing systems • Management of in-network computing systems • In-network computing in the era of 5G • Scalability, performance advancements, and fault-tolerance • Tools for troubleshooting, monitoring, and validation of in-network computing systems and architectures • Innovative applications that in-network computing enables • In-network computing in public and private clouds, as well as edge computing paradigms • Resource allocation, modeling, and analysis • Applications of machine learning to in-network computing • Microservice architectures • Distributed consensus algorithms • Data processing frameworks Important dates Paper registration deadline: September 9, 2019 Paper submission deadline: September 16, 2019 Acceptance notification: October 4, 2019 Camera-ready deadline: October 13, 2019 Workshop date: December 9, 2019 Submission details The workshop solicits papers written in the standard (2-column, 10pt ACM format). All the submissions will be double-blind and will be peer-reviewed. Per the anonymity guide, authors must remove their own names and any other information that may identify themselves to the reviewers. Submissions should be no more than 6 pages (including references, appendix, and all figures). The submission links will be announced shortly. — Best Regards, Abderrahmen Mtibaa, Spyridon Mastorakis, and Dirk Kutscher ENCP'19 General Chairs

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[newbie question] what's edge computing
by Wesley Peng 10 Sep '19

10 Sep '19

Hi, Does edge computing means putting many nodes in different edge IDCs, like what CDN does? Or it means to expand computing capability using user's mobile devices, IoT devices etc? Thanks.

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Edge tutorial articles - VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
by Ildiko Vancsa 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

Hi, I’m reaching out to you as I got asked if we have people in our working group who would be interested in writing up writing a practical "Edge Tutorial” or two for the large German magazine iX (Heise-Verlag). The request has the following parameters: * Target group: interested community with strong IT background * Target focus: practical guide to use Edge Computing related frameworks (maybe an example regarding distributed edge intelligence) * Size: 2-6 pages with 6000 to 7000 characters each (incl. spaces) and code snippets. Figures would count for around 500 characters. * Timing: * Tutorial 1: beginning of October * Tutorial 2: beginning of November As the articles will be published in a German paper they either need to be written in German or need to be translated. __As we have a very tough timeline, please reach out to me if you are interested in participating ASAP.__ Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó

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New whitepaper ToC brainstorming session - MEETING INFO
by Ildiko Vancsa 09 Sep '19

09 Sep '19

Hi, Based on the Doodle poll I sent out earlier the best time slot for the ToC brainstorming call is __next Monday (September 9) at 1300 UTC__. I created an etherpad and dropped in the call details with a few initial thoughts to build from: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/osf-ecg-second-whitepaper You can dial-in by using the following Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/8341652381 Please let me know if you have any questions or if you would like to receive a meeting invite for the call. Thanks, Ildikó

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CFP [Paper Registration Deadline in 5 Days]: 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP’19)
by reza tourani 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

(Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this email) Dear Colleagues, Please consider contributing to the 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP’19) to be held on 9 December 2019; Orlando, FL, USA. Workshop links: https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.cs.umsl.edu/*encp19/__;fg!euKmGKuCgl… <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://www.cs.umsl.edu/*encp19/__;fg!euKmGKuCgl…> , https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2019/*… <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2019/*…> Scope and Topic List The integration of computing and networking is considered a promising direction to fulfill the strict low latency and high data exchange requirements of a number of new and innovative application use-cases (e.g., augmented/virtual reality, autonomous driving, drone coverage). Context-aware networking can help maximize the compute utilization at the edge increasing the network capacity. For instance, network functions may enable intelligent distribution of tasks to resources, the reuse of results from previously executed tasks, adaptability to the dynamic nature of edge ecosystems (e.g., network dynamics, bursty rates of tasks, dynamic resource availability). The ENCP workshop has the integration of networking and computing as the central theme with a focus on mechanisms for the joint optimization of networking and computing resources, infrastructure virtualization, in-network caching, compute reuse, and security and privacy concerns. The ENCP workshop has the goal of serving as a venue, where minds from the Distributed Computing, Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Edge Computing communities meet to advance the state-of-the-art in the area of systems for In-Network Computing. The workshop welcomes submissions from researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, who explore challenges and advances in architectures, algorithms, protocols, middleware, and technologies in the current or the future clean-slate Internet. We also encourage work-in-progress and position papers that describe original ideas, present new directions, or have the potential to stimulate insightful discussions. ENCP invites submissions of unpublished work on the following topics (but not limited to): • Architectures of in-network computing • In-network caching solutions • Virtualization for in-network computing systems • Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for in-network computing • Security, privacy, trust management, and access control in in-network computing architectures • Information-Centric Networking (ICN) for in-network computing • Software-Defined Networking for in-network computing • In-network computing for challenged networks (e.g., disaster scenarios) • Deployment and interoperability with traditional network architectures/functions • Network slicing for in-network computing systems • Internet of Things (IoT) for in-network computing • Pricing and billing in in-network computing systems • Highly available in-network computing systems • Management of in-network computing systems • In-network computing in the era of 5G • Scalability, performance advancements, and fault-tolerance • Tools for troubleshooting, monitoring, and validation of in-network computing systems and architectures • Innovative applications that in-network computing enables • In-network computing in public and private clouds, as well as edge computing paradigms • Resource allocation, modeling, and analysis • Applications of machine learning to in-network computing • Microservice architectures • Distributed consensus algorithms • Data processing frameworks Important dates Paper registration deadline: September 9, 2019 Paper submission deadline: September 16, 2019 Acceptance notification: October 4, 2019 Camera-ready deadline: October 13, 2019 Workshop date: December 9, 2019 Submission details The workshop solicits papers written in the standard (2-column, 10pt ACM format). All the submissions will be double-blind and will be peer-reviewed. Per the anonymity guide, authors must remove their own names and any other information that may identify themselves to the reviewers. Submissions should be no more than 6 pages (including references, appendix, and all figures). The submission links will be announced shortly. — Best Regards, Abderrahmen Mtibaa, Spyridon Mastorakis, and Dirk Kutscher ENCP'19 General Chairs

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Edge Hacking Days
by Ildiko Vancsa 04 Sep '19

04 Sep '19

Hi, I’m reaching out with an attempt to organize hacking days to work on edge related tasks. The idea is to get together remotely on IRC/Zoom or any other platform that supports remote communication and work on items like building and testing our reference architectures or work on some project specific items like in Keystone or Ironic. Here are Doodle polls for the next three months: August: https://doodle.com/poll/ucfc9w7iewe6gdp4 September: https://doodle.com/poll/3cyqxzr9vd82pwtr October: https://doodle.com/poll/6nzziuihs65hwt7b Please mark any day when you have some availability to dedicate to hack even if it’s not a full day. Please let me know if you have any questions. As a reminder you can find the edge computing group’s resources and information about latest activities here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó (IRC: ildikov)

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Shanghai Forum and PTG preparation
by Ildiko Vancsa 03 Sep '19

03 Sep '19

Hi, As we are getting closer to the Open Infrastructure Summit and PTG in Shanghai we need to start our preparation to the Forum and PTG. The Forum submission period is September 2-16. I created an etherpad for ideas to submit as session proposals for the edge group: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PVG-ECG-forum-brainstorming We also requested a day for the PTG. I created another etherpad to put together an agenda for the event as well as plan ahead to have cross-project sessions so we can reach out to the projects and organize the slots with them: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/PVG-ECG-PTG Please add your ideas or comments to the above etherpads so we can consider all aspects before submitting Forum session ideas as well as putting together the agenda for the PTG. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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Edge white paper ToC brainstorming
by Ildiko Vancsa 30 Aug '19

30 Aug '19

Hi, Following up on our discussion on yesterday’s weekly call I put together a Doodle poll to find a time slot next week to brainstorm about an outline and table of contents for a next edge white paper. Please __fill out the poll asap__ if you’re interested in joining the call: https://doodle.com/poll/sv3nrgytcf4n6udv I will send out a Zoom link and meeting invite once we have a slot we agree on. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks, Ildikó

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CFP [Deadline in 2 Weeks]: 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP’19)
by Reza Tourani 26 Aug '19

26 Aug '19

(Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this email) Dear Colleagues, Please consider contributing to the 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP’19) to be held on 9-12 December 2019; Orlando, FL, USA. Workshop links: http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~encp19/ <http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~encp19/> , https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2019/#!/workshop-encp <https://conferences2.sigcomm.org/co-next/2019/#!/workshop-encp> Scope and Topic List The integration of computing and networking is considered a promising direction to fulfill the strict low latency and high data exchange requirements of a number of new and innovative application use-cases (e.g., augmented/virtual reality, autonomous driving, drone coverage). Context-aware networking can help maximize the compute utilization at the edge increasing the network capacity. For instance, network functions may enable intelligent distribution of tasks to resources, the reuse of results from previously executed tasks, adaptability to the dynamic nature of edge ecosystems (e.g., network dynamics, bursty rates of tasks, dynamic resource availability). The ENCP workshop has the integration of networking and computing as the central theme with a focus on mechanisms for the joint optimization of networking and computing resources, infrastructure virtualization, in-network caching, compute reuse, and security and privacy concerns. The ENCP workshop has the goal of serving as a venue, where minds from the Distributed Computing, Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Edge Computing communities meet to advance the state-of-the-art in the area of systems for In-Network Computing. The workshop welcomes submissions from researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, who explore challenges and advances in architectures, algorithms, protocols, middleware, and technologies in the current or the future clean-slate Internet. We also encourage work-in-progress and position papers that describe original ideas, present new directions, or have the potential to stimulate insightful discussions. ENCP invites submissions of unpublished work on the following topics (but not limited to): • Architectures of in-network computing • In-network caching solutions • Virtualization for in-network computing systems • Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for in-network computing • Security, privacy, trust management, and access control in in-network computing architectures • Information-Centric Networking (ICN) for in-network computing • Software-Defined Networking for in-network computing • In-network computing for challenged networks (e.g., disaster scenarios) • Deployment and interoperability with traditional network architectures/functions • Network slicing for in-network computing systems • Internet of Things (IoT) for in-network computing • Pricing and billing in in-network computing systems • Highly available in-network computing systems • Management of in-network computing systems • In-network computing in the era of 5G • Scalability, performance advancements, and fault-tolerance • Tools for troubleshooting, monitoring, and validation of in-network computing systems and architectures • Innovative applications that in-network computing enables • In-network computing in public and private clouds, as well as edge computing paradigms • Resource allocation, modeling, and analysis • Applications of machine learning to in-network computing • Microservice architectures • Distributed consensus algorithms • Data processing frameworks Important dates Paper registration deadline: September 9, 2019 Paper submission deadline: September 16, 2019 Acceptance notification: October 4, 2019 Camera-ready deadline: October 13, 2019 Submission details The workshop solicits papers written in the standard (2-column, 10pt ACM format). All the submissions will be double-blind and will be peer-reviewed. Per the anonymity guide, authors must remove their own names and any other information that may identify themselves to the reviewers. Submissions should be no more than 6 pages (including references, appendix, and all figures). The submission links will be announced shortly. — Best Regards, Abderrahmen Mtibaa, Spyridon Mastorakis, and Dirk Kutscher ENCP'19 General Chairs

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Re: [Edge-computing] [ironic][ops] Taking ironic nodes out of production
by Bogdan Dobrelya 10 Aug '19

10 Aug '19

[CC'ed edge-computing(a)lists.openstack.org] On 20.05.2019 18:33, Arne Wiebalck wrote: > Dear all, > > One of the discussions at the PTG in Denver raised the need for > a mechanism to take ironic nodes out of production (a task for > which the currently available 'maintenance' flag does not seem > appropriate [1]). > > The use case there is an unhealthy physical node in state 'active', > i.e. associated with an instance. The request is then to enable an > admin to mark such a node as 'faulty' or 'in quarantine' with the > aim of not returning the node to the pool of available nodes once > the hosted instance is deleted. > > A very similar use case which came up independently is node > retirement: it should be possible to mark nodes ('active' or not) > as being 'up for retirement' to prepare the eventual removal from > ironic. As in the example above, ('active') nodes marked this way > should not become eligible for instance scheduling again, but > automatic cleaning, for instance, should still be possible. > > In an effort to cover these use cases by a more general > "quarantine/retirement" feature: > > - are there additional use cases which could profit from such a > "take a node out of service" mechanism? There are security related examples described in the Edge Security Challenges whitepaper [0] drafted by k8s IoT SIG [1], like in the chapter 2 Trusting hardware, whereby "GPS coordinate changes can be used to force a shutdown of an edge node". So a node may be taken out of service as an indicator of a particular condition of edge hardware. [0] https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iSIk8ERcheehk0aRG92dfOvW5NjkdedN8F7mSUT… [1] https://github.com/kubernetes/community/tree/master/wg-iot-edge > > - would these use cases put additional constraints on how the > feature should look like (e.g.: "should not prevent cleaning") > > - are there other characteristics such a feature should have > (e.g.: "finding these nodes should be supported by the cli") > > Let me know if you have any thoughts on this. > > Cheers, > Arne > > > [1] https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/DEN-train-ironic-ptg, l. 360 > -- Best regards, Bogdan Dobrelya, Irc #bogdando

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Call for Papers: 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP’19)
by Reza Tourani 30 Jul '19

30 Jul '19

(Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this email) Dear Colleagues, Please consider contributing to the 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging in-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP’19) to be held on 9-12 December 2019; Orlando, FL, USA. Workshop link: http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~encp19/ <http://www.cs.umsl.edu/~encp19/> Scope and Topic List The integration of computing and networking is considered a promising direction to fulfill the strict low latency and high data exchange requirements of a number of new and innovative application use-cases (e.g., augmented/virtual reality, autonomous driving, drone coverage). Context-aware networking can help maximize the compute utilization at the edge increasing the network capacity. For instance, network functions may enable intelligent distribution of tasks to resources, the reuse of results from previously executed tasks, adaptability to the dynamic nature of edge ecosystems (e.g., network dynamics, bursty rates of tasks, dynamic resource availability). The ENCP workshop has the integration of networking and computing as the central theme with a focus on mechanisms for the joint optimization of networking and computing resources, infrastructure virtualization, in-network caching, compute reuse, and security and privacy concerns. The ENCP workshop has the goal of serving as a venue, where minds from the Distributed Computing, Information-Centric Networking (ICN), Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Edge Computing communities meet to advance the state-of-the-art in the area of systems for In-Network Computing. The workshop welcomes submissions from researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, who explore challenges and advances in architectures, algorithms, protocols, middleware, and technologies in the current or the future clean-slate Internet. We also encourage work-in-progress and position papers that describe original ideas, present new directions, or have the potential to stimulate insightful discussions. ENCP invites submissions of unpublished work on the following topics (but not limited to): • Architectures of in-network computing • In-network caching solutions • Virtualization for in-network computing systems • Network Function Virtualization (NFV) for in-network computing • Security, privacy, trust management, and access control in in-network computing architectures • Information-Centric Networking (ICN) for in-network computing • Software-Defined Networking for in-network computing • In-network computing for challenged networks (e.g., disaster scenarios) • Deployment and interoperability with traditional network architectures/functions • Network slicing for in-network computing systems • Internet of Things (IoT) for in-network computing • Pricing and billing in in-network computing systems • Highly available in-network computing systems • Management of in-network computing systems • In-network computing in the era of 5G • Scalability, performance advancements, and fault-tolerance • Tools for troubleshooting, monitoring, and validation of in-network computing systems and architectures • Innovative applications that in-network computing enables • In-network computing in public and private clouds, as well as edge computing paradigms • Resource allocation, modeling, and analysis • Applications of machine learning to in-network computing • Microservice architectures • Distributed consensus algorithms • Data processing frameworks Important dates Paper registration deadline: September 9, 2019 Paper submission deadline: September 16, 2019 Acceptance notification: October 4, 2019 Camera-ready deadline: October 13, 2019 Submission details The workshop solicits papers written in the standard (2-column, 10pt ACM format). All the submissions will be double-blind and will be peer-reviewed. Per the anonymity guide, authors must remove their own names and any other information that may identify themselves to the reviewers. Submissions should be no more than 6 pages (including references, appendix, and all figures). The submission links will be announced shortly. — Reza Tourani Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Saint Louis University

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[opnfv-tsc] [opnfv-tech-discuss] [edge cloud] Cancelled Bi-weekly meeting
by zhaoqihui＠chinamobile.com 24 Jul '19

24 Jul '19

Hello Edge Cloud Team, As there is no specific topic for today, we'd like to cancel today's meeting. Best, Qihui China Mobile Research Institute (+86) 13810659120

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Zoom meeting not working for me.
by beth.cohen＠verizon.com 16 Jul '19

16 Jul '19

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CFP - IEEE GLOBECOM 2019 Workshop - MobileEdgeCom - Deadline July 7th
by Gianluca Antonio Rizzo 04 Jul '19

04 Jul '19

(Apologies if you received multiple copies of this call) **************************** MobileEdgeCom 2019 CFP *************************** The International Workshop on New and Disruptive Technologies and Applications for Mobile Edge/Fog Computing - MobileEdgeCom 2019 http://mobileedgecom.hevs.ch/ Waikoloa, HI, USA, December 9-13, 2019 Co-located with The IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE Globecom 2019) - https://globecom2019.ieee-globecom.org/ INTRODUCTION ============= The recent evolution of ICT has led to an increasing pervasiveness of sensing and computing, with the consequent generation of massive amount of data, calling for scalable and efficient decentralized approaches to data storage and elaboration. This has originated a progressive shift towards Fog and Smart-Edge nodes, mediating between the cloud and the end devices. The Fog/Edge computing paradigm is a decentralized model that transfers (part of) computing-intensive tasks from the cloud to intermediate (fog) nodes or to edge nodes. It typically leverages the computational capabilities of virtually any networked device, including resources such as laptops, smartphones, tablets and sensors. Within the context of cellular networks, The Edge Computing approach has led to Mobile Edge Computing (MEC), enabling operators to run applications and perform related processing tasks closer to the cellular customer, reducing network congestion while improving latency and application performance. Such a vision is further boosted by the advent of 5G technologies, and the relative softwarization and virtualization of the main functionalities within the cellular network. Many research issues are currently open in MEC. At the same time, MEC is paving the way to many disruptive and novel application and business models, unforeseen previously, by boosting the visionary concepts of smart cities and factories. This workshop aims at collecting contributions highlighting challenges, state-of-the-art, and solutions to a set of currently open issues in MEC, including – but not limited to – performance, modelling, optimization, energy-efficiency, reliability, security, privacy and techno-economic aspects of Edge Computing. Through addressing these concerns while understanding their impacts and limitations, technological advancements will be channeled toward more sustainable/efficient platforms for tomorrow’s ever-connected systems and industrial applications. This workshop will welcome two kinds of contributions: • Research papers on innovative ideas, applications and solutions within the context of Mobile Edge Computing, which identify challenges, report experiences, and discuss progress towards design, solutions for MEC; • Position papers, describing revolutionary and visionary concepts related to Mobile Edge Computing and its applications, which identify vision/ideas of MEC where novel technologies taken from 5G, or even 6G, blockchain, virtualization are applied. This workshop aims at bringing together leading researchers from both academia and industry, providing an opportunity for them to share their vision on Mobile Edge Computing and novel disruptive ideas, with the potential of opening up novel research directions and/or applications. The goal is to solicit new ideas, insights and inspiration for the current research on Mobile Edge/Fog Computing. SCOPE AND TOPICS ================ Original papers are welcome on (but not limited to): ● Architectures and Middleware for MEC ● Distributed data storage and retrieval in MEC ● Performance and Security issues ● Energy efficiency aspects in MEC ● Architectures and Middleware for MEC ● Edge Intelligence ● 5G-enabled Edge Computing ● Edge Computing for Industrial Automation ● Blockchain-based Edge Computing ● Edge Computing within the Internet of Things ● Energy-efficient architectures/solutions for MEC ● Energy harvesting and offloading for MEC ● Network slicing and Resource allocation at the Edge. IMPORTANT DATES ================ ·Paper submission deadline: July 7th, 2019 ·Paper acceptance notification: August 15, 2019 ·Final camera ready and registration: September 15, 2019 PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE ========================== The workshop accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum paper length of six (6) printed pages (10-point font) including figures without incurring additional page charges (maximum 1 additional page with over-length page charge if accepted). Submission link : http://edas.info/N26276 MobileEdgeCom 2019 Committees ========================== Program Chair Christian Esposito, University of Napoli “Federico II”, Italy ( Christian.esposito(a)unina.it) Gianluca Rizzo, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO) – Valais, Switzerland (gianluca.rizzo(a)hevs.ch) Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong ( csjcao(a)comp.polyu.edu.hk) Antonio Jara, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO) – Valais, Switzerland (antonio.jara(a)hevs.ch) Publicity Chair Matthieu Delaloye, University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland (HES-SO) – Valais, Switzerland (matthieu.delaloye(a)hevs.ch) -- Dr. Gianluca Rizzo, PhD Connected Experience Lab (ConExLab) - Institute of Information Systems (IIG) University of Applied Sciences of Western Switzerland - HES SO Valais

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China Mobile Edge platform evaluation presentation next Tuesday
by Ildiko Vancsa 13 Jun '19

13 Jun '19

Hi, I attended a presentation today from Qihui Zhao about China Mobile’s experience on evaluation different edge deployment models with various software components. As many of the evaluated components are part of OpenStack and/or StarlingX I invited her for next week’s Edge Computing Group call (Tuesday, June 18) to share their findings with the working group and everyone who is interested. For agenda and call details please visit this wiki: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks and Best Regards, Ildikó

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CFP reminders
by Ildiko Vancsa 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

Hi, I wanted to draw your attention to a few CFP deadlines that are approaching quickly: * June 16 - ONS Europe - https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/open-networking-summit-europe-201… * June 22 - OpenInfra Days Nordic - https://www.papercall.io/oidn-stockholm-2019 * July 2 - Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai - https://www.openstack.org/summit/shanghai-2019&_eboga=204325035.1551339844 Beth has already submitted a working group update panel for ONS. To coordinate for Open Infrastructure Summit Shanghai David created an etherpad: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/2019-shanghai-summit-talk-proposals Please let me know if you need help with your session proposals for either conference. Thanks, Ildikó

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Re: [Edge-computing] [opnfv-tsc] [opnfv-tech-discuss] [edge cloud] Cancelled Bi-weekly meeting
by zhaoqihui＠chinamobile.com 12 Jun '19

12 Jun '19

Hello Edge Cloud Team, Today's meeting is cancelled due to the plugfest. There would be an edge session on Thursday, June 13th, at 2:15 PM (GMT+2), if you'd like to join. Topic: https://wiki.lfnetworking.org/display/LN/2019+June+Event+Topic+Proposals#id… Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/367716013 Best, Qihui China Mobile Research Institute (+86) 13810659120

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Open Infrastructure Summit and PTG Edge overview and next steps
by Ildiko Vancsa 11 Jun '19

11 Jun '19

Hi, There were a lot of interesting discussions about edge computing at the Open Infrastructure Summit[1] and PTG in Denver. Hereby I would like to use the opportunity to share overviews and some progress and next steps the community has taken since. You can find a summary of the Forum discussions here: https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/edge-and-5g-not-just-the-future-bu… Check the following blog post for a recap on the PTG sessions: https://superuser.openstack.org/articles/edge-computing-takeaways-from-the-… The Edge Computing Group is working towards testing the minimal reference architectures for which we are putting together hardware requirements. You can catch up and chime in on the discussion on this mail thread: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/edge-computing/2019-June/000597.html For Ironic related conversations since the event check these threads: * http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/edge-computing/2019-May/000582.html * http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/edge-computing/2019-May/000588.html We are also in progress to write up an RFE for Neutron to improve segment range management for edge use cases: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/edge-computing/2019-May/000589.html If you have any questions or comments to any of the above topics you can respond to this thread, chime in on the mail above threads, reach out on the edge-computing mailing[2] list or join the weekly edge group calls[3]. If you would like to get involved with StarlingX you can find pointers on the website[4]. Thanks, Ildikó (IRC: ildikov on Freenode) [1] https://www.openstack.org/videos/summits/denver-2019 [2] http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/edge-computing [3] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Meetings [4] https://www.starlingx.io/community/

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Use-cases bi-weekly calls - next one is today
by Ildiko Vancsa 03 Jun '19

03 Jun '19

Hi, It is a friendly reminder that we are having the next use cases call today. You can find the meeting details here: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Edge_Computing_Group#Use_cases The calendar file is available here: https://object-storage-ca-ymq-1.vexxhost.net/swift/v1/6e4619c416ff4bd19e1c0… Thanks, Ildikó

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[ironic][edge]: Recap of PTG discussions
by Csatari, Gergely (Nokia - HU/Budapest) 31 May '19

31 May '19

Hi, There was a one hour discussion with Julia from Ironic with the Edge Computing Group [1]. In this mail I try to conclude what was discussed and ask some clarification questions. Current Ironic uses DHCP for hardware provisioning, therefore it requires DHCP relay enabled on the whole path to the edge cloud instances. There are two alternatives to solve this: 1) Virtual media support [2] where the ip configuration is embedded into a virtual image what is booted via the board management interface 2) Redfish support, however the state and support of redfish for host management is not clear. Is there already a specification has been added for redfish support? Upgrade of edge cloud infrastructures: - Firmware upgrade should be supported by Ironic. Is this something on its way or is this a new need? - Operating system and infra update can be solved using Fenix [3], however handling several edge cloud instances from a central location needs new features. Handling of failed servers: - A monitoring system or the operator should provide the input to mark a server as failed - Ironic can power down the failed servers and have the definition of a maintenance state - Discussed in [4] Additional ideas what we half discussed: - Running Ironic containers in a switch with the images hosted by Swift somewhere else. Are there any concerns about this idea? Any missing features from somewhere? [1]: https://etherpad.openstack.org/p/edge-wg-ptg-preparation-denver-2019 [2]: https://specs.openstack.org/openstack/ironic-specs/specs/not-implemented/L3… [3]: https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Fenix [4]: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/edge-computing/2019-May/000582.html Br, Gerg0

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