mobile Edge and CLOUD COMPUTING
Mobile Edge and Cloud Computing
Mobile Edge and Cloud Computing
Monday, A5-A6 12 noon -3:00 pm
Friday, A5-A6 12 noon -2:00 pm
Part 1: Fundamentals tools and problems
Resource management
Scalability and migrations
Energy efficiency considerations
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Part 2: Cloud computing
Part 3: Edge computing
Part 4: Mobile computing
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