IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing (ICFEC) 2025: Call for Papers

The 9th IEEE International Conference on Fog and Edge Computing (ICFEC 2025) is a leading forum to disseminate and discuss research activities and results on a broad range of topics in the fields of fog and edge computing. ICFEC 2025 will take place in conjunction with The 25th International Symposium on Cluster, Cloud and Internet Computing (CCGrid 2025) from May 19-22, 2025, in Tromsø, Norway.

About Fog and Edge Computing

Fog and edge computing are seen as alternatives to cloud-based computational resources, especially in scenarios with large amounts of data produced in distributed settings (e.g., IoT) requiring near real-time processing or when suboptimal network connectivity hampers data upload to the cloud. Use cases span smart factories, smart grids, and autonomous vehicles. Current challenges include developing new abstractions for programming and storage models, addressing security, privacy, and trust in distributed systems, managing resources of mobile and hardware-constrained devices, processing large data streams, integrating novel communication protocols, and enabling distributed machine learning like federated learning.

Topics of Interest

The conference seeks high-quality contributions covering both theory and practice in systems research and emerging domain-specific applications related to next-generation distributed systems across the cloud-edge compute continuum. This includes mist computing, edge computing, multi-access edge computing, fog computing, and mobile cloud computing. Some representative topics include:

• Data centers and infrastructures along the compute continuum
• Mobility management along the compute continuum
• Federated learning and distributed machine learning in and for the compute continuum
• 5G/6G for the compute continuum
• Middleware and runtime systems for the compute continuum
• Programming models for the compute continuum
• Storage and data management platforms along the compute continuum
• Scheduling and resource management for the compute continuum
• Security, privacy, trust, and provenance issues for the compute continuum
• Distributed consensus and blockchains in the compute continuum
• Modeling and simulation for and in the compute continuum
• Performance monitoring and metering of infrastructures along the compute continuum
• (Big) Data processing in the compute continuum
• Energy-efficient computing in the compute continuum

Important Dates

All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE, UTC-12 timezone).

1. Paper submission deadline: January 23, 2025
2. Author notification: February 28, 2025
3. Camera-ready submission: March 28, 2025
4. Conference: May 19-22, 2025 (on-site in Tromsø, Norway)

Submission Instructions

We invite original manuscripts that have neither been published elsewhere nor are under review at a different venue. Papers should follow the IEEE template for conference proceedings.

• Format: Papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format.
• Length: Full papers may not exceed 8 letter-size pages, including all figures, tables, and references. Poster papers may not exceed 2 pages.
• Review: All manuscripts will be reviewed and judged on originality, technical strength, significance, presentation, and relevance to the conference by at least three reviewers.
• Submission System: Papers may be submitted online at Easychair.

Accepted papers may be designated as REGULAR papers (8 pages), SHORT papers (5 pages), or POSTER papers (2 pages) based on reviewer recommendations. Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published through the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services.

Registration

• Registration Link: Register Now
• Author registration deadline: March 20, 2025
• Non-author early registration deadline: April 14, 2025
• Requirement for publication: At least one author of an accepted paper must register by March 14, 2025, and attend the conference to present the paper for it to be included in the final technical program and the IEEE Digital Library.
• Cancellation policy: Registration can be canceled on or before April 20, 2025, with a NOK 1000 administrative fee deduction.
• Registration includes: Access to conference and workshop rooms, proceedings, food (lunches and breaks), gala dinner, social event, goodies, and one-week bus tickets.

Committees

• General Chairs: Khalid Elgazzar, Lena Mashayekhy
• Program Chairs: Cristina L. Abad, Stefan Schulte, Subhajit Sidhanta
• Steering Committee: Rajkumar Buyya, Adrien Lèbre, Omer Rana, Haiying Shen, Yogesh Simmhan, Anthony Simonet, Blesson Varghese, Massimo Villari

Venue

ICFEC 2025 will take place at UiT The Arctic University of Norway in Tromsø. The venue is easily accessible by bus or car. For navigation, use MazeMap: https://site.uit.no/ccgrid2025/venue-and-stay/

Contact

• Khalid Elgazzar: khalid.elgazzar[at]ontariotechu.ca
• Stefan Schulte: stefan.schulte[at]tuhh.de