Report Title: Mobile Cloud Computing: Paradigms and Challenges
Reporter(Institution): Cao Jiannong（Department of Computing Science ,The Hong Kong Polytechnic University）
Time: 02:00.pm,23rd December, 2013
Location: B-201, Building of Economics & Management, Jiulonghu Campus
Abstract: Mobile cloud computing (MCC) has emerged as a new paradigm of cloud computing. It is an extension of cloud computing with the support of mobility and computation on mobile devices. MCC offers great opportunities for mobile service industry, allowing mobile devices to access the applications and utilize the elastic resources offered by the cloud. It is predicted that MCC services will be the platforms of choice of IT industry for the next 20 years and generate huge revenue.When cloud meets mobile, there are many interesting and challenging issues to address. In this talk, I will first introduce different paradigms and applications of mobile cloud computing. Then, I will describe corresponding research topics and challenging issues. In the last part of this talk, I will introduce some work that we are focusing on in mobile cloud computing.
Brief introduction of Reporter: Dr. Cao is currently a chair professor and head of the Department of Computing at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong. His research interests include parallel and distributed computing, computer networks, mobile and pervasive computing, fault tolerance, and middleware. He has co-authored 3 books, co-edited 9 books, and published over 300 papers in major international journals and conference proceedings. He is a senior member of China Computer Federation, a senior member of IEEE, and a member of ACM. He is the Chair of the Technical Committee on Distributed Computing of IEEE Computer Society. Dr. Cao has served as an associate editor and a member of the editorial boards of many international journals, including IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transacitons on Computers, IEEE Networks, Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal, Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, Peer-to-Peer Networking and Applications, and Journal of Computer Science and Technology. He has also served as a chair and member of organizing / program committees for many international conferences, including PERCOM, INFOCOM, ICDCS, IPDPS, ICPP, RTSS, DSN, ICNP, SRDS, MASS, PRDC, ICC, GLOBECOM, and WCNC.
Dr. Cao received the BSc degree in computer science from Nanjing University, Nanjing, China, and the MSc and the Ph.D degrees in computer science from Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA.
