Special Issue on Multi-tier Big Data Pipelines from Edge to the Cloud Data Centers Software: Practice and Experience (Wiley Press) Call for Papers Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Integrate and process data from underlying IoT platforms and services ▪Smartly select data streams for processing ▪Address the 4 “V” of the Big Data problem: volume, variety, velocity and veracity▪Improve the energy efficient management of resources and tasks processing ▪Address the QoS and time-critical aspects of smart applications ▪Facilitate intelligent integration of information arising from various sources ▪Address the requirements of very dynamic Big Data pipelines(e.g. moving smartphones, sensors, cars, robots with dynamically changing requirements for processing) ▪Provide orchestration methods and scheduling policies that address dependability, reliability, availability and other high-level application requirements ▪Adequately address the inherent variability of resources from the Edge to the Data Centers ▪Provide new architectures which use the powerful computing resources of Data Centers, while at the same time providing optimal QoS to applications ▪Address the decentralisation aspects through the use of Blockchain-based Smart Contracts and Oracles ▪Implement distributed Artificial Intelligence methods from the Edge to the Data Center/Cloud For details, please see: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/1097024X/SI_CFP_big_data_pi... Revised/New Important Dates ------------ April 28, 2020-Paper submission due Jul 15, 2020 : -Revision submission due Oct 15, 2020 -Special Issue ============