Project in brief

MobileCloud is an FP7 Marie Curie IRSES project, where eight leading universities and research insitutions in Europe and China jointly investigate innovative methodologies and approaches to optimize mobile cloud computing resources in the emerging cloud computing era.

Overview

Mobile Cloud Computing emerges as a new computing paradigm where mobile devices exploit the available cloud computing platform for performing specific tasks and/or accessing data on demand rather than on the individual devices themselves. A key element missing in current mobile cloud computing design is a sufficient consideration on mobile devices' bandwidth availability and energy consumption for both cloud computing devices and mobile devices. MobileCloud project aims to bridge this gap, addressing how mobile cloud computing services can be delivered in such environments in a highly efficient and energy-efficient manner.

The proposed joint exchange project aims to provide a stimulating and structured platform for the exchange of researchers and for the joint development of innovative ideas in the emerging areas within mobile cloud computing and beyond. To achieve this goal, a broad combination of eight universities and research institutions in Europe and China will collaborate together and create a multidisciplinary (cloud computing, mobile computing, telecommunications, computer systems and network optimization) and international (China plus four EU member states) environment for an innovative research experience and knowledge exchange in mobile cloud computing. The specific S&T objectives of MobileCloud are to investigate innovative methodologies and approaches to optimize mobile cloud computing resources and satisfy service requirements including energy efficiency and high resource utilization in the emerging cloud computing era.

Our team comprising researchers with complementary expertise is very well positioned to design, develop and evaluate the mobile cloud computing technology, contributing to a new low-energy, scalable and highly efficient networking and computing paradigm. Our efforts will foster continued close cooperation between research communities of Europe and China.

 

Latest News

4th MobileCloud Workshop will be held in Milan, Italy, July 18-19, 2016 (host: Polytechnic University of Milan)!

3rd MobileCloud Workshop is held in Beijing, China, September 21-23, 2015 (host: BUPT).

2nd MobileCloud Workshop is held in conjunction with NoF 2014, in Paris, France, December 3-5, 2014 (host: UPMC).

MobileCloud Project Kickoff Meeting and 1st MobileCloud Workshop is held in Nanjing, April 28-30, 2014 (host: Nanjing University).