EDGE 2023 General Chairs Message

Abstract

We welcome you as General Co-Chairs to the 7th IEEE Int. Conference on Edge Computing and Communications (EDGE 2023), organised as part of the IEEE SERVICES Congress. Chicago is a wonderful city in which to host this event, a place which has played a strong role in the social, cultural, economic, and political history of the US. Situated not far from the location of this event are some of the leading Universities in the US (University of Chicago, University of Illinois), the US Dept. of Energy national lab: Argonne National Lab and the Chicago stock exchange. Interestingly, edge computing plays an important part in all these institutions, including in the urban infrastructure that involves the monitoring of air quality and traffic within Chicago. Edge computing enables integration of data from sensing infrastructure, including specialist mobile apps that are used by the citizens of Chicago daily. Understanding how this data can be processed and used to facilitate the next generation of applications is a key theme within this conference and the wider SERVICES congress.