At the 11th International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services, and Technologies (UBICOMM) in November 2017, SmartFactoryKL offered a special track on “Edge computing in the factories of the Future (ECFoF).” SmartFactoryKL researchers received the Best Paper Award for their paper.
Three papers were presented in this Special Track, including one on the definition, requirements, and challenges of Edge Computing written by Volkan Gezer, Dr. Jumyung Um, and Prof. Martin Ruskowski, head of DFKI’s Innovative Factory Systems research. This paper with the title „An Extensible Edge Computing Architecture: Definition, Requirements and Enablers“ won the Best Paper Award.