Edge Computing Systems

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Preface
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Part I. Applications, Devices, Communication, and Digital Twins

Chapter 1. Introduction to Edge Computing
Chapter 2. An Agentic IoT Application at the Edge
Chapter 3. IoT Devices and Sensing Systems
Chapter 4. Communication and Networking for IoT and Edge Systems

Part II. Building and Operating Edge Systems

Chapter 5. Running and Deploying Applications on Edge Nodes
Chapter 6. Scaling Edge Applications and Elastic Execution
Chapter 7. Computation Offloading and Device–Edge–Cloud Collaboration
Chapter 8. Scheduling and Optimizing Edge Systems
Chapter 9. Commercial Edge Platforms: From Mechanisms to Deployment

Part III. Edge AI

Chapter 10. Running and Optimizing AI on Edge Devices
Chapter 11. Collaborative Edge Intelligence: From Perception Models to Language Models
Chapter 12. Agentic AI and Tool-Driven Applications at the Edge

Part IV. Security and Multi-Party Trust

Chapter 13. Security, Privacy, and Safety in Edge Systems
Chapter 14. Multi-Party Trust, Blockchains, and Distributed Ledgers

Appendices and references

Appendix A. Laboratory and Project Guide
Appendix B. Optional Extension: Learning and Adaptation Across Devices
Appendix C. Selected Exercise Solutions
Appendix D. Glossary and Notation
Appendix E. Evidence and Reproducibility
References

Edge Computing Systems

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