Edge AI: Convergence of Edge Computing and Artificial Intelligence
暫譯: 邊緣人工智慧：邊緣運算與人工智慧的融合

作為改變人們生活的重要推動力，基於人工智慧（AI）應用和服務的進展正在上升，儘管受到效率和延遲問題的阻礙。本書專注於深度學習，作為AI最具代表性的技術，提供了AI服務如何應用於接近數據來源的網絡邊緣的全面概述，並展示了AI與邊緣計算如何互相促進。為此，本書介紹並討論了：1）邊緣智能和智能邊緣；以及2）它們的實施方法和促進技術，即在定制的邊緣計算框架中的AI訓練和推理。本書匯集了先前分散在通信、網絡和AI領域的關鍵信息，幫助讀者理解關鍵促進技術之間的聯繫，例如：a）邊緣中的AI應用；b）邊緣中的AI推理；c）邊緣的AI訓練；d）AI的邊緣計算；以及e）使用AI來優化邊緣。在確定這五個方面後，這些方面對於邊緣計算和AI的融合至關重要，本書討論了當前的挑戰並概述了在邊緣計算的幫助下實現更普遍和更細緻智能的未來趨勢。

Xiaofei Wang is currently a Professor with the Tianjin Key Laboratory of Advanced Networking, School of Computer Science and Technology, Tianjin University, China. He got Master and Doctor Degrees in Seoul National University from 2006 to 2013, and was a Post-Doctoral Fellow with The University of British Columbia from 2014 to 2016. Focusing on the research of social-aware cloud computing, cooperative cell caching, and mobile traffic offloading, he has authored over 100 technical papers in the IEEE JSAC, the IEEE TWC, the IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS, the IEEE COMMUNICATIONS, the IEEE TMM, the IEEE INFOCOM, and the IEEE SECON. He was a recipient of the National Thousand Talents Plan (Youth) of China. He received the "Scholarship for Excellent Foreign Students in IT Field" by NIPA of South Korea from 2008 to 2011, the "Global Outstanding Chinese Ph.D. Student Award" by the Ministry of Education of China in 2012, and the Peiyang Scholar from Tianjin University. In 2017, he received the "Fred W. Ellersick Prize" from the IEEE Communication Society.

Mr. Yiwen Han received his B.S. degree from Nanchang University, China, and M.S. degree from Tianjin University, China, in 2015 and 2018, respectively, both in communication engineering. He received the Outstanding B.S. Graduates in 2015 and M.S. National Scholarship of China in 2016. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in computer science at Tianjin University. His current research interests include edge computing, reinforcement learning, and deep learning.

Prof. Victor C. M. Leung is a Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and Software Engineering at Shenzhen University. He was a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and holder of the TELUS Mobility Research Chair at the University of British Columbia (UBC) when he retired from UBC in 2018 and became a Professor Emeritus. His research is in the broad areas of wireless networks and mobile systems. He has co-authored more than 1300 journal/conference papers and book chapters. Dr. Leung is serving on the editorial boards of the IEEE Transactions on Green Communications and Networking, IEEE Transactions on Cloud Computing, IEEE Access, IEEE Network, and several other journals. He received the IEEE Vancouver Section Centennial Award, 2011 UBC Killam Research Prize, 2017 Canadian Award for Telecommunications Research, and 2018 IEEE TCGCC Distinguished Technical Achievement Recognition Award. He co-authored papers that won the 2017 IEEE ComSoc Fred W. Ellersick Prize, 2017 IEEE Systems Journal Best Paper Award, 2018 IEEE CSIM Best Journal Paper Award, and 2019 IEEE TCGCC Best Journal Paper Award. He is a Fellow of IEEE, the Royal Society of Canada, Canadian Academy of Engineering, and Engineering Institute of Canada. He is named in the current Clarivate Analytics list of "Highly Cited Researchers".

Prof. Dusit Niyato is currently a Professor in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He was a Distinguished Lecturer of the IEEE Communications Society for 2016-2017. He was named the 2017, 2018 highly cited researcher in computer science. He is a Fellow of IEEE. His research interests are in the area of Internet of Things (IoT) and network resource pricing.

Xueqiang Yan is currently a technology expert with Wireless Technology Lab at Huawei Technologies. He was a member of technical staff of Bell Labs from 2000 to 2004. From 2004 to 2016 he was a director of Strategy Department of Alcatel-Lucent Shanghai Bell. His current research interests include wireless networking, Internet of Things, edge AI, future mobile network architecture, network convergence and evolution.

Xu Chen is a Full Professor with Sun Yatsen University, Guangzhou, China, and the vice director of National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory of Digital Home Interactive Applications. He received the Ph.D. degree in information engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2012, and worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at Arizona State University, Tempe, USA from 2012 to 2014, and a Humboldt Scholar Fellow at Institute of Computer Science of University of Goettingen, Germany from 2014 to 2016. He received the prestigious Humboldt research fellowship awarded by Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany, 2014 Hong Kong Young Scientist Runner-up Award, 2016 Thousand Talents Plan Award for Young Professionals of China, 2017 IEEE Communication Society Asia-Pacific Outstanding Young Researcher Award, 2017 IEEE ComSoc Young Professional Best Paper Award, Honorable Mention Award of 2010 IEEE international conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI), Best Paper Runner-up Award of 2014 IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM), and Best Paper Award of 2017 IEEE Intranational Conference on Communications (ICC). He is currently an Associate Editor of IEEE Internet of Things Journal and IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and Area Editor of IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society.

小飛王目前是中國天津大學計算機科學與技術學院先進網絡天津市重點實驗室的教授。他於2006年至2013年在首爾國立大學獲得碩士和博士學位，並於2014年至2016年擔任不列顛哥倫比亞大學的博士後研究員。他專注於社會感知雲計算、協作小區快取和移動流量卸載的研究，已在IEEE JSAC、IEEE TWC、IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS、IEEE COMMUNICATIONS、IEEE TMM、IEEE INFOCOM和IEEE SECON等期刊上發表了超過100篇技術論文。他是中國國家千人計劃（青年）獲得者。2008年至2011年，他獲得韓國NIPA頒發的「IT領域優秀外國學生獎學金」，2012年獲得中國教育部頒發的「全球傑出華人博士生獎」，並獲得天津大學的培揚學者稱號。2017年，他獲得IEEE通信學會的「Fred W. Ellersick獎」。

韓怡文先生於2015年獲得中國南昌大學的學士學位，並於2018年獲得中國天津大學的碩士學位，兩者均為通信工程專業。他在2015年獲得優秀學士畢業生稱號，並於2016年獲得中國碩士國家獎學金。他目前正在天津大學攻讀計算機科學的博士學位。他目前的研究興趣包括邊緣計算、強化學習和深度學習。

梁志明教授是深圳大學計算機科學與軟體工程的特聘教授。他曾是不列顛哥倫比亞大學（UBC）電氣與計算機工程系的教授，並擔任TELUS移動研究講座的教授，於2018年從UBC退休並成為名譽教授。他的研究涵蓋無線網絡和移動系統的廣泛領域。他共同撰寫了超過1300篇期刊/會議論文和書籍章節。梁博士目前擔任IEEE綠色通信與網絡期刊、IEEE雲計算期刊、IEEE Access、IEEE Network及其他幾本期刊的編輯委員。他獲得了IEEE溫哥華分會百年獎、2011年UBC Killam研究獎、2017年加拿大電信研究獎和2018年IEEE TCGCC傑出技術成就獎。他共同撰寫的論文獲得了2017年IEEE ComSoc Fred W. Ellersick獎、2017年IEEE系統期刊最佳論文獎、2018年IEEE CSIM最佳期刊論文獎和2019年IEEE TCGCC最佳期刊論文獎。他是IEEE、加拿大皇家學會、加拿大工程學院和加拿大工程學會的會士。他被列入當前Clarivate Analytics的「高被引研究者」名單。

Dusit Niyato教授目前是新加坡南洋理工大學計算機科學與工程學院的教授。他曾於2016至2017年擔任IEEE通信學會的特聘講師。他在2017年和2018年被評為計算機科學領域的高被引研究者。他是IEEE的會士。他的研究興趣集中在物聯網（IoT）和網絡資源定價領域。

閻學強目前是華為技術有限公司無線技術實驗室的技術專家。他曾於2000年至2004年擔任貝爾實驗室的技術員工。從2004年至2016年，他擔任阿爾卡特-朗訊上海貝爾的戰略部門主任。他目前的研究興趣包括無線網絡、物聯網、邊緣人工智慧、未來移動網絡架構、網絡融合與演進。

陳旭是中國廣州的中山大學的全職教授，並擔任國家與地方聯合工程實驗室數字家居互動應用的副主任。他於2012年在香港中文大學獲得信息工程博士學位，並於2012年至2014年在美國亞利桑那州立大學坦佩校區擔任博士後研究助理，2014年至2016年在德國哥廷根大學計算機科學研究所擔任洪堡學者。他獲得了德國亞歷山大·馮·洪堡基金會頒發的著名洪堡研究獎學金、2014年香港青年科學家亞軍獎、2016年中國青年專業人才千人計劃獎、2017年IEEE通信學會亞太區傑出青年研究者獎、2017年IEEE ComSoc青年專業最佳論文獎、2010年IEEE國際會議智能與安全信息學（ISI）榮譽提名獎、2014年IEEE國際計算機通信會議（INFOCOM）最佳論文亞軍獎和2017年IEEE國際通信會議（ICC）最佳論文獎。他目前是IEEE物聯網期刊和IEEE無線通信期刊的副編輯，以及IEEE通信學會開放期刊的區域編輯。