SMART NEtworks and ServiceS for 2030 (SMARTNESS)

• Grant number: 21/00199-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Centers in Engineering Program
• Start date: April 01, 2023
• End date: March 31, 2033
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering - Telecommunications
• Principal Investigator: Christian Rodolfo Esteve Rothenberg
• Grantee: Christian Rodolfo Esteve Rothenberg
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Engenharia Elétrica e de Computação (FEEC). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• City: Campinas
• Partner institutions: UNIDADE NAO MAPEADA
• Pesquisadores principais:( Atuais ): Daniel Macêdo Batista ; Edmundo Roberto Mauro Madeira ; Eric Rohmer ; Fabio Luciano Verdi ; Fernando José von Zuben ; Jó Ueyama ; Luiz Fernando Bittencourt ; Marco Aurelio Amaral Henriques ; Maria Valeria Marquezini ; Ricardo Ribeiro Gudwin
• Pesquisadores principais:( Anteriores ): Hugo Enrique Hernández Figueroa
• Associated researchers: Alberto Egon Schaeffer Filho ; Alberto Yukinobu Hata ; Aldebaro Barreto da Rocha Klautau Junior ; Alfredo Goldman vel Lejbman ; Antonio Augusto de Aragão Rocha ; Antonio Jorge Gomes Abelém ; Carlos Alberto Kamienski ; Carlos Renato Lisboa Francês ; Cristiano Bonato Both ; Daniel Macêdo Batista ; Darli Augusto de Arruda Mello ; Djamel Fawzi Hadj Sadok ; Eduardo Coelho Cerqueira ; Eduardo James Pereira Souto ; Eric Rohmer ; Flávio Geraldo Coelho Rocha ; Francisco Vilar Brasileiro ; Gustavo Bittencourt Figueiredo ; Hermes Senger ; Hugo Enrique Hernández Figueroa ; Jean Paulo Martins ; José Marcos Silva Nogueira ; Klaus Raizer ; Kleber Vieira Cardoso ; Leandro Aparecido Villas ; Luciano Paschoal Gaspary ; Luiz Fernando Bittencourt ; Magnos Martinello ; Marcelo Caggiani Luizelli ; Marco Aurelio Amaral Henriques ; Marcos Antonio Simplicio Junior ; Mateus Augusto Silva Santos ; Paulo Cardieri ; Paulo Matias ; Pedro Henrique Gomes da Silva ; Rafael Lopes Gomes ; Rafael Pasquini ; Ramon dos Reis Fontes ; Raphael Vicente Rosa ; Roberto Vito Rodrigues Filho ; Rodolfo da Silva Villaca ; Roger Kreutz Immich ; Sand Luz Correa ; Simone Ferlin Oliveira ; Tereza Cristina Melo de Brito Carvalho ; Thiago Caproni Tavares ; Tiago Agostinho de Almeida ; Weverton Luis da Costa Cordeiro
• Associated scholarship(s): 25/00263-9 - Leveraging AI/ML for Adaptive Resource Management in Open RAN Architecture: Enabling URLLC in Post-5G Networks, BP.PD; 25/01185-1 - LLM-enabled control with dynamic compute offloading of AI modules, BP.IC; 25/02093-3 - Federated Learning Management for Telecom Operators, BP.MS; + associated scholarships 25/02594-2 - Multi-Agent Dynamic 3D Open-vocabulary SLAM and Scene Understanding, BP.DR; 25/03795-1 - Model Aggregation in Federated Learning for Telecom Operators, BP.MS; 25/04041-0 - Enabling TSN Capabilities in Open RAN over Converged XHaul Networks, BP.DR; 24/18365-0 - Implementation of a Prediction and Shared Buffer Management Algorithm in Programmable Switches, BP.MS; 24/18359-0 - Optimizing Edge Computing Performance through Advanced Pruning Techniques and Multi-Task Learning for Enhanced 5G features Prediction., BP.DR; 24/18548-7 - Online Federated Learning Applied to Cybersecurity, BP.IC; 24/16207-8 - Rethinking Network Testers for Next Generation of 5G/6G Networks and Applications., BP.MS; 24/17612-3 - Edge computing meets aerial robotics: Expanding simulators to support drone operations., BP.IC; 24/14328-2 - Dealing with the truck-drone routing problem (TDRP) as a bilevel and multi-objective optimization in a 6G assisted environment, BP.DR; 24/08033-0 - Quality of Experience in eXtended Reality beyond 5G, BP.MS; 24/04031-2 - Multi-drone Routing Planning: Reinforcement Learning and Metaheuristics for Dynamic and Combinatorial Optimization, BP.DR; 24/05363-9 - Innovative approaches for network analysis and optimization: leveraging deep learning and programmable hardware, BP.DR; 24/05516-0 - In-network computing optimization techniques, BP.DR; 24/03016-0 - Real-time route planning algorithm for unmanned aerial vehicles: an approach for beyond 5G smart cities, BP.DR; 24/03181-0 - Evaluation of the impact of different network telemetry collection approaches on machine learning models, BP.IC; 24/01769-0 - Leveraging Edge Computing and 6G for drone services, BP.MS; 23/15919-1 - Toward 6G Network Security and Privacy Employing Blockchain-Based Governance Mechanisms, BP.DR; 23/16328-7 - Fog-Based Federated Learning for Drone Delivery Services, BP.PD; 23/16002-4 - Testing network protocol implementations using fuzzers, BP.IC; 23/05183-8 - Load-balancing function offloading on SmartNIC in Microservice frameworks using heterogeneous computing units, BP.PD; 23/06124-5 - Functional decomposition and disaggregation of XR applications into programmable devices, BP.DR; 23/05222-3 - Offloading Strategies for Next-Generation Programmable Infrastructures, BP.MS; 23/04760-1 - Delivering Augmented Reality to the Edge: An Approach Toward Object Recognition through the In-Network Computing Paradigm, BP.DR; 23/05174-9 - TSN and 5G Integration for industrial networks, BP.MS; 23/05175-5 - Optimizing QoE for XR services: evaluation and analysis from network perspective, BP.DR; 23/04750-6 - Offloading of crypto functions to smartNICS in cloud-native environments, BP.MS; 22/13544-8 - Collect of network telemetry metrics in programmable switches with multiple queues., BP.IC - associated scholarships

Abstract

The SMARTNESS Engineering Research Center (ERC) targets developing cutting-edge advances in communication networks and digital application services scoped in strategic areas where significant scientific and technological impacts can be achieved towards 2030, in collaboration with the cloud and networking research communities. As 5G releases roll-out and the vision on 6G is being developed, SMARTNESS's main challenge is how to engineer (i.e., design and operate) cloud computing and network infrastructures with the adequate capabilities to empower next-generation Internet services and applications. The scope of end-to-end Internet-scale services is exceptionally broad and requires contributions from various disciplines along with large capital and human resource investments. However, the ongoing digital transformation in vertical industries and a shift towards open source network softwarization and disaggregation of infrastructures at multiple levels and protocol stack layers have opened well-scoped opportunities for accelerated innovation at unprecedented entry barriers for research enterprises based on academic and industrial partnerships. Cloud computing and network infrastructures are increasingly becoming more multidisciplinary, requiring system-oriented end-to-end views that leverage advances in hardware (HW) for computing and networking, modern software (SW) architectures, machine intelligence (AI/ML), user interfaces, "as a Service'' consumption and new business models, among other engineering disciplines (e.g., energy efficiency and design for security). SMARTNESS aims at exploiting well-thought-out opportunities through a proper methodology based on the confluence of parallel research strands (RS) tailored for successful impact research and innovation at world-class levels towards the realization of challenging use cases in Internet scenarios for industry and society with a 2030 horizon view. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

GAMA, EDUARDO S.; NATESHA, B., V; IMMICH, ROGER; BITTENCOURT, LUIZ F.; ARDAGNA, C; AWAYSHEH, F; BIAN, H; CHANG, CK; CHANG, RN; DELICATO, F; et al. An Orchestrator Architecture for Multi-tier Edge/Cloud Video Streaming Services. 2023 IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDGE COMPUTING AND COMMUNICATIONS, EDGE, v. N/A, p. 7-pg., 2023-01-01. (21/00199-8)

FERNANDEZ, JORGE R.; FUJIWARA, ERIC; HERNANDEZ-FIGUEROA, HUGO E.. Improving surface plasmon resonance sensors with speckle image processing. OPTICS AND LASERS IN ENGINEERING, v. 178, p. 7-pg., 2024-04-18. (21/06506-0, 21/11380-5, 21/00199-8)

NOVAIS, FELIPE A. S.; VERDI, FABIO L.. Unlocking Security to the Board: An Evaluation of SmartNIC-driven TLS Acceleration with kTLS. PROCEEDINGS OF 2024 IEEE/IFIP NETWORK OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM, NOMS 2024, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/00199-8)

UL MUSTAFA, RAZA; BARAKAT, CHADI; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE. YouTube goes 5G: QoE Benchmarking and ML-based Stall Prediction. 2024 IEEE WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKING CONFERENCE, WCNC 2024, v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/00199-8)

ORE, GIAN; FREITAS, EDUARDO; WIMMER, CHRISTIAN; HERNANDEZ-FIGUEROA, HUGO E.; DE VICENTE, KARIN K.; MACHADO, JOAO. LOCATING BURIED BODIES USING SAR TOMOGRAPHY. IGARSS 2024-2024 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM, IGARSS 2024, v. N/A, p. 3-pg., 2024-01-01. (22/13498-6, 21/06506-0, 21/11380-5, 21/00199-8)

LAMB, IVAN PETER; PINHEIRO ROSA DUARTE, PEDRO ARTHUR; LUIZELLI, MARCELO CAGGIANI; GASPARY, LUCIANO PASCHOAL; AZAMBUJA, JOSE RODRIGO; DA COSTA CORDEIRO, WEVERTON LUIS. Multi-Tenant Programmable Switch Virtualization Leveraging Explicit Resource Sharing. 2024 20TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, CNSM 2024, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/00199-8, 20/05183-0, 23/00673-7, 23/00816-2)

PERSSON, HENRIK, I; MUKHOPADHYAY, RITWIKA; VALBUENA, RUBEN; SHEVCHENKO, ALINA, V; LUECK, LINDA; HEROLD, MARTIN; MOTAGH, MANDI; ORE, GIAN; FREITAS, EDUARDO; WIMMER, CHRISTIAN; et al. SETUP OF A DRONE-BASED SAR EXPERIMENT TO ANALYZE A BOREAL FOREST. IGARSS 2024-2024 IEEE INTERNATIONAL GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SYMPOSIUM, IGARSS 2024, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2024-01-01. (22/13498-6, 21/06506-0, 21/11380-5, 21/00199-8)

ORLANDINI, FRANCISCO T.; DEVLOO, PHILIPPE R. B.; HERNANDEZ-FIGUEROA, HUGO E.. A waveguide port boundary condition based on approximation space restriction for finite element analysis. ENGINEERING WITH COMPUTERS, v. N/A, p. 18-pg., 2025-01-05. (21/00199-8, 21/06506-0, 17/15736-3, 22/11596-0, 21/11380-5)

ABREU, DIEGO; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE; ABELEM, ANTONIO. QML-IDS: Quantum Machine Learning Intrusion Detection System. 2024 IEEE SYMPOSIUM ON COMPUTERS AND COMMUNICATIONS, ISCC 2024, v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/00199-8)

ISLAM, MD TARIQUL; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE; GOMES, PEDRO HENRIQUE; BERNARDOS, CJ; MARTINI, B; ROJAS, E; VERDI, FL; ZHU, Z; OKI, E; PARZYJEGLA, H. Predicting XR Services QoE with ML: Insights from In-band Encrypted QoS Features in 360-VR. 2023 IEEE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK SOFTWARIZATION, NETSOFT, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2023-01-01. (21/00199-8)

RODRIGUEZ CESEN, FABRICIO E.; VOGT, FRANCISCO GERMANO; DE CASTRO, ARIEL GOES; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE; BERNARDOS, CJ; MARTINI, B; ROJAS, E; VERDI, FL; ZHU, Z; OKI, E; et al. Towards Multiple Pipelines Network Emulation with P7. 2023 IEEE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK SOFTWARIZATION, NETSOFT, v. N/A, p. 3-pg., 2023-01-01. (21/00199-8)

VOGT, FRANCISCO; CESEN, FABRICIO RODRIGUEZ; DE CASTRO, ARIEL GOES; LUIZELLI, MARCELO CAGGIANI; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE; PONGRACZ, GERGELY; BERNARDOS, CJ; MARTINI, B; ROJAS, E; VERDI, FL; et al. QoEyes: Towards Virtual Reality Streaming QoE Estimation Entirely in the Data Plane. 2023 IEEE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK SOFTWARIZATION, NETSOFT, v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2023-01-01. (21/00199-8, 20/05183-0, 21/06981-0)

VOGT, FRANCISCO; CESEN, FABRICIO RODRIGUEZ; DE CASTRO, ARIEL GOES; LUIZELLI, MARCELO CAGGIANI; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE; PONGRACZ, GERGELY; BERNARDOS, CJ; MARTINI, B; ROJAS, E; VERDI, FL; et al. Demo of QoEyes: Towards Virtual Reality Streaming QoE Estimation Entirely in the Data Plane. 2023 IEEE 9TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK SOFTWARIZATION, NETSOFT, v. N/A, p. 3-pg., 2023-01-01. (21/00199-8, 20/05183-0, 21/06981-0)

PASETTO, TADEU PIRES; HERNANDEZ-FIGUEROA, HUGO ENRIQUE. Design of a Slotted SIW Antenna with Omnidirectional Azimuth Pattern and Cosecant Squared Elevation Pattern. 2024 IEEE TEXAS SYMPOSIUM ON WIRELESS AND MICROWAVE CIRCUITS AND SYSTEMS, WMCS 2024, v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/06506-0, 21/11380-5, 21/00199-8)

ROGGERO, URSULA F. S.; ZAPATA-HERRERA, MARIO; GARCIA-ETXARRI, AITZOL; SEIFERT, ANDREAS; HERNANDEZ-FIGUEROA, HUGO E.. Plasmonic nanoantennas for biosensing and monitoring of cell activity. 2024 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL MEMS AND NANOPHOTONICS, OMN, v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/06506-0, 21/11380-5, 21/00199-8)

GAMA, EDUARDO S.; RODRIGUES-FILHO, ROBERTO; MADEIRA, EDMUNDO R. M.; IMMICH, ROGER; BITTENCOURT, LUIZ F.. Enabling Adaptive Video Streaming via Content Steering on the Edge-Cloud Continuum. 2024 IEEE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOG AND EDGE COMPUTING, ICFEC 2024, v. N/A, p. 8-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/00199-8)

CASSALES, GUILHERME; GOMES, HEITOR MURILO; BIFET, ALBERT; PFAHRINGER, BERNHARD; SENGER, HERMES. Balancing Performance and Energy Consumption of Bagging Ensembles for the Classification of Data Streams in Edge Computing. IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON NETWORK AND SERVICE MANAGEMENT, v. 20, n. 3, p. 17-pg., 2023-09-01. (19/26702-8, 21/00199-8)

COSTA, FILIPO G.; VOGT, FRANCISCO G.; CESEN, FABRICIO RODRIGUEZ; DE CASTRO, ARIEL GOES; LUIZELLI, MARCELO CAGGIANI; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE. PIPO-TG: Parameterizable High-Performance Traffic Generation. PROCEEDINGS OF 2024 IEEE/IFIP NETWORK OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM, NOMS 2024, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2024-01-01. (20/05115-4, 21/06981-0, 21/00199-8)

DE CASTRO, ARIEL GOES; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE. Innovative Approaches for Network Analysis and Optimization: Leveraging Deep Learning and Programmable Hardware. 2024 IEEE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK SOFTWARIZATION, NETSOFT 2024, v. N/A, p. 4-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/00199-8)

SHIRMARZ, ALIREZA; VERDI, FABIO LUCIANO; SINGH, SUNEET KUMAR; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE. From Pixels to Packets: Traffic Classification of Augmented Reality and Cloud Gaming. 2024 IEEE 10TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON NETWORK SOFTWARIZATION, NETSOFT 2024, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/00199-8)

GUO, SHUHAN; SHAO, YIFAN; ZHAN, JUNJIE; YU, JIAQI; WANG, YUBO; CHOUDHURY, PANKAJ K.; HERNANDEZ-FIGUEROA, HUGO E.; MA, YUNGUI. Multifunctional Metasurface: Holography and Spot Cloud Projection. ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS, v. 12, n. 28, p. 9-pg., 2024-08-13. (21/06506-0, 21/11380-5, 21/00199-8, 22/11596-0)

RODRIGUEZ CESEN, FABRICIO E.; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE. Offloading Robotic and UAV applications to the network using programmable data planes. 2023 IEEE CONFERENCE ON NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION AND SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKS, NFV-SDN, v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2023-01-01. (21/00199-8)

DE PAULA, ROMULO, JR.; SUTILI, TIAGO; FIGUEIREDO, RAFAEL C.; BUSTAMANTE, YESICA R. R.; HERNANDEZ-FIGUEROA, HUGO ENRIQUE; ABREU, LEANDRA; ALDAYA, IVAN. Multi-objective optimization of SOI-based Mach-Zehnder modulators employing deep neural networks and a non-dominant genetic algorithm. 2024 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL MEMS AND NANOPHOTONICS, OMN, v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/00199-8, 24/01712-9, 21/11380-5, 22/11596-0, 21/06506-0)

RAPPA, FREDERICO MELETTI; RODRIGUES-FILHO, ROBERTO; PANISSON, ALISON R.; MARCOLINO, LEANDRO SORIANO; BITTENCOURT, LUIZ F.. Multi-armed Bandits for Self-distributing Stateful Services across Networking Infrastructures. PROCEEDINGS OF 2024 IEEE/IFIP NETWORK OPERATIONS AND MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIUM, NOMS 2024, v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2024-01-01. (21/00199-8)

NOBRE, FRANCISCO D.; SILVA-SANTOS, SILVIO D.; DA SILVA, MAURICIO W. BENJO; HERNANDEZ-FIGUEROA, HUGO E.; MELO, GERALDO; CASTRO, WAGNER. Graphene-based multifunctional signal divider in THz region. PHOTONICS AND NANOSTRUCTURES-FUNDAMENTALS AND APPLICATIONS, v. 54, p. 9-pg., 2023-03-01. (15/24517-8, 21/00199-8, 21/06506-0, 21/11380-5)

PASANDIDEH, FAEZEH; CESEN, FABRICIO E. RODRIGUEZ; PEREIRA, PEDRO HENRIQUE MORGAN; ROTHENBERG, CHRISTIAN ESTEVE; DE FREITAS, EDISON PIGNATON. An Improved Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm for UAV Base Station Placement. WIRELESS PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, v. N/A, p. 28-pg., 2023-03-22. (21/00199-8)