SMART NEtworks and ServiceS for 2030 (SMARTNESS)

• Grant number: 21/00199-8
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research Centers in Engineering Program
• Duration: April 01, 2023 - 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 ): Edmundo Roberto Mauro Madeira ; Fabio Luciano Verdi ; Fernando José von Zuben ; Jó Ueyama ; Luiz Fernando Bittencourt ; 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): 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; + associated scholarships 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; 23/16328-7 - Fog-Based Federated Learning for Drone Delivery Services, BP.PD; 23/15919-1 - Toward 6G Network Security and Privacy Employing Blockchain-Based Governance Mechanisms, BP.DR; 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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)