With the deployment of 5G and the 6G vision being developed, the main challenges for SMARTNESS are how to design and operate cloud computing infrastructures and networks with adequate capabilities to leverage the next generation of Internet services and applications. The scope of end-to-end services at the Internet scale is exceptionally broad and requires contributions across multiple disciplines along with large investments in capital and human resources.
SMARTNESS aims to explore well-planned opportunities through an appropriate methodology based on the confluence of Research Strands (RS) designed to successfully impact world-class research and innovation through Scientific and Technological Advancements (STA) to address challenging use cases in Internet scenarios for industry and society with a vision on the horizon for the year 2030.
On February, researchers from SMARTNESS visited Ericsson’s 5G Open Innovation Center in Indaiatuba, São Paulo (Brazil) for a technology immersion with a clear goal: turning 5G connectivity into real-world impact for society. The visit strengthened the bridge between applied research and industry challenges, opening new avenues for the co-creation of proofs of concept (PoCs) and experiments with strong scaling potential.
Professor Dr. Christian Rothenberg, Director and Principal Investigator (PI) of SMARTNESS, participated in the 2nd xGMobile International Workshop, held on November 25, 26, and 27, 2025, at the National Institute of Telecommunications (Inatel), in Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
The inauguration of the SMARTNESS Studio 5G, held at the University of Campinas (Unicamp), received extensive national media coverage, underscoring the relevance of the new research infrastructure for advancing studies in 5G, 6G, edge computing, and next-generation mobile networks.
Matheus Lucas, Gabriel Nery, Gustavo Spadotto, Cristiano Both, Bruno Silvestre, Kleber Cardoso, Andrew Williams, Sand L. Correa and Fábio L. Verdi., “Demonstrating the Advantages of Computational Offloading of XR Services via WebAssembly”, in IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS), Demos, 2025.
Rodrigo Pierini. Advisor: Prof. Marco Aurelio Henriques Amaral, “Design, implementação e avaliação de atestação remota distribuída em plano de dados programável”, Dissertation presented to the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC) of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) for the degree of Master in Electrical Engineering, in the area of Computer Engineering, 2025.
Arthur Simas. Advisor: Prof. Christian Esteve Rothenberg, “eZtunnel: An eBPF-based Traffic Acceleration Mechanism for Cloud-Native Infrastructures”, Dissertation presented to the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC) of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) for the degree of Master in Electrical Engineering, in the area of Computer Engineering, 2025.
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