On September 3rd, SMARTNESS had the honor of receiving a delegation of representatives from the Ericsson Research at its headquarters, located at the Computing and Automation Laboratory (LCA) of FEEC/UNICAMP.
Led by Dr. Magnus Frodigh – VP and Head of Ericsson Research, the delegation included the following members from Ericsson Research Sweden:
- Mikael Prytz – Research director – Area of Networks
- Jörgen Gustafsson – Research director – Area of Artificial Intelligence
- Björn Johannisson – Research leader – Area of Networks
- Aneta Vulgarakis – Research leader – Area of Artificial Intelligence
Members of Ericsson Research Brazil that participated in the visit included:
- Maria Valéria Marquezini – Project leader and SMARTNESS Co-PI
- Mateus Santos – Research leader
- Pedro Henrique Gomes – Master researcher – Area of Networks
- Klaus Raizer – Master researcher – Area of Artificial Intelligence
- Karam Takieddine – R,D&I Center Innovation Lab Leader
Prof. Christian Rothenberg, PI and Director of SMARTNESS, gave an initial presentation highlighting the research activities conducted, the main results achieved so far, and the prospects for future work. In turn, Dr. Magnus Frodigh shared Ericsson Research insights on their vision for future 6G networks. This was followed by a roundtable discussion outlining new opportunities for impact research.
In the afternoon, the same meeting room and lab facilities of SMARTNESS had the pleasure of receiving a research team lead by Prof. Aldebaro Klautau at University of Pará (UFPA). The discussions were very fruitful and identified potential synergies, mostly around the re-use of open source software and hardware developments in use by both teams. Coimmon research interests include Network Digital Twins and management of Drones in 6G smart city environments.
Both delegations visited the future SMARTNESS laboratories (the future main lab facilities of SMARTNESS) and the Optical Communications Laboratory, equipped with Multi-User Equipment capable of transmitting and characterizing ultra-high-speed data links.
