On April 22 and 23, 2025, SMARTNESS hosted its Year 02 Bootcamp, bringing together students, researchers, and professionals for two days of technical sessions and discussions. The event was held in a hybrid format, with in-person activities at the IC-3 Auditorium, UNICAMP, in Campinas (Brazil), and remote participation through Google Meet.
The program focused on current topics in networking, artificial intelligence, and emerging technologies, with an emphasis on practical applications and technical training.
Day 1 – Tuesday, April 22
The first session introduced participants to eBPF, a technology for Linux kernel-level monitoring. Led by Arthur Simas, Thiago Navarro, and Professor Christian Rothenberg (UNICAMP), the course covered the fundamentals of eBPF and its use in analyzing network behavior.
The afternoon continued with a session on Large Language Models (LLMs) for 3GPP Specifications. Facilitated by José de Arimatéa and Professor Rothenberg, the course explored the application of LLMs to telecommunications tasks, using resources such as the TeleQnA dataset, with over 10,000 mobile network questions, and the TSpec-LLM repository focused on 4G and 5G specifications.
Day 2 – Wednesday, April 23
The second day began with a two-part session on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Networking. Professors Rafael Pasquini (UFU) and Christian Rothenberg (UNICAMP) led participants through the theoretical foundations and practical applications of AI/ML in network management, highlighting automation strategies, quality of experience (QoE) optimization, and real-world examples.
Running in parallel, a fully remote session introduced WebAssembly (WASM). Bruno Silvestre, Sand Correa, Matheus Pires, Gabriel Espindola (UFG), and Gustavo Spadotto (Unisinos) presented the session, explaining the concepts behind WASM and its role in supporting application deployment across client-server models and edge-cloud environments.
SMARTNESS thanks all instructors, participants, and institutional partners for their engagement and contributions to the event.
