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Between February 12th and 24th, 2025, Prof. Luiz Bittencourt (Unicamp/Smartness2030 Researcher) participated in a technical visit to the University of Manchester to strengthen international partnerships and advanced research on Digital Twins. The mission took place within the scope of the FAPESP-SPRINT project, focusing on scalable and efficient computational models. The agenda included in-depth discussions on collaborative research opportunities and joint publications.

SMARTNESS announces three new MSc defenses! The presented research addresses key challenges in networking, including optimizing cloud-native communications with eBPF, integrating Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) with 5G for industrial applications, and enhancing security in programmable networks through scalable compliance verification.

Prof. Dr. Christian Rothenberg (UNICAMP), Coordinator of SMARTNESS 2030, presented a lecture on “15 Years of Software-Defined Networking (SDN): Quo Vadis, SDN?"* at the II Open Networks Training Workshop in Brasília. The talk explored SDN's evolution, current challenges, and future trends, including Intent-Based Networking (IBN) and AI-driven optimization, highlighting its impact on open and disaggregated networks.

Recent research by Francisco Germano Vogt and collaborators discusses innovative methods for enhancing Quality of Experience (QoE) in 360º virtual reality (VR) video streaming. Leveraging P4 programmable data planes, the research presents in-network QoE (INQoE) approaches to address challenges like fluctuating network conditions and adaptive content streaming.

On November 14, Prof. Luiz Bittencourt hosted Prof. Fredrik Heintz and PhD student Amath Sow from Linköping University, Sweden, at UNICAMP's Instituto de Computação. Joined by representatives from Ericsson Research Brazil, UFABC, and UNICAMP students, the meeting explored drone collision avoidance and route planning, delivery scenarios, and video streaming.

SMARTNESS 2030 actively participated in the 2024 IEEE NFV-SDN conference in Natal, Brazil, presenting papers, demos, and tutorials on topics from ECMP routing resilience to cloud gaming traffic classification, winning multiple awards, including Best Demo and Best PhD Symposium. Keynote presentations and tutorials further highlighted the use of programmable infrastructures in 6G research.

Professors Rafael Pasquini (UFU) and Christian Esteve Rothenberg (SMARTNESS) contributed to the AI in Cyber-Physical Systems Workshop at UdelaR, Uruguay. Organized by MINA, the event explored AI, ML, and networking, featuring a 12-hour course blending theory and hands-on practice.

The SMARTNESS 2030 Engineering Research Center held several Open Science activities, including a lecture by Prof. Dr. Cláudia Bauzer Medeiros during SMARTNESS HOUR, participation of Dr. Eduardo Sartori in UNICAMP's LOVE DATA DAY, and a presentation on Research Ethics and Open Science.

The SBSeg 2024 was held in São José dos Campos, where researchers from the CPE SMARTNESS presented their latest work. Highlights include Ph.D. student Caio Teixeira's award-winning paper on post-quantum cryptography in vehicular networks and Master's student Rodrigo Pierini's exploration of the Forro14 cipher in programmable hardware. USP student Thiago Ferreira also received an honorable mention for his fuzzing technique paper.