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On August 27, SMARTNESS welcomed Professors Liliam Carrete and Douglas Zampieri, FAPESP’s new Technology, Partnerships and Innovation Managers, at UNICAMP. The visit included presentations on the center’s strategic vision, achievements from the first two years, and future plans, as well as demos such as the UNetyEmu drone simulator and holographic VR streaming

SMARTNESS professors participated as Keynote Speakers at IEEE COLCOM 2025 in Popayán, Colombia. Carlos Alberto Astudillo Trujillo discussed the role of space for communications and computing in 5G and 6G networks, while Luiz Fernando Bittencourt addressed the computing continuum beyond cloud and edge. Their participation highlights the center’s contribution to debates on the future of networks and computing.

Prof. Christian Rothenberg, PI of SMARTNESS, visits leading research centers in Spain. His agenda in Madrid included IMDEA Networks Institute, Telefónica Innovación Digital, and Universidad Carlos III. In Barcelona, he also delivered talks at Telefónica and CTTC, presenting ongoing research at SMARTNESS, focusing on open-source tools for 5G/6G experimentation.

SMARTNESS took part in the 7th edition of the “Olhos no Futuro” project, promoted by UNICAMP in partnership with CPTEn. We welcomed 28 students from the “Dr. Telêmaco Paioli Melges” School (Sumaré-SP) for the “Immersive Reality” workshop, featuring lab visits and hands-on experiences with virtual reality technologies. The initiative is part of our ongoing efforts to connect youth with science and education.

SMARTNESS researchers took part in IEEE NetSoft 2025 in Budapest, presenting six works across the PhD Symposium and Demo Sessions, covering topics such as programmable networks and edge-delivered streaming. In addition, Prof. Christian Rothenberg delivered a keynote at ENS 2025. The participation was highlighted by the Best Demo Paper Award for a work on holographic streaming with programmable testbeds.

On June 20, 2025, a delegation from SMARTNESS visited Ericsson’s facilities in Budapest. The visit included technical presentations and discussions on ongoing activities and served to strengthen the research collaboration.

On June 24, 2025, SMARTNESS received a visit from Siemens Energy executives from Brazil and the USA. The delegation met with Dr. Eduardo Sartori and learned about the center’s research and lab facilities. Researchers presented technologies aligned with Siemens’ areas of interest, such as resilient grids and decarbonized processes, opening space for potential collaboration.

SMARTNESS took part in the FT de Portas Abertas event at Unicamp Limeira with an immersive communication experiment. The activity was coordinated by Prof. Vanessa Testoni and carried out by students Alan Teixeira da Silva (PhD) and Rafael Pedrosa Silva Clerici (Master’s). It attracted over 400 visitors, with more than 50 actively engaging in the demo.

Researchers from the SMARTNESS Engineering Research Center participated in the 43rd edition of the Brazilian Symposium on Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (SBRC 2025), held in Natal (RN) from May 19 to 23. The team contributed to technical tracks, a demo session, and organized the Quantum Networks Workshop, highlighting the center’s active role in cutting-edge research.

Researchers from the Smartness project showcased three works at NOMS 2025 in Hawaii, including methods to decompose applications for different hardware, improve XR services via edge computing, and analyze 5G networks’ impact on video streaming.