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 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.
Marcelo Caggiani Luizelli, Francisco Vogt, Guilherme Mendes Vieira de Matos, Weverton Cordeiro, Alberto Egon Schaeffer-Filho, Marcos Schwarz, Fábio Luciano Verdi, and Christian Esteve Rothenberg, “SmartNICs: The Next Leap in Networking”, Book chapter Mini Course in Simpósio Brasileiro de Redes de Computadores e Sistemas Distribuídos (SBRC), 2024.
Thiago Caproni Tavares, Leandro C. de Almeida, Washington Rodrigo Dias da Silva, Ariel Góes de Castro, Christian Esteve Rothenberg, and Fábio Luciano Verdi, “Generation of Synthetic Datasets in the Context of Computer Networks using Generative Adversarial Networks”, Book chapter Mini Course in Simpósio Brasileiro de Redes de Computadores e Sistemas Distribuídos (SBRC), 2024.
