In Episode 4 of the Futurecom Connect podcast, SMARTNESS PhD student Marina Martinelli shares her insights on the future of 5.5G and 6G networks. She highlights the importance of AI-driven data center modernization, edge and fog computing, and sustainable infrastructure to meet the demands of a hyperconnected world. The episode also explores Brazil’s role in global telecom innovation.
On April 24–25, 2025, the Annual Workshop of the CPE SMARTNESS brought together researchers, students, and industry partners at FUNCAMP (UNICAMP) in Campinas. With in-person and online participation, the event featured sessions to define future directions, keynote talks on AI-driven 5G, national and international projects, roundtables with academia and industry, and live tech demos from SMARTNESS teams.
On April 22 and 23, the SMARTNESS Year 02 Bootcamp brought together participants in a hybrid format — online and on-site at UNICAMP — for practical sessions focused on networking technologies, AI/ML, and modern computing tools.
Alan Teixeira da Silva, Rafael P. Clerici, Fabricio F. Cesen, Md Tariqul Islam and Christian E. Rothenberg, “Programmable Network Testbed for QoS/QoE Assessment of Holographic Media Delivery”, in IEEE Conference on Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networks (IEEE NFV-SDN), 2024.
Arthur J Simas, Fabricio E Rodriguez Cesen, and Christian Esteve Rothenberg, “eZtunnel: Leveraging eBPF to Transparently Offload Service Mesh Data Plane Networking”, in IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking (IEEE CloudNet), 2024.
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