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.

The SMARTNESS team participated in ACM CoNEXT 2024 in Los Angeles, presenting four research contributions. Francisco Vogt and Prof. Dr. Marcelo Luizelli introduced InReal, an in-network resource allocation system for VNFs. They also proposed a telemetry method leveraging programmable networks. Washington Silva showcased an AR object recognition approach using edge computing. Guilherme Matos examined functional decomposition in disaggregated environments, enhancing computational efficiency and cache performance.