Organizing Committee

• [TPC co-chair] for the Simpósio Brasileiro de Segurança da Informação e de Sistemas Computacionais (SBSeg'22)
• Student Travel Grant co-chair for the International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM'22)
• Tutorial co-chair for the IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM'22)
• [TPC co-chair] for the Simpósio Brasileiro de Redes de Computadores e Sistemas Distribuídos (SBRC'21)
• [TPC co-chair] for the IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM'21)
• Student Travel Grant co-chair for the IFIP Networking (Networking'20)
• Dissertation Digest co-chair for the IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS'20)
• [General co-chair] for the Simpósio Brasileiro de Redes de Computadores e Sistemas Distribuídos (SBRC'19)
• Publicity co-chair for the 14th International Conference on Network and Service Management (CNSM'18)
• Demo co-chair for the 3rd Cloudification of the Internet of Things 2018 (CIoT’18)
• Chair for the CTD@SBRC'18
• Symposium co-chair for the IEEE ICC 2018 - Communication QoS, Reliability and Modelling Symposium (IEEE ICC'18)
• Demo co-chair for the 15th IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IFIP/IEEE IM'17)
• Workshop co-chair for the 2nd International Workshop on Management of SDN and NFV Systems (ManSDN/NFV’15)

Technical Program Committee

• 2022: NetSoft'22, CNSM'22, SBRC'22, IEEE/IFIP NOMS'22, IEEE ICC'22 - CCNS Symposium, CSNet'22
• 2021: NetSoft'21, CNSM'21, SBSeg'21, CSNet'21, WGRS'21
• 2020: NetSoft'20, CNSM'20, SBRC'20, IEEE/IFIP NOMS'20, IEEE ICC'20 - NGNI Symposium, SBSeg'20, CIoT'20, CSNet'20
• 2019: NetSoft'19, CNSM'19, SBRC'19, IFIP/IEEE IM'19, GIIS'19, IEEE ICC'19 - NGNI Symposium, SBSeg'19
• 2018: NetSoft'18, CNSM'18, SBRC'18, IEEE/IFIP NOMS'18, IEEE CCNC'18, WGRS'18, SBSeg'18
• 2017: CNSM'17, SBRC'17, IFIP/IEEE IM'17, IEEE CCNC'17, IEEE INFOCOM Workshop CNTCV'17, CPSR-SG'17, WGRS'17, SBSeg'17
• 2016: SBRC'16, IEEE/IFIP NOMS'16, IEEE/IFIP ManFI'16, CPSR-SG'16, WGRS'16, SBSeg'16
• 2015: IEEE GLOBECOM Workshop SGR'15, IFIP/IEEE ManFI'15, IFIP AIMS'15 (PhD Workshop), IEEE INFOCOM Workshop CNTCV'15, IEEE CAMAD'15, WGRS'15, SBSeg'15

Editorial Board

• International Journal of Network Management (Wiley)
• Journal of Network and Systems Management (Springer)

Reviewed for

• IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management (IEEE)
• International Journal of Network Management (Wiley)
• Journal of Network and Computer Applications (Elsevier)
• Computer Networks (Elsevier)
• Computer Communications (Elsevier)
• Expert Systems With Applications (Elsevier)
• Journal of Network and Systems Management (Springer)
• IEEE Communications Magazine (IEEE)
• Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society (Springer)

Other Professional Activities

• Member of the Administrative Board of RNP (2020-2023)
• Chair of the Special Interest Group on Computer Networks and Distributed Systems (CE-RESD) of SBC (2019-2021)

Research Interests

Projects

• Consistent Composition of Modular Extensions in Programmable Data Planes [2019-2022]: project with funding from FAPERGS Pesquisador Gaúcho 05/2019 call, investigating techniques for the consistent and efficient composition of P4 programs in programmable data planes.
• BigCloud - Communications and processing of Big Data in clouds and fogs [2017-2022]: project led by Prof. Nelson Fonseca (UNICAMP), approved in FAPESP/MCTI/MC Strategic Research on the Internet 2015 call, and aims to develop new architectures and mechanisms to provide infrastructures and communications capable of dealing with the evolution of the processing of Big data.
• Multilevel Resilience in Network Infrastrutures based on SDN and NFV [2017-2020]: project with funding from Universal MCTI/CNPq 01/2016 call, investigating the combined use of SDN and NFV for the development of more flexible, manageable and more resilient infrastructures.
• P4Sec - Securing Networks in the Programmable Data Plane Era [2017-2019]: cooperation between UC San Diego, CAIDA, and Texas A&M University (USA), and UFRGS, UnB, and UFPE (Brazil), with funding from the National Science Foundation (USA) and RNP (Brazil). The project investigates new techniques for verifying and securing security properties in programmable network data plane.
• GT-FENDE - Ecossistema Federado para Oferta, Distribuição e Execução de Funções Virtualizadas de Rede [2017-2019]: a working group supported by the National Research Network (RNP), with cooperation between UFRGS, UFSM and UFPR. It aims to design, develop and deploy an ecosystem and a marketplace for the supply, distribution and execution of VNFs.
• ProSeG - Information Security, Protection and Resilience in Smart Grids [2013 - 2015]: project approved in the MCTI/CNPq/CT-ENERG 33/2013 call. The project aims to investigate mechanisms and services that can be integrated into intelligent energy distribution networks to meet security and resilience requirements.

• Parizotto, R., Castanheira, L., Bonetti, F., Santos, A., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. Consistent composition and modular data plane programming. IEEE Communications Magazine 59, 6 (2021), 60--65. [ bib | DOI ]

• Dalmazo, B. L., Marques, J. A., Costa, L. R., Bonfim, M. S., Carvalho, R. N., da Silva, A. S., Fernandes, S., Bordim, J. L., Alchieri, E., Schaeffer-Filho, A., Paschoal Gaspary, L., and Cordeiro, W. A systematic review on distributed denial of service attack defense mechanisms in programmable networks. International Journal of Network Management (2021), e2163. [ bib | DOI ]

• Schardong, F., Nunes, I., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. NFV resource allocation: a systematic review and taxonomy of VNF forwarding graph embedding. Computer Networks 185 (2021), 107726. [ bib | DOI ]

• Parizotto, R., Castanheira, L., Bonetti, F., Santos, A., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. PRIME: Programming in-network modular extensions. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2020) (Budapest, Hungary, 2020), pp. 1--9. [ bib | DOI ]

• Niemiec, G. S., Batista, L. M. S., Schaeffer-Filho, A. E., and Nazar, G. L. A survey on FPGA support for the feasible execution of virtualized network functions. IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials 22, 1 (2020), 504--525. [ bib | DOI ]

• Bondan, L., Franco, M. F., Marcuzzo, L. C., Venancio, G., Santos, R. L., Pfitscher, R. J., Scheid, E. J., Stiller, B., De Turck, F., Duarte Junior, E. P., Schaeffer-Filho, A., dos Santos, C. R. P., and Granville, L. Z. FENDE: Marketplace-based distribution, execution, and life cycle management of VNFs. IEEE Communications Magazine 57, 1 (January 2019), 13--19. [ bib | DOI ]

• Dobson, S., Hutchison, D., Mauthe, A., Schaeffer-Filho, A., Smith, P., and Sterbenz, J. P. G. Self-organization and resilience for networked systems: Design principles and open research issues. Proceedings of the IEEE 107, 4 (April 2019), 819--834. [ bib | DOI ]

• Castanheira, L., Schaeffer-Filho, A., and Benson, T. A. P4-InTel: Bridging the gap between ICF diagnosis and functionality [Best Paper Award ]. In 1st ACM CoNEXT Workshop on Emerging In-Network Computing Paradigms (ENCP 2019) (Orlando, FL, 2019), ACM, pp. 21--26. [ bib | DOI ]

• Castanheira, L., Parizotto, R., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. Flowstalker: Comprehensive traffic flow monitoring on the data plane using P4. In IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC 2019) (Shanghai, China, May 2019), IEEE, pp. 1--6. [ bib | DOI ]

• Pizzutti, M., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. Adaptive multipath routing based on hybrid data and control plane operation. In IEEE Conference on Computer Communications (INFOCOM 2019) (Paris, France, April 2019), IEEE, pp. 730--738. [ bib | DOI ]

• Neves, M., Freire, L., Schaeffer-Filho, A. E., and Barcellos, M. Verification of P4 programs in feasible time using assertions. In 14th International Conference on Emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (CoNEXT 2018) (Heraklion, Greece, 2018), ACM, pp. 73--85. [ bib | DOI ]

• Pizzutti, M., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. An efficient multipath mechanism based on the flowlet abstraction and P4. In IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM 2018) (Abu Dhabi, UAE, Dec 2018), IEEE, pp. 1--6. [ bib | DOI ]

• Schardong, F., Nunes, I., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. Providing cognitive components with a bidding heuristic for emergent NFV orchestration. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2018) (Taipei, Taiwan, April 2018), IEEE, pp. 1--9. [ bib | DOI ]

• Freire, L., Neves, M., Leal, L., Levchenko, K., Schaeffer-Filho, A., and Barcellos, M. Uncovering bugs in P4 programs with assertion-based verification. In Symposium on SDN Research (SOSR 2018) (Los Angeles, CA, 2018), ACM. [ bib | DOI ]

• Scheid, E. J., Machado, C. C., Franco, M. F., dos Santos, R. L., Pfitscher, R. P., Schaeffer-Filho, A., and Granville, L. Z. INSpIRE: Integrated NFV-based intent refinement environment. In IFIP/IEEE Symposium on Integrated Network and Service Management (IM 2017) (Lisbon, Portugal, May 2017), IEEE, pp. 186--194. [ bib | DOI ]

• Silva, A. S., Wickboldt, J. A., Granville, L. Z., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. ATLANTIC: A framework for anomaly traffic detection, classification, and mitigation in SDN. In IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2016) (Istanbul, Turkey, April 2016), IEEE, pp. 27--35. [ bib | DOI ]

• Silva, A. S., Smith, P., Mauthe, A., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. Resilience support in software-defined networking: A survey. Computer Networks 92 (2015), 189 -- 207. [ bib | DOI ]Silva, A. S., Smith, P., Mauthe, A., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. Resilience support in software-defined networking: A survey. Computer Networks 92 (2015), 189 -- 207. [ bib | DOI ]

• Marnerides, A. K., Smith, P., Schaeffer-Filho, A., and Mauthe, A. Power consumption profiling using energy time-frequency distributions in smart grids. IEEE Communications Letters 19, 1 (Jan 2015), 46--49. [ bib | DOI ]

• Schaeffer-Filho, A., Lupu, E., and Sloman, M. Federating policy-driven autonomous systems: Interaction specification and management patterns. Journal of Network and Systems Management 23, 3 (2015), 753--793. [ bib | DOI ]

• Silva, E. G., Knob, L. A. D., Wickboldt, J. A., Gaspary, L. P., Granville, L. Z., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. Capitalizing on SDN-based SCADA systems: An anti-eavesdropping case-study. In IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2015) (Ottawa, Canada, May 2015), IEEE, pp. 165--173. [ bib | DOI ]

• Machado, C. C., Wickboldt, J. A., Granville, L. Z., and Schaeffer-Filho, A. Policy authoring for software-defined networking management. In IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2015) (Ottawa, Canada, May 2015), IEEE, pp. 216--224. [ bib | DOI ]

• Schaeffer-Filho, A., Smith, P., Mauthe, A., and Hutchison, D. Network resilience with reusable management patterns. IEEE Communications Magazine 52, 7 (July 2014), 105--115. [ bib | DOI ]

• Schaeffer-Filho, A., Mauthe, A., Hutchison, D., Smith, P., Yu, Y., and Fry, M. PReSET: A toolset for the evaluation of network resilience strategies. In IFIP/IEEE International Symposium on Integrated Network Management (IM 2013) (Ghent, Belgium, May 2013), IEEE, pp. 202--209. [ bib | http ]

• Schaeffer-Filho, A., Smith, P., Mauthe, A., Hutchison, D., Yu, Y., and Fry, M. A framework for the design and evaluation of network resilience management. In IEEE Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS 2012) (Maui, Hawaii, April 2012), IEEE, pp. 401--408. [ bib | DOI ]