Research & projects

Broadly, I work with network and services management. My main topics of interest are listed below. These topics are usually developed in the context of research projects, also listed below.

Topics of interest

• Management of network virtualization
• Intent-based networking (IBN)
• Software-Defined Networks (SDN)
• Network Functions Virtualization (NFV)
• Visualization of network management information
• Network programmability

Current research projects

• INCT ICoNIoT (member)

  National Institute of Science and Technology on Internet of Things and Communication Networks — multi-institution effort on scalability, mobility, and security of IoT, AI/edge computing, 5G/6G, smart cities, and digital health. Since 2024.

  Funding: CNPq (INCT program)

• MEICAN (co-chair)

  Management Environment for Inter-domain Circuits in Advanced Networks

  Funding: RNP

• NFV-Mentor (chair)

  Network Functions Virtualization Management & Orchestration

  Funding: CNPq

• Green Cloud (chair)

  Energy-aware management of cloud infrastructures.

  Funding: FAPERGS

Past research projects

• An Ecosystem for Virtualized Network Functions (Brazilian coordinator)

  Joint project with Rui L. Aguiar (Portugal coordinator).

  Funding: CAPES/FCT

• HYMAN

  Management of hybrid networks.

  Funding: RNP

• Malia (co-chair)

  IT Project Management — joint with Luciano P. Gaspary.

  Funding: HP Labs

• ChangeLedge (co-chair)

  Template-based and rollback-enabled IT change management — joint with Luciano P. Gaspary.

  Funding: HP Labs

• GeMS

  Model-based IT change management — joint with Luciano P. Gaspary.

  Funding: HP Labs

• GigaManP2P (chair)

  P2P Infrastructure for the Management of Optical Networks.

  Funding: FINEP/RNP/UFRGS

• GigaIQoM (member)

  Infrastructure for QoS Metering in Optical Networks.

  Funding: FINEP/RNP

• GT-Config (chair)

  Network Configuration Workgroup.

  Funding: RNP

• GT-QoS2 (member)

  QoS Metering Workgroup.

  Funding: RNP

• MetroPOA (member)

  Rede Metropolitana da Grande Porto Alegre.

  Funding: CNPq/UFRGS

• IQoM (member)

  Infrastructure for QoS Metering.

  Funding: CNPq