Offered Keynotes

Offered Keynotes

The following keynote speeches are offered for LANC 2024. Since the keynote speeches are totally virtual, there is no limit on the number of participants. We will use a videoconferencing technology (Zoom). Hence, you are encouraged to attend them for free. No registration is required. To join the room at the time of the event (August 15, 2024), click here.


Software Defined Inception: When your Programmable Network Turns into your Emulation and Traffic Generation Toolbox Towards 6G

Speaker: Christian Esteve Rothenberg (University of Campinas – Brazil)
Date: August 15, 2024
Time: 15:30-16:30 (Argentina Standard Time)
Chair: Eduardo Cerqueira (Federal University of Pará – Brazil)

Abstract:
After a quick revisitation of the evolving history behind Software Defined Networking (SDN), this talk will focus on ongoing open-source research developments leveraging P4 programmable hardware (e.g., Tofino) and recent advances in ML/AI (e.g., Generative Adversarial Networks – GAN) in support of 6G research. The talk will explore hardware-based network emulation and traffic generation from theoretical and practical perspectives, covering research and educational practices in courses/lectures that leverage experimental network environments based on programmable networking technologies (e.g., OpenFlow, P4). The talk will dive into emulation tools like Mininet-WiFi and the P4 Programmable Patch Panel (P7) along with the recent PIPO-TG traffic generator, altogether contributing to a rich experimental environment for education and research purposes. The resulting toolbox supports ongoing research efforts beyond 5G, covering different network characteristics, custom data plane pipelines, realistic and challenging traffic patterns (e.g., TSN, stateful TCP connections), including diverse application workloads (e.g., VR/XR, 360 video)

Biography of the Speaker:
Christian Esteve Rothenberg is an Associate Professor and head of the Information & Networking Technologies Research & Innovation Group (INTRIG) at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (FEEC) of the Universidade Estadual de Campinas (University of Campinas), where he received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering in 2010. He holds a Telecommunication Engineering degree from the Technical University of Madrid (ETSIT – UPM), Spain, and an M.Sc. (Dipl. Ing.) degree in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Darmstadt University of Technology (TUD), Germany, 2006. Christian has contributed to several international patents, co-authored three books, and more than 200 scientific publications, including top-tier journals and networking conferences such as SIGCOMM and INFOCOM, altogether featuring 12,000+ citations (h-index: 35+, i10-index: 90+). Since 2023, he is the PI of the FAPESP Engineering Research Center SMARTNESS (SMART NEtworks and ServiceS for 2030) co-funded by Ericsson with an expected duration until 2033.