Fernando Boavida (FCTUC – University of Coimbra, Portugal): Content Networks – Research Vision and Roadmap

University of Bern, Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Neubrückstrasse 10, 3012 Bern, Room 302

November 14, 2008, 11.15 am

Abstract: Due to the technological development, production of multimedia content is no longer restricted to first tier producers. Furthermore, many citizens are nowadays connected to some kind of communication networks and want to use them for sharing content they produce. It is the goal of the CONTENT Network of Excellence to enable end-user communities to efficiently share, distribute, manage, and use audio-visual content via these networks. At the network level, CONTENT addresses issues in the delivery path and develops on top of P2P-based overlay solutions for content services. While these concerns are reflected in a three layer architecture comprising community networks, overlay networks, and content service networks, it is of importance to integrate those different concerns and consider at the same time cross-cutting issues, like monitoring, adaptation, and routing. It is the aim of this talk to present the CONTENT research vision by identifying and discussing the research challenges that are being addressed in the project. Furthermore, this talk presents the project road map for these future research challenges. The presentation ends with a brief description of the research work currently being carried out by the University of Coimbra in this project.

Bio: Fernando Boavida received his PhD in Informatics Engineering in 1990, and he currently is Full Professor at the Department of Informatics Engineering (DEI) of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra. He is the leader of the Laboratory of Communications and Telematics (LCT) of DEI and the Strategic Director for Communications and Information Technology of the University of Coimbra. His main research interests are Mobile and Ambient Networking, and Scalable Networking (quality of service issues, mobility and nomadicity, wireless sensor networks). His publications include six books, five book chapters, 35 papers in national conferences and journals, and 104 papers in international refereed journals and conference proceedings. He was the chairman of the Program Committee of QofIS’2001, IDMS-PROMS’2002, NETWORKING 2006, WWIC 2007 and FMN 2008 international conferences/workshops. He has been involved in numerous program committees of major international conferences, including INFOCOM 2006 and 2007. He participated in European initiatives/projects such as RARE (Réseaux IP Européenes), EWOS (European Workshop for Open Systems), COST263 (Quality of Future Internet Services), E-NET (Emerging Networking Technologies, IST-2001-37814), E-NEXT (FP6 Network of Excellence on Emerging Networking Experiments and Technologies) EuQoS (End-to-end Quality of Service support over heterogeneous networks, IST-FP6-2004-004503), WEIRD (WiMAX Extension to Isolated Research Data networks, IST FP6 Integrated Project 034622), OpenNet (Open Interconnect for the Internet Community, IST-FP6 Specific Support Action 035185) and CONTENT (Content Networks and Services for Home Users, IST-FP6-0384239). He is a licensed Professional Engineer. He is a member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the Computer Communications journal. His homepage is at http://staff.uc.pt/boavida .