IEEE Distinguished Lecture: E2E Slice Lifecycle Management for Telco-Cloud Ecosystems (Coimbra)
The IEEE Communications Society Portugal Chapter invites students, researchers, IEEE members, and professionals to a technical seminar with Professor Augusto Venâncio Neto on end-to-end slice lifecycle management for Telco-Cloud ecosystems.
The event will take place in person at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. Organized in collaboration with the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Portugal Chapter and with the IEEE Student Branch Chapter Communications and Vehicular Technology Societies of the University of Aveiro, this session creates a forum for discussing current challenges in network slicing, orchestration, 5G/6G, Open RAN, NFV/SDN, and distributed cloud-edge infrastructures.
Taking place during Professor Neto’s visit to Europe, the session will include a 45-minute technical presentation followed by a 15-minute Q&A with the local and remote IEEE communities. This will be an opportunity to connect student members, chapter officers, researchers, and practitioners around emerging approaches for automated lifecycle management in future communication networks.
Registration is mandatory for all participants so that the organization can properly plan logistics. Participants are kindly asked to register in advance and update their registration if their availability changes.
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- Departamento de Engenharia Informática, FCT Universidade de Coimbra
- Pólo II - Pinhal de Marrocos
- Coimbra, Centro
- Portugal 3030-290
- Room Number: A5.4
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Prof.ª Marília Curado
- Co-sponsored by CISUC and Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Universidade de Coimbra
- Starts 14 June 2026 11:00 PM UTC
- Ends 19 June 2026 04:00 PM UTC
- No Admission Charge
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Augusto Neto of Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte
E2E Slice Lifecycle Management: A Unified Vision for Telco-Cloud Ecosystems
This lecture presents a unified vision for E2E slice lifecycle management in Telco-Cloud ecosystems, covering the entire process from preparation and commissioning to operation, maintenance, and decommissioning beyond current standards and tools. The talk discusses architectural principles, orchestration challenges, and emerging approaches for integrating heterogeneous resources into cohesive, automated workflows. Real-world experiences and experimental results will be presented to illustrate how unified management frameworks can reduce operational complexity, improve resource efficiency, and accelerate service delivery across distributed multi-domain environments.
Biography:
Augusto Venâncio Neto is a Full Professor at the Department of Informatics and Applied Mathematics (DIMAp) of the Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte (UFRN), specializing in Computer Networks and Distributed Systems. He is an IEEE Senior Member, CNPq's Productivity Research Fellow level 2, and an IEEE ComSoc Distinguished Lecturer for the term 2023-2024 and 2026-2027. With three research scholars, namely at UCF/USA (2023/2024), University of Aveiro/PT (2015/2016), and Instituto de Telecomunicações/PT (2008/2009), and experience as a visiting professor at various esteemed institutions such as the University of Bern (Switzerland, 2016), Université Evry Val d’Essonne (France, 2015), and the Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra (Portugal, 2009), Dr. Augusto Neto brings a wealth of international experience to his work. He earned a Master in Computer Science at Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil (2003), and his PhD in Informatics Engineering from the University of Coimbra, Portugal (2008). Augusto Neto has authored and co-authored over 250 papers published in leading conference proceedings and journals, including 4 patents, focusing on networking and telecommunications. He is a regular reviewer for prominent journals and serves on organizing committees of flagship networking conferences. He coordinates and participates in research projects funded by national and international development agencies. His research interests encompass a broad spectrum, including 5G networks and beyond, Open RAN, cloud computing, IoT, SDN, mobile computing, spatial computing, and smart spaces.
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Address:DIMAp - Campus Universitário, , Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, 59078-970
Agenda
14:00 "E2E Slice Lifecycle Management: A Unified Vision for Telco-Cloud Ecosystems", by Prof. Augusto Venâncio