MASTEAM-MATT talk – Dr Ricard Vilalta (CTTC) – Software defined control of optical networks

The EETAC Master’s degrees in Applied Telecom. and Engineering Management (MASTEAM) and Advanced Telecommunications Technologies (MATT) organize a weekly series of activities (talks, technical visits, discussion pannels) that complement the academic activities with real-world experiences from companies, research centres and institutions in the main topics of the master: Internet of Things, Smart Cities, 5G mobile communications, Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Radio (SDR), cloud computing, augmented reality and audiovisual services, among others.

Speaker: Dr Ricard Vilalta (CTTC)

Title: “Software defined control of optical networks”

Abstract: The talk will introduce the concept of software-defined control plane for optical networks, and its implications for network management.

Bio: Ricard Vilalta (Girona, 1983) (h-index 27, i10-index 78) ) graduated in telecommunications engineering in 2007 and received a Ph.D.
degree in telecommunications in 2013, both from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), Spain. He joined CTTC in 2010, and he is a senior researcher in the Optical Networks and Systems Department. He is an active contributor in several standardization bodies such as ONF
(OTCC), ETSI (NFV, ZSM), and IETF (CCAMP, TEAS). He is also a member of the technical steering team of Open Transport Configuration & Control in ONF. He is leading open source contributions and features in ETSI Open Source MANO (OSM) with special focus on 5G technologies.
http://www.cttc.es/people/rvilalta/

When: 17 March 2021, 18:00h.

Where: https://meet.google.com/uhc-kyzc-cod – Please register by sending an e-mail to eetac.masters@upc.edu by 17 March 17:00h (one hour before the event)