Dr. João Paulo Barraca
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Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
João Paulo Barraca received the Ph.D. degree in informatics engineering from the Universidade de Aveiro, in 2012. He is currently an acting Assistant Professor with the Universidade de Aveiro. He conducts research with the Instituto de Telecomunicações, having led the TN-AV Group, from 2015 to 2016. He has more than 100 peer-reviewed publications and reports related to solutions for the Internet of Things and software for cloud environments, with a focus on software-defined networking and 5G networks. Having participated in many review panels, he has also organized workshops and conferences. He has participated in more than 20 projects, either developing novel concepts or applying these concepts in innovative products and solutions. He leads the FCT/CAPES DEVNF Project in Portugal devoted to NFV orchestration, the local teams of EU LIFE-PAYT, participates in European Science Cloud for Astronomy (EUAENEAS), the local team in the P2020 (CRUISE Project), the security team at P2020-Social, participates in the EU Interreg CISMOB smart cities pilot, the Engage SKA research infrastructure, and the Square Kilometer Array System (SKA) Team, and having lead activities for TM-LINFRA, among a dozen other innovation projects. Recently, he received the third place from the INCM Innovation Challenge, for the development of a project targeting smarter environments for public transports in smart cities, using block chain technologies.