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Overview
Prof. Jose M. Alcaraz Calero (PhD, MEng, BEng, SMIEEE, FHEA), is Full Professor in Networks and Security at School of Engineering and Computing, University of the West of Scotland, UK. He is Representative Member of the EU 5G-PPP Technological Board; the NATO Working Group IST-118; and the Internet Technical Committee. He has been involved in international research projects totalling more 20m EUR. He is Co-Technical Coordinator of the H2020 5G PPP SELFNET Consortium (6.8m EUR). Jose M. shifted to the industrial side of research working 4 years for the Cloud and Security Lab, at Hewlett-Packard Research Laboratories, United Kingdom. He has published more than 100 articles in journals, magazines, books and conferences in Computer Science and Telecommunications, including more than 15 international patents and intellectual properties rights. He is Associated Editor for a number of prestigious journals such asIEEE Communication Magazine and Chair in a number of prestigious conferences such as IEEE TrustCom, IEEE ATC. He has received a number of international awards such as best PhD award on Computer Science and Outstanding Chair Award, among others.
Area of academic expertise - outline
His main research interests include (but not limited):
- Artifical-Intelligent applied to Self-Organized Networks
- Large-Scale IT Infrastructures, including Cloud Computing, Fog Computing and Mobile Edge Computing.
- Large-Scale Telecommunication Infrastructures, including 4G and 5G Networks.
- Management of Large-scale Data Centres , including Automatization, Virtualization, Monitoring & Self-Management Capabilities.
- Management of Large-scale Networks, including Software-Defined Networks, Self-Organized Networks & Network Function Virtualized.
- Distributed Emulation of Large-Scale IT Scenarios, including Mobile Communications, Disadvantaged Communications and Wired Communications.
- Data and Network Security for Large-Scale Distributed and Federated Infrastructures, including Authentication, Access Control, Trust, Policy-based Systems & Privacy.
- Distributed Big Data Processing Platforms including Batch Data, Graph Data, & Stream Data.
Current research activities
Currently, I´m coordinating SELFNET, an ambitious project where telecommunication operators, vendors, research centers, small and medium businesses and universities aims to prototype advanced self-organized network features for the novel 5G Networks.
Target collaborative companies
- Internet Service Providers: (Fixed and Mobile Operators)
- IT Vendors: (Mobile, Data Centre and Networking)
- Vertial Sector: (Automotive, Industry, Digital Content Providers, Animation)
Target collaborative organisations
- Goverment Divisions of Cyber-Defence
- Military Divisions of Cyber-Defence
- Telecommunication Standardization Bodies
Desired research direction
The main ambition is to prototype advance mobile telecommunication operator infrastructures governed by artificial intelligence systems with the intention to take over the control of the communications in order to bring the quality of communication links between humans and machines to a next step.
Other areas of expertise available for knowledge exchange
- Management of Large-Scale Data Centres
- Cloud Architectures
- Network Management
- Data and Network Security
- Software Engineering of Large Projects
Keywords
- QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
- 5G
- security
- self-organized networks
- cloud computing
- distributed systems
- automation
- network management
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Research Output 2010 2019
Enable advanced QoS-aware network slicing in 5G networks for slice-based media use cases
Wang, Q. , Alcaraz Calero, J. , Ricart-Sanchez, R. , Weiss, M. B. , Gravas, A. , Nikaein, N. , Vasilakos, X. , Giacomo, B. , Pietro, G. , Roddy, M. , Healy, M. , Walsh, P. , Truong, T. , Bozakov, Z. , Koutsopoulos, K. , Neves, P. , Patachia-Sultanoiu, C. , Iordache, M. , Oproiu, E. , Grida Ben Yahia, I. & 10 others 1 Feb 2019 (Accepted/In press) In : IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting. 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
5G-QoE: QoE Modelling for Ultra-HD Video Streaming in 5G Networks
Nightingale, J., Salvá Garcia, P., Alcaraz Calero, J. M. & Wang, Q. 5 Apr 2018 In : IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting. p. 1-14Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Catalog-driven services in a 5G SDN/NFV self-managed environment
Henriques, N., Sargento, S., Neves, P., Gil Perez, M., Martinez Perez, G., Bernini, G., Wang, Q., Alcaraz Calero, J. M. & Koutsopoulos, K. 25 Jun 2018Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Efficient QoE-aware scheme for video quality switching operations in dynamic adaptive streaming
Irondi, I., Wang, Q., Grecos, C., Alcaraz Calero, J. M. & Casaseca, P. 20 Aug 2018 (Accepted/In press) In : ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
New topology management scheme in LTE and 5G networks
Marco Alaez, R., Chirivella-Perez, E., Alcaraz Calero, J. M. & Wang, Q. 3 Jun 2018Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
Activities 2014 2016
Large Scale Emulation of Tactical Mobile Networks in Disadvantaged Conditions
Alcaraz Calero, J. (Member)Activity: Types of Business and Community - Invited Talk
Design of Large-Scale Data Centres
Alcaraz Calero, J. (Member)Activity: Types of Business and Community - Invited Talk
Data Centre Management for Military Purposes
Alcaraz Calero, J. (Member)Activity: Types of Business and Community - Consultancy (in kind)
Technical Board of the H2020 EU 5G Public-Private Partnertship
Alcaraz Calero, J. (Member)Activity: Types of Business and Community - Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel
Member of EU 5G-PPP 5G Software Networking Working Group
Alcaraz Calero, J. (Examiner)Activity: Types of Business and Community - Membership of public/government advisory/policy group or panel