Month: May 2026

The project is the result of a collaboration among ICoNIoT researchers from four Brazilian universities and is among the nominees for the Best Paper Award at SBRC 2026

VAMOS! is the result of a collaboration between researchers Carnot Braun (State University of Campinas – UNICAMP), Daniel L. Guidoni (Federal University of Ouro Preto – UFOP), Eduardo Cerqueira (Federal University of Pará – UFPA), Joahannes B. D. da Costa (Federal University of São Paulo – UNIFESP), Leandro Villas (UNICAMP), and Allan M. Souza (UNICAMP).

The agent developed by the team, titled VAMOS (Vehicular Agent for Multi-Objective Optimization and Semantics), functions as an intelligent system capable of formulating personalized routes by interpreting the environmental context and the individual priorities of each user. It outperforms traditional navigation systems, which prioritize metric efficiency, such as time and distance, but fail to interpret more complex and context-dependent human intentions.

Unlike conventional navigation systems, this agent uses a Large Language Model (LLM) to suggest strategic stops, such as gas stations or grocery stores, based on continuous learning about the traveler’s profile. The technology’s unique feature lies in its ability to process complex information to optimize routes without the need for overly specific geographic commands.

The project faces the technical challenge of balancing robust processing on external servers with the feasibility of running smaller models directly on mobile devices.

Read the researchers’ paper published in the proceedings of SBRC 2026

The presentation of the SBRC Outstanding Achievement Award—Prof. Otto Carlos Muniz Bandeira Duarte—will take place during the Opening Ceremony of SBRC 2026, to be held on May 26, 2026, in Praia do Forte, Bahia.

Recognition

Prof. Edmundo’s name was chosen by a Selection Committee composed of the recipients of the same award over the past five years, in recognition of his entire career and contributions to the Brazilian scientific community in the fields of Computer Networks and Distributed Systems.

About the Award

The SBRC Outstanding Achievement Award was created in 2012 as part of the celebrations marking the SBRC’s 30th anniversary, and aims to honor members of the SBRC community who have distinguished themselves throughout their lives for their scientific contributions in the fields of computer networks and distributed systems, for their involvement in SBRC activities, and/or for services rendered to the benefit of the Brazilian computer networks and distributed systems community.

In 2022, the Outstanding Achievement Award was renamed the SBRC Prof. Otto Carlos Muniz Bandeira Duarte Outstanding Achievement Award. Otto held a bachelor’s degree in Electronic Engineering from UFRJ, a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Coppe/UFRJ, and a doctorate in Teleinformatics from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications (ENST) in Paris, France. He became a Full Professor at UFRJ in 2003. He was recognized as a CNPq Level 1A Productivity Fellow and as a Scientist of Our State of Rio de Janeiro. He advised 17 doctoral theses, 55 master’s dissertations, and more than 180 undergraduate research projects. He had more than 350 articles published in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

Career of this Year’s Honoree

Prof. Edmundo is currently a Full Professor at the Institute of Computing at UNICAMP, the university where he earned his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1991. He has an extensive scientific output in the fields of Computer Networks and Distributed Systems, with over 6,000 citations, covering critical topics such as network management, cloud computing, and network virtualization. His academic reputation was recognized by UNICAMP’s Zeferino Vaz Award for Academic Recognition in 2004, and his work also includes coordinating research projects of national significance and collaborating with various research networks across the country, such as the National Institutes of Science and Technology (INCTs).

Prof. Edmundo has played a prominent role in organizing and structuring the SBRC, the leading event in the field in Brazil, having directly contributed to the technical and scientific quality of the Symposium over the course of several editions. In teaching, he contributes significantly to the training of high-level professionals and the mentoring of young researchers. In addition to teaching, he is actively involved in the scientific community, serving as a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Network and Systems Management (JNSM), published by Springer.

 

 

The ICoNIoT workshop at SBRC will take place on May 27 and will feature a special keynote lecture by Torsten Braun, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Please see the table below for the scheduled times for each research theme. The schedule is subject to change until the date of the conference.

Time	Thematic Line
10:15 – 10:30	Opening
10:30 – 11:00	Keynote “Energy-efficient Federated Transfer Learning for Privacy-Preserving Energy-Usage Forecasting”
11:00 – 11:15	IoT
11:15 – 11:30	Digital Health
11:30 – 11:45	5G/6G Networks
12:00 – 14:00	Lunch Break
14:00 – 14:15	Smart Cities
14:15 – 14:30	Edge Computing
14:30 – 14:45	Security
14:45 – 15:00	Vehicular Networks
15:00 – 15:15	Optical Networks
15:15 – 15:20	Closing