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.