Category technical visit

From April 7 to 11, 2025, Professor Fábio Luciano Verdi, head of the LERIS laboratory at UFSCar, participated in a technical mission to Ericsson’s global headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, as part of the ongoing collaboration within the CPE SMARTNESS project. The delegation also included Professors Christian Esteve Rothenberg and Luiz Fernando Bittencourt (UNICAMP), and researcher Maria Valéria Marquezini (Ericsson Research Brazil).

Throughout the week, the group engaged in a comprehensive agenda of technical meetings and strategic discussions with Ericsson Research teams. Topics explored during these sessions included Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Computing, and Software, aligning directly with the core research areas of the SMARTNESS project and the LERIS lab.

As part of the visit, the delegation also had the opportunity to tour the Ericsson Imagine Studio, an innovation space that showcases cutting-edge technologies shaping the future of communication and information systems.

The visit served as an important milestone for strengthening the partnership between academia and industry. It fostered knowledge exchange, alignment of ongoing research, and dialogue about future cooperation opportunities, reinforcing LERIS’s role in high-level international research collaborations.

We thank Ericsson for the warm welcome and for supporting initiatives that drive innovation through joint academic-industry efforts.

On December 6th, members of the LERIS laboratory had the opportunity to visit the Ericsson Research Center in Santa Clara, California, as part of the activities of the Smartness2030 project. Representing LERIS, PhD candidates Guilherme Matos and Washington Sousa joined two other researchers involved in the initiative for a productive day of technical discussions and research exchange.

The visit aimed to present and align both published and ongoing work within Smartness2030 with Ericsson’s current research directions. Throughout the day, participants engaged in high-level conversations on emerging technologies and innovative strategies for the future of communication and distributed systems.

The meeting reinforced the relevance of academic-industry collaboration in driving technological advancements and highlighted the potential of Smartness2030 to contribute to the evolution of next-generation communication infrastructures.

LERIS is proud to be part of this international effort and grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with Ericsson’s research team. Initiatives like this not only strengthen our research but also open new pathways for impactful and globally connected innovation.