The lack of predictive power over complex systems either designed by humans or evolved by nature, is a foundational problem in contemporary science. Real networks such as the Internet, the Web, social and biological networks, have acquired emergent large-scale properties that are beyond our full understanding, much less prediction or control. Astonishingly, these emergent properties are the same across networks from drastically different domains, and are the ones required to facilitate the optimality of some important network functions, such as information transport.

ACM CoNEXT 2008 is a major forum for future networking technologies. Previous CoNEXT Conferences have successfully encouraged original, long-term studies and contributed to the integration of networking research on an international level. The 4th ACM International Conference on emerging Networking EXperiments and Technologies (ACM CoNEXT 2008), will be hosted by the University Carlos III of Madrid. The conference will be a major forum for presentations and discussions of novel networking technologies, which are set to shape the future of Internetworking. We strive to open informative and stimulating debates between distinct international research communities. The conference is single-track and will feature a high-quality technical program, with significant opportunities for individual and small-group technical and social interactions. The main conference will also be preceded by three one-day workshops.

En el deporte profesional actual ¿qué es esfuerzo y qué ciencia? El deportista ¿nace o se hace? ¿Y el científico?

El 6 de Noviembre de 2015 el Instituto IMDEA Materiales será el anfitrión de la I Conferencia IMDEA, Ciencia, Empresa y Sociedad, inaugurada por la presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Dª Cristina Cifuentes y por la Secretaria de Estado de Investigación, Desarrollo e Innovación, Dª Carmen Vela.

Ponentes del máximo nivel presentarán en esta jornada la futura tecnología de comunicaciones 5G, y los retos y oportunidades que 5G supondrá para múltiples sectores relevantes de la actividad económica. Las grandes empresas a nivel mundial ya se están posicionando para paliar las amenazas, y aprovechar las oportunidades, que 5G provocará a medio plazo.

The International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN) is a highly selective single-track international conference focusing on premier research results at the intersection of embedded systems and wireless networking – an area of highest relevance for visionary technologies such as the Internet of Things or Cyber-Physical Systems and application domains such as Smart Production, Smart Cities, or Connected Cars.

5TONIC Vice-President Arturo Azcorra participates in a panel entitled ‘Innovation through Joint Industry-Academic Partnerships’ at IEEE INFOCOM. At this panel he presented the work of 5TONIC as an example of the successful partnership between industry and academia currently driving innovation and research in communication networks in Europe.

We have experienced an era in the world of innovation where the stars have been the entrepreneurs. Small startups or even individuals were able to turn their ideas into big business and, in many cases, overcome large companies with a long tradition in the market.

La Feria Madrid por la Ciencia (The Forum for Science) is a key part of the Programa de Ciencia y Sociedad (Science and Society Program) that the Regional Government of Madrid launched in 2000, through the Dirección General de Universidades e Investigación (Directorate-General of Universities and Research). This Program seeks not only to promote dialogue between citizens and scientists, but also to increase the public’s participation in science.

El pasado 11 de Julio la Fundación IMDEA Networks celebró la reunión anual inaugural de su Consejo Científico en Madrid. La reunión marcó un punto importante en el establecimiento de la fundación de la investigación. Este prestigioso Consejo se compone de once investigadores de los más importantes del Mundo en la tecnología de redes.

El Consejo fue presentado a dignatarios, incluyendo representantes senior de la Comunidad de Madrid, quienes crearon y fundaron la iniciativa IMDEA. Tras aceptar formalmente sus cargos como Miembros del Consejo, estos eminentes expertos consideraron varios aspectos de la estrategia científica de la Fundación, lo que ayudará a orientar la dirección de investigación que se debería perseguir en los próximos años.