Scholar
Raouf Boutaba
Google Scholar ID: L1RHDCcAAAAJ
Professor of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Citations & Impact
Citations
13,962
H-index
48
i10-index
184
Publications
20
Co-authors
47
list available
Contact
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- - Invited as a guest lecturer or keynote speaker at multiple international conferences.
- - Received funding from the Ontario Research Fund to support his research work.
Research Experience
- - November 2025: Keynote speech at the 3rd IEEE Virtual Conference on Communications titled 'The Evolution of Network Virtualization: Past Achievements, Present Landscape, and Future Horizons'.
- - October 2025: Expert panel discussion on 'Sustainable Network Management in the Age of AI' at CNSM 2025.
- - August 2025: Keynote speech at the 18th IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing about 'Network Slicing: Past, Present and Moving Forward'.
- - June 2025: Delivered a keynote on cybersecurity challenges for softwarized and virtualized 5G and beyond networks at SecSoft 2025.
- - June 2025: Gave a talk on 'Zero-touch Networks: Past, Present, and Future' at BalkanCom 2025.
- - May 2025: Participated in an expert panel on 'AI-based Orchestration Technologies' at NOMS 2025.
- - April 2025: Organized the second Rogers TEP Workshop as part of the Rogers Chair in Network Automation.
- - January 2025: Distinguished lecture on 'Network Virtualization: Past, Present and Future' at Texas A&M International University.
- - December 2024: Awarded $2 million from the Ontario Research Fund–Research Excellence (ORF–RE) to develop key infrastructure technology for next-generation mobile networks.
- - December 2024: Delivered a tutorial on 'Virtualization in Future Wireless Networks: Why is it Still Hard to Achieve?' at Globecom 2024.
- - November 2024: Keynote speech on 'Automation in the Era of Cloud-native Telecommunication Networks' at the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking.
Background
- - Research Interests: Management of networks, systems, and services; resource management in wired and wireless networks.
- - Application areas: Network function virtualization, software-defined networks, cloud computing and services, network virtualization, blockchain, future Internet architecture, and cybersecurity.
