NetCloud Group

Future Networks and Edge/Cloud Computing Research

NetCloud Research Group

NetCloud is an active research group that conducts innovative research on Internet architectures and technologies, with emphasis on Network Function Virtualization (NFV), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN), Internet-of-Things (IoT), and Edge Computing. NetCloud has acquired substantial third-party funding from EU and GSRI and has established tight collaborations with internationally acclaimed academic institutes, network operators, and vendors. NetCloud owns a dedicated edge computing facility, utilized both for research and lab courses at undergraduate and graduate level. The group is also renowned for its commitment to open-source and the various services (e.g., teleconference, VPN, compute nodes) offered for free to the local academic community.

Our Research Team

The NetCloud group is led by Prof. Panagiotis Papadimitriou and includes several researchers and developers that are engaged in various research and innovation activities, usually funded by EU or national funding agencies. The group’s areas of expertise include Internet protocols, network processing systems, programmable dataplanes, service/resource orchestration, Machine Learning, and mathematical optimization.

Recent News

1st review meeting of the NEPHELE

NetCloud members attended the 1st review meeting of the NEPHELE project that was held in Brussels in April 2024. We prepared a...

Ph.D. Defense of George Papathanail

George Papathanail has successfully defended his Ph.D. thesis on Service Orchestration Architectures for the Network Edge. Well...

3rd Plenary Meeting of NEPHELE

NetCloud members attended the 3rd plenary meeting of the NEPHELE project that was held in Madrid in December 2023. The project...

Ph.D. Defense of Angelos Pentelas 

Angelos Pentelas has successfully defended his Ph.D. on SFC Orchestration over Resource-Constrained NFV Infrastructures. His...

87th Thessaloniki International Fair 

George Papathanail showcased the NEPHELE project at the 87th Thessaloniki International Fair (TIF). TIF is one of the most...

Keynote at CITS 2023 

Panagiotis Papadimitriou delivered a keynote talk, titled “Towards the Convergence of IoT and Edge Computing: Opportunities and...