Carlos Marques

– Management‑related responsibilities, including representing the company in project plenary meetings, coordinating tasks across multiple projects as the designated task leader, preparing contributions for project proposals, and acting as the editor responsible for the drafting and finalization of project deliverables – Actively contributing to SNS JU Working Groups and their related publications, as well as serving as a reviewer for relevant European conferences, with a particular focus on my areas of expertise in 5G and 6G technologies. – Expertise in 5G Core aligned with 3GPP and ETSI technical specifications, including architecture definition, End‑to‑End (E2E) testing, troubleshooting, and integration with open‑source 5G solutions (srsRAN, OAI, free5GC, Open5GS), as well as with selected commercial platforms, and exploring 5G‑Advanced features – Participation in several European and national projects involving industry and academia (IMAGINE-B5G, 6G-PATH Next Gen Mobility — more information in the “projects” section).

– Development and research in information systems and technology, with a focus on cloud networking (NFV, 5G, MEC, 3GPP), orchestration platforms (Sonata, OSM), and virtualization platforms (OpenStack, Kubernetes, Proxmox). – Responsible for the development, integration, and testing of modules, including those developed by European partners, within the scope of each project. – Participation in several European and national projects involving industry and academia (IMAGINE-B5G, 6G-PATH, Next Gen Mobility, PTQCI, DISCRETION, 5G-EPICENTRE, CityCatalyst, FLOYD, RESISTO, 5G-VINNI, 5GROWTH, 5GTANGO, SUPERFLUIDITY, and MCN — more information in the “projects” section)

The AcademiaPT program is designed to attract, recruit, develop, and retain young professionals who aim to work in technical areas, namely Network Operations, Commercial, Information Systems, and Innovation. At AcademiaPT, the program recruits, trains, and places the best candidates in each area through paid professional internships. Within this context, these were my main responsibilities and competencies: – Development and research in information systems and technology. – Responsible for developing several modules within the European MCN project. – Responsible for migrating (“cloudifying”) one of the PTIS network components to a cloud‑based architecture. – Other related implementations

– Researcher responsible for simulation in Network Simulator 2 (NS‑2) of context‑management solutions over multiple virtual networks, within the scope of the European Network of Excellence, EuroNF (Network of the Future), a European Future Internet project. – Responsible for implementing a new routing approach using artificial intelligence concepts (Reinforcement Learning) for wireless mesh networks in NS‑2. – Responsible for specifying and developing a mechanism for admission control supported by network‑derived metrics and indicators, while simultaneously integrating resource‑reservation mechanisms in EPC/LTE networks. Also responsible for implementing this solution in the PCRF component of PT Inovação, enabling the system to address congestion issues, admission control, and resource reservation in next‑generation EPC/LTE access environments.