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Professorial Research Associate
E: a.galis@ucl.ac.uk
T: +44(0)20 3108 9441 (int. 59441)
Research group
Information and Communication Engineering
Software-defined infrastructures and services | 5G networking and servicing | Network and Cloud programmability and management
Biography
Alex Galis is a Professorial Research Fellow in Networked and Service Systems at University College London (UCL). His current interests are on 5G networking, software defined infrastructure and services, network and cloud programmability and management. He has co-authored more than 280 publications in the future Internet areas: networks and services, management, networking clouds, 5G virtualisation and programmability including 10 research books. He has contributed to 9 ITU-T standards on Future Networks and 5G Networks and he has worked on 16 IETF drafts (work in progress) in Autonomic networking and network slicing. He has been a co-principal investigator at UCL on a number of EU research projects with a total UCL budget of more than 10 M£, including overall technical leadership of the MISA - Management of IP networks (250 PY), FAIN - programmable networks (300PY), CONTEXT - context aware networking (75PY), AUTONOMIC INTERNET - autonomic network (75PY) and NECOS - Novel Enablers for Cloud Slicing (75PY) projects. He was a member of the Steering Group of the Future Internet Assembly (FIA) and he led the Management and Service–aware Networking Architecture (MANA) working group at FIA. He acted as PTC/ keynotes/ panels/ workshops co-chair of 14 IEEE conferences including TPC co-chair of 1st IEEE Network Softwarization 2015 (NetSoft 2015, hosted by UCL in London) and reviewer in more than 100 IEEE conferences and journals. He is a co-editor of IEEE JSAC series on Network Softwarisation and Enablers, ETRI Journal published by Wiley and of the IEEE Communications Magazine feature topic on Advances In Networking Software. He is an International Academy, Research, and Industry Association (IARIA) Fellow (2011, https://www.iaria.org/fellows.html). He was selected as a Vice Chair of the ITU-T SG13 Group on Future Networking. He is involved in IETF and ITU-T SG13 network slicing activities and he is also involved in IEEE SDN initiative including co-chairing of the IEEE SDN publication committee.
- Publications
RPS Widget Placeholderhttp://research-reports.ucl.ac.uk/RPSDATA.SVC/pubs/AGALI91 - Books
- “The Future Internet- Future Internet Assembly 2013: Validated Results and New Horizons” - Galis, A., Gavras, A. (Eds.) Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7858, Springer, pp370, May 2013, ISBN 978-3-642-38081-5; http://www.springerlink.com/content/978-3-642-38081-5/
- "Achieving Federated and Self-Manageable Cloud Infrastructures: Theory and Practice” Brandic, I, Villari, M., Tusa, F.: editors; Galis, A, Bessis, N., Lee, Y. W., Llorente, I. M., Massonet, P., Mateescu, G., Rana, O., Rochwerger, B., editorial board -“ISBN 978-1-4666-1631-8; DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-1631-8, ISBN13: 9781466616318, ISBN10: 1466616318, EISBN13: 9781466616325; May 2012 IGI Global http://www.igi-global.com/authorseditors/authoreditorresources/callforbo...
- “Future Internet – From Promises to Reality”– Álvarez, F., A., Galis, A., Domingue, J., Gavras, A., Zahariadis T., Stiller, B., Schaffers, H., Daras, P Frances Cleary Henning Mueller Michael Nilsson Volkmar Lotz Krco S. Karnouskos, S., Avessta, S., Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7281, Springer ISBN 978-3-642-30240-4, pp 249, April 2012, http://www.springerlink.com/content/?k=LNCS+7281 http://www.springer.com/computer/communication+networks/book/978-3-642-3...
- “The Future Internet - Future Internet Assembly 2011: Achievements and Technological Promises”- Domingue, J., Galis, A., Gavras, A., Zahariadis, T., Lambert, D., Cleary, F., Daras, P., Krco, S., Müller, H., Li, M.-S., Schaffers, H., Lotz, V., Alvarez, F., Stiller, B., Karnouskos, S., Avessta, S., Nilsson, M. (Eds.) Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 6656, 465 pp, ISBN 978-3-642-20897-3, 4th May 2011- Springer http://www.springer.com/computer/communication+networks/book/978-3-642-2...
- “Towards the Future Internet - Emerging Trends from European Research”– Tselentis, G., Galis, A., Gavras, A., Hausheer, D., Krco, S., Lotz, Simperl, E., Stiller, B., V., Zahariadis, T. (ed)– ISBN 978-1-60750-538-9 print and ISBN 978-60750-539-6 online pp300, April 2010, IOS Press, http://www.iospress.nl/ http://www.booksonline.iospress.nl/ Content/View.aspx?piid=12006
- “Towards the Future Internet – A European Research Perspective”– Tselentis, G., Domingue, J., Galis, A., Gavras, A., Hausheer, D., Krco, S., Lotz, V., Zahariadis, T. (ed)– ISBN 978-1-60750-007-0, pp350, April 2009, IOS Press, http://www.iospress.nl/; http://www.booksonline.iospress.nl/Content/View.aspx? piid=16465
- "Fast and Efficient Context-Aware Services” Raz, D., Juhola, A., Serrat, J., Galis, A. –ISBN 0-470-01668-X, pp250, April 2006, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., http://eu.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-047001668X.html; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Context_aware_network
- “Programmable Networks for IP Service Deployment” Galis, A., Denazis, S., Brou, C., Klein, C. (ed) –”ISBN 1-58053-745-6, pp450, June 2004, Artech House Books, http://www.artechhouse.com/International/Books/Programmable-Networks-for... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Networking
- ”Deploying and Managing IP over WDM Networks”– Serrat, J, Galis, A (ed). -ISBN 1-58053-501-1, May 2003, pp 283, Artech House, UK, www.artechhouse.com/default.asp?Frame=Book.asp&Book=1-58053-501-1&Countr... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Management_Network
- ”Multi-Domain Communication Management” Galis, A. (ed.), pp. 1-419 and Appendices, pp. 422 -1160 in CD-ROM, CRC Press LLC, Boca Raton, Florida, USA, ISBN 0-8493-0587-X, July 2000, www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.asp?sku=0587&pare..., http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telecommunications_Management_Network
- Standard Contributions
ITU-T (9 recommendations; 2012- 2017)
I. Future Networks Standards
- ITU-T Recommendation Y.3001 (2012) - Future networks: Objectives and design goals -http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-Y.3001-201105-I;
- ITU-T Recommendation Y.3021 (2012) - Framework of Energy Saving in Future Networks - http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-Y.3021-201201-I/en;
- ITU-T Recommendation Y.3011 (2012) - Framework of network virtualization for future networks - http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-Y.3001-201105-I;
- ITU-T Recommendation Y.3031 (2012) - Identification framework in future networks- http://www.itu.int/rec/T-REC-Y.3031-201205-I;
II. 5G – IMT2020 Networks Standards (http://www.itu.int/md/T13-SG13-151130-TD-PLEN-0208/en):
- 2015 FG IMT-2020: Report on Gap (future work) Analysis accepted at SG13 meeting in December 2015 250 pages- http://itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/imt-2020/Documents/T13-SG13-151130-T...
- 2016 ITU-T IMT2020 (all recommendations are available for download from http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/focusgroups/imt-2020/Pages/default.aspx) as follows:
- Recommendation: Application of network softwarization to IMT-2020 (O-041) – 150 pages
- Recommendation: Framework for IMT-2020 overall network architecture (O-043) -18 pages
- Recommendation: Network management framework for IMT-2020 (O-047) – 38 pages
- Recommendation: IMT-2020 network management requirements (O-046) – 21 pages
IETF (16 drafts 2016 – 2018)
- “Autonomic Slice Networking- Context, Requirements, Definition and Reference Model” - A. Galis, K. Makhijani, D. Yu, B. Liu - 2nd draft 30th March 2017 https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/98/slides/slides-98-anima-sessb-autonom...
- “Autonomic Slicing - Background and Possible extension to Anima“ A. Galis, B. Liu - Huawei - 30th March 2017 https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/98/slides/slides-98-anima-sessb-autonom...
- “Towards Integration of Slice Networking in NFV” - A. Galis, B. Liu - Huawei -"29th March 2017 - https://www.ietf.org/proceedings/98/slides/slides-98-nfvrg-sessb-14-towa...
- "Network Slicing - Introductory Document and Problem Statement” A. Galis, J. Dong, K. Makhijani, S. Bryant – Huawei, M. Boucadair- Orange, P. Martinez-Julia – NICT - IETF draft version 02 - 27th March 2017, - https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-gdmb-netslices-intro-and-ps-02
- "Network Slicing - Revised Problem Statement"; A. Galis, L. M. Contreras, C. J. Bernardos, et all - Document date: 2017-06-02; https://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-galis-netslices-revised-probl...
- "Network Slicing Architecture” – L. Geng, A. Galis, L. M. Contreras, C. J. Bernardos, et all; Document date: 2017-06-02; https://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-geng-netslices-architecture-0...
- "Network Slicing Use Cases: Network Customization and Differentiated Services" K. Makhijani, Alex Galis et all, Document date: 2017-06-02; https://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-netslices-usecases-00.txt
- "Gap Analysis for Network Slicing" L. Qiang, A. Galis et all Document date: 2017-06-02; https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-qiang-netslices-gap-analysis-00
- “Network Slicing - Revised Problem Statement (4th Version)” - A. Galis, S. Kuklinski, J. Dong, L. Geng, K. Makhijani, H. Flinck, R. Ravindran, L. M. C. Murillo, S. Bryant, P. Martinez-Julia, S. Hares, C. J. B. Cano - - July 2017 - draft-galis-netslices-revised-problem-statement-01
- “Network Slicing Architecture” - L. Geng, J. Dong, S. Bryant, K, Makhijani, A. Galis, X. de Foy, S. Kuklinski-- July 2017- draft-geng-netslices-architecture-01
- “Network Slicing Use Cases: Network Customization and Differentiated Services” - K. Makhijani, J. Qin, R. Ravindran, L. Geng, L. Qiang, S. Peng, X. de Foy, A. Rahman, A. Galis; July 2017 draft-netslices-usecases-01
- “Gap Analysis for Transport Network Slicing” - L. Qiang, P. Martinez-Julia, L. Geng, J. Dong, K. Makhijani, A. Galis, S. Hares, S. Kuklinski -July 2017- draft-qiang-netslices-gap-analysis-01
- “Network Slicing Use Cases” - K. Makhijani, J. Qin R. Ravindran, L. Qiang S. Peng, L. Geng , X. de Foy, A. Rahman, A. Galis, G. Fioccola , H. Flinck , Luis Contreras draft 02; IETF100; Nov 2017; https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-netslices-usecases/
- “Technology Independent Information Model for Network Slicing” - L. Qiang , A. Galis, L. Geng , K. Makhijani, P. Martinez, H. Flinck, X. de Foy, A. Rahman draft 01; IETF100; Nov 2017; https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-qiang-coms-netslicing-information...
- “Interconnecting (or Stitching) Network Slice Subnets“- X. de Foy, A. Rahman, A. Galis, K. Makhijani, L. Qiang- draft 01 Oct 2017; https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-defoy-coms-subnet-interconnection-01
- “Problem Statement of Supervised Heterogeneous Network Slicing”- L. Geng, L. Wang, S. Kuklinski, L. Qiang, S. Matsushima, A. Galis, Luis Contreras -Oct 2017; https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-geng-coms-problem-statement-01.
- White Papers
- “Future Internet Report’ 2011”- UK Future Internet Strategy Group Member (group hosted by Digital Communications Knowledge Transfer Network and endorsed by the UK Department of Business, Innovation and Skills - advisory group to UK Government) https://ktn.innovateuk.org/web/ictktn; http://www.opengardensblog.futuretext.com/archives/2011/09/uk-future-int...
- “Vision Document for Beyond 5G Research” 50 pages -R.L. Aguiar, J. S. Bedo, A G Armada, B. Evans, A. Galis, H. Karl - – NetWorld2020 30th November 2015 - http://networld2020.eu/sria-and-whitepapers/
- "Views on 5G Architecture – Mark 1” 60 pages- 5G PPP Association - July 2016; A. Galis (editor & contributor): https://5g-ppp.eu/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/5G-PPP-5G-Architecture-WP-J...
- “Software-Defined Networks for Future Networks and Services - Main Technical Challenges and Business Implications” 40 pages - Antonio Manzalini, Telecom Italia, Italy Roberto Saracco, EIT ICT Labs, Italy Cagatay Buyukkoc, AT&T Labs, USA Prosper Chemouil, Orange, France Sławomir Kukliński, Orange Polska, Poland Andreas Gladisch, Deutsche Telekom, Germany Masaki Fukui, Wenyu Shen, NTT, Japan Eliezer Dekel, IBM, Israel, Walter Cerroni, Franco Callegati, University of Bologna, Italy, Giovanni Schembra, Vincenzo Riccobene, University of Catania, Italy, Carmen Mas Machuca, Technische Universität München, Germany, Alex Galis, University College London, U.K. Julius Mueller, FhG FOKUS, Germany, David Soldani, Huawei, Germany Mehmet Ulema, Manhattan College, USA – 29th January 2014, http://sites.ieee.org/sdn4fns/whitepaper/
- “Towards 5G Software-Defined Ecosystems - Technical Challenges, Business Sustainability and Policy Issues” - Antonio Manzalini, Telecom Italia Mobile, Italy, Cagatay Buyukkoc, AT&T Labs, USA, Prosper Chemouil, Sławomir Kuklinski Orange, France Franco Callegati, University of Bologna, Italy, Alex Galis, University College London, UK Marie-Paule Odini, HP, France, Chih-Lin I, Jinri Huang, China Mobile, China Mike Bursell, Intel, UK, Noel Crespi, Telecom Sud Paris, France Eileen Healy, pdv Wireless, USA Stuart Sharrock, Telemates, UK – 40 pages July 2016 http://sdn.ieee.org/images/files/pdf/towards-5g-software-defined-ecosyst...