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Biography

I started my research activity back in 2009 during the realization of my Master Thesis within the Advanced Broadband Communications Centre (CCABA) at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) under the supervision of Prof. Davide Careglio and Prof. Jordi Perelló, enclosed in the framework of the EU project DICONET. During this phase, I worked intensively on the development of a Network Management System (NMS) tool for optical transport networks, taking also the opportunity to deepen my knowledge on software programming and development. At the same time, I started to form myself on the topics of optical networks in general. All these efforts, culminated with the presentation of my Master Thesis, entitled “Development of a Network Management System for the EU DICONET Project”, which was graded with a score of excellent with honours. The developed NMS was employed for the final project demonstration of DICONET in front of the European commission referees, backing up the quality of the work done.

After finalizing my Master Thesis, I started my PhD in 2010 within the Optical Communications Group (GCO) at UPC under the tutelage of Prof. Salvatore Spadaro and Prof. Jordi Perelló. During this phase, I acquired a profound knowledge in the ambit of optical communications, more concretely about optical network optimization, planning, management and control. I also took the opportunity to intensively collaborate in multiple research projects, either national ones (ENGINE, ELASTIC, SUNSET, ALLIANCE) as well as European ones (GEYSERS, STRONGEST, LIGHTNESS, COSIGN, SLICENET). During this time, I also took the opportunity to realize a research stay at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, under the supervision of Prof. Massimo Tornatore to develop further skills and studies about energy efficiency techniques in optical networks. All these experiences allowed me to grow as a researcher and learn how to work in collaboration with heterogeneous groups in the context of large research projects. I finalized my PhD in December 2014, being granted with the grade of excellent cum laude (with honours). From this point up to nowadays, I’m working as a senior researcher within the GCO, developing an intense scientific activity in all the research projects of the group, with special emphasis on the field of optimization and virtualization of optical networks for cloud computing and transport services, as well as the optimization and slicing of 5G infrastructures to accommodate complex services on top. My latest research activities and interests are on the fields of machine learning applied on the context of quality assurance/maintenance in multi- domain/role sliceable 5G-enabled computer and telecommunications networks, with an emphasis on data security anonymity, and optimization and performance assurance in novel disaggregation-based data centre infrastructures.

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Machine Learning-Based Multi-Domain Actuation Orchestration in Support of End-to-End Service Quality-Assurance

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management
2023-09 | Journal article
Contributors: Albert Pagès; Fernando Agraz; Jordi Biosca Caro; Salvatore Spadaro
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On the Complexity of Configuration and Orchestration for Enabling Disaggregated Server Provisioning in Optical Composable Data Centres

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2022-12-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Albert Pagès; Fernando Agraz; Salvatore Spadaro
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Quality of perception prediction in 5G slices for e-Health services using user-perceived QoS

Computer Communications
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85110315241

Part of ISSN: 1873703X 01403664
Contributors: Ben Slimen, Y.; Balcerzak, J.; Pagès, A.; Agraz, F.; Spadaro, S.; Koutsopoulos, K.; Al-Bado, M.; Truong, T.; Giardina, P.G.; Bernini, G.
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Results and achievements of the alliance project: New network solutions for 5g and beyond

Applied Sciences (Switzerland)
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85116363507

Part of ISSN: 20763417
Contributors: Careglio, D.; Spadaro, S.; Cabellos, A.; Lazaro, J.A.; Barlet-Ros, P.; Gené, J.M.; Perelló, J.; Bujan, F.A.; Suárez-Varela, J.; Pàges, A. et al.
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Experimental Demonstration of SDN-enabled Reconfigurable Disaggregated Data Center Infrastructure

2021 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC)
2021-09-13 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

Enabling service provisioning and quality maintenance in sliceable optical networks

Metro and Data Center Optical Networks and Short-Reach Links IV
2021-03-05 | Conference paper
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Analysis of Service Blocking Reduction Strategies in Capacity-Limited Disaggregated Datacenters

2020 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC)
2020 | Conference paper
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End-to-End Network Slicing in Support of Latency-Sensitive 5G Services

2020 | Book chapter
Contributors: Rafael Montero; Fernando Agraz; Albert Pagès; Salvatore Spadaro
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Real-time maintenance of latency-sensitive 5G services through network slicing

Photonic Network Communications
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85087388590

Part of ISSN: 15728188 1387974X
Contributors: Montero, R.; Agraz, F.; Pagès, A.; Spadaro, S.
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SDN-controlled and Orchestrated OPSquare DCN Enabling Automatic Network Slicing with Differentiated QoS Provisioning

arXiv
2020 | Other
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2-s2.0-85098337420

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Xue, X.; Wang, F.; Agraz, F.; Pagès, A.; Pan, B.; Yan, F.; Guo, X.; Spadaro, S.; Calabretta, N.
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SDN-Enabled Reconfigurable Optical Data Center Network with Automatic Network Slicing to Provision Dynamic QoS

2020 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC)
2020-12 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

Autonomic 5G and beyond Network Management

2020 22nd International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON)
2020-07 | Conference paper
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Multi-Domain Orchestration of 5G Vertical Services and Network Slices

2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops)
2020-06 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

Enabling Multi-segment 5G Service Provisioning and Maintenance through Network Slicing

Journal of Network and Systems Management
2020-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1064-7570
Part of ISSN: 1573-7705
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A QoE-oriented Cognition-based Management System for 5G Slices: The SliceNet Approach

European Conference on Networks and Communications Conference (EuCNC 2019)
2020-04-06 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

SDN-Controlled and Orchestrated OPSquare DCN Enabling Automatic Network Slicing With Differentiated QoS Provisioning

Journal of Lightwave Technology
2020-03-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Xuwei Xue; Fu Wang; Fernando Agraz; Albert Pages; Bitao Pan; Fulong Yan; Xiaotao Guo; Salvatore Spadaro; Nicola Calabretta
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Actuation framework for 5g-enabled network slices with qoe/qos guarantees

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
2019 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85073076356

Part of ISSN: 21627339
Contributors: Montero, R.; Agraz, F.; Pages, A.; Spadaro, S.
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Experimental Assessment of SDN-enabled Reconfigurable OPSquare Data Center Networks with QoS Guarantees

Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2019
2019 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

On the Impact of IT Resources Disaggregation in Optically Interconnected Data Centres

45th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2019)
2019 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

Orchestrating virtual slices in data centre infrastructures with optical DCN

Optical Fiber Technology
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85062262630

Part of ISSN: 10685200
Contributors: Pagès, A.; Agraz, F.; Montero, R.; Landi, G.; Capitani, M.; Gallico, D.; Biancani, M.; Nejabati, R.; Simeonidou, D.; Spadaro, S.
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SDN-based parallel link discovery in optical transport networks

Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies
2019 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85053436452

Part of ISSN: 21613915 21615748
Contributors: Montero, R.; Agraz, F.; Pagès, A.; Perelló, J.; Spadaro, S.
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Supporting QoE/QoS-aware end-to-end network slicing in future 5G-enabled optical networks

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
2019 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85066488472

Part of ISSN: 1996756X 0277786X
Contributors: Montero, R.; Pagès, A.; Agraz, F.; Spadaro, S.
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Cognitive, Multi-Domain Network Slicing: The SliceNet Framework

28 th European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC 2019)
2019-06 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

SliceNet Control Plane for 5G Network Slicing in Evolving Future Networks

2019 IEEE Conference on Network Softwarization (NetSoft)
2019-06 | Conference paper
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End-to-End 5G Service Deployment and Orchestration in Optical Networks with QoE Guarantees

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
2018 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85055478110

Part of ISSN: 21627339
Contributors: Montero, R.; Agraz, F.; Pages, A.; Spadaro, S.
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Fully SDN-enabled all-optical architecture for data center virtualization with time and space multiplexing

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85050247695

Part of ISSN: 19430620
Contributors: Kondepu, K.; Jackson, C.; Ou, Y.; Beldachi, A.; Pagès, A.; Agraz, F.; Moscatelli, F.; Miao, W.; Kamchevska, V.; Calabretta, N. et al.
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Dynamic Service Reallocation in NFV-based Transport WDM Optical Networks

2018 Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC)
2018-09 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

SDN-controlled and Orchestrated OPSquare DC Architecture enabling Network Slice Deployment with QoS guarantees

2018 Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC)
2018-09 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

Demonstration of the Benefits of SDN technology for All-Optical Data Centre Virtualisation

Optical Fiber Communication Conference
2017 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

On the benefits of resource disaggregation for virtual data centre provisioning in optical data centres

Computer Communications
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85019893506

Part of ISSN: 01403664
Contributors: Pagès, A.; Serrano, R.; Perelló, J.; Spadaro, S.
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Orchestrated SDN-based VDC provisioning over multi-technology optical data centre networks

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
2017 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85031043782

Part of ISSN: 21627339
Contributors: Spadaro, S.; Pages, A.; Agraz, F.; Montero, R.; Perello, J.
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COSIGN: A Complete SDN Enabled All-Optical Architecture for Data Centre Virtualisation with Time and Space Multiplexing

2017 European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC)
2017-09 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

Dynamic topology discovery in SDN-enabled Transparent Optical Networks

2017 International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM)
2017-05 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

Experimental Assessment of VDC Provisioning in SDN/OpenStack-based DC Infrastructures with Optical DCN

ECOC 2016; 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
2016 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

Flex-Grid/SDM backbone network design with inter-core XT-limited transmission reach

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84980349620

Part of ISSN: 19430620
Contributors: Perelló, J.; Gené, J.M.; Pagès, A.; Lazaro, J.A.; Spadaro, S.
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Influence of the spatial super channel guard-band width on the performance of dynamic Flex-Grid/SDM optical Core networks

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
2016 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84985963030

Part of ISSN: 21627339
Contributors: Rumipamba-Zambrano, R.; Perelló, J.; Pagès, A.; Gené, J.M.; Spadaro, S.
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Albert Pagès via Scopus - Elsevier

Optimal VDC Service Provisioning in Optically Interconnected Disaggregated Data Centers

IEEE Communications Letters
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84978718664

Part of ISSN: 10897798
Contributors: Pages, A.; Perello, J.; Agraz, F.; Spadaro, S.
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SDN-enabled flexible optical node designs and transceivers for sustainable metro-access networks convergence

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
2016 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84985943449

Part of ISSN: 21627339
Contributors: Sarmiento, S.; Montero, R.; Altabas, J.A.; Izquierdo, D.; Agraz, F.; Pages, A.; Perello, J.; Gene, J.; Alonso, M.; Pascual, A. et al.
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SUNSET: Sustainable network infrastructure enabling the future Digital Society

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
2016 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84985914652

Part of ISSN: 21627339
Contributors: Lazaro, J.A.; Spadaro, S.; Perello, J.; Gene, J.; Altabas, J.A.; Pages, A.; Careglio, D.; Barlet-Ros, P.; Cabellos, A.; Sole-Pareta, J.
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Multi-tenancy architectures for heterogeneous resource allocations

15th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Communications (IUCC 2016)
2016-12 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

Resource orchestration in SDN-based future optical data centres

2016 International Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM)
2016-05 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

Analysis of performance degradation in sleep-mode enabled core optical networks [Invited]

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84930944964

Part of ISSN: 19430620
Contributors: Pagès, A.; Tornatore, M.; Perelló, J.; Spadaro, S.; Morea, A.
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Optimal virtual slice composition toward multi-tenancy over hybrid OCS/OPS data center networks

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2015 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84944034900

Part of ISSN: 19430620
Contributors: Pages, A.; Sanchis, M.P.; Peng, S.; Perello, J.; Simeonidou, D.; Spadaro, S.
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Virtual Slices Allocation in Multi-tenant Data Centre Architectures Based on Optical technologies and SDN

Asia Communications and Photonics Conference 2015
2015 | Conference paper
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Assessment of Flex-grid/SDM backbone networks under inter-core XT-limited transmission reach

2015 International Conference on Photonics in Switching (PS)
2015-09 | Conference paper
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Albert Pagès

A blocking analysis for green WDM networks with transponder power management

Journal of Lightwave Technology
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84907482105

Part of ISSN: 15582213 07338724
Contributors: Pages, A.; Tornatore, M.; Musumeci, F.; Spadaro, S.; Perello, J.; Morea, A.
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Impact of transponders and regenerators wake-up time on sleep-mode enabled translucent optical networks

Optics InfoBase Conference Papers
2014 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-85088182034

Part of ISSN: 21622701
Contributors: Pagès, A.; Tornatore, M.; Perelló, J.; Spadaro, S.; Morea, A.
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Optimal route, spectrum, and modulation level assignment in split-spectrum-enabled dynamic elastic optical networks

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84896817838

Part of ISSN: 19430620
Contributors: Pagè'S, A.; Perelló, J.; Spadaro, S.; Comellas, J.
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Performance evaluation of an all-optical OCS/OPS-Based network for intra-data center connectivity services

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks
2014 | Conference paper
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2-s2.0-84906750986

Part of ISSN: 21627339
Contributors: Pages, A.; Jimenez, S.; Perello, J.; Spadaro, S.
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Power consumption reduction through elastic data rate adaptation in survivable multi-layer optical networks

Photonic Network Communications
2014 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84911997831

Part of ISSN: 15728188 1387974X
Contributors: Perelló, J.; Morea, A.; Spadaro, S.; Pagès, A.; Ricciardi, S.; Gunkel, M.; Junyent, G.
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