1.  Rui Valadas, Lisbon, Portugal  Researcher at Instituto de Telecomunicações  Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico

2.  Computer networking  Performance evaluation and network dimensioning

3.  Traffic modelling for self-similar, multifractal traffic  Markov-Modulated Poisson Processes  L-Systems  Statistical traffic characterization  Using data mining techniques for  identification of Internet applications  anomaly detection

4.  Identify relevant problems in the area of performance evaluation and network dimensioning that will be posed by future Internet architectures  Writing a book on Computer Networking