The kick-off of the group took place in Madrid, on January 18, 2024. Representatives from ETSI, Telefonica, University of Malaga, and Fogus Innovations and Services met at Telefonica premises, supported by the remote participation from all the founding members.
Dr. Dimitris Tsolkas holds a Ph.D degree from the Department of Informatics and Telecommunications, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Greece. The last decade he has been supporting research and teaching activities at the Department. He currently leads research and development activities in Fogus Innovations & Services P.C, SME, Greece. He also has a chair in the Technology Board (TB) of the 6G-IA as well as in the ETSI SDG OCF (serving as vice-chair).
His research publication record counts more than 60 articles in high quality journals, books, and conferences. His research interests include resource and service management for Mobile and IoT communication systems. Recently, the emphasis has been on architectural designs and performance analysis towards defining the beyond-5G networks.