

Speaker Biography
Dr Thomas Magedanz
Head of 3G Beyond Division, Fraunhofer Institute Fokus
Thomas Magedanz (PhD) is full professor in the electrical engineering and computer sciences faculty at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, leading the chair for next generation networks (www.av.tu-berlin.de). In addition, he is director of the “next generation network” division of the Fraunhofer Institute FOKUS, which also provides a national Next Generation Network testbed in Germany. For more than 18 years he has been working in the convergence field of fixed and mobile telecommunications, the internet and information technologies, which has resulted in many industry-driven R&D projects centred around Next Generation Service Delivery platforms. In the course of his research activities he has published more than 200 technical papers/articles. In addition, Prof Magedanz is senior member of the IEEE, editorial board member of several journals.