Wouter Tavernier

Wouter Tavernier is an Associate Professor at Ghent University and a Postdoctoral researcher at IMEC, affiliated with the Faculty of Engineering and Architecture's Department of Information Technology (EA05). He leads research at the Internet Technology and Data Science Lab, focusing on networking innovations for future communication systems.

His research explores:

• Network architectures for 5G/6G, HPC, and deterministic systems
• SDN/NFV orchestration for cloud/edge services
• Optical networking including programmable photonics and routing optimization
• Network resilience through fault-tolerant protocols and traffic engineering

Publications (2020–2025) emphasize:

• Deterministic networking for real-time systems and industrial IoT
• Resource optimization in HPC/cloud networks
• Convergence of optical/wireless technologies in 6G
• Decentralized edge intelligence via programmable swarm solutions

He advises doctoral researchers on projects including:

• QoS Optimization in 6G Networks (Jakob Miserez)
• Control Strategies for Network-Cloud Services (Abhinaba Chakraborty)
• Software-Based Networking for 6G (Mohammadreza Heydarian)

and secured grants such as Network optimization for HPC workloads (Special Research Fund).

At the Internet Technology and Data Science Lab, he collaborates on EU-US initiatives like the Next Generation Internet program, advancing open internet architectures.