Cristian Bermudez Serna

Cristian Bermudez Serna is a researcher at the Chair of Communication Networks (Prof. Kellerer) at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). He holds an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from TUM and a Bachelor's in Telecommunications Engineering from Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia. His research focuses on mechanisms for efficient network reconfigurations in mobility scenarios, with emphasis on Software Defined Networking (SDN), programmable data planes, and machine learning applications in networking.

Education:

• Bachelor's in Telecommunications Engineering, Universidad de Antioquia (2016)
• M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Technical University of Munich (2021)

Research Interests:

• Optical access networks planning and robustness
• Future railway communication systems
• Survivable multi-domain network routing
• Post-quantum cryptography in optical networks

Publications span topics like infrastructure cost savings in rural PONs, survivable routing mechanisms, and SDN control plane optimization. His work integrates algorithmic approaches with real-world network challenges in telecommunications and transportation systems.