Joerg Widmer, Research Professor at IMDEA Networks, has been one of the three selected keynote speakers at the thirteenth International Conference on Ad-Hoc Networks and Wireless, ADHOC-NOW 2014.  The event, which focuses on presentations and discussions about ongoing experimental and theoretical research on wireless and mobile computing, took place in Benidorm, Spain, from the 22nd to the 27th of June, 2014.

All connections around converge into an epicentre that operates as an information hub. Mobile networks are one of the cornerstones of the digital revolution our modern society is experiencing, and the IMDEA Networks Institute has become an innovation powerhouse in this area. The organisation, created at the behest of the Madrid Regional Government, is one of Europe’s leading research engines in the telecommunications field.

A group of four Spanish researchers, amongst which IMDEA Networks is represented, has developed a model for online resource search based on modified random walks in order to accelerate results outcome. The new mechanisms achieve reductions of up to 90% in the average length of searches made with conventional random walks.

The CROWD research project in the strategic domain of future communication and ICT services infrastructures has been selected by the European Commission (EC) to join the group of "early 5G precursor projects". As such, it will contribute to the early showcasing of potential technologies for the future ubiquitous, ultra-high bandwidth “5G” infrastructure. The project has been included in the list of demonstrations at the European Conference on Networks and Communications (EuCNC) organized by the EC in June 2014, in Italy.