Cutting-edge European telecommunications research infrastructure unveiled with a node in Madrid

UC3M and IMDEA Networks are part of the Spanish node The Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and IMDEA Networks have presented SLICES-ES, a European infrastructure for experimenting with future information and communications technologies that will be based in Madrid, most likely at the Madrid university's facilities. This scientific instrument, which will become operational during 2024 and with some initial services already underway since October 2023, will be made available to the research community to carry out complex experiments in the area of digital sciences. We are currently experiencing a major technological revolution in the area of ICT (Information and Communication Technologies). The scientific community is constantly researching new solutions to support this transformation and, thus, contribute to an improvement in our lives. Therefore, several scientific infrastructures have emerged that offer experimentation services with cutting-edge resources, which are otherwise only offered in industrial R&D laboratories with limited functionality. To combat these problems, the ESFRI SLICES research infrastructure has been launched, providing high quality experimentation services with emerging technologies in the area of information and communications technology sciences, such as 5G/6G, Internet of Things (IoT), Network Functions Virtualisation (NFV) or Cloud Computing, for example. UC3M, IMDEA Networks and the University of the Basque Country are participating in the Spanish SLICES node (SLICES-ES).