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He was educated at the Technical University of Berlin, Germany, and received M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees (summa cum laude) in 1998 and 2003, respectively. In the summer of 2003 he was a postdoc fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge. He was a visiting professor at Stanford University, Stanford, from October 2006 through March 2007. Further, he was a co-recipient of the 2009 IEEE Communications Society Best Tutorial Paper Award. He was a Marie Curie IIF Fellow of the European Commission from March 2014 through February 2015. In March 2017, he received the Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Research Award from the Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Foundation in recognition of his accomplishments in research on FiWi enhanced networks. In May 2017, he was named one of the three most promising scientists in the category \"Contribution to a better society\" of the Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) 2017 Prize Award of the European Commission. He is the founder and creative director of the Optical Zeitgeist Laboratory (www.zeitgeistlab.ca). Motto \"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn\u2019t do than by the ones you did. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.\" (Mark Twain, 1835-1910) Research Interests Dr. Maier's research activities aim at providing insights into technologies, protocols, and algorithms shaping the future of unified communication networks for broadband access as well as exploring new ways of deploying emerging technologies in related multidisciplinary research areas. His work aims at rethinking the role of unified communication networks in order to unleash their full potential, including their future convergence with other technologies and economic sectors. Together with his students, he currently focuses on human-to-robot communications to help merge and recombine mobile Internet, automation of knowledge work, Internet of Things, cloud technology, and advanced robotics, which represent the five technologies with the highest estimated potential economic impact in 2025. TeachingFiber-Wireless Networks and Entrepreneurial Design (Summer 2019, Winter 2016\/2017)Computer Networks (Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011)Optical Networks (Fall 2008) \u00a0Current projects \u00a0 Ethereum: Decentralized Applications and Autonomous Organizations The objective of this research is to combine the capabilities of Ethereum blockchain and emerging Tactile Internet technologies to a truly distributed P2P architecture that is capable of adopting a resilient, autonomous, and decentralized control for the Internet Tactile applications. Furthermore, this project will promote interaction between humans, machines, and smart contracts. The outcomes of this research project will lead to significant transformations across multiple industries and open new challenges and business opportunities that are set to revolutionize our digital world. read more \u00a0Toward 6G: The Internet of No Things Future 6G networks should not only explore more spectrum at high-frequency bands but, more importantly, converge upcoming technological trends such as multisensory extended reality (XR), connected social robots, human-machine interaction, and blockchain technologies. This project will explore the so-called Internet of No Things with its human-intended services that appear when needed and disappear when not needed. The Internet of No Things aims at helping realize the paradigm shift \"from 5G engineering to 6G humanity,\" as envisioned in the world's first 6G White Paper. read more \u00a0\u00a0 Previous projects \u00a0\u00a0Artificial Intelligence based Mobile Edge Computing Two-level cloud-cloudlet architectures leverage both centralized and distributed cloud resources and services, where the cloudlet infrastructure is typically based on data-centric FiWi access networking technologies. Cooperative automation is a key feature that is expected to enhance unified FiWi and Het-Net networks by means of artificial intelligence (AI) -based mobile edge-computing (MEC) capabilities. This research project will address the key challenges to enabling AI based MEC in FiWi enhanced 4G networks to meet key design requirements such as ultra-low latency. Moreover, TensorFlow, an open source machine-learning library, will be exploited to realize collaborative automation as an important stepping stone towards human-robot symbiosis. read more \u00a0Extended Reality and O2O Communications The recently emerging trend of extended reality (XR) aims at combining real and virtual world and human-machine interaction. XR is the next-generation mobile computing platform that creates a reality-virtuality continuum for the extension of human experiences. This research project investigates the potential and limitations of online-to-offline \/ offline-to-online (O2O) operations, with 70% of millennials prefer shopping in conventional brick-and-mortar stores DESPITE the fact That They Spend an average of 7.5 hours a day online. read more Internet Tactile The Tactile Internet is expected to be an extremely robust and reliable system that supports user experience and tactile applications \/ services in a connected world.To achieve this vision, several technologies like Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) access networks, cloud based platforms, robotics etc. are expected to converge by the end of this decade. We will look at key enabling techniques and architectures to improve the overall system performance. We expect that the results of this project will be more important than the end-to-end delay for the future. read more Cloud Computing for Smart grids and Smart Cities There is a plethora of readily available wired and wireless networking technologies to build smart grid communications infrastructures. The major roadblocks to a sustainable low carbon society may be less feasible and expansive but the lack of business and regulatory frameworks for emerging smart grids. Cloud computing is widely used in the early 1960s. This research project aims to unveil the potential of cloud computing in smart grids and to explore the role of cloud computing. read more\u00a0Advanced WBANs for an Aging e-Health Society As societies around the world will face populations with a significant increase of people over 65 years during 2010 and 2030, it will be cost-effective healthcare solutions. This project aims at investigating advanced wireless networks (WBANs) and examining the challenges involved, including energy-efficient MAC protocol design, interoperability, and co-existence and integration with FiWi access sensor networks. read more Unveiling the Hidden Connections between E-mobility and Smart Microgrid Electric mobility (e-mobility) and smart microgrid are two different game changing concepts for sustainable transportation and energy solutions. This research project aims at unveiling the hidden connections between local intermittent renewable energy sources and the stochastic characteristics of electric vehicles use patterns, thus paving the way for a more holistic design of zero-emission smart zones by means of FiWi communications technologies. read more Smart Grid Communications over \u00dcber-FiWi Networks This research project provides information on fiber-wireless access, new paths, migration paths, and ready-to-run implementation of e-mobility, distributed renewable energy sources, and future smart microgrid technologies. read more Green Video-Dominated P-OTNs This research explores next-generation P-OTN switch architectures with advanced packet switching capabilities and new forwarding models, paying particular attention to their control, evolutionary migration not only legacy SONET \/ SDH TDM but also widely deployed wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) circuit-switched network infrastructures. read more Optical Coding (OC) Enabled Carrier-Grade Ethernet Networks The purpose of this research project is to reconcile a part of the world with OC technologies and establishes them as a viable next step to enhance carrier-grade Ethernet network architectures with OC enabled control plane and OAM processes. read more Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) Broadband Access Networks This research project investigates the design and performance of future-proof QoS continuity and end-to-end QoS support across heterogeneous optical and wireless platforms. read more \u00a0\u00a0"}