054I_Dr Rolland Vida, the Head of High Speed Networks Laboratory

Interview with Dr Rolland Vida, the Head of High Speed Networks Laboratory. We talk about his vision for the future of cities, second and third rate effects of smaller urban changes, the future of education, and many more. Dr. Rolland Vida graduated in Computer Science at Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj, Romania, where he also obtained a BSc degree in European Studies. He obtained his PhD in Computer Networks at Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France, in 2003. He is currently an Associate Professor at Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Telecommunications and Media Informatics, and Head of HSN Lab, a research laboratory that is a strategic partner of Ericsson for 30 years. In the last 15 years Rolland Vida had leading roles in IEEE formerly known as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, which is the world’s largest technical professional organisation, with more than 400.000 members worldwide. Rolland served in both the IEEE Sensors Council, IEEE Communications Society and IEEE Smart Cities Initiative, and was involved in different roles, in organizing more than 40 international scientific conferences. His research areas are wireless sensor networks, sensor communications, Internet of Things, vehicular communications and Smart Cities of course. He is the Head of the Smart Cities MSc Specialisation at the university in Budapest. You can find out more about Rolland through these links: Dr Rolland Vida on LinkedIn; High Speed Networks Laboratory website; IEEE website; What wast the most interesting part for you? What questions did arise for you? Let me know on twitter @WTF4Cities! I hope this was an interesting episode for you and thanks for tuning in. Music by Lesfm from Pixabay