Research Groups

This article presents a summary of research groups at universities and other institutes (many inside Europe) which focus on Network Management research and Network Management software development:

Professional organizations

• IFIP WG6.6 - IFIP WG6.6 on management of Networks and Distributed Systems
• The CNOM Web - Committee on Network Operation and Management.
• COMSOC - The IEEE Communications Society

Research groups of the IRTF

• Network management - The Network Management Research Group (NMRG) provides a forum for researchers to explore new technologies for the management of the Internet. In particular, the NMRG will work on solutions for problems that are not yet considered well understood enough for engineering work within the IETF.

Universities

Country	University	Research Group
Belgium	Ghent University	Department of Information technology
France	INRIA - Nancy	MADYNES - INRIA - Nancy
Germany	Jacobs University Bremen	Computer Networks and Distributed Systems
Germany	University of Federal Armed Forces Munich	Communications Systems and Internet Services
Germany	Ludwig-Maximilian University Munich (LMU)	Munich Network Management Team
Ireland	Trinity College Dublin	Knowledge and Data Engineering Group
Ireland	Waterford Institute of Technology	Telecommunications Software & Systems Group
The Netherlands	University of Twente	Design and Analysis of Communication Systems
Norway	Oslo University College	Network and System Administration
Spain	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya	MAPS - Management, Pricing and Services in Next Generation Networks
Sweden	KTH, Royal Institute of Technology	Laboratory for Communication Networks
Switzerland	University of Zurich	Communication Systems Group
United Kingdom	University College London	Networks and Services Research Laboratory
United Kingdom	Imperial College	Distributed Software Engineering