Full Professor at SEEU.
Contact:
m.selimi [at] seeu.edu.mk
Office: Building 304.08, SEEU Campus Tetovo, North Macedonia
Distributed Systems & Data Science · DSG
Mennan Selimi
Essays and reflections on research, travel, and institute work.
Swiss universities are often described as among the most respected in Europe, and for good reason. They combine strong public support, international openness, and a clear focus on quality. Rather than competing on size, they emphasize depth, collaboration, and long-term impact. Innovation in Switzerland tends to grow organically, through close interaction between universities, industry, and society.
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My journey with Andalusia began back in 2012, right after I completed my masters studies. Fresh out of academia and as a history lover, I found myself exploring this magical region of Spain for the first time. Little did I know that this initial trip would spark a lifelong connection with Andalusia that would draw me back time and again. Almost a decade later, in 2019 during my post-doctoral studies in Barcelona, I returned. This time, my focus was on Córdoba and Granada – two cities that would leave a special place in my heart. And just recently, last year in 2023, I found myself wandering through Seville and revisiting Córdoba, each visit peeling back another layer of this incredible region’s story.
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It’s amazing how a project can evolve over time, spanning different phases of life and places around the world. My latest book is a testament to that, having its humble beginnings during my PhD days at Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya BarcelonaTech in beautiful Barcelona, and continuing through my postdoctoral research at the University of Cambridge in the UK. What started as an academic curiosity has now blossomed into an exploration of something very near and dear to me: community networks (CNs) and how we can empower them through innovative technology.
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University of Cambridge is supposed to be one of the best universities in the world. As of 2020, Cambridge is ranked the world’s third best university by the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Personally, my experience at Cambridge was extraordinarily rewarding, and I have fond memories of my supervisors, colleagues, and moments of leisure by the gorgeous River Cam. The feeling of studying at the same university where Isaac Newton, Alan Turing and Stephen Hawking lived accompanied me for several months. This post is about my experience of living and studying at Cambridge.
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Poor air quality shortens lives, increases medical costs and reduces productivity – North Macedonia has the worst urban air quality in Europe. Evidence shows us that exposure to poor air quality shortens lives, increases medical costs and reduces productivity through lost working days.
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The Guifi.net network has grown over the past 15 years as a technological, social and economic project to provide Internet access nowadays to more than 80.000 people. This infrastructure was initially built with WiFi radio connections and, nowadays, also employs fibre optic links to reach thousands of households. The monitoring system currently in place is lagging behind the network evolution, requiring manual intervention and exposing a number of single points of failure. The technology provided by the LightKone project is helping UPC to develop a novel network monitoring system built with distribution, decentralisation and automation in mind that will take over the legacy one.
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