▁Toronto , ▁Canada , ▁the ▁P oh ang ▁University ▁of ▁Science ▁and ▁Technology ▁– ▁POST E CH , ▁Korea , ▁the ▁Univers idade ▁Federal ▁do ▁Rio ▁de ▁Janeiro , ▁Brazil , ▁the ▁Univers ité ▁Pierre ▁& ▁Marie ▁Cur ie ▁– ▁Paris ▁VI , ▁the ▁Univers ité ▁de ▁Vers a illes ▁St - Qu entin - en - Y vel ines , ▁T élé com ▁Paris T ech , ▁Univers ité ▁Paris ▁Nord ▁– ▁Paris ▁XIII , ▁Univers ité ▁Paris - Est - Mar ne - la - V all ée , ▁Univers ité ▁Henry ▁Des cart es ▁– ▁Paris ▁V , ▁Lor raine ▁Univers ité ▁d ' Ex cell ence , ▁France . ▁ ▁Research ▁contributions ▁ ▁B out aba ▁is ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁role ▁in ▁establish ing ▁autom ated ▁network ▁management , ▁which ▁directly ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁tr end ▁towards ▁autonom ic ▁networking . ▁His ▁Ph D ▁th esis ▁introduced ▁fundamental ▁concepts ▁for ▁autom ating ▁network ▁management ▁tasks , ▁including ▁pro active ▁and ▁re active ▁management ▁models , ▁organiz ational ▁management ▁domains , ▁goal - dri ven ▁and ▁policy - based ▁management ▁— ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁interpreted , ▁easily ▁modified ▁policies ▁to ▁define ▁rules ▁for ▁changes ▁in ▁networks ’ ▁behaviour ▁facil it ating ▁network ▁program m ability ▁and ▁self - man aging ▁networks . ▁B out aba ’ s ▁work ▁on ▁autom ated ▁network ▁management ▁has ▁been ▁applied ▁in ▁various ▁areas , ▁including ▁configuration , ▁fault , ▁and ▁security ▁management , ▁and ▁to ▁various ▁network ▁techn ologies , ▁including ▁optical , ▁wireless