Thomas Zinner received his Diploma and Ph.D degrees in computer science from the University of Wurzburg, Germany, in 2007 and 2012, respectively. He is heading the research group on "Next Generation Networks" at the Chair of Communication Networks, University of Würzburg. His main research interests cover video streaming techniques, implementation of QoE awareness within networks, software defined networking (SDN) and network function virtualization, as well as the performance assessment of these technologies and architectures.