One-day Workshop on Monitoring PhD Students Progress July 2014

Workshop on Monitoring PhD Student Progress

PhD Programme on Information and Communications Technology (Doc_TIC)

University of Vigo

Date: Thursday, July 3, 2014

This is a one-day workshop for the PhD students to show their ongoing doctoral work. Assessment of the progress will be made by two committees: one for the “Computer Science and Networking” field and the other for “Signal Processing and Communication”

Members of the Assessment Committees:

Computer Science and Networking:

Prof. Cristina López Bravo
Prof. Manuel Ramos Cabrer
Prof. Pedro S. Rodríguez Hernández

Signal Processing and Communications:

Prof. Mónica Fernández Barciela
Prof. Antonio Pena Giménez
Prof. Carlos Mosquera Nartallo

Workshop Organization:

Two types of activities will take place:

Two lectures by renowned researchers in the research topics of interest of Doc_TIC.
Presentation of the on-going thesis work by the students.

The working language is English.

This activity is compulsory for all the enrolled students in the PhD programme. They have to prepare and present a poster about their ongoing research plan. Feedback by the attendees and members of the committees will be given.

Programme

9:00-9:10	Registration
9:10-9:20	Opening: Prof. Edita de Lorenzo, Head of the School of Telecommunication Engineering, and Prof. Carmen Garcia-Mateo, Coordinator of Doc_TIC PhD Program
9:20-10:05	Lecture by Dr. Sandro Scalisse Chairperson: Prof. Carlos Mosquera
10:05-11:20	Poster Session 1 with spotlights: Signal Processing and Communications Chairperson: Prof. Mónica Fernández Barciela
11:20-11:45	Coffee break
11:45-12:30	Lecture by Prof. Michael Luck Chairperson: Prof. Juan C. Burguillo Rial
12:30 -13:45	Poster Session 2 with spotlights: Computer Science and Networking Chairperson: Prof. Pedro Rodríguez Hernández
13:45 – 14:00	Closing

Place:"Salón de grados" (Conference Room) of the School and adjoining hallways (poster session)

Invited Speaker

	Dr. Sandro Scalise Head of Satellite Networks Department Institute of Communications and Navigation DLR – German Aerospace Center
Lecture Topic	The Role of Satellite Communications within Future M2M Systems
Lecture Abstract	The increasing number of emerging applications mainly based on the sporadic transmission of short messages from/to remote sensors or mobile devices used to track specific events or monitor some automatic systems and typically labelled under the broad term “Machine-to-Machine” (M2M) paves the way for a new usage of satellite communication systems in addition to the classical direct TV broadcasting. Although terrestrial wireless networks are expected to be capable of serving most of the traffic generated by such applications, the intrinsic cross-border nature of satellite communications makes it the ideal complement to provide M2M service over a wide area or to remote and low densely populated locations. The talk will analyse the current strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats related to this new application scenario.
Biography	Sandro Scalise graduated in Electronic Engineering specialising in Telecommunications (with honours) from University of Ferrara, Italy. In 2007, he received his PhD (summa cum laude) from University of Vigo, Spain. Since 2001, he is within the Institute for Communications and Navigation, DLR (German Aerospace Centre), Germany, where, from October 2004 to June 2008, he has been leading the Mobile Satellite Systems Group. Since July 2008, he is leading the Satellite Networks Department. His research activity deals with the design of new satellite communication systems. He is IEEE Senior Member, co-author of more than 70 international journal and conference papers, co-chairman of the biennial Advanced Satellite Multimedia Systems Conference since the 2006 edition. He has been active in many standardisation groups within DVB (TM-S2, TM-SSP and TM-RCS) and ETSI (SES SCN). In particular, he was rapporteur for ETSI TS 102 721 v1.2.1 (S-Band Mobile Interactive Multimedia). From June 2006 to October 2013, he has been leading the R&D Working Group of ISI (Integral Satcom Initiative) European Technology Platform.

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	Michael Luck Professor of Computer Science Head of the School of Natural and Mathematical Sciences King's College London
Lecture Topic	From Agents to Electronic Order
Lecture Abstract	Trust, reputation, norms and organisations are all relevant to the effective operation of open and dynamic multiagent systems. Inspired by human systems, yet not constrained by them, these concepts provide a means to establish a sense of order in computational environments (and mixed human-machine ones). In this talk I will discuss the need to develop theories and systems that provide the computational analogue of common social coordination mechanisms used by humans, illustrating with some examples, and suggesting some key challenges that need to be addressed.
Biography	Michael Luck is Professor of Computer Science and Head of the School of Natural and Mathematical Sciences at King's College London, where he also works in the Agents and Intelligent Systems group, undertaking research into agent technologies and intelligent systems. He is Scientific Advisor to the Board for Aerogility.His work has sought to take a principled approach to the development of practical agent systems, and spans, among other areas, formal models for intelligent agents and multi-agent systems, norms and institutions, trust and reputation, application to bioinformatics and health, and deployment and technology forecasting. He is a director of the International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (IFAAMAS), was a member of the Executive Committee of AgentLink III, the European Network of Excellence for Agent-Based Computing, having previously been the Director of AgentLink II. He is an editorial board member of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, the International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering, Web Intelligence and Agent Systems, and ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, as well as for the SpringerBriefs in Intelligent Systems series. He was also general co-chair of the Ninth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2010), held in Toronto, Canada in May 2010.

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Session Poster 1 with spotlights: Signal Processing and Communications

Student Name	Poster Title	Advisor(s)
CABEZA IRISARRI, Marcos	Low Cost Microphones Array for Industrial Applications	María Soledad Torres Guijarro
CORDEIRO LEONOR, Nuno Ricardo	A Generic Doubly-Selective 3D Vegetation Model Using Point Scatterers	Manuel García Sánchez
CORDEIRO LEONOR, Nuno Ricardo		Rafael da Silva Caldeirinha
MERA IGLESIAS, Moisés	Quantification of Oxygenation by DCE MRI and Relationship Between Functional Images of Head an Neck Cancer	José Luis Alba Castro
NAGHAR, Azzeddin	Development of New Techniques for Ultra Wideband (Uwb) Filter and Antenna Design for Wireless Communication Systems	Ana Vázquez Alejos
NAGHAR, Azzeddin		Otman Agzhout (Faculty of Science, Abdelmalek Essaadi University, Tetouan, Morocco)
NOCELO LÓPEZ, Rubén	Estimation of the Atmospheric Refractivity from Weather Radar Data	María Verónica Santalla del Río
PIDRE MOSQUERA, José Manuel	A Contribution to the Design of Polarimetric Meteorological Radarsmeteorological Radars	María Vera Isasa
PIDRE MOSQUERA, José Manuel		María Verónica Santalla del Río
RIEIRO TOMÉ, Hector	Multimodal Registration of Blood Vessel Microscopy Images	José Luis Alba Castro
RIEIRO TOMÉ, Hector	Multimodal Registration of Blood Vessel Microscopy Images	Stephen L. Macknik
GONZÁLEZ FIGUEROA, Damián	Synthesis of Multiaxis Stationary Non-Gaussian Shaped Vibration	Roberto López Valcarce
MAGARIÑOS IGLESIAS, María del Carmen	Improvements in HMM-Based and Unit-Selection Speech Synthesis Techniques	Eduardo Rodríguez Banga

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Session Poster 2 with spotlights: Computer Science and Networking

Student Name	Poster Title	Advisor(s)
BEN KHALIFA, Mohamed	Crowd Sensing: Applications for Smart Cities	Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo
BEN KHALIFA, Mohamed	Crowd Sensing: Applications for Smart Cities	Ana Fernández Vilas
BLANCO RODICIO, Brais	Contribution to Business Model and Efficiency of Education Based on ICT's	Martín Llamas Nistal
CEREZO COSTAS, Héctor	Contribution to Research on New Models of Knowledge Extraction for Big Data Systems	Fco. Javier González Castaño
CHAVES DIÉGUEZ, David	Contributions to The Development of Challenged Network Communication Systems	Felipe Gil Castiñeira
CHAVES DIÉGUEZ, David		Javier Vales Alonso
DAI, Kaiss	Applications of Social Data Minining to Learning Analytics	Ana Fernández Vilas
DAI, Kaiss	Applications of Social Data Minining to Learning Analytics	Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo
FERNANDES CAIÑA, Miguel	Spatio-Temporal Analysis of Opinion in Social Media: Outlier Detection for the Business Intelligence Area	Rebeca P. Díaz Redondo
FERNANDES CAIÑA, Miguel		Ana Fernández Vilas
ORDÓÑEZ MORALES, Esteban	Mobile Cloud Computing Mechanisms to Mobile Cloud Computing Mechanisms to Support the Creation and Operation of Information Services in Sporadic Social Netwoks Grounded on Ad Hoc Communications	Yolanda Blanco Fernández
ORDÓÑEZ MORALES, Esteban		Martín López Nores
PACHECO VIEIRA, Bruno Miguel	Social Learning Analysis: Social Relationships and Students Interaction with Resources	José Carlos López Ardao
PELLITERO RIVERO, Alexandre	Contribution to Augmented Reality Applications and Interfaces for Mobile Devices	Enrique Costa Montenegro
ROBLES BYKBAEV, Vladimir E.	Contribution to Pedagogical Backing Models Based on ICT and Intelligent Systems as Support Tools for Special Education and Speech and Language Therapy	Martín López Nores
ROBLES BYKBAEV, Vladimir E.		Jorge García Duque
GONZÁLEZ TATO, Juan	Contribution to Traditional Assessment by Applying Tel Paradigms and the Use of Cloud Applications	Martín Llamas Nistal
SILVA LEAL, Fátima Manuela da	Recommendation of Personalised Tourist Resources	Juan Carlos Burguillo Rial
VALLADARES RODRÍGUEZ, Sonia María	Contribution of ICTs for Designing a System for Early Detection of Potential Risks of a Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly People	Luis Anido Rifón
VALLADARES RODRÍGUEZ, Sonia María		Manuel Fernández Iglesias