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:

  1. Two lectures by renowned researchers in the research topics of interest of Doc_TIC. 
  2. 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 

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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

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

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

María Verónica Santalla del Río

RIEIRO TOMÉ, Hector

Multimodal Registration of Blood Vessel Microscopy Images

José Luis Alba Castro

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

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

Javier Vales Alonso

DAI, Kaiss

Applications of Social Data Minining to Learning Analytics

Ana Fernández Vilas

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

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

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

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

Manuel Fernández Iglesias

 

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