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CITIC: Research Center on Information

and Communication Technologies

CAPACITIES


INDEX

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1. Organisation profile .............................................................................................................. 4

2. Our activity ............................................................................................................................ 4

3. Technical capabilities ............................................................................................................ 5

4. Description expertise ............................................................................................................ 5

5. Our Research Groups ............................................................................................................ 7

5.1 Research Lines VARPA (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Digital Image

Processing) ................................................................................................................................ 8

5.2 Research Lines TELEMATICA (Intelligent Telematics) ................................................... 9

5.3 Research Lines RNASA (Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems) ............. 10

5.4 Research Lines MODES (Statistical Modeling, Optimization and Inference Group) ... 11

5.5 Research Lines MADS (Models and Applications of Distributed Systems Group) .. 12

5.6 Research Lines M2NICA (Mathematical and Numerical Modelling in Engineering and

Applied Sciences Group) ......................................................................................................... 13

5.7 Research Lines LIDIA (Artificial Intelligence Lab) ........................................................ 15

5.8 Research Lines LBD (Database Lab) ............................................................................. 16

5.9 Research Lines IRLab (Information Retrieval Lab) ....................................................... 17

5.10 Research Lines GTEC (Group of Electronic Technology and Communications) .......... 18

5.11 Research Lines GAC (Computer Architecture Group) ................................................. 19

6. Description of the Technological Areas............................................................................... 20

6.1 [◄] Search and Information Retrieval for business and administration .................... 20

6.2 [◄] Integration of Applications and Information ....................................................... 22

6.3 [◄] Artificial Intelligence and applications ................................................................. 24

6.4 [◄] Network Media and Digital Home ....................................................................... 29

6.5 [◄] Usability and Validation Methods ........................................................................ 33

6.6 [◄] Digital Image Processing ...................................................................................... 35

6.7 [◄] Wireless Communications Systems ..................................................................... 38

6.8 [◄] Web Information Systems (WIS) .......................................................................... 45

6.9 [◄] Geographic Information Systems (GIS) ................................................................ 50

6.10 [◄]Distributed Systems and Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) .......................... 54

6.11 [◄] Advanced Visualization ........................................................................................ 56

6.12 [◄]High Performance Computing (HPC) .................................................................... 57


6.13 [◄] Statistics Applied Mathematics and Operative Research .................................... 59

7. Facilities ............................................................................................................................... 61

8. References ........................................................................................................................... 62

8. Experience in European Projects ............................................................................................. 63

9. Contact ................................................................................................................................ 70


1. Organisation profile Research Center on Information and Communication Technologies (CITIC) is a technology

center of the University of A Coruña (Spain) that promotes the advancement and excellence in

research, development and innovation on Information and Communications Technology (ICT)

and promotes the transfer of knowledge and results to society.

CITIC is a meeting point between the university and the company that combines R&D

departments of companies in the ICT sector with researchers from the university. Currently,

more than 250 researchers from public and private sectors are working in different R&D

projects, providing a mixed environment that enables university-industry collaboration and

knowledge transfer.

The units of CITIC are formed by two intelligent buildings (3.200m2) that are configurable for

R&D activities of our researchers, companies and employees.

2. Our activity a) Technology and knowledge transfer,

b) R&D Projects,

c) Full Quality in R&D&i (ISO9001 and UNE166002),

d) Technology Watch,

e) Business innovation through joint projects,

f) We promote university-business relationship,

g) R&D&i applied on the software,

h) Improving Software Development Process


Search and Information Retrieval for

business and administration

Artificial Intelligence and

applications

Network Media and Digital Home

Usability and Validation Methods Sistemas

Digital Image Processing

Wireless Communications

Systems

Web Information Systems (WIS)

Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Distributed Systems and Service

Oriented Architectures (SOA)

Advanced Visualization

Integration of Applications and

Information

Statistics Applied Mathematics

and Operative Research

High Performance Computing (HPC)

3. Technical capabilities The proposed objective is to recognize the software as a key factor for the competitiveness of

the industry and provide the tools and techniques to improve the ability to produce software

systems and services of quality in time and costs. In the process of software development and

use, and that support the different lines of R&D+i, we do:

a) Improving Software Development Process

b) Technology Watch

c) Interoperability

d) Testing

e) Security

4. Description expertise The CITIC has defined a number of technology areas that bring together specific actions with

respect to a line or particular interest in the field of Software. The areas through which is

developed the R & D activity of the CITIC are:


1) Wireless Communications Systems

Telecommunication systems with particular emphasis on wireless data transmission

technologies, applications and services

2) Artificial Intelligence and Applications

Development intelligent systems for monitoring and supervising

3) Advanced Visualization

Development of technologies: real-time visualization, virtual reality, 360º video,

interactive installations, interface design and so on

4) Application integration / Information integration

Development of techniques and algorithms to solve problems in data integration and

distributed applications

5) Systems Usability and Testing Methods

Development of new methodologies, tools, techniques for usability of systems

6) Distributed Systems and Service Oriented Architecture (SOA)

Analysis, development, test and evaluation of systems performance. Devices

distributed software systems in a logical or physical computers on a network

7) Digital Home and Networked Media

Applications for Interactive Digital TV Systems

8) Geographic Information System (GIS)

Technology Development based on GIS

9) Digital Image Processing

Ophthalmic image processing. Optical imaging.Biometrics. People identification. Civil

engineering developments.

10) Web Information Systems (WIS)

Development of Web information systems for digital libraries, eGovernment,

eCommerce, ….

11) Information Retrieval

Research and development of techniques and algorithms to the characteristics of

business information

12) Mathematics: Statistics and Operation Research. Applied mathematics

Statistical applications. Nonparametric inference. Dependent data. Survival analysis.

Mathematical models in engineering and applied sciences. Partial Differential

Equations (PDE´s). Numerical methods: analysis and programming. Numerical

simulation of processes

13) High Performance Computing (HPC)


5. Our Research Groups

The research groups affiliated to CITIC are:

GTEC (Technology Electronics and Communications)

IRLab (Information Retrieval Lab)

LBD (Database Laboratory)

LIDIA (Laboratory of Research and Development in Artificial

Intelligence)

MADS (Models & Applications of Distributed Systems)

MODES (Modelling Group, Optimization and Statistical Inference)

RNASA (Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems)

TELEMATICA (Intelligence Telematics)

VARPA (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition)

M2NICA (Models and Numerical Methods in Engineering and Applied Science)

GAC (Computer Architecture Group)


5.1 Research Lines VARPA (Computer Vision and Pattern

Recognition; Digital Image Processing) VARPA is the acronym of Visión Artificial y Reconocimiento de

Patrones (Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition; Digital Image

Processing), a research group inside the Department of Computer

Science of the University of A Coruña (UDC) , Spain. The members of

VARPA develop their teaching and research activities on Digital Image

Processing and computer vision research, development and applications.

The specific research lines at VARPA are:

Retinal Image Analysis: One of the most active fields of work in the VARPA Group is

the ophthalmology, in particular the analysis of eye fundus images (retinal

images). The retinal image processing is a very interesting and demanding field, having

a lot of practical applications, such as the development of applications for massive

medical revision and the research in pharmacology effectiveness.

Currently, we are focused on the following topics:

Drusen detection

Red lession detection

Automatic computation of the Arteriolar-to-Venular Ratio

Biometrics: Retinal vessel tree is a suitable biometric pattern as it's unique for each

individual, it's very hard to forge and, unless some pathologies ar ise, it doesn't

change in time. VARPA group has developed an authentication system based on this

retinal vessel tree and we are currently working on the individual characterization

based on the feature extraction from the vessel tree. This will allow to build an easily

and more robust biometric pattern.

Perceptual organization: Perceptual grouping refers to the human visual ability to

extract significant image relations from lower -level primitive image features

without any knowledge of the image content and group them to obtain meaningful

higher-level structure. Our experience in perceptual organization consists in the design

and implementation of a fully automatic framework for the detection of structured

objects in 2D images.

Deformable Models: We have developed methodologies for both 2D and 3D

segmentation and reconstruction based on deformable models. We have

developed procedures to overcome some of the limitations of the classical deformable

models. Also, we have apply evolutionary techniques to the deformation

process.

The group promotes industrial development of computer vision applications and collaboration

with research in the same field. VARPA fundamental goals are innovation and industrial

competitiveness promotion based on computer vision research and development, and

collaboration with industry in technological projects development.

Principal Researcher: Manuel Francisco González Penedo.


5.2 Research Lines TELEMATICA (Intelligent Telematics) TELEMATICA is an area of Intelligent Telematics and a research

group inside the Department of Comunications and Information

Technologies of the University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain. The

members of TELEMATICA develop their teaching and research

activities on three distinct areas, Application Integration,

Telecommunication Networks and Information Search and Retrieval.

The specific research lines at TELEMATICA are:

Telecommunication Networks

Management and Monitoring Systems

Alarm Systems Management

Distributed Systems

Internet technologies

Real-Time Systems

Information Retrieval

Efficiency and distribution

Recommender systems

Crawling and indexing techniques

Active and Programmable Networks

Application Integration

Principal Researcher: Víctor Carneiro

http://www.udc.es/


5.3 Research Lines RNASA (Artificial Neural Networks and

Adaptive Systems)

RNASA is the acronym of Redes de Neuronas Artificiales y

Sistemas Adaptativos (Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive

Systems), a research group inside the Department of Comunications and

Information Technologies and the Department of Medicine of the

University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain. The members of RNASA develop

their teaching and research activities on Artificial Intelligence, especially in the area of

connectionist systems, using Artificial Neural Networks to solving complex real-world

problems, and covering mainly the area of medicine.

The specific research lines at RNASA are:

Artificial Intelligence using a connectionist approach to computation and

evolutionary computation.

Telemedicine. DICOM application development, PACS systems with web

technology and interaction with the HIS/RIS. Telecare for patients, remote diagnosis,

remote education, monitoring of patients, security of medical data, and so on.

Digital image analysis. Intelligent systems for 3D reconstruction.

Thermal therapy. Software development and application development for

thermal therapy

RNASA is a multidisciplinary team that develops major research projects related to computing

and medicine. The Group currently is conducting numerous research projects in collaboration

with hospitals.

Principal Researcher: Alejandro Pazos

http://www.udc.es/dep/medicina/


5.4 Research Lines MODES (Statistical Modeling, Optimization

and Inference Group)

MODES is the acronym of “Grupo de Modelización, Optimización e

Inferencia Estadística” (Statistical Modeling, Optimization and Inference

Group), a research group inside the Department of Mathematics (DM)

at the University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain. The members of MODES

develop their teaching and research activities on Nonparametric

Inference, Game Theory and Applications of Statistics and Operations Research in general.

The specific research lines at MODES are:

Nonparametric Inference

Nonparametric density, regression and hazard rate estimation

Resampling methods o Goodness-of-fit tests o Empirical likelihood

Dependent data

Time series, nonparametric and semiparametric pr ediction

Local polynomial and kernel estimation with dependent data

Partial linear models with dependent errors

Irregularly observed data

Survival analysis

Censored and truncated data

Presmoothed estimation

Hazard rate and hazard function estimation

Statistical applications to other Sciences

Statistical models in Finance and Actuarial (risk, credit models)

Forecasting electricity demand and Price using nonparametic methods

Survival analysis applications in Biology and Medicine

Applications of estimation in Thermogravimetry

Statistical Quality Control and Reliability Analysis

Game Theory

Bargaining and non-cooperative games

Analysis of voting systems

Cooperative games and cost sharing

Operations Research (OR)

Mathematical Programming and applications

Logistics planning models

Optimal routing planning

Inventory management

Principal Researcher: Juan M. Vilar and Ricardo Cao


5.5 Research Lines MADS (Models and Applications of

Distributed Systems Group)

MADS is the acronym of Models and Applications of

Distributed Systems Group, a research group inside the

Department of Computer Science of the University of A

Coruña (UDC) , Spain. The members of MADS develop their

teaching and research activities on High Availability

Distributed Systems, Digital Home and Networked Media, Multimedia content for the

Digital Home, Services over IPTV networks and DTT (transmission and software systems

in user terminals and at the home) and Applications for Interactive Digital TV Systems.

The specific research lines at MADS are:

Design of the High Availability Distributed Systems

Distribution of HD multimedia content for the digital home.

Video over Demand (VoD)

Massive synthesis of interactive TV channels

Platforms for Digital Television Services

Distribution of content on the transport network (IPTV, DVB-T, DVB-C)

Services over IPTV Networks

Streaming multimedia

Functional programming

Web accessibility

Design, construction, validation and verification of distributed systems.

Advanced Risk Management Information System: Tracking Insurances, Claims and

Exposures

Software testing

MADS has extensive experience in partnerships with the private sector and government.

He has developed numerous R & D projects in collaboration with major companies because

the results of his research lines are of great interest for them.

Principal Researcher: David Cabrero Souto


5.6 Research Lines M2NICA (Mathematical and Numerical

Modelling in Engineering and Applied Sciences Group)

M2NICA is the acronym of Grupo de Modelos y Métodos

Numéricos en Ingeniería y Ciencias Aplicadas (Mathematical and

Numerical Modelling in Engineering and Applied Sciences Group)

a research group framed into the Department of Mathematics (DM) and located at the

Computer Science Faculty of University of A Coruña (UDC). M2NICA group members develop

their research and transfer activities in the field of mathematical models and numerical

methods for solving real problems with industrial and commercial applications. The study

of problems ranges from the mathematical modeling of the involved processes and products,

through the mathematical analysis of the models and the design of more efficient numerical

methods for their solution to the implementation of algorithms for the simulation of the

processes with computer applications, also including the ability to use tools of high

performance computing tools, where the computational cost require.

The research and transfer activities of the group during last years have been mainly

concentrated on:

Models and methods for pricing in quantitative finance

Pricing financial derivatives of option type: European, American, Asian,

Discrete and continuous barrier, etc.

Pricing of interest rate derivatives: caps. floors, ratchet caps, spread, bonds

Pricing of structured financial products

Investment under uncertainty: modeling and pricing

Black-Scholes models. LIBOR and SWAP market mode ls

Stochastic volatility models: Heston, SABR, etc.

Monte-Carlo, binomial trees, numerical methods for Black -Scholes- like models

Algorithms for parameters calibration to market

Use of GPUs technology in computational finance

Models and methods in Mechanical Engineering

Hydrodynamic lubrication in rigid devices

Elastohydrodynamic lubrication in elastic devices

Mechanical aspects in magnetic Reading devices

Cavitation phenomena in lubrication

Reynolds equations and cavitation models

Elastic models: shells, plates and Hertzian contact

Numerical methods for lubrication models


Numerical simulation in acoustics

Modelling and numerical simulation of acoustic problems in bounded and

unbounded domains

Modelling and numerical simulation of acoustic problems at rest and coupled

with flows

Modelling and numerical simulation of coupled acoustic problems: elastoacoustics.

Numerical solution of the generalized Helmholtz equation

Numerical simulation of small vibrations in solids and thin solids (plates and

shells)

Numerical simulation of large ice masses

Simulation of glaciers and ice sheets

Asyntotic shallow ice model

Phase change models

Numerical methods for coupled problems in Glaciology

Analysis and implementation of numerical methods for partial differential equation

problems

Finite differences

Finite elements

Boundary elements

Adaptive methods

Numerical methods for spectral problems

Principal Researcher: Carlos Vázquez Cendón


5.7 Research Lines LIDIA (Artificial Intelligence Lab)

LIDIA is the acronym of Laboratorio de Investigación y

Desarrollo en Inteligencia Artificial (Artificial Intelligence

Lab), a research group inside the Department of Computer

Science of the University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain. The

members of LIDIA develop their teaching and research activities on theoretical and applied

aspects of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning from 1990.

The specific research lines at LIDIA are:

Machine Learning algorithms.

Techniques for software usability and validation.

LIDIA development computer science solutions to complex problems in as diverse areas as:

Engineering:

Predictive maintenance for mechanical systems.

Control in Industrial processes.

Design in civil engineering.

Socioeconomics and Enviromental Science:

Predictive systems for forest fire assessment.

Management of extinction resources.

Support to the decision in the management and coordination of limited

resources.

Health:

Aid to the decision for the prescription and customized supervision of physical activity.

Diagnosis and prognosis for antenatal care. Telemedicine from health centers.

Diagnosis, classification and monitoring of patients with sleep apnea syndrome.

Intelligent monitoring for patients in Intensive Care Units (ICU) .

Computer Science:

Usability and validation of software.

Information security, especially in the development of techniques for intrusion

detection in computer networks.

Principal Researcher: Amparo Alonso Betanzos


5.8 Research Lines LBD (Database Lab)

The LBD is the acronym of Laboratorio de Bases de Datos (Database Lab), a

research group inside the Department of Computer Science of the University

of A Coruña (UDC), Spain. The members of LBD develop their teaching and

research activities on Databases and Information Systems for mobile

devices, web and desktop.

The specific research lines at IRLab are:

Software Engineering

Databases and Information Systems

GIS databases; Multimedia databases; Document databases (relational)

Digital Libraries and information retrieval

Web portals, eCommerce and interactive content

Document Management

Smart Educational Games, virtual books

Software development for mobile devices and web portals. Integration with deductive

databases.

Advanced structures and compression, indexing and text retrieval algorithms

Geographical Information Systems (GIS)

Geographical information retrieval

Graph-oriented databases

Natural Language Processing

Overflow Management Systems

The LBD is integrated by researchers and teaching staff from the Software and

Computing Systems.

Principal Researcher: Nieves Rodríguez Brisaboa

http://www.udc.es/


5.9 Research Lines IRLab (Information Retrieval Lab)

IRLab is the acronym of Information Retrieval Lab, a research

group inside the Department of Computer Science of the

University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain. The members of IRLab

develop their teaching and research activities on the

development of new models and techniques to improve the

effectiveness and efficiency of information retrieval systems (web and mobile devices).

The specific research lines at IRLab are:

Information retrieval models for the web and mobile devices; crawling and indexing

techniques.

Efficiency on storage systems and information processing.

Distributed information retrieval techniques and specific tasks such as web retrieval,

multimedia retrieval, document classification and clustering, summary generation, ...

Developing Applications for mobile devices (IOS, Android, ....).

Reseach.

Based on this research the group has developed innovative tools and software products, which

are being used by companies and government.

The group has been partner in various joint projects, networks and platforms with prestigious

research groups, companies and institutions at regional, national and international levels.

Group's research quality is reflected by many publications in reference conferences of the field

such as ACM-SIGIR, ACM-CIKM, ACM-SAC, ECIR, SPIRE, etc. and on high-impact journals such as

ACM-TOIS, Information Retrieval, JASIST, Information Systems, etc.

Principal Researcher: Álvaro Barreiro García (ACM Senior Member)


5.10 Research Lines GTEC (Group of Electronic Technology and

Communications)

GTEC is the acronym of Grupo de Tecnología Electrónica y

Comunicaciones (Group of Electronic Technology and

Communications), a research group inside the Department of

Electronics and Systems (DES) at the University of A Coruña

(UDC), Spain. The members of GTEC develop their teaching and research activities on

telecommunication systems with particular emphasis on wireless data transmission

technologies, applications and services.

The specific research lines at GTEC are:

Iterative and adaptive signal processing techniques for estimation, equalization,

synchronization and interference cancellation in wireless communications.

Design of capacity approaching channel coding techniques.

PHY technologies for wireless data transmission

MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) transmission technologies.

Data Communications Equipment prototyping with special emphasis on the wireless

standards IEEE 802.11 (WiFi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), Long Term Evolution (LTE), ...

Wireless communications between vehicles.

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technologies.

Location and identification systems

Wireless Sensor Networks for positioning and delivery of contextual information.

Positioning Systems (indoor and outdoor)

Wireless Applications

Navigation and tracking

Contextual information

Environment, construction, ....

Healthcare Monitoring System

System monitoring and remote support for care-dependent person

Developing applications for mobile devices based on IOS, Android, ...

Design and manufacture of hardware, low-power board designed and built by GTEC.

Principal Researcher: Luis Castedo Ribas


5.11 Research Lines GAC (Computer Architecture Group)

GAC is the acronym of Grupo de Arquitectura de Computadores

(Computer Architecture Group), a research group of the

Department of Electronics and Systems at the University of A

Coruña, Spain. The members of GAC develop their teaching and

research activities on the computer architecture, the high performance computing, the

scientific visualization and the mobile robotics, and on the geographic information systems.

The specific research lines having a good potential for technology transfer at the GAC are:

High performance computing (HPC):

Ultra-fast Java communications:

Low latency communication middleware for high performance networks

Improvement of response time on Java distributed and parallel applications

Applications on several sectors such as financial/trading, energy, defense/space.

Computer graphics and scientific visualization.

Hybrid terrain visualization: applications on rural planning, forest survey…

Supercomputing/simulation based on GPUs: applications on mobile devices, power

consumption reduction for mobile applications, financial calculations…

Cloud computing

Integration of computational resources in hybrid public/private clouds.

Data intensive cloud computing applications.

Geographic information systems (GIS):

Development of web-GIS systems using open source software and geospatial

standards.

Development of applications for mobile devices.

Implementation of algorithms for problems with high computational requirements.

Application of GIS to different areas: e-government, spatial planning, rural

development, meteorology...

Principal Researcher: Ramón Doallo Biempica


6. Description of the Technological Areas

The following describes the Center's capacity according to their structure in Technological

Areas. It is noteworthy that in the process of software development emphasis is on

developments in and to mobile devices as reflected by the R & D projects developed with

public and private organizations, and they cited throughout this document.

6.1 [◄] Search and Information Retrieval for business and

administration

This technological area emphasizes the search for techniques and algorithms applied in the

recovery, management and use of information on the web and through mobile devices that

adapt to the characteristics of business information with the security and privacy restrictions

defined in the organizations or entities.

Lines of work and research:

Design and development of web applications and mobile devices (Android, IOS, ...).

Search engines

Information retrieval by crawling and indexing techniques: web retrieval, multimedia

retrieval, document classification, summarization, etc..

Vertical Search Engine Theme

Efficiency and Distribution accelerates information retrieval

Recommender Systems

[●] R&D project in the Technological Area I

1. General projects and components on mobile devices:

NowOnWeb: to search for news and summarization

Lexisla: Legislative Search System (European Bulletin, BOE, DOG, Newsletters

Provincial). Lexisla is a LegalIR system that crawls, segments and index official legal

bulletins. It was developed with the support of Fundación Calidade and it is being used

by the UVTT team, currently providing up-to-date access to Boletín Oficial del Estado,

Diario Oficial de Galicia, Boletín Oficial de la Junta de Andalucía, Boletín Oficial de

Castilla Y León and Boletín Oficial del Territorio Histórico de Álava.

http://www.irlab.org/lexisla


The system is composed by different modules such as a specific crawler, a document

analyser component, an indexer and a advanced search interface.

As commercial product Lexisla offers:

- Flexible multisource segmentation algorithm

- Efficient document analysis and processing

- Automatic content updating

- Advanced local browsing over the bulletins

- Advanced search capabilities

PASE: search and analysis system patents (WIPO, EPO, USPTO, BOPI)

DeDoS: How to search in documents derived

AdSearch: System search and analysis of Web advertising

2. Specific projects on mobile devices

mOCRa: mOCRa is a system that allows image capture and conversion to text by

OCR. It is therefore a productivity tool for mobile devices, including smartphones.

It is developed for devices with Android and iPhone. It has an interface that lets

you capture an image of high quality. This feature, along with the use of post-

processing techniques of the recognized text, produces nearly perfect results. The

text obtained can be edited, emailed and integrated into other productivity

applications.

More than 30,000 downloads in the Android Market.

Voice: Developing a mobile application that works with voice synthesis and

recognition


6.2 [◄] Integration of Applications and Information

This technological area emphasizes the search for techniques and algorithms to solve the

problems of integrating data, applications and services in corporate environment as in a web

environment. Technological evolution is the common denominator in the need for application

integration as each day new applications are developed and completely different

environments such as the Web or mobile devices. Emphasis is placed in the integration of

applications on mobile devices.

The lines of work and research:

Organizations have applications and legacy databases that should continue using and

maintaining productive while they add, change or migrate other applications.

Integration of information represented in different logical models

Distributed Query Optimization

Automate operations on websites

Techniques for creating intelligent semi-automatic light integration applications

("mashups").

[●] R&D project in this Technological Area

1. General projects and components on mobile devices:

PIMUS: Intelligent Information Point for Sustainable Urban Mobility; intelligent bus

lines Marquee in A Coruña. These intelligent and interactive information points are

currently being used by passengers of public transport in A Coruña. The urban bus

users get real-time information and time lines for buses as well as how to plan your

route, etc.. It also complements the functionality of a tour desk or advertising. Users

also can connect via Bluetooth or Wi-Fi on their mobile phones, smartphones and

tablets to download the information of interest.

Applications such as Intelligent Information Point Mobility in different areas: health

centers, hospitals, tourism, information to citizens, local bus, metro, airports,

exhibitions, conferences, shopping centers, ....



VIRUS: Mobile Payment System, Development, testing and implementation of a

payment application via mobile phone SMS based operations.

(http://www.vvirus.com)

PiMUS

http://www.vvirus.com/


6.3 [◄] Artificial Intelligence and applications

Artificial Intelligence is one of the disciplines whose computational techniques are currently

most in demand in various environments due to its ability to provide intelligent behavior in

many applications. For example, incorporating smart agents, neural networks, expert systems,

genetic algorithms, etc.. for the optimization of production systems is an active trend in the

industrial environment of countries with high technological development and heavy

investment in research and development. These components of artificial intelligence

controlling main function independently and in coordination with other agents, such as

industrial components manufacturing cell or assembly, maintenance, diagnostic systems, etc.

Applications in the areas of Industrial, Civil and Naval Engineering, these techniques are

therefore very broad. Some applications of note are:

Methods for prediction of faults and malfunctions in mechanical systems such as

motors and gears.

Predictive maintenance of mechanical components.

Estimated electricity consumption.

Distribution of water resources for electricity production.

Systems for process control and quality.

Models for prediction of cracks in concrete beams.

Design of vertical breakwaters.

A major impact of these techniques in production processes of the worldwide industry is the

design of support systems for decision-making. Furthermore, most artificial intelligence

systems have the peculiarity of "learning", allowing them to perfect their work as time goes

on, using the examples or cases it they deal with. Another area in which AI techniques have a

significant impact are those related to medicine and health, and so are applications that allow:

Intelligent monitoring patients

Systems analysis and image processing

Detection of clinical patterns in biomedical signals

Systems for the diagnosis and prognosis of health states

Advice of sport

Classification in databases of gene expression


In the field of economics there are various applications such as:

Treatment of financial information

Analysis of business failure

Estimation of risk and return of financial products

Forecast of price developments

Prediction of financial markets.

In fields such as climatology these systems can be applied to the prediction of natural

phenomena and time estimation.

The LIDIA group works in the development of intelligent systems based on various techniques

such as machine learning, methods of feature selection, knowledge based systems, fuzzy logic,

evolutionary algorithms, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms, genetic programming,

and multi-agent systems. Design and development of intelligent systems for monitoring and

supervision. Design and development of intelligent systems to aid decision making.

Lines of work and research:

Design and development of intelligent monitoring and diagnosis.

Machine Learning Systems

Prediction

Intelligent Interpretation of results

Technical Validation of intelligent systems

knowledge-based systems and expert systems

Support Systems decision

Display of electrical networks


Projects by application areas

Applications in Engineering

IA1: Prediction of rupture of concrete beams

IA2: Prediction of pressure waves on rubble mound breakwaters

Estimate the state of mechanical components and failure prediction. INDRA

promoter.

IA3: Predictive Maintenance Wind Turbines

o Predictive maintenance

It extends the life of the components

Failure prediction reduction stops

o Sustainability

Downtimes are less

They generate less waste

More bugs = less time for renewable energy generation


GIDAS: Predictive maintenance of ship engines

Applications in socio-economics and environment

Management of forest fires. The LIDIA group is working on two R & D

projects related to this subject: Prediction of the risk of forest fires in Galicia

Resource management of extinction

Applying artificial intelligence the treatment of satellite data and images on

temperature, precipitation, percentage of humidity and statistics of the last 50 years,

there are benefits to human life and nature as well as a significant cost savings but

improved response time and the distribution of the workforce.

Computer Applications

IA5: Support to the process of usability

IDS: Intrusion detection in computer networks. Level NextVision promoters and

Telecom

Visualization of electricity grids (SMART GRID). The application of

artificial intelligence methods to optimize visualization of geographic layers using

algorithms on GPU enables improved processing time databases:

o Drawing power lines

o Display geo-positioned networks

o Optimizing queries on the databases

o Intelligent algorithms on GPU

optimization zoom in geographic layers

positioned

o Rendering (imaging from models)

o Portable application to mobile devices


Applications in Health

PROSAICO: Personalized Sports Advice. Support system for decision-making

tutor room. Planning and Prescription. Possibility of Evolution: Adapted for

rehabilitation in the Digital Home

ANTENATAL: System Monitoring and antenatal diagnosis.

This project developed a system for automatic analysis of maternal and fetal

signals. For this purpose we have developed a system analysis of maternal and

fetal signals.

o Acquisition and signal analysis.

o Diagnosis and proposing therapeutic actions.

o Assessment of fetal status based on the nonstress test (NST). Noninvasive

technique.

MIASOFT: MIASOFT is an integrated software for intelligent monitoring Apnea

Syndrome / Hypopneas Sleep result of ten years of research, which analyzes the

signals monitored in patients undergoing nocturnal polysomnography: both signals

related to the patient's respiratory function, as those related to the patient's sleep.


In the case of signals related to respiratory function analyzes the airflow in airway

and oxygen saturation in arterial blood (SaO2) and thoracic and abdominal efforts.

This allows determining whether the patient has total respiratory interruptions

(apneas) or partial (hypopnea) and if you make efforts or not breathing. Signals

related to the patient's sleep is the electroencephalogram (EEG), the

electrooculogram (EOG) and electromyogram (EMG). The analysis of these signals

allows hypnogram build (or map the patient's sleep), that is the shortcut key to

getting a proper diagnosis.

The specific objectives of this project are:

o Design of a polysomnographic prescription module

o Design of interface and communication modules

o Characterization of respiratory function

o Construction of the patient's dream map

o Intelligent diagnostics of the syndrome of apnea / hypopnea

InTiC: Attention to diversity: Integration of ICT in the groups of people with

disabilities with different degrees of impairment in cognitive, physical, sensory and

social (ASD Module for autism). The project allows for accessibility (reach ICT),

usability (gain ICT) and e-Inclusion of people with disabilities through the

adaptation of different technological devices to the characteristics and needs of

each person, both conventional computers such as laptops, tablet PCs and phones.

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6.4 [◄] Network Media and Digital Home

Networked audio-visual systems defined services that allow the presentation of multimedia

content in networked heterogeneous devices, including PCs, set-top boxes, home media

centers and mobile devices connected to a network and data transmission media. The

interaction causes an evolution of the passive consumption of television to a participatory

model, ubiquitous and converged on different devices and platforms: terrestrial (DVB-T), cable

(DVB-C) or satellite (DVB-S) and which data transport using IP (IPTV, Internet TV) and mobile

television systems either broadcast (DVB-H, MBMS) or unicast (UMTS 3G). The focus on the

user opens a huge range of new systems and networked audiovisual services that will

revolutionize the way we understand the audiovisual and entertainment market.

In this technological area the R & D actions are carried out oriented software systems and

services across the value chain of interactive digital television, from:

Header services associated with the transmission of digital video (on demand

planning and dissemination of content, coding and content adaptation, etc..) Or the

integration of information systems (electronic guide service, customer backend

applications, payment gateways , etc.).

Software systems and user terminals in the connected home, from platforms to

develop interactive services (MHP, OpenTV, etc..), Middleware control set-top boxes,

systems and technology in media players (codecs, interfaces user, DRM, etc..), use and

development of interactive services (shuttles, EPG, interactive advertising, etc..) with

special attention to the t-administration, t-and t-commerce training

Systems for the production, indexing and archiving of audiovisual content (content

management systems, indexing, annotation and search digital video processing, etc..).

Experience in mobile application development today is focused on Android and iPhone OS

(iPhone, iPad).



1. General projects:

Syntheractive: The project aims to design and build a prototype of a distributed

system capable of generating synthetic video and encode it in real time, using the

computing power of graphics processors (GPU) optimizations of consumption and the

movement of information between CPU and graphics processor to serve as basic

infrastructure for the definition of mass interactive services for digital television.

This project led to the creation of a spin-off of the CITIC Center called

http://www.syntheractive.com/

DHHD (Digital Home High Definition): This project aims to build a pilot

digital home as a case study to assess, analyze and draw conclusions about the

challenges of the jump from standard definition (SD) to high definition (HD) in each

link value chain of interactive digital television, from acquisition and content

production, distribution on the transport network (IPTV, DVB-T, DVB-C) and

consumption of user terminals.

OptiBand: Optimizing bandwidth for streaming video over IPTV networks. Project

under the 7th EU Framework Programme.

OptiBand will overcome the bottleneck of bandwidth that has created the DSL access

network. This bottleneck does not currently allow for the adequate provision of

customized video content to high definition for the subscriber.

http://www.syntheractive.com/


OptiBand focused on optimizing the bandwidth of IPTV for the delivery of multiple HD

streams over a single ADSL line, and by that enabling multiple HD channels per

household. OptiBand has conducted in-depth research and development regarding the

efficient distribution of video content using smart data drop algorithm within the

telecommunication aggregation networks, while preserving quality of experience

according to both objective and subjective metrics.

II. Specific projects on mobile devices

MH1: Development of an inventory application on Windows CE mobile terminal

with RFID reader Fixed asset management in supermarkets (currently in

production and used in more than 200 cost centers) as part of the R + D + i:

o Design and Construction of Fixed Assets Management System using RFID

technology. Promoters: Supermarket Vego and Xunta de Galicia.

o Scoping Study and Technological Proposals for a Fixed Assets Management

System. Supermarkets Vego promoter

MH2: Development of technology in both terminal header and mobile television

(DVB-H). Development of a server ESG (Electronic Service Guide) for mobile TV

according to the DVB-H, development of terminal client application on Android,

convergence between IPTV and mobile TV within the projects:

o Development of an ESG / EPG in High Availability Distributed Interactive Digital

Television. Promoters LambdaStream and Xunta de Galicia.

o Hermes Mobile TV convergence scenarios. Sponsor Ministry of Industry in

partnership with Broadband Network of Andalusia (Axiom), Sogecable,

Lamdastream, Tmira Solutions and University of Castilla-La Mancha.


MH3: Developing applications for IOS devices (iPhone, iPad) within the projects:

o Henson Firmware Development. IOS application development for smart

installers HENSON rosettes. Setting up home network, running tests rosettes,

sending installation information and components deployed via email. Sponsor:

Swiss CASACOM

MH4: Developing clients for mobile devices (IOS, Android) for team-play between

set-top boxes and mobile handsets using the technology syntheractive within the

project:

o Demonstrator or Synthetic Generation of Television Channels using GPU

clusters for Definition of New Interactive Services (PGIDIT09TIC015CT), funded

by the Xunta de Galicia. 2009-2011.


6.5 [◄] Usability and Validation Methods

Development of new methodologies, tools, techniques and studies for the validation and

analysis of usability of computer systems and their application to various fields.

The technology area is focused on, first develop a line of theoretical research in the field of

usability and on the other hand, developing techniques and tools to apply theoretical research

to real problems for usability findings on computer systems.

Within the theoretical research line, are found tasks such as the definition of usability and

context of use and the development of a taxonomy to characterize those elements and

attributes that make them up. It also includes a classification of different applications or

systems, the different techniques of usability testing and the development of a methodology

of analysis that interrelates these elements.

Within the research practice line, are included the development of tools and techniques to

automate most repetitive tasks including analysis of usability. Trying to not only present the

results but analyze and criticize indicating strengths and weaknesses in terms of usability.

As regards the systems that are under study in this line, it is generally intended that everything

can be done that could be applied to any product or service, but in particular will place special

emphasis on applications. For example, try to analyze systems and desktop applications, web

applications, embedded systems, etc..



UV1: Development of methodologies, techniques and analysis tools for usability and

accessibility of websites and web applications II. Specific projects on mobile devices

Visnu: Analysis of the usability of software and electronics. It is based on a taxonomy

of its own. Application:

o Web Environments to the comprehensive analysis of navigation on a particular

website.

o mobile environments for analysis of the use of devices and applications on mobile

devices (smartphones, tablets, PDAs, ...)


UV2: Development of methodologies, techniques and analysis tools usability of

applications on mobile devices and the devices themselves.

CARAT-Counter: Software that calculates a score relating to how the driver is

complying with speed limits. Application on a mobile device to a vehicle


6.6 [◄] Digital Image Processing

The digital image processing can be defined as the set of procedures for handling and

analyzing information in a digital image through a computer. This is an extremely large area,

which encompasses many methodologies to improve the quality of the image and analyze its

content and applies to areas as diverse as biology, medicine, defense, industrial automation,

document analysis, information retrieval, engineering civil, etc.

Digital image processing is a very large area, both proposed methodologies and in their

practical applications. We will focus on the detailed definition of the objectives capable of

monitoring and those in it have proven experience.

• Ophthalmological Image Processing: Digital image processing provides an invaluable aid in

medical image processing, both in automating tedious processes such as decision support.

Among the eye images currently used by ophthalmologists are the angiograms, the fundus

images or, more recently, OCT. Specifically, ophthalmological image analysis allows the

detection of the ocular structures, the automatic measurement of characteristics and the

detection of anomalies.

• Optical images Processing: the images are photographs of the eye used by optometrists to

measure characteristics such as tear film thickness or the amount of red in the eye, and

diagnosis of diseases. These are complex images on which not relevant structures appear, such

as eyelashes or eyelids, which should be isolated so as not to influence subsequent processing.

• Biometrics and people characterization: it is an applied research field is booming due to the

increasing demand to implement security systems in both the private and public campuses. It

includes a set of techniques whose objectives are to identify an individual from a group of

people or verify their identity. This is done using techniques as diverse as fingerprint

recognition, retina, iris, face, voice, gestures, writing, hand geometry, etc..

• Civil engineering: is a field of applied research in developing new measurement techniques,

detection, feature extraction and image instrumentation, allowing a better modeling of trials

in the field of civil engineering experimentation. Some application areas are: construction

engineering, hydraulics, hydrology and ports and coasts.




SIRIUS: Retina’s image analysis; Automatic computer system for the study of

hypertensive retinal microcirculation. Development of a web application for

centralized management of patients.

The retina is the only part of the body where the vascular structure and blood flow is

observed in vivo. Medical studies have established the relationship between retinal

microcirculation and other general diseases like hypertension, diabetes or

Alzheimer's. Specifically, the arterio-venous ratio, ie the ratio between the size of

veins and arteries in the retina, is an indicator often used as a prognostic value in the

medical field. The objective of this project is to develop a web application for

centralized management of patients that incorporates a tool for automatic calculation

of the index from arterio venous fundus images following established protocols in the

literature. From a color fundus, the application addresses the automatic detection of

trace optical disc and a set of concentric circles that structure. Then extracted vessel

segments that intersect the circumferences of interest and measuring their size.

Furthermore, loss of vessel segments is classified into artery or vein by color intensity,

as well as medical experts. Finally, it calculates the arteriovenous index according to

different mathematical methods. The web application will monitor the status of

patients and also provide a centralized environment that will enable the medical

studies involving different hospitals.

SEDAM: Automatic Detection Expert System Macular Area. Development of a tool to

extract the macula of the human eye automatically from retinal for further analysis.

Analysis of pathologies in the image generated near the macula.

The macula or fovea is the area of the retina where the greatest number of

photoreceptors and, therefore, where visual acuity is greater. In the images or retinal

fundus appears as a circular area near the optic nerve and a darker color. The presence

of ocular pathologies near the macula, such as bleeding or Druze, poses a risk for

vision. This project addresses the task of developing an automated tool that allows to

extract automatically the macula from retinal for further analysis.

The localization process of the macula is based on studies on the shape and

arrangement of the ocular structures. First, we analyze the arterio-venous vascular

tree and determine which are the main vessels (vessels thicker) appearing on the


retina. Below, these main vessels fit a polynomial model and determining the area of

interest to the location of the optic disc. Once located, segmented optic disc, fit the

main vessels and the optic disc to a parabolic model. This model allows for an area of

interest for the location of the macula. Finally, it is extracted by using the macula

correlation filters.

Human behavior analysis: New research focused in human behavior analysis in

video sequences with multiple targets. A robust tracking system is needed to perform

the analysis. Two issues have to be solved: target collisions and occlusions. A collision

occurs when two or more targets interact within the scene. The system have to control

this situations, in order to avoid possible exchange of identifiers. We have developed a

full multiple-target tracking system that can deal with people collisions and occlusions.

The system is also able to be trained to detect other objects of interest.

We are currently working on the target

path detection and characterization. The

system includes a module for abnormal

behavior detection that can work with or

without any a priori information about the

environment. A module of detection of

usual paths, including frequency

information, is also developed.


6.7 [◄] Wireless Communications Systems

The objective of this technological area is the development of technologies, applications and

data transmission services through wireless media. It covers a wide spectrum of topics ranging

from the most theoretical signal processing and communications, to the more practical

implementation of new wireless services, through prototyping communications terminal

equipment.

Undoubtedly, wireless communications are today the most dynamic and fastest growing in the

ICT Technologies of Information and Communications Technology (ICT). Proof of this is the

enormous economic and social impacts that have led to technologies such as mobile telephony

(GSM, 3G, LTE ...), the wireless Internet access (WiFi, WiMAX ...) systems, wireless connection

of peripherals (Bluetooth, Ultrawideband, ...) or wireless sensor networks.

However, despite impressive advances in recent years, still need to work on new technologies

capable of improving the performance of wireless networks in terms of transmission speed,

delay, expense, cost and coverage so we can address successfully the formidable challenges

posed by emerging applications

In this sense the working lines of the present technological area are:

Iterative techniques and adaptive signal processing for estimation, synchronization

and interference cancellation in wireless communications. Transmission systems with

multi-antenna technologies (MIMO).

Construction of testbeds for the evaluation of wireless transmission schemes.

Prototyping of wireless communications terminal equipment using technologies SDR

(Software Defined Radio).

Technologies RFID (Radio Frequency Identification).

Wireless networks of sensors and information systems context.

Wireless communications between vehicles.

GNU Radio Technologies.

Positioning systems and indoor location.




BIGPeel, Dixital Peel Building: Designing a system for early detection of diseases of

the building based on intelligent sensor networks.

The project's main objective is the design, evaluation of the robustness and efficiency

of a system for early detection of pathologies in the construction, using intelligent

sensor networks. Among the stated requirements is the need for a low power enabling

it to work longer without recharging the system batteries.

With this system it is possible to analyze the behavior of structures (buildings,

bridges,dams, ...) with the passage of time or after a traumatic event (eg an

earthquake)

GNUTEST: Experimental Platform Based on GNU Radio Communication Systems and

Location. The goal of this project is the development of an SDR architecture based on

GNU Radio, to develop a series of experimental platforms. The experimental platforms

will serve as a means of assessing: physical layer of a narrowband standard such as

WiMAX/LTE and positioning/locating techniques based on ad-hoc systems.

Mowi: Design, Development and Improvement of Mobile WiMAX interface. Air

interface for military tactical communications and broadband wireless.

The objective of this project is the design and implementation of an air interface for

wireless tactical communications and broadband based on WiMAX, taking as its

starting point the physical layer specification of the Mobile WiMAX standard (IEEE

802.16e-2005).

This project will make changes to this physical layer to cover the requirements

identified for a hostile environment communications. As a result, you get up the

communications system of the physical layer, MAC layer implementing tailored to a

tactical scenario. The specific objectives pursued by the project are:

o Theoretical analysis: We performed a detailed analysis of the MAC layer

communication standard IEEE 802.16e-2005 and the network architecture

proposed by the WiMAX Forum.


o Implementation with RDS: Using a platform of Software Defined Radio (SDR),

developed by the research group, was achieved implementation of

reconfigurable and reprogrammable DSP / FPGA of that platform.

SMARTEPIS: Workplace Safety and Control Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Based on technologies WBAN (Wireless Body Area Network), RFID and mesh networks.

The importance of safety in the workplace has increased dramatically in recent years.

Thus, both authorities and organizations have been concerned to establish security

policies both at work.

The SMART-project EPIS actively sought to prevent workplace accidents with the

correct use of PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) at construction sites. That is why

this project concerns the construction of a wireless sensor network capable of

detecting use of protective devices by workers and store that information in order to

carry out more checks on workers in a more efficient, convenient, effective and with

less expense of contracting services for the prevention of occupational risks (often

outside the company).

We used a ZigBee mesh network, consisting of nodes that will become one of the

workers. Each of these nodes was composed of a microcontroller board based on Free

Hardware Arduino project (Open Source Hardware, OSHW), along with a number of

readers that enable RFID (Radio Frequency Identification, RFID) and a radio module

XBee. To develop the communication protocol between nodes via XBee library will be

used open-source for Arduino XBee API, implemented in C++. The GUI of the

application coordinator and will manage the database against which act the wireless

sensor network will be developed as a desktop application using Java Swing and open-

source library for Java API XBee

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2. Projects with components on mobile devices

MISCOM: Smart Marketing in Commercial Areas. Location techniques and

technologies for indoor environments. Smart business techniques based on human

behavior and Web-oriented technologies (WOA).

The project Platform Marketing Advanced Intelligent Surfaces Commercial MISCOM,

innovative technology provide a solution under the Future Internet paradigm, based

on the latest technologies for indoor location with advanced techniques of human

behavior patterns and Web-oriented architectures (WOA) to help these companies

improve their customer relationships by offering a more personalized and therefore

more competitive.

The project stems from the need to differentiate sector and improve its

competitiveness through smart marketing techniques and offer more personalized

service, and has as main goal the development of an Advanced Intelligent Marketing

platform applicable to improving the customer shopping experience and design

marketing strategies that take into account the buying patterns and other data of

interest. The platform technology pillars are MISCOM localization techniques and

technologies for indoor environments, smart business techniques based on human

behavior and Web-oriented technologies (WOA), which will enable the development

of applications such as customer behavior analysis or knowledge of patterns of travel

for the redesign of layouts. It will also be possible to measure the current and

historical behavior: No customer visit time slot, by area ... and establish customer

service based on location. Examples of such services would be a browser smart

shopping carts to facilitate the visit with information on the amount of the purchase,

daily specials, automatic generation of a list / purchase path based on consumer

habits, confirmation of the list final procurement and electronic payment

authorization thereof, etc.

Smard: Software remote monitoring and alerting for dependents.

Real-Time Location Sistem (RTLS) indoor: System for indoor location on

Android. GPRS API, API Sensor API WiFi, Bluetooth API and open source.

WICROPS (Wireless Internet of CROPS): The project addresses WICROPS

design and development of innovative telemetry solutions based on Internet concepts

and Web of Things, as a facilitating tool for precision farming techniques in farms in

regions typically smallholders (SMEs and micro), contributing to the development of

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sustainable agriculture. Using technologies WSN

(Wireless Sensor Networks) to support IP

architectures WOA (Web Oriented Architecture) and

GIS data will be possible for the evolution of critical

parameters of the operation are available at all times

(real time), place (remotely via Internet) and through

any device (PDA, mobile, PC ...), all with minimal impact, low power and low cost

(compared to other wireless technologies like GPRS), so the manager can make

decisions time, thus obtaining a double benefit: economic and environmental.

The project will enable agricultural SMEs with limited resources to manage the

evolution of their crops through simple Web tools, helping and encouraging the

development process and implementation of ICT in business and the inclusion of more

and more entities in the Information Society. In fact, the project scope includes

validation on farms of Galicia and Asturias, and technology transfer to industry.

WICROPS not only serve as a means to provide tools to individually agricultural SMEs

but on the contrary, is intended to their potential use collectively.

The development paradigm based on the "Internet of things" and "WOA service

architectures" will make possible and facilitate the flow of information and access to

two-way, through Internet, so that the system itself can feed data External and

services of interest, and at the same time, the culture data may be integrated into

external databases available to different agents related to agricultural production

(regional governments, local, national, consulting firms, cooperatives ...).

ZIGSEA: Wireless Sensor Network Modeling by ZigBee technology for environmental

monitoring in coastal areas and rivers.

The ZIGSEA project sought to obtain wireless sensor networks models applicable to

environmental monitoring based on emerging technologies such as ZigBee, with the

aim of acquiring new knowledge for the design and development of equipment and

telemetry and remote control solutions for efficient and competitive. The work

seemed completed analysis of the adequacy of Mobile WiMAX technology to the

design of wireless sensor networks, in order to bridge longer distances. This is claimed


to be able to design new solutions based on these technologies, thus anticipating the

demand of potential clients.

The ZIGSEA project consisted in the design of wireless sensor networks for

environmental monitoring applicable to the design and development of equipment

and solutions for telemetry and telecontrol efficient and competitive, transmitting

values to a data collection center for alerting prediction.

SeaMAX: Evaluation of Mobile WiMAX systems in coastal environments through

field testing and channel emulator.

One of the latest demands of the maritime sector is the need for broadband

communications reliable, robust and economically competitive. Traditional

technologies that use the HF bands present problems

related to the limited bandwidth, while the cellular mobile

access technologies 2G and 3G are not sufficient to meet

current needs in these scenarios, mainly due to high

latency in connections and limitations on coverage

distances. Other access technologies such as VSAT, have

severe limitations associated with the high cost of equipment and maintenance of the

service, the difficulty of aiming the antennas in the marine boundary and the

asymmetric nature of teleconferencing.

This project proposes as an alternative to address these deficiencies in developing

solutions around WiMAX access technology. The major communications equipment

manufacturers are betting OFDM design equipment for home use indoor / outdoor,

ignoring its implementation in professional circles as the sea, where a large number of

customers (security services, pleasure boats and fishing, sensors, telemetry, industrial

marine, etc ...).


This project evaluates the functioning and performance of mobile systems based on

IEEE 802.16e (Mobile WiMAX) in coastal maritime boundaries. This is achieved through

the shipping channel emulator that allows real-time testing WiMAX terminal

equipment in a laboratory without the need for costly deployments in a real

scenario.In addition to improving existing telecontrol systems, telemetry and

command, the project will contribute to the revitalization of the communications

sector professionals (customs surveillance, control port, maritime rescue teams, etc

...), and act as a tractor for the establishment new business opportunities for wireless

operators specializing in coverage of coastal areas (tourism, nautical events, security,

etc ...) and continental shelf (fishing).

TECOMVEH: Technologies of Mobility and Vehicular Communications. TECOMVEH studying networks and service platforms in

the environment of road transport, with the aim of

reducing road accidents and up to 50% by 2010. For

this, the research focuses on three main levels: basic technology, engineering and

service on the experimental scenarios that validate the developments made.

The TECOMVEH project aims to contribute to research into new communications

systems and services based on mobile communications and vehicular environments, in

line with the work being carried out at European level (Car2Car) and USA (V2V).

Following these guidelines TECOMVEH concentrated on aspects of nomadic

technologies at high speeds, Zigbee, WiFi and WiMAX Mobile, roaming between

networks using low interconnection protocols, hardware and Mobile WiMAX Spanish,

which was developed in the project scope.

ICT is a great opportunity to provide solutions that help preserve road safety. Different

studies claim that the intelligent road safety systems to reduce the proportion of car

accidents due to human error by 95%.TECOMVEH aims to investigate the provision of

services in vehicular environments through available networks in a heterogeneous,

making optimal use of them and getting the provision of mobile services. To do this,

try different access technologies as cellular, WiFi and WiMAX, as well as provision of

mobile services such as vehicle monitoring signals.

To finish the project, will be demonstrated to verify the technical feasibility of these

systems and communications vehicle for unmanned traffic management, and so certify

that the new systems are within the European objectives of the Framework

Programme. As a novelty, TECOMVEH wants to encourage online communication, and

for that its participants have a website where projects will be hanging for sharing and

where they can improve the work


6.8 [◄] Web Information Systems (WIS)

The Web information systems are useful in a number of areas. This Technological Area is

specialized in the use of Web information systems for building digital libraries, e-Government

applications, e-commerce applications. Among its applications may include the following:

Management systems with applications in multiple areas: territory, logistics, ...

Web and e-commerce portals.

Document management, digital libraries, newspaper libraries, documentation centers

Digital content. Solutions not only PCs but also for devices.

The increase in available bandwidth Internet connections, and the inclusion of new

technologies in web browsers, has allowed leaving the traditional information systems built

with desktop applications to pass information systems based on web applications running and

displayed on a web server. Clear examples of these applications are initiatives such as Google

Apps (Docs, Sites, Calendar, etc...), Applications like social networks, Flickr, etc.. Today, the

best way to deploy a client-server in an organization or the general public is through a web

application.

However, the development of a Web information system requires knowledge and control of a

large number of techniques and technologies: from technologies for the rapid construction of

Web information systems to techniques for designing user interfaces agile, flexible and

accessible. Learn to use these techniques and technologies are a key success factor for any

company in the sector.


1. General projects and components on mobile devices by topic:

Management Software:

Consuldat LOPD: Management System for

compliance with the Data Protection Act by a

company or institution. Promoter Consuldat

Solutions S.L. This application records all

information concerning a company's

compliance with the Organic Law on Data


Protection. Also, automatically generates the resulting security document and

registers the files telematics company in the Spanish Agency for Data Protection.

Web portals and eCommerce:

SW1: Socio-Pedagogical Association Galician http://www.as-pg.com/

SW2: Paper Cluster

SW3: Tourist Platform for Municipalities: "Implementation of locating and calculating

way do next waypoints for mobile devices".

The project aims at expanding a product developed by the LBD Group in the past that

allows you to manage and geo-referencing information of interest to a set of business

of a geographical area so that the public Internet can access them, not only by the

introduction of information each item, but also through a map that appear located, in

addition to seeing their position relative to other points of cultural and natural

heritage. The Laboratory Database participated in the activities of analysis, design and

features definition of the application bringing its expertise in the design and

development of geographic information systems. The Laboratory Database also

participated in the task of controlling and monitoring the development entity acting as

the external quality control.

The platform has one complete database with

information introducing y geolocation of the

elements y patrimonial tourism (cultural heritage,

natural heritage, tourist routes, Fiesta y

establecemientos tour), as well as a huge media

repository that includes photos y videos related

dichos elements, tells ofreciendo information in 4 languages apart from Galician. He

Also cuenta site with one private administration section, dirigida al personnel

responsible for the management of contents, which will keep updated the information

he y increase the number of items of interest.

http://www.turismo.aestrada.com

FarmaIglesias: WeApplication of Web commerce.

Supported by the BD y Tecnología desarrollada in J2EE,

comply with the Data Protection Act LSSI y, applicable to

such sites.http://www.farmaiglesias.com/

Document Management Software

SW4: Association of Galician-language writers. Auto-administrable Web Solution for

the dissemination of information for them y writers of the writers association.

http://www.aelg.org/

Web solution for disseminating information from the writers of the association.

SW5: Archives of the Royal Galician Academy

http://www.realacademiagalega.org/Hemeroteca/Revistas.do?letter=none

http://www.as-pg.com/

http://www.turismo.aestrada.com/

http://www.farmaiglesias.com/

http://www.aelg.org/

http://www.realacademiagalega.org/Hemeroteca/Revistas.do?letter=none


SW6: Emblematic Literature Digital Library

It consists of the newspaper to check it Magazines acronym XIX of the RAG that

contains 29 magazines with their numbers, articles and authors. If implemented with a

workflow system for the power of the digital library that allows you to:

o Allocation y specification tasks (scanning,

cataloging, OCR, correction).

o Management of automated results.

o Control the evolution of them tasks.

o Effective control of resources.

o Reports of the dedication of every one of

them involved people

SW7: Galician Virtual Library http://bvg.udc.es/

This project has three objectives:

1.- To keep the BVG working, which implies the management of the daily news.

2.- To upgrade the software of the Virtual Travel section, which is supported by a

Geographic Information system, and the software of the Library section.

3.- To increase the collection of the Library

Documentation Center of AELG Educational systems software

Self-administered web solution for the dissemination of information from the writers,

AELG partners and their work. It has space for biography and complete bibliography,

also have other spaces available as: library, video library, book review blogs, learning

space (with points and workshops) and publications in press or any other document

(article, recession, introduction, criticism, etc..) that the author or author produces

http://bvg.udc.es/


SW8: Educational games (Trivial, Scattergories, Scrabble, ...)

http://www.as-pg.com/trivial.gz/ShowAuthentication.do


Management Software:

Syntirisis-web: Application Management support orders. Registration and

processing incidents. Combined with application web platform on mobile devices.

Sponsor: Vegalsa, Management application support orders made with technology. Net.

Available from supermarkets and self Vegalsa Family, supermarkets and allows

maintenance technicians to record and process maintenance incidents relating to the

assets of the company.

Digital contents

Comics for Iphone and Ipad: iPhone and IPad Application for displaying comic

books in different languages with the ability to turn the sound with background music.

You can browse the full catalog and buy comics and updated from within the

application.

http://www.as-pg.com/trivial.gz/ShowAuthentication.do

http://www.enxenio.es/estaticas/ver.htm?id=59

http://www.as-pg.com/letradas.gz


Digital Tree Guide: In addition to being consulted to access textual information

and illustrations of the species, this guide to identify a tree by its characteristics. It was

developed for the web, mobile phones and other J2ME Android, where you can install

and use without an Internet connection.

Educational systems software

SIXA: Academic Management System for teachers and the school. Notebook virtual

teaching program, skills, absences, reports, etc.. It has applications with different

features depending on user profile (Address, faculty, administration and Families).

Web platform for mobile devices and faculty profile.

The main products of this family are:

o Computer System-Academic Management (SIXA) application that gives the

family name. Allows complete management of all information related to the

academic development of students (grades, absences, reports, etc.), and the

intercommunication of all this information with XadeWeb and with families of

students. It consists of different modules (SIXA Directors, SIXA Teachers, SIXA

Administration, SIXA Families SIXA Mobile and Portable), each of which is

driven to a different profile and functions within the center.

o Schedule-SIXA, is designed so that schools can send XadeWeb schedules

created by Kronowin or Peñalara, avoiding the tedious task of manually enter.

o SIXA-SMS facilitates the sending of SMS both the families of students at the

school as teachers. The system communicates with XadeWeb to obtain the

data center's students and their families as well as the lack of assistance; the

application is also able to send via SMS.

http://www.baiaedicions.net/galego/baia-verde/as-50-mais-comuns/arbores.html?


6.9 [◄] Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Geographic information systems are large software systems that store information in an

integrated alphanumeric and geographic giving them great potential for development of

applications in very different areas. Thus, this type of computer systems by providing data on

the territory associated with the mapping of it, are an ideal infrastructure for a wide range of

applications of great interest and valuable to both the government and for different types of

businesses. For example, from cadastral management to urban planning, through land

consolidation, these systems provide not only the different public administrations to improve

their internal processes but also to the public to convey this information in a very simple Web

posting.

On the other hand a wide range of companies can benefit from the technology of geographic

information systems as this is useful not only for companies directly related to the work in the

territory (surveying and engineering firms) but also companies with fleets of cars or trucks with

routes to be optimized as the geographic information system can be implemented route

optimization algorithms, calculation of travel times, etc..

The technological characteristics of the research are:

Based entirely on open source domain but with major market commercial tools

(ArcGIS, ...)

Client-server architectures.

Applications interoperable and extensible.

Modular architecture based on standards defined by ISO services and OGC.

Information Systems aimed at creating a data infrastructure (SDI), following the

directives of INSPIRE.

The lines of work and research in this technological area are:

Background information GIS +

Urban Planning.

Land consolidation.

Management of expropriations

Impact of public performances.

Environmental Impact.

Distribution routes.


Geo-referenced Asset Management.

Geo-marketing.

Tourism promotion.



EIEL: Management tool for the Survey of Local Infrastructure and Equipments

The LBD team participated in the development of geographic information tool gisEIEL

application that allows managing all the information that is collected and is currently

being used in three Galician provinces and three in the rest of Spain .

o It has advanced tools for digitizing / editing to enable the maintenance of

geographic databases. • Includes tools for spatial analysis.

o Provides access to OGC services (WMS, WFS, WCS).

o Enables the generation of maps and reports in a simple

BDT-EIEL: Web application publishing information of BDT-EIEL

LBD team participated in the project of creating the web viewer-generated

information EIEL:

o Allows viewing of geographic information on the web through different

technologies: AJAX, Java Applets and Google Maps.

o Facilitates the user mapping in several standard formats such as GML or KML

(Google Earth).

o Give the user the ability to print maps online and download maps and predefined

reports.

o Has ability to access services and catalog metadata Nomenclature.

o It is built on Spatial Data Infrastructure of A Coruña (ideAC) node belonging to IDEE

(Spatial Data Infrastructure of Spain).


Sixespro: Management System of forced expropriation procedures.

Tool that provides all the functionality necessary for data management and reporting:

o Automatic import of parcel information, headlines, and the scope of the proposed

expropriation.

o Automatic calculation with GIS technology, parcels, and property owners affected

by a particular field of expropriation.

o Generation of chips, maps and reports of the management process of

expropriation.

2. Projects with components on mobile devices

Around me: Platform for the promotion of tourist service companies in integrating

natural and cultural environment in which they are using technology of geographic

information systems. This makes it possible to get what elements of natural and cultural

interest are in the vicinity of a particular tourist accommodation or tourist facilities which

are located within 2 miles of beach and near a main road.


MeteoSIX mobile: georeferenced weather information The mobile application is available MeteoSIX project to Android OS devices and, since July

25, 2012, also for IOS (iPhone and iPod Touch natively, and iPhone compatibility mode).

Allows users to view weather and oceanographic prediction provided by numerical

prediction models run by MeteoGalicia.

The mobile application allows for the prediction MeteoSIX for any point of Galicia and its

coast in three ways:

o Using the device's current position

o Selecting the point of interest on the map

o Doing a search by the name of the place. Currently you can search for people and

institutions beaches.

Also the application allows you to save favorite places, and thus access to his prediction

directly. In addition, users can choose to view the forecast for each hour or a shortened

version, and can select a large number of variables: temperature, sky condition, wind

speed, water temperature, wave height, etc.. The application for Android also includes a

widget for users who want to have on the desktop of your device's prediction for one of

his favorite places permanently.


6.10 [◄]Distributed Systems and Service Oriented

Architectures (SOA)

The work in this area is the analysis, modelling, development, validation, verification and

performance evaluation of systems consisting of distributed software agents logically or

physically on a computer network.

This technological area pursued the analysis, modelling, development, validation, verification

and performance evaluation of systems consisting of distributed software agents logically or

physically on a computer network.

In recent years, the importance of distributed applications and network services has become

increasingly important to the point that today does not mean an application as an entity

isolated from the rest of the world. The competition inherent in such systems complicates

development and correction.

The need to address two conflicting challenges: (a) improving software quality, in terms of

availability and performance and (b) reducing costs throughout the development life cycle

(make reliable software cheaper and more reliable cheap software) and, in particular, reduced

time-to-market of new network services encourages the R & D effort to achieve methods,

techniques and tools that enable these challenges.

One of the objectives of the telecommunications industry is the deployment of service-

oriented networks to a level of 5 nines availability (99.999%), but the development and

subsequent validation of these complex concurrent and distributed systems is extremely

difficult and costly.

Among the differential lines in the technological area include:

Use of distributed functional paradigm for building executable models and the latest

implementation of highly available services.

Identification of design patterns and reusable components to standardize solutions to

recurring problems in the various stages of development.

Use of formal methods in a pragmatic way in the software life cycle, for example to

automatically validate or certify the system's behaviour based on formally specified

properties on it.

The technological area is interested in both the physical models and architectures that support

these concurrent and distributed systems (computer network, computer cluster, multi-core


systems, etc..) And various logic models to define service-oriented architectures (client / server

P2P, cloud computing, etc..).


1. General projects with components on mobile devices:

HENSON Firmware Development: Development of intelligent control

software for rosettes of communication within the digital home.

Advertise: Distributed system for real-time scheduling of advertising. Segmentation

campaigns target user as defined by decision rules.


6.11 [◄] Advanced Visualization

The Advanced Visualization for computer allows digitally recreate situations and real-world

objects, giving them associating behavior and to present information in a visual and interactive

for the user. This area is centered around the science of Computer Graphics Area thrives on a

range of technologies, including: Real-time visualization, simulation. Virtual and Augmented

Reality, Virtual Worlds. Gigapixel Image, Video 360, rendering engine development and

algorithmic computer graphics. Design interfaces, displays, interactive installations, natural

interaction.

The Advanced Visualization is one of the most common ICT and transverse character. Its

application covers all areas of the industry, from the building to audiovisual content, to

military simulation, archeology or biomedical sciences. The universal need to visualize the

process and results therefore become a technology in great demand.

CITIC has several research groups working in this field, in areas such as software development

for video on demand, the industrial simulation, virtual reconstruction of the historical, the

visualization of construction projects, the three-dimensional representation of the territory,

development of Virtual Reality systems and the design of man-machine interfaces based on

image analysis, among other projects of direct application of computer graphics technology

that required visual support for implementation and presentation of results.



citic3D: 3D visualization of the interior and exterior CITIC building.

You can see it in the web: http://videalab.udc.es/es/node?page=1

http://videalab.udc.es/es/node?page=1


6.12 [◄]High Performance Computing (HPC)

This Technological area develops research projects on computer architecture, high

performance computing (HPC), scientific visualization and mobile robotics.

The main lines of research in recent years have focused on:

• High-Performance Computing (HPC):

high-speed Java communications:

Communications Software low latency for high-performance networks

Reduced response time and parallel distributed applications in Java

Applications to the financial sector / trading, energy, defense / space

• Models computer graphics and scientific visualization.

o Land hybrid visualization: applications in land management, agroforestry inventory,

forecasting weather risks ...

o Supercomputing / GPUs based simulation: applications for mobile devices, reducing

the power consumption in mobile applications, financial calculations ...

• Cloud computing.

o Integration of computational resources in clouds hybrid public / private.

o Data-intensive applications in the cloud.




SITEGAL: Land information systems of Galicia. Tool-Web GIS public access is a public

land bank to promote your rent to increase productivity of rural farms in Galicia. It is

an ambitious initiative to mobilize large social impact agricultural land. S

The Land Bank of Galicia is an instrument created by the Conseil of Rural Environment

which aims to regulate the use and development of farms with agricultural vocation,

with the dual aim of preventing them abandonment and disposal of all those who

need land for agriculture, livestock, forestry, nature conservation and other uses of

heritage interest. The main function of the Land Bank is to stimulate and mediate

between the people who own land and those in need and provide assurance,

confidence and security in the management and farm use.

You can see the application in the web: http://www.bantegal.com/sitegal/

EIEL: Geo-referenced System for access to the inventory of existing infrastructure

and facilities. You can see the application in the web: http://webeiel.dicoruna.es/

GAL

http://www.bantegal.com/sitegal/

http://webeiel.dicoruna.es/


6.13 [◄] Statistics Applied Mathematics and Operative

Research

The objective of this research area are nonparametric inference, game theory and applications

of Statistics and Operations Research in general. Another of the goals is to develop and

transfer research activities in the field of mathematical models and numerical methods for

solving real problems and industrial and commercial applications. The study of problems

ranging from mathematical modeling of processes and products, through mathematical

analysis thereof and the design of more efficient numerical methods for resolution, until the

implementation of computer algorithms for simulation of processes with computer

applications, with the possibility of using computational tools high performance when the

required computational cost.

The main lines of research in recent years have focused on:

Statistics and Operations Research

o Statistics

Statistical models: Troubleshooting industrial, environmental, health, social, ...

Forecast of electricity demand and price using nonparametric methods

Survival Analysis Applications in Biology and Medicine

Applications of Thermogravimetry estimate

Statistical Quality Control and Reliability Analysis

Survival analysis

Statistical Quality Control (production processes, reducing costs, ...)

Reliability Analysis (process design and manufacturing, machinery failure time,

lifetime ...)

o Operations Research (OR)

Mathematical programming and applications

Planning logistics models

Optimal design of routes

Inventory Management

Arbitration


Applied Mathematics

o mathematical models in engineering and applied sciences

hydrodynamic lubrication in rigid devices

deformable devices Elastohydrodynamic Lubrication

cavitation phenomena in lubrication

o Mathematical Models in Finance, Health, ...

Rating derivatives of type options: European, American, Asian, discrete and

continuous barrier

Valuation of investments under uncertainty

o Mathematical Analysis of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)

o numerical methods: analysis and programming

o Numerical simulation of processes



MTH1: Nonparametric Statistical Inference: Applications in thermal analysis, credit risk,

weed science and genomics.

MTH2: Mathematical analysis and numerical simulation for acoustic problems: reducing

acoustic noise emitted and flows.

MTH3: Mathematical modeling and numerical simulation of processes in quantitative

finance and mechanics.


7. Facilities The CITIC has two modular and intelligent buildings with an area of 3.200m2 where businesses

are located, researchers and collaborators. The different research groups are distributed in

open spaces. Researchers have meeting rooms of different features, equipped with audiovisual

equipment (projector, whiteboard, whiteboard), which are used by a reservation system

through the intranet of CITIC. Some of these rooms, at present, are usually reserved for the

implementation of demonstration projects as a showroom.

CITIC also features:

Deployment Center and Data Processing Center (DPC)

Updated and heterogeneous equipment on which tests are

performed, pilots, demonstrations and pre-commercial

deployments.. Compares and debug features, determine the

impact by adding new features, load testing and evaluating

performance of systems in different hardware and software configurations.

Digital Video Laboratory

Professional equipment throughout the audiovisual chain which

allows the acquisition, distribution and consumption in different

scenarios of interactive digital television (DVB-T, DVB-C, IPTV, DVB-H).

Broadcast station TDT (DVB-T, DVB-H)

Facility for issuing experimental content and services (DVB-T) and

mobile TV (DVB-H) for R & D projects related to interactive digital TV.

Living Lab

The living lab recreates a modern apartment connected

through different access technologies (VDSL, cable and fiber to

the home). It displays real scenarios validate technology in the

home with the check on the usability of end technology

products and services developed.


8. References As Research Center of the ICT sector, the CITIC works to boost the synergy of Science-

Technology and as a meeting point projecting University-Industry R & D to the business area

through the Technology Transfer. Due to the nature of the research groups that make up the

CITIC, selected through competitive grant programs among those with a greater potential for

technology transfer within the ICT University of A Coruña, collaborations with industrial fabric

are common, from the departments of R & D companies to share facilities physically regime in

the rental building at CITIC Technology Park University (R Cable, Altis and Igalia), companies

that participate in consortia with business groups of CITIC (eg, calls of Plan Avanza R & D) or

companies that perform contract R & D through the management company of CITIC (Indra,

Blusens, Guess, R Cable, CINFO, LambdaStream, Altis, GALSEG Group, Vego supermarket, ITG,

Proyestegal, hobbies, CIS, ...).


8. Experience in European Projects

GTEC

Title: Acción integrada de Investigación Científica y Tecnológica entre España y Austria

Reference: AT2009-0014 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación.

Participants: Universidad de A Coruña y Technical University of Vienna

Date: 01/01/2010- 31/12/2011

Global Budget : 12.000 €

Main Researcher: Luis Castedo Ribas

Abstract:

Recently, the Grupo de Tecnología Electrónica y Comunicaciones (GTEC) at the University of A

Coruña (UDC) started a collaboration with the research group led by prof. Markus Rupp at the

Technical University of Vienna (TUWien) in the form of a five-month stay at Vienna of a Spanish

researcher to participate in a series of measurements campaigns to evaluate the performance

of the MIMO HSDPA radio interface under realistic conditions. The success of this visit has

motivated us to propose the present project aimed at carrying out further experiments to

evaluate the performance of the MIMO radio interface for the next generation cellular wireless

standard 3GPP LTE. Three types of measurements campaigns have been scheduled for 2010

and 2011: point-to-point measurements; point-to-multipoint measurements; and point-to-

multipoint with interference measurements.

Both research groups have a long-standing experience in the realm of wireless communications

and the construction of hardware testbeds for the assessment of MIMO technologies. Yet, the

group at TUWien is recognized as one of the most outstanding in the field and is equipped with

the adequate expensive infrastructure to carry out the measurement campaigns. From the

Spanish side, the integrated action will allow GTEC members to visit TUWien and participate in

the experiments. From the Austrian side, it will support visitors trips for analyzing the collected

data and discuss the obtained results

Title: Enhanced diversity and Space-time Coding for metrO and Railway Transmission

(ESCORT)

Call: Unión Europea (contrato IST-1999-20006), Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología (referencia

TIC2000-2607-CE) y Xunta de Galicia (referencia PGIDT01TIC10501PM).

Participants: Thomson-CSF, INRETS, Univ. Lille, IMST, CEIT, RATP, Metro Bilbao, UDC

Date: 1/11/2000 - 30/6/2002

Global Budget: 120.102,99 € (98.136 € UE, 9.976,80 € MCYT y 11.990,19 € XUGA)

Main Researcher: Luis Castedo Ribas

Abstract:

In the guided urban transport domain, there are increasing needs of communications means

due to:

the growing complexity of the command and control installations in metros, Ø the

necessity to increase capacity and efficiency of existing lines Ø the need to optimise


the management of these lines, Ø the need to enhance the security feeling of

customers by offering information and entertainment services.

The need to realize phone and video transmission

ESCORT aims at studying the feasibility of using multiple antennas together with GSM

technology in railway environments. More specific objectives are:

Analysis of multiantenna GSM propagation in narrow tunnels

Analysis of diversity techniques for capacity and reliability increase

Analysis of radio planning aspects

You can see the web the project http://www.escortsproject.eu/

MADS

Title: OPTIBAND-Optimization of Bandwidth for IPTV video streaming

Call: Unión Europea (7th Framework Programme, STREP FP7-ICT-2009-4)

Date: 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2012

Budget UDC: 68.182,00 € Global Budget(UDC): 126.688,00 €

Main Researcher (UDC): Víctor M. Gulías Fernández

Abstract:

European project called OptiBand (INFSO-ICT-248495). OptiBand focused on optimizing the

bandwidth of IPTV for the delivery of multiple HD streams over a single ADSL line, and by that

enabling multiple HD channels per household. OptiBand has conducted in-depth research and

development regarding the efficient distribution of video content using smart data drop

algorithm within the telecommunication aggregation networks, while preserving quality of

experience according to both objective and subjective metrics. You can see the web the project

http://optiband-project.eu/

http://www.escortsproject.eu/

http://optiband-project.eu/


Title: PROTEST: Property-based Testing (FP7-ICT-2007-1, Grant Agreement Nº 215868)

Call: Unión Europea (7th Framework Programme, STREP FP7-ICT-2009-4)

Date: 01/01/2010 to 31/12/2012 Total Costs(Lambda): 125.944,50 €

Main Researcher: Víctor M. Gulías

Abstract:

The ProTest project successfully achieved goal was to deliver methods and tools to support property-based development of systems. The project partners developed software engineering approaches to improve reliability of service-oriented networks, to support fault-finding and diagnosis based on specified properties of the system, and built automated tools that generate and run tests, monitor execution at run-time, and log events for analysis. You can see the web the project: http://www.protest-project.eu/

Title: PROWESS-Propertybased testing of Web services (negotiation phase) Call: Unión Europea (7th Framework Programme, STREP FP7-ICT-2011-8) Date: 01/10/2012 to 31/09/2015 Main Researcher (UDC): Laura M. Castro Souto Abstract: This project will develop advanced software engineering technologies suitable for the networked, distributed dimension of software and access to services and data. Specifically, we will develop approaches to improve quality assurance: the challenge is to reduce time spent on testing, whilst increasing software quality, in order to quickly launch new, or enhancements of existing, web services and internet applications. We aim to automate quality assurance, reducing its cost and improving effectiveness, based on properties of the system that should hold. Thus, we will develop this property-based testing for web services and internet applications in order to achieve a real improvement of testing efficiency. We will enable testing to be compositional, and we will simplify creation and understanding of test models. We will develop techniques to compare multiple implementations, and to support testing of constantly evolving systems. We will address non-functional requirements such as performance requirements. Finally, we will define software assurance criteria that are compatible with property-based testing to ensure the highest quality assurance. Title: ANALYSIS PENETRATION OF ICT AND PROMOTION OF e-COMMERCE WITHIN SMEs BELONGING TO THE AQUACULTURE STRATEGIC SECTOR OF THE ATLANTIC AREA (e-AQUA) Call: UE, INTERREG III-B Espacio Atlántico 014-e-AQUA 2003; Other call: Regional Grant of Galician Goverment posterior (PGIDIT04PXIC1050PM) Date: 01/10/2003 to 31/12/2005 Main Researcher (UDC): Víctor M. Gulías Fernández Abstract: The main objective of this project was to encourage the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) and to promote e-commerce by all the economic players of the aquaculture strategic sector. Research about the status and possibilities for developing ICT in the Atlantic aquaculture sector was developed in order to gain reliable knowledge of the degree to which ICT, Internet and e-commerce have been deployed by SMEs and were operative in the participating Atlantic regions. The analysis checked the pros and cons found by the aquaculture SMEs in the usage of ICT and e-commerce for their activities. Partners analysed the ICT situation, their expectations and needs within 22 SMEs by country. You can see the web the project: http://www.e-aqua.org/

http://www.protest-project.eu/

http://www.e-aqua.org/


LIDIA

Title: Low Carbon at Work: Modelling Agents and Organizations to achieve transition to a

Low carbon Europe (LOCAW)

Call: 7th Framework Programme Código: ENV.2010.4.3.4-1 Grant Agreement 265155

Participants: UDC, Sapienza Universitá de Roma (Italia), West University of

Timisoara,(Rumanía), The James Hutton Institute (Aberdeen, Reino Unido), University of

Gröningen (Holanda), University of Surrey (Reino Unido), University of Ümea (Suecia).

Date: 01-01-2011 to 31-12-201

Number of participating researchers: 4 from LIDIA group.

Budget of LIDIA group: 50.800 euros

Main Researcher of LOCAW Project - Ricardo García Mira (UDC).

Main Researcher of LIDIA Group: Amparo Alonso Betanzos

Abstract:The project aims to analyze the behavior of (un) sustainability in the workplace, and

see how behaviors and daily practices act as enhancers or as barriers to making changes at

individual, organizational and society. For this study 6 European organizations: 2 public (UDC,

City of Groningen), 2 private utilities in the field of energy and natural resources (Aquatim in

Romania and Enel Green Power in Italy), and 2 multinational heavy industry (Volvo and Shell).

The idea is to examine factors at the micro and macro single influence individual behavior, see

the relationships between individuals and companies, the relationship between behavior at

work and at home and realize all these factors into a model based on agents that remain as

general as possible, reflect the individuality and characteristics of each of the six organizations,

with the purpose of examining the impact of rules and standards for a scenario of decreasing

CO2 emissions. You can see the web the project: http://www.locaw-fp7.com/

http://www.locaw-fp7.com/


Title: Galileo Speed Warning (GSW)

Call: European GNSS Supervisory Authority (GSA) Código: Grant Agreement No 228357 7th

Framework Programme

Participants: Mapflow Ltd. (posteriormente Avego), Technolution BV,

EdotEverything.Com Ltd (Denarius Professional) y Universidade da Coruña

Date: 05/01/2009 to 30/06/2010

Number of participating researchers: 16 (4 por parte de LIDIA)

Total Budget: 299.392,00 €. LIDIA Budget: 28.600,00 €

Consortium Coordinator: Jonathan Guard (Mapflow).

Main Researcher of LIDIA group: Eduardo Mosqueira Reys

Abstract:

The project GSW (Galileo Speed Warning) was the development of a system of intelligent speed

adaptation (ISA) called CARAT (Continuous Assessment of Road Attributes) Counter. The

objective sought to counter the development of CARAT was twofold and was to analyze the

two main challenges facing the ISA technology: user acceptance and technological difficulty. To

gain acceptance by users developed a system of "rewards" that rewarded those drivers whose

driving was correct and analyzed the usability of the product developed for the driving

influence was minimal. Within the technological challenge looked at how current GPS signals

affecting the system performance and how newer systems such as EGNOS and Galileo can solve

existing problems. Finally, developing a business plan for marketing the product developed.

LBD

Title: Knowledge Discovery from Moving Objects (MOVE)

Investigador Principal: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Luaces

Call: Acción COST- 2009

Global Budget: It is not properly a grant, but are funded the Miguel Luaces’s travels to attend

research meetings and organize the management action.

Participation as a partner or project leader: partner

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GAC

Title: High-Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilers Network of Excellence,

HiPEAC-2 NoE

Main Researcher: Koen De Bosschere (Ghent University, Bélgica)

Call: Unión Europea, 7th Framework Programme- 2008

Global Budget: 4.800.000,00€

Participation as a partner or project leader: partner UDC – Ramón Doallo Biempica.

Abstract:

HiPEAC2 is a European Network of Excellence involving over 30 researchers from European

universities and companies in the ICT sector centered architectures and compilers for high

performance embedded systems. Its activities include organizing workshops for the

establishment of consortia participating in the different European calls, and the contact with

companies in the ICT sector and the financing of both doctoral stays at other research groups

and laboratories of companies , and stays of senior researchers in other laboratories with which

it intends to establish collaborations. This network also organizes an annual conference

submission.

Title: Open European Network for High Performance Computing on Complex Environments

(Complex HPC)

Main Researcher: Emmanuel Jeannot (INRIA, Fracia)

Call: Unión Europea, COST Action-2009

Global Budget: 360.000,00€


Abstract:

Complex HPC is another research network funded by the European COST action involving about

20 European research groups. The focus of this network is again the exchange of experience

and mobility of researchers around the high performance heterogeneous computing. He has

organized several workshops with sending contributions and annual meetings to facilitate

contact between researchers.

Title: High-Performance Embedded Architectures and Compilation Network of Excellence,

HiPEAC-3 NoE (ICT-287759)

Main Researcher: Koen De Bosschere (Ghent University, Bélgica)

Call: Unión Europea, 7th Framework Programme- 2012

Global Budget: 3.800.000,00€


Abstract:

HPC HiPEAC-3 NoE is a continuation of HiPEAC2, which is still valid today: www.hipeac.net

http://www.hipeac.net/


RNASA-IMEDIR

Title: Red Iberoamericana de Tecnologías Convergentes NBIC en Salud (IBERO- NBIC)

Call: CYTED Entidades participantes: CYTED

Date: 1-1-2009 to 2013

Main Researcher: Alejandro Pazos Sierra

Number of participating researchers: 84

TELEMÁTICA

Title: SCIIMS (Strategic Crime and Immigration Information Systems)

Call: FP7-SEC-2007-01. (Proposal ID: 218223)

Dates: 1/11/2009 - 31/10/2012

Abstract:

People Trafficking and People Smuggling has long been a problem for European Governments,

adversely affecting the security of their citizens. In many cases women and children are

exploited for the sex trade and labour exploitation. In formulating the SCIIMS project the

consortium will focus upon the overarching question from which the developed system,

demonstration and experimentation will answer: In the European Union context how can new

capabilities improve the ability to search, mine and fuse information from national,

transnational, private, and other sources, to discover trends and patterns for increasing shared

situational awareness and improving decision making, within a secure infrastructure to

facilitate the combating of organised crime and in particular people trafficking to enhance the

security of citizens.

The programme objectives are:

1) Development and application of information management techniques enabling

information to be fused, and shared nationally and trans-nationally within a secure

information infrastructure in accordance with EU Crime and Immigration Agencies

information needs.

2) Development and application of tools to assist in decision making in order to predict

analyse and intervene with likely people trafficking and smuggling sources, events, and

links to organised crime.

The SCIIMS Consortium will utilise State of the Art products which will form the platform to

develop new innovative capabilities and technologies. This approach is designed to provide the

EU with an early exploitation opportunity by the Consortium and User Groups. Capabilities and

technologies will include:

Data Mining of large data sets utilising a data stream approach.

Information management and fusion techniques in order to analyse relationships

between different pieces of information.

Web/database semantics tools to provide comprehensive search and retrieval of

information.

Decision aids based on self learning probabilistic tools.


Participants: BAE Systems (UK), INDRA (Spain), Columba Global Systems (Ireland), Elsag

Datamat (Italy), Denodo Technologies (Spain), Computer and Automation Research Institute

(SZTAKI) of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (Hungary), Universidad de A Coruña (Spain)

Global Budget: 2.907.208,6 (EC Contribution: 2.318.996,45)

Budget UDC: 210.601,60 (EC Contribution: 164943,20)

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Universidad de A Coruña

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15071 A Coruña - España

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