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   Dec 1
    2014
Journal paper accepted
The paper "Efficient Detection of Faulty Nodes with Cuckoo Search in t-Diagnosable Systems" has been accepted for publication at the Applied Soft Computing journal.

 Nov 18
     2014
Award received
Rafael has been selected as the recipient of the 2014 MITACS & NRC-IRAP Award for Commercialization.

   Aug 15
    2014
Conference paper accepted
The paper "Risk Management with Hard-Soft Data Fusion in Maritime Domain Awareness" has been accepted for presentation at the 2014 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defense Applications (IEEE CISDA 2014)

   Jun 1st
    2014
Conference paper  accepted
The paper "Vessel Tracking and Anomaly Detection using Level 0/1 and High-Level Information Fusion Techniques" has been accepted for presentation at the 6th International Workshop on Soft Computing Applications (SOFA 2014).

   May 13
    2014
R&D project awarded
Larus Technologies was awarded a 2-year R&D Mitacs Accelerate Cluster to develop "Risk Aware Decision Support Systems for Critical Infrastructure Protection and Territorial Security"






 
Academic Activities
 
Editorial activities





  • Editorial Board Member of “Applied Soft Computing” (2016 - present)


  • Associate Editor of “Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks” (2012 - 2016)



    Technical reviews – conferences, journals and books
       
      Journals




  • Cognitive Computation (2018)


  • Pattern Recognition (2018, 2017, 2014, 2012, 2010)


  • Applied Computing and Informatics (2018)


  • IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics (2018, 2017, 2014, 2013)


  • Information Sciences (2018, 2017, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2011, 2010)


  • International Journal of Computational Intelligence Sytems (2017)


  • Applied Soft Computing (2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012)


  • ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (2017)


  • International Journal of Data Science and Analytics (2017)


  • IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation (2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2012, 2010, 2008)


  • IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (2011, 2017)


  • Neural Computing and Applications (2017)


  • Granular Computing (2016)


  • IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (2016, 2010-2012)


  • International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks (2016, 2011)


  • Computers & Industrial Engineering (2016)


  • Pattern Recognition Letters (2016)


  • Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (2015)


  • IETE Technical Review (2015)


  • Ad Hoc Networks (2015, 2014)


  • IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing (2014)


  • Sensors (2014)


  • Soft Computing (2013)


  • IEEE Network (2013)


  • Ad Hoc & Sensor Wireless Networks (2013, 2012)


  • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - Part B (2010 - 2012)


  • ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks (2012)


  • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking (2010, 2012)


  • Ad Hoc  & Sensor Wireless Networks (2012)


  • International Journal of Communication Networks and Distributed Systems (2012)


  • Elsevier Journal on Computer Communications (2012)


  • European Transactions on Telecommunications (2011)


  • International Journal of Systems Science (2010, 2011)


  • Revista de la Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de Antioquía, Colombia (2010)


  • International Journal of Computer and Applications (2008, 2010)


  • Elsevier Journal of Decision Support Systems (2010)


  • IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (2010)


  • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part A (2007)


  • Journal of Advances in Fuzzy Systems (2007)
       
      Conferences




  • IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defense Applications (IEEE CISDA), [2018 Bengaluru, India] [2014 Hanoi, Vietnam], [2012 Ottawa, Canada]


  • International Joint Conference on Rough Sets 2018 (IJCRS) [2018 Quy Nhon, Viet Nam]


  • IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE) [2018 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil]


  • IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC) [2018 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil] [2017 San Sebastian, Spain] [2015 Sendai, Japan] [2014 Beijiing, China], [2013 Cancun, Mexico], [2012 Brisbane, Australia]


  • IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI), [2017 Hawaii, USA] [2014 Orlando, USA], [2013 Singapore]


  • International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks & Wireless (ADHOC-NOW) [2017 Messina, Italy] [2016 Lille, France] [2015 Athens, Greece] [2014 Benidorm, Spain], [2013 Wroclaw, Poland], [2012 Belgrade, Serbia]


  • 6th IEEE Annual International Workshop on Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor and Cyber-Physical System Networking (MiSeNet 2017) [2017 Atlanta, USA]


  • International Conference on Soft Computing and Pattern Recognition (SoCPaR) [2016 Vellore, India] [2015 Fukuoka, Japan] [2014 Tunis, Tunisia]


  • IEEE Electrical Power and Energy Conference (EPEC) [2016 Ottawa, Canada]


  • International Workshop on Data Mining for Cyber Security (DMCS) [2016 Barcelona, Spain (colocated with ICDM 2016)]


  • International Workshop on Mission-Oriented Wireless Sensor Networking (MiSeNet) [2016 San Francisco, USA (colocated with INFOCOM 2016)]


  • IEEE WCCI Special Session on Computational Intelligence for Security, Surveillance and Defence (CISSD), [2016 Vancouver, Canada] [2012 Brisbane, Australia]


  • International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks & Wireless (ADHOC-NOW) [2016 Lille, France] [2015 Athens, Greece] [2014 Benidorm, Spain], [2013 Wroclaw, Poland], [2012 Belgrade, Serbia]


  • IEEE/IFIP International Workshop on Analytics for Network and Service Management  (AnNet) [2016 Istanbul, Turkey]


  • World Congress on Nature and Biologically-Inspired Computing (NaBIC) [2015 Pietermaritzburg, South Africa] [2014 Porto, Portugal]


  • International Conference on Informatics and Computer Sciences (CICCI), [2016 Havana, Cuba], [2013 Havana, Cuba]


  • International Conference on Information Science and Applications (ICISA), [2015 Pattaya, Thailand]


  • International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA), [2014 Okinawa, Japan]


  • IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defense Applications (IEEE CISDA), [2014 Hanoi, Vietnam], [2012 Ottawa, Canada]


  • International Workshop on Soft Computing Applications (SOFA) [2014 Timisoara, Romania]


  • IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI), [2014 Orlando, USA], [2013 Singapore]


  • IEEE Canadian Conference on Electrical and Computer Engineering (IEEE CCECE 2014)”, [2014 Toronto, Canada]


  • International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems (ICDCS), Cyber-Physical Networking Symposium (CPNS 2013), [2013 Philadelphia, USA]


  • International Conference on Connected Vehicles & Expo (ICCVE), [2013 Las Vegas, USA]


  • World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT), [2013 Hanoi, Vietnam]


  • International Symposium on Intelligent Systems Techniques for Ad Hoc and Wireless Sensor Networks (IST-AWSN), [2013 Halifax, Canada], [2012 Niagara Falls, Canada], [2011 Niagara Falls, Canada]


  • IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics (IEEE CYBCONF), [2013 Lausanne, Switzerland]


  • IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium (IEEE IPDPS), [2013 Boston, USA]


  • IEEE Global Communications Conference (IEEE GLOBECOM), Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium, [2013 Atlanta, USA], [2012 Anaheim, USA], [2010 Miami, USA]


  • International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks (ICCCN), [2013 Nassau, Bahamas]


  • IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (IEEE CDC), [2012 Maui, Hawaii, USA]


  • IEEE WCCI Special Session on Computational Intelligence for Security, Surveillance and Defence (CISSD), [2012 Brisbane, Australia]


  • IEEE International Conference on Communications (IEEE ICC), [2012 Ottawa, Canada (International Workshop on Wireless Sensor Actor and Actuator Networks - WSAAN)], [2009 Dresden, Germany (Ad Hoc and Sensor Networking Symposium - AHSN)]


  • IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (IEEE MASS), [2011 Valencia, Spain], [2010 San Francisco, USA]


  • International Workshop on Semantic Interoperability (IWSI), [2011 Rome, Italy]


  • International Workshop on Semantic Sensor Web (SSW), 2010


  • International Conference on Frontier of Computer Science and Technology (FCST), [2010 Changchun, China]


  • IEEE Communications Society Conference on Sensor, Mesh and Ad Hoc Communications and Networks (SECON), [2009 Rome, Italy]


  • Mexican Conference on Artificial Intelligence (MICAI), [2008 Atizapán de Zaragoza, Mexico]


  • International Symposium on Fuzzy and Rough Sets (ISFUROS), [2006, Santa Clara, Cuba]
       
    Conference and workshop organization




  • International Symposium on Fuzzy and Rough Sets (ISFUROS), [2017 Santa Maria Key, Cuba (Co-Chair)] [2006 Santa Clara, Cuba (Executive Secretary)]




  • IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defence (CISDA), [2016 Athens, Greece (Symposium Chair)] [2012 Ottawa, Canada (Local Arrangements Chair)].




  • IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS), [2016 Washington DC, USA (Proceedings Chair)], [2015 Fortaleza, Brazil (Proceedings Chair)], [2014 Marina del Rey, California, USA (Proceedings Chair)] [2013 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (Proceedings Chair)] [2011 Barcelona, Spain (Proceedings Chair)].




  • IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence: Special Session on Computational Intelligence for Security, Surveillance and Defence (CISSD), [2014 Beijing, China (Co-organizer)].




  • International Workshop on Wireless Sensor, Actuator and Robot Networks (WiSARN), [2014 Benidorm, Spain (Submission Chair)] [2013 Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (Submission Chair)] [2012-Fall Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (Submission Chair)] [2012-Spring Hangzhou, China (Submission Chair)] [2011-Fall Valencia, Spain (Submission Chair)] [2011-Spring Shanghai, China (Submission Chair)] [2010-Fall Hangzhou, China (Submission Chair)] [2010-Spring Montreal, Canada (Submission Chair)].




  • International Workshop on Internet of Vehicles (IoV), [2014 Zhangjiajie, China (Publicity Co-Chair)].




  • International Conference on Ubiquitous Context-Awareness and Wireless Sensor Networks (UCAWSN), [2013 Jeju, Korea (Publicity Co-Chair)][2014 Jeju, Korea (Publicity Co-Chair)]




  • FTRA International Conference on Future Information Technology (FutureTech), [2013 Gwangju, Korea (Publicity Co-Chair)].




  • International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks and Wireless (ADHOC-NOW), [2012 Belgrade, Serbia (Publication Chair)]




  • IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Security and Defence (CISDA), [2012 Ottawa, Canada (Local Arrangements Chair)].




  • Ibero-American School on Fuzzy and Rough Sets (ESICBA), [2008 Santa Clara, Cuba (Executive Secretary)]
       
    Academic Collaboration




  • 2011/09 - 2011/12 MITACS Accelerate Internship program (with Larus Technologies Inc.)


  • 2010/12 - 2011/3 MITACS Accelerate Internship program (with Larus Technologies Inc.)


  • 2010/05 - 2010/07 Visiting Scholar at IMOB, Hasselt Universiteit, Belgium


  • 2008/05 Visiting Scholar at MODO, Universidad de Granada, Spain



  • 2008/05 - 2008/06 Visiting Scholar at IMOB, Hasselt Universiteit, Belgium


    Invited Talks




  • 2010-12-17: "Nature-Inspired Optimization in Fault-Reactive Wireless Sensor and Robot Networks" (IEEE CIS Ottawa Chapter, Canada)


  • 2010-11-17: "Carrier-Based Coverage Formation and Repair Protocols
    in Wireless Sensor and Robot Networks
    " (Team SITE, University of Ottawa, Canada)


  • 2010-06-15: "Artificial Ant Colonies for Coverage Repair in Wireless Sensor and Robot Networks" (IMOB, Hasselt Universiteit, Belgium)


  • 2008-06-19: "Multiobjective Particle Swarm Optimization Approaches in Knowledge-Based Clustering" (Artificial Intelligence Lab, UCLV, Cuba)


  • 2008-05-29: "Maintaining Fault-Tolerant Networks of Robots to Support Wireless Sensor Networks" (MODO, Universidad de Granada, Spain)


    Supervised Bachelor Theses
       


  • System for the Certification of Scientific Publications and Affidavits of
    Concluded Research Works
    ”, Julio César Báez Vergara, B. Sc. Thesis (2007)


  • Module of Combinatorial Experimentation to the Evaluation of Neuro-Fuzzy
    Associative Model
    s”, Aylín Labrador Morales & Ángel M. Navarro Moya, B. Sc. Thesis (2006)


  • Automatic Assessment of Membership Function Parameters”, Alain J. Varela
    Martín, B. Sc. Thesis. (2005)


  • Implementation and Validation of the Case-Based Module of a Hybrid Model”,
    Yasel Couce Sardiñas, B. Sc. (2005)
       
     
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