Alejandro Sanchez-Medina

Mr. Alejandro Sanchez-Medina


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Academic Career Length

11Years (2016-Present)

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22 March 2016 in Sensors
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PFPablo Fernández
Pablo Fernández
JSJosé Miguel Santana
José Miguel Santana
SOSebastián Ortega
Sebastián Ortega
ATAgustin Trujillo-Pino
Agustin Trujillo-Pino
Jose Pablo SuárezJose Pablo Suárez
Jose Pablo Suárez
ASAlejandro Sanchez-Medina
Alejandro Sanchez-Medina
Seaport monitoring and management is a significant research area, in which infrastructure automatically collects big data sets that lead the organization in its multiple activities. Thus, this problem is heavily related to the fields of data acquisition, transfer, storage, big data analysis and information visualization. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria port is a good example of how a seaport generates big data volumes through a network of sensors. They are placed on meteorological stations and maritime buoys, registering environmental parameters. Likewise, the Automatic Identification System (AIS) registers several dynamic parameters about the tracked vessels. However, such an amount of data is useless without a system that enables a meaningful visualization and helps make decisions. In this work, we present SmartPort, a platform that offers a distributed architecture for the collection of the port sensors’ data and a rich Internet application that allows the user to explore the geolocated data. The presented SmartPort tool is a representative, promising and inspiring approach to manage and develop a smart system. It covers a demanding need for big data analysis and visualization utilities for managing complex infrastructures, such as a seaport.