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This paper treats the sharing of the radio spectrum by cellular and vehicular users, focussing on maximizing the throughput of these users while respecting the required quality of service. The proposed method is called RODEO, and has been designed for the development of applications in a cooperative vehicular scenario, where vehicles in a certain geographical area have to share information related to traffic situations or events. In a high density scenario, nodes, such as vehicles, move at high speed and technologies like IEEE 802.11p have some drawbacks, which can be overcome by cellular technologies like LTE. RODEO has been tested, validated, and compared with other techniques. The throughput provided by it to cellular and vehicular nodes that co-exist in different scenarios, minimizing the use of resources while maintaining the quality of service demanded by the applications of the global set of users, has been measured.
Idoia De-La-Iglesia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo. Improvement of throughput in vehicular ad-hoc networks using RODEO, a method for radio resource reallocation over LTE. Vehicular Communications 2021, 100388 .
AMA StyleIdoia De-La-Iglesia, Unai Hernandez-Jayo. Improvement of throughput in vehicular ad-hoc networks using RODEO, a method for radio resource reallocation over LTE. Vehicular Communications. 2021; ():100388.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIdoia De-La-Iglesia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo. 2021. "Improvement of throughput in vehicular ad-hoc networks using RODEO, a method for radio resource reallocation over LTE." Vehicular Communications , no. : 100388.
Remote laboratories have been in use for 25 years now. Whereas several learning oriented meta-analyses exist, validated and agreed-upon tools for assessing the user experience are not readily available. The present paper fills this gap by designing and evaluating a questionnaire focused on the needs of remote labs developers and educators using them. Building from pre-existing tools, a first version of the User eXperience Questionnaire (UXQ version 20190308) was designed to contain four scales, usability, utility, satisfaction and immersion. A total of 180 completed responses were collected from two different remote labs (VISIR and FPGA), in different campuses and in different courses to evaluate the questionnaire. The questionnaire was analyzed in terms of reliability, using Cronbach’s alpha and McDonalds’ omega, and validity of construct, through factor analysis. The reliability of the questionnaire and its four subscales is acceptable, but its validity should be improved. Accordingly, the questionnaire was redesigned to obtain the User eXperience Questionnaire (UXQ version 20191126), which includes three scales: usability, utility and immersion, and three questions per scale. This questionnaire was assessed using the same data. Reliability coefficients are above 0.7 and construct validity is satisfactory. A new questionnaire to evaluate the user experience in remote laboratories has been designed and validated. The questionnaire, now renamed as UXQ4RL v. 1.0, is presented and made available in this paper.
Jordi Cuadros; Vanessa Serrano; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo. Design and Evaluation of a User Experience Questionnaire for Remote Labs. IEEE Access 2021, 9, 50222 -50230.
AMA StyleJordi Cuadros, Vanessa Serrano, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Unai Hernandez-Jayo. Design and Evaluation of a User Experience Questionnaire for Remote Labs. IEEE Access. 2021; 9 (99):50222-50230.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJordi Cuadros; Vanessa Serrano; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo. 2021. "Design and Evaluation of a User Experience Questionnaire for Remote Labs." IEEE Access 9, no. 99: 50222-50230.
Like other sources of pollution, noise is considered to be one of the main concerns of citizens, due to its invisibility and the potential harm it can cause. Noise pollution could be considered as one of the biggest quality-of-life concerns for urban residents in big cities, mainly due to the high levels of noise to which they may be exposed. Such levels have proven effects on health, such as: sleep disruption, hypertension, heart disease, and hearing loss. In a scenario where the number of people concentrated in cities is increasing, tools are needed to quantify, monitor, characterize, and quantify noise levels. This paper presents the ZARATAMAP project, which combines machine learning techniques with a geo-sensing application so that the authorities can have as much information as possible, using a low-cost embedded and mobile node, that is easy to deploy, develop, and use.
Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Amaia Goñi. ZARATAMAP: Noise Characterization in the Scope of a Smart City through a Low Cost and Mobile Electronic Embedded System. Sensors 2021, 21, 1707 .
AMA StyleUnai Hernandez-Jayo, Amaia Goñi. ZARATAMAP: Noise Characterization in the Scope of a Smart City through a Low Cost and Mobile Electronic Embedded System. Sensors. 2021; 21 (5):1707.
Chicago/Turabian StyleUnai Hernandez-Jayo; Amaia Goñi. 2021. "ZARATAMAP: Noise Characterization in the Scope of a Smart City through a Low Cost and Mobile Electronic Embedded System." Sensors 21, no. 5: 1707.
Cities are getting bigger and bigger, this means an increase in the concentration of population and therefore noise. This can pose a danger to our health, because without realizing it we could be exposing our body to noise levels much higher than permitted, but due to routine and being used to them, we do not give importance. To try to tackle this problem, the first step is to know the noise levels. To this end, cities carry out noise mapping measurement campaigns. The problem is that these campaigns are carried out every few years and the measures are implemented at specific points in the city. Nowadays, thanks to the development of small embedded systems which can integrate high capacity data processors, as well as long and short-range communications systems, it is possible to design intelligent devices, under the IoT paradigm, which provide detailed and ubiquitous information in real time about noise levels in cities.
Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Amaia Goñi; Javier Vicente. Measuring Noise Impact in the Cities Through a Remote and Mobile Sonometer. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 2020, 627 -636.
AMA StyleUnai Hernandez-Jayo, Amaia Goñi, Javier Vicente. Measuring Noise Impact in the Cities Through a Remote and Mobile Sonometer. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing. 2020; ():627-636.
Chicago/Turabian StyleUnai Hernandez-Jayo; Amaia Goñi; Javier Vicente. 2020. "Measuring Noise Impact in the Cities Through a Remote and Mobile Sonometer." Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing , no. : 627-636.
Social demands have promoted an educational approach based on an “anywhere and anytime” premise. Remote laboratories have emerged as the answer to the demands of technical educational areas for adapting themselves to this scenario. The result has not only benefit distance learning students but has provided new learning scenarios both for teachers and students as well as allowing a flexible approach to experimental topics. However, as any other solution for providing practical scenarios (hands-on labs, virtual labs or simulators), remote labs face several constraints inherited from the subsystems of its deployment -hardware (real instruments, equipment and scenario) and software (analog/digital conversions, communications, workbenches, etc.)-. This paper describes the Erasmus+ project Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR (PILAR) which deals with several units of the federation installed in different educational institutions and devoted to analog electronics and electrical circuits. Based on the limitations of remote labs, the need for the federation will be justified and its benefits will be described.
Felix Garcia-Loro; Elio San Cristobal; Gabriel Diaz; Manuel Castro; Pablo Orduna; Wlodek Kulesza; Kristian Nilsson; Andre Fidalgo; Gustavo Alves; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Christian Kreiter; Andreas Pester; Michael Auer; Carla Garcia; Ricardo Tavio; Kati Valtonen; Elina Lehtikangas. PILAR: Sharing VISIR Remote Labs Through a Federation. 2019 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) 2019, 102 -106.
AMA StyleFelix Garcia-Loro, Elio San Cristobal, Gabriel Diaz, Manuel Castro, Pablo Orduna, Wlodek Kulesza, Kristian Nilsson, Andre Fidalgo, Gustavo Alves, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Christian Kreiter, Andreas Pester, Michael Auer, Carla Garcia, Ricardo Tavio, Kati Valtonen, Elina Lehtikangas. PILAR: Sharing VISIR Remote Labs Through a Federation. 2019 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON). 2019; ():102-106.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFelix Garcia-Loro; Elio San Cristobal; Gabriel Diaz; Manuel Castro; Pablo Orduna; Wlodek Kulesza; Kristian Nilsson; Andre Fidalgo; Gustavo Alves; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Christian Kreiter; Andreas Pester; Michael Auer; Carla Garcia; Ricardo Tavio; Kati Valtonen; Elina Lehtikangas. 2019. "PILAR: Sharing VISIR Remote Labs Through a Federation." 2019 IEEE Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON) , no. : 102-106.
Social demands have promoted an educational approach based on an “anywhere and anytime” premise. Remote laboratories have emerged as the answer to the demands of technical educational areas for adapting themselves to this scenario. The result has not only benefit distance learning students but has provided new learning scenarios both for teachers and students as well as allowing a flexible approach to experimental topics. However, as any other solution for providing practical scenarios (hands-on labs, virtual labs or simulators), remote labs face several constraints inherited from the subsystems of its deployment - hardware (real instruments, equipment and scenario) and software (analog/digital conversions, communications, workbenches, etc.)-. This paper describes the Erasmus+ project Platform Integration of Laboratories based on the Architecture of visiR (PILAR) which deals with several units of the federation installed in different educational institutions and devoted to analog electronics and electrical circuits. Based on the limitations of remote labs, the need for the federation will be justified and its benefits will be described by taking advantage of its strengths. The challenges that have come up during the different stages and the different approaches to design are also going to be described and analyzed.
Felix Garcia-Loro; Elio San Cristobal; Gabriel Diaz; Alejandro Macho; Pablo Baizan; Manuel Blazquez; Manuel Castro; Pedro Plaza; Pablo Orduna; Michael Auer; Wlodek Kulesza; Ingvar Gustavsson; Kristian Nilsson; André Fidalgo; Gustavo Alves; Maria Arcelina Marques; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Christian Kreiter; Andreas Pester; Carla Garcia-Hernandez; Ricardo Tavio; Kati Valtonen; Elina Lehtikangas. PILAR: a Federation of VISIR Remote Laboratory Systems for Educational Open Activities. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) 2018, 134 -141.
AMA StyleFelix Garcia-Loro, Elio San Cristobal, Gabriel Diaz, Alejandro Macho, Pablo Baizan, Manuel Blazquez, Manuel Castro, Pedro Plaza, Pablo Orduna, Michael Auer, Wlodek Kulesza, Ingvar Gustavsson, Kristian Nilsson, André Fidalgo, Gustavo Alves, Maria Arcelina Marques, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Christian Kreiter, Andreas Pester, Carla Garcia-Hernandez, Ricardo Tavio, Kati Valtonen, Elina Lehtikangas. PILAR: a Federation of VISIR Remote Laboratory Systems for Educational Open Activities. 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE). 2018; ():134-141.
Chicago/Turabian StyleFelix Garcia-Loro; Elio San Cristobal; Gabriel Diaz; Alejandro Macho; Pablo Baizan; Manuel Blazquez; Manuel Castro; Pedro Plaza; Pablo Orduna; Michael Auer; Wlodek Kulesza; Ingvar Gustavsson; Kristian Nilsson; André Fidalgo; Gustavo Alves; Maria Arcelina Marques; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Christian Kreiter; Andreas Pester; Carla Garcia-Hernandez; Ricardo Tavio; Kati Valtonen; Elina Lehtikangas. 2018. "PILAR: a Federation of VISIR Remote Laboratory Systems for Educational Open Activities." 2018 IEEE International Conference on Teaching, Assessment, and Learning for Engineering (TALE) , no. : 134-141.
Since the engagement of Universidad Nacional de Rosario (UNR) in the VISIR+ Project, several courses in the career of Electronic Engineering (EE) have incorporated experiments with electronic circuits based on VISIR remote lab. Three educational implementations in courses of the career of EE at UNR are introduced in this paper. Evaluation results are also discussed. Beyond potential adjustments, results are satisfactory and they encourage the continuity of these three implementations.
Susana Teresa Marchisio; Daniel Crepaldo; Franco Del Colle; Federico Lerro; Sonia Beatriz Concari; Daniel Leon; Claudio Merendino; Luciano Rumin; Javier Ghorghor; Miguel Angel Plano; Hector Coscia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Gustavo Alves. VISIR lab integration in Electronic Engineering: An institutional experience in Argentina. 2018 XIII Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE) 2018, 1 -9.
AMA StyleSusana Teresa Marchisio, Daniel Crepaldo, Franco Del Colle, Federico Lerro, Sonia Beatriz Concari, Daniel Leon, Claudio Merendino, Luciano Rumin, Javier Ghorghor, Miguel Angel Plano, Hector Coscia, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Gustavo Alves. VISIR lab integration in Electronic Engineering: An institutional experience in Argentina. 2018 XIII Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE). 2018; ():1-9.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSusana Teresa Marchisio; Daniel Crepaldo; Franco Del Colle; Federico Lerro; Sonia Beatriz Concari; Daniel Leon; Claudio Merendino; Luciano Rumin; Javier Ghorghor; Miguel Angel Plano; Hector Coscia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Gustavo Alves. 2018. "VISIR lab integration in Electronic Engineering: An institutional experience in Argentina." 2018 XIII Technologies Applied to Electronics Teaching Conference (TAEE) , no. : 1-9.
Experimenting is fundamental to the training process of all scientists and engineers. While experiments have been traditionally done inside laboratories, the emergence of Information and Communication Technologies added two alternatives accessible anytime, anywhere. These two alternatives are known as virtual and remote laboratories and are sometimes indistinguishably referred as online laboratories. Similarly to other instructional technologies, virtual and remote laboratories require some effort from teachers in integrating them into curricula, taking into consideration several factors that affect their adoption (i.e., cost) and their educational effectiveness (i.e., benefit). This chapter analyzes these two dimensions and sustains the case where only through international cooperation it is possible to serve the large number of teachers and students involved in engineering education. It presents an example in the area of electrical and electronics engineering, based on a remote laboratory named Virtual Instruments System in Reality, and it then describes how a number of European and Latin American institutions have been cooperating under the scope of an Erasmus+ project, for spreading its use in Brazil and Argentina.
Gustavo R. Alves; Andre V. Fidalgo; Maria Arcelina Marques; Maria C. Viegas; Manuel C. Felgueiras; Ricardo J. Costa; Natércia Lima; Manuel Castro; Gabriel Diaz-Orueta; Elio SanCristóbal-Ruiz; Felix Garcia-Loro; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Unai Hernández-Jayo; Wlodek J. Kulesza; Ingvar Gustavsson; Kristian Nilsson; Johan Zackrisson; Andreas Pester; Danilo G. Zutin; Luis C. Schlichting; Golberi Ferreira; Daniel D. De Bona; Fernando S. Pacheco; Juarez B. Da Silva; Joao B. Alves; Simone Bilessimo; Ana M. Pavani; Delberis A. Lima; Guilherme Temporao; Susana Marchisio; Sonia B. Concari; Federico Lerro; Gaston S. De Arregui; Claudio Merendino; Miguel Plano; Rubén A. Fernández; Héctor R. Paz; Mario F. Soria; Mario J. Gómez; Nival N. De Almeida; Vanderli F. De Oliveira; María I. Pozzo; Elsa Dobboletta; Brenda Bertramo. International Cooperation for Remote Laboratory Use. Contributions to Higher Engineering Education 2018, 1 -31.
AMA StyleGustavo R. Alves, Andre V. Fidalgo, Maria Arcelina Marques, Maria C. Viegas, Manuel C. Felgueiras, Ricardo J. Costa, Natércia Lima, Manuel Castro, Gabriel Diaz-Orueta, Elio SanCristóbal-Ruiz, Felix Garcia-Loro, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Unai Hernández-Jayo, Wlodek J. Kulesza, Ingvar Gustavsson, Kristian Nilsson, Johan Zackrisson, Andreas Pester, Danilo G. Zutin, Luis C. Schlichting, Golberi Ferreira, Daniel D. De Bona, Fernando S. Pacheco, Juarez B. Da Silva, Joao B. Alves, Simone Bilessimo, Ana M. Pavani, Delberis A. Lima, Guilherme Temporao, Susana Marchisio, Sonia B. Concari, Federico Lerro, Gaston S. De Arregui, Claudio Merendino, Miguel Plano, Rubén A. Fernández, Héctor R. Paz, Mario F. Soria, Mario J. Gómez, Nival N. De Almeida, Vanderli F. De Oliveira, María I. Pozzo, Elsa Dobboletta, Brenda Bertramo. International Cooperation for Remote Laboratory Use. Contributions to Higher Engineering Education. 2018; ():1-31.
Chicago/Turabian StyleGustavo R. Alves; Andre V. Fidalgo; Maria Arcelina Marques; Maria C. Viegas; Manuel C. Felgueiras; Ricardo J. Costa; Natércia Lima; Manuel Castro; Gabriel Diaz-Orueta; Elio SanCristóbal-Ruiz; Felix Garcia-Loro; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Unai Hernández-Jayo; Wlodek J. Kulesza; Ingvar Gustavsson; Kristian Nilsson; Johan Zackrisson; Andreas Pester; Danilo G. Zutin; Luis C. Schlichting; Golberi Ferreira; Daniel D. De Bona; Fernando S. Pacheco; Juarez B. Da Silva; Joao B. Alves; Simone Bilessimo; Ana M. Pavani; Delberis A. Lima; Guilherme Temporao; Susana Marchisio; Sonia B. Concari; Federico Lerro; Gaston S. De Arregui; Claudio Merendino; Miguel Plano; Rubén A. Fernández; Héctor R. Paz; Mario F. Soria; Mario J. Gómez; Nival N. De Almeida; Vanderli F. De Oliveira; María I. Pozzo; Elsa Dobboletta; Brenda Bertramo. 2018. "International Cooperation for Remote Laboratory Use." Contributions to Higher Engineering Education , no. : 1-31.
WebLab-Deusto is an open-source Remote Laboratory Management System (RLMS). On top of it, one can develop and manage remote laboratories and share them with other institutions. This chapter describes the architecture and features of the system, as well as a nontechnical view of other aspects such as how to share laboratories in the context of WebLab-Deusto, different institutions using WebLab-Deusto for their remote laboratories, research projects where it has been used, and sustainability plans.
Pablo Orduña; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Luis Rodriguez-Gil; Ignacio Angulo; Unai Hernández-Jayo; Olga Dziabenko; Diego López-De-Ipiña. The WebLab-Deusto Remote Laboratory Management System Architecture: Achieving Scalability, Interoperability, and Federation of Remote Experimentation. Cyber-Physical Laboratories in Engineering and Science Education 2018, 17 -42.
AMA StylePablo Orduña, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Luis Rodriguez-Gil, Ignacio Angulo, Unai Hernández-Jayo, Olga Dziabenko, Diego López-De-Ipiña. The WebLab-Deusto Remote Laboratory Management System Architecture: Achieving Scalability, Interoperability, and Federation of Remote Experimentation. Cyber-Physical Laboratories in Engineering and Science Education. 2018; ():17-42.
Chicago/Turabian StylePablo Orduña; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Luis Rodriguez-Gil; Ignacio Angulo; Unai Hernández-Jayo; Olga Dziabenko; Diego López-De-Ipiña. 2018. "The WebLab-Deusto Remote Laboratory Management System Architecture: Achieving Scalability, Interoperability, and Federation of Remote Experimentation." Cyber-Physical Laboratories in Engineering and Science Education , no. : 17-42.
In the framework of the Internet of Things (IoT) and more specifically the Internet of Vehicles (IoV), vehicles are called upon to play a key role as mobile sensors. Their high mobility and the large amount of electronics they currently deploy allow them to act as mobile information collectors in the places where they circulate. Together with these capabilities, the deployment of communications systems that allow them to share this information will make possible the massive deployment of the so-called Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS). In this context, this article presents RODEO as a methodology that allows vehicles to use the current mobile communications systems to make V2V (Vehicle to Vehicle) communications, minimizing the number of resources needed. This paper analyses the performance of RODEO (Rrm fOr unDerlay vEhicle cOmmunications) from the perspective of energy performance, understood as the number of bytes transmitted per watt consumed.
Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Idoia De-La-Iglesia. RODEO: A Novel Methodology to Perform V2V Communications in the Scope of Internet of Vehicles. An Energy Performance Analysis. Proceedings 2018, 2, 1232 .
AMA StyleUnai Hernandez-Jayo, Idoia De-La-Iglesia. RODEO: A Novel Methodology to Perform V2V Communications in the Scope of Internet of Vehicles. An Energy Performance Analysis. Proceedings. 2018; 2 (19):1232.
Chicago/Turabian StyleUnai Hernandez-Jayo; Idoia De-La-Iglesia. 2018. "RODEO: A Novel Methodology to Perform V2V Communications in the Scope of Internet of Vehicles. An Energy Performance Analysis." Proceedings 2, no. 19: 1232.
The evolution of the IoT (Internet of Things) paradigm applied to new scenarios as VANETs (Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks) has gained momentum in recent years. Both academia and industry have triggered advanced studies in the IoV (Internet of Vehicles), which is understood as an ecosystem where different types of users (vehicles, elements of the infrastructure, pedestrians) are connected. How to efficiently share the available radio resources among the different types of eligible users is one of the important issues to be addressed. This paper briefly analyzes various concepts presented hitherto in the literature and it proposes an enhanced algorithm for ensuring a robust co-existence of the aforementioned system users. Therefore, this paper introduces an underlay RRM (Radio Resource Management) methodology which is capable of (1) improving cellular spectral efficiency while making a minimal impact on cellular communications and (2) ensuring the different QoS (Quality of Service) requirements of ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems) applications. Simulation results, where we compare the proposed algorithm to the other two RRM, show the promising spectral efficiency performance of the proposed RRM methodology.
Idoia De La Iglesia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Eneko Osaba; Roberto Carballedo. Smart Bandwidth Assignation in an Underlay Cellular Network for Internet of Vehicles. Sensors 2017, 17, 2217 .
AMA StyleIdoia De La Iglesia, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Eneko Osaba, Roberto Carballedo. Smart Bandwidth Assignation in an Underlay Cellular Network for Internet of Vehicles. Sensors. 2017; 17 (10):2217.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIdoia De La Iglesia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Eneko Osaba; Roberto Carballedo. 2017. "Smart Bandwidth Assignation in an Underlay Cellular Network for Internet of Vehicles." Sensors 17, no. 10: 2217.
Programming is part of the curricula in different subjects and countries. To face this challenge, schools are using visual programming (e.g., Scratch, Blockly) and/or educational robots. Some combinations of these two tools are very popular, such as the Lego Mindstorm robots. This work presents a remote controlled robot called RoboBlock, and its main characteristic is that it can be programmed and controlled via Internet. RoboBlock is developed under the WebLab-Deusto Remote Laboratory Management System.
Javier García-Zubía; Ignacio Angulo; Gabriel Martínez-Pieper; Pablo Orduña; Luis Rodríguez-Gil; Unai Hernandez-Jayo. Learning to Program in K12 Using a Remote Controlled Robot: RoboBlock. Inventive Computation and Information Technologies 2017, 22, 344 -358.
AMA StyleJavier García-Zubía, Ignacio Angulo, Gabriel Martínez-Pieper, Pablo Orduña, Luis Rodríguez-Gil, Unai Hernandez-Jayo. Learning to Program in K12 Using a Remote Controlled Robot: RoboBlock. Inventive Computation and Information Technologies. 2017; 22 ():344-358.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJavier García-Zubía; Ignacio Angulo; Gabriel Martínez-Pieper; Pablo Orduña; Luis Rodríguez-Gil; Unai Hernandez-Jayo. 2017. "Learning to Program in K12 Using a Remote Controlled Robot: RoboBlock." Inventive Computation and Information Technologies 22, no. : 344-358.
The concept of smart cities comprises a wide range of control and actuators systems aimed to improve the habitability and perception that citizens have of cities. A smart city covers many of these systems, ranging from applications that facilitate the governance of cities and encourage citizens’ participation to services focused on improving their quality of life. Among them, we can highlight those using Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to improve the environment of the city. Besides deploying air quality monitoring systems, smart cities are beginning to include other ICT-based systems, such as the work in progress proposed in this paper, which is aimed to remotely monitor noise levels at different points of the city using the public bus system as mobile sensors network.
Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès; Ignacio Angulo; Francesc Alías. Remote Acoustic Monitoring System for Noise Sensing. Inventive Computation and Information Technologies 2017, 77 -84.
AMA StyleUnai Hernandez-Jayo, Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès, Ignacio Angulo, Francesc Alías. Remote Acoustic Monitoring System for Noise Sensing. Inventive Computation and Information Technologies. 2017; ():77-84.
Chicago/Turabian StyleUnai Hernandez-Jayo; Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès; Ignacio Angulo; Francesc Alías. 2017. "Remote Acoustic Monitoring System for Noise Sensing." Inventive Computation and Information Technologies , no. : 77-84.
This paper describes a new system developed to improve the import process of steel coils driven into a port terminal in the Port of Bilbao. A new RFID based system minimizes mistakes in identification of the coils during the inland movements of goods.
Ignacio Angulo; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Javier García-Zubia. Port Logistics: Improvement of Import Process Using RFID. Inventive Computation and Information Technologies 2017, 22, 949 -956.
AMA StyleIgnacio Angulo, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Javier García-Zubia. Port Logistics: Improvement of Import Process Using RFID. Inventive Computation and Information Technologies. 2017; 22 ():949-956.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIgnacio Angulo; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Javier García-Zubia. 2017. "Port Logistics: Improvement of Import Process Using RFID." Inventive Computation and Information Technologies 22, no. : 949-956.
The learning of technical and science disciplines requires experimental and practical training. Hands-on labs are the natural scenarios where practical skills can be developed but, thanks to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), virtual and remote labs can provide a framework where Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines can also be developed. One of these remote labs is the Virtual Instruments System in Reality (VISIR), specially designed to practice in the area of analog electronics. This paper aims at describing how this remote lab is being used in the Universidad Nacional de la Patagonia San Juan Bosco (UNPSJB - Argentina), in the framework of the VISIR+ (“This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the authors, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein”.) project funded by the Erasmus+ Program, one institution without previous experiences with remote labs.
Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Alejandro Francisco Colombo; Susana Marchisio; Sonia Beatriz Concari; Federico Lerro; María Isabel Pozzo; Elsa Dobboletta; Gustavo R. Alves. Spreading the VISIR Remote Lab Along Argentina. The Experience in Patagonia. Inventive Computation and Information Technologies 2017, 22, 290 -297.
AMA StyleUnai Hernandez-Jayo, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Alejandro Francisco Colombo, Susana Marchisio, Sonia Beatriz Concari, Federico Lerro, María Isabel Pozzo, Elsa Dobboletta, Gustavo R. Alves. Spreading the VISIR Remote Lab Along Argentina. The Experience in Patagonia. Inventive Computation and Information Technologies. 2017; 22 ():290-297.
Chicago/Turabian StyleUnai Hernandez-Jayo; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Alejandro Francisco Colombo; Susana Marchisio; Sonia Beatriz Concari; Federico Lerro; María Isabel Pozzo; Elsa Dobboletta; Gustavo R. Alves. 2017. "Spreading the VISIR Remote Lab Along Argentina. The Experience in Patagonia." Inventive Computation and Information Technologies 22, no. : 290-297.
Antonio D. Masegosa; Idoia De La Iglesia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Luis Enrique Díez; Alfonso Bahillo; Enrique Onieva. A New Approach for Information Dissemination in VANETs Based on Covering Location and Metaheuristics. Theory and Applications of Ordered Fuzzy Numbers 2017, 179 -202.
AMA StyleAntonio D. Masegosa, Idoia De La Iglesia, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Luis Enrique Díez, Alfonso Bahillo, Enrique Onieva. A New Approach for Information Dissemination in VANETs Based on Covering Location and Metaheuristics. Theory and Applications of Ordered Fuzzy Numbers. 2017; ():179-202.
Chicago/Turabian StyleAntonio D. Masegosa; Idoia De La Iglesia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Luis Enrique Díez; Alfonso Bahillo; Enrique Onieva. 2017. "A New Approach for Information Dissemination in VANETs Based on Covering Location and Metaheuristics." Theory and Applications of Ordered Fuzzy Numbers , no. : 179-202.
The learning of Physics involves building up and using lab experiments. In turn, teachers must be trained in experimenting and using several resources that enable them to design valuable teaching strategies and learning activities. Thanks to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT), virtual and remote labs can provide a framework where physical experiments can be developed. Although remote labs have been in use for over a decade now in several countries and levels of education, its use at secondary schools in Latin America has not been reported yet. The Virtual Instruments System in Reality (VISIR) is one of these remote labs, suitable to practice in the area of electrical circuits. This paper aims at describing how this remote lab was used in a training workshop for secondary school level teachers of Physics in Costa Rica.
Carlos Arguedas-Matarrita; Sonia Beatriz Concari; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Susana Teresa Marchisio; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Gustavo Alves; Inigo Uriarte-Canivell; Marco Conejo Villalobos; Ingvar Gustavsson; Fernando Urena Elizondo. A teacher training workshop to promote the use of the VISIR remote laboratory for electrical circuits teaching. 2017 4th [email protected] Conference (exp.at'17) 2017, 1 -6.
AMA StyleCarlos Arguedas-Matarrita, Sonia Beatriz Concari, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Susana Teresa Marchisio, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Gustavo Alves, Inigo Uriarte-Canivell, Marco Conejo Villalobos, Ingvar Gustavsson, Fernando Urena Elizondo. A teacher training workshop to promote the use of the VISIR remote laboratory for electrical circuits teaching. 2017 4th [email protected] Conference (exp.at'17). 2017; ():1-6.
Chicago/Turabian StyleCarlos Arguedas-Matarrita; Sonia Beatriz Concari; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Susana Teresa Marchisio; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Gustavo Alves; Inigo Uriarte-Canivell; Marco Conejo Villalobos; Ingvar Gustavsson; Fernando Urena Elizondo. 2017. "A teacher training workshop to promote the use of the VISIR remote laboratory for electrical circuits teaching." 2017 4th [email protected] Conference (exp.at'17) , no. : 1-6.
This paper aims at introducing the first intensive use of a remote lab named as VISIR by lecturers and students from Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura, Universidad Nacional de Rosario. The research was carried under the VISIR + project. It is a pilot test in which 17 students from the third year of an Electronic Engineering degree took part. The pilot test was developed in order to bring forward possible difficulties, assess successes and failures and eventually suggest other possible ways of curricular incorporation of VISIR in the teaching of the Physics of Electronic Devices subject. VISIR was used as a complement to hands-on lab, after the last experimental design activity of basic circuits with bipolar transistor. The students carried out an individual lab work. Then, they were asked to answer an opinion poll made up of 20 items, 1-4 Likert scale. Descriptive statistical analysis and summary of cases were carried out in order to conclude about four dimensions of analysis linked to the students' viewpoint. They are: perceived learnings, VISIR acceptance, perceived teachers' guidance and time and technical restrictions.
Susana Marchisio; Federico Lerro; Claudio Merendino; Miguel Plano; Sonia B. Concari; Gaston Saez De Arregui; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Gustavo Alves; Ingvar Gustavsson. Starting the study of electronic circuits with VISIR: Viewpoints of college students in a pilot test in Argentina. 2017 4th [email protected] Conference (exp.at'17) 2017, 18 -23.
AMA StyleSusana Marchisio, Federico Lerro, Claudio Merendino, Miguel Plano, Sonia B. Concari, Gaston Saez De Arregui, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Gustavo Alves, Ingvar Gustavsson. Starting the study of electronic circuits with VISIR: Viewpoints of college students in a pilot test in Argentina. 2017 4th [email protected] Conference (exp.at'17). 2017; ():18-23.
Chicago/Turabian StyleSusana Marchisio; Federico Lerro; Claudio Merendino; Miguel Plano; Sonia B. Concari; Gaston Saez De Arregui; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Gustavo Alves; Ingvar Gustavsson. 2017. "Starting the study of electronic circuits with VISIR: Viewpoints of college students in a pilot test in Argentina." 2017 4th [email protected] Conference (exp.at'17) , no. : 18-23.
Robotics is part of K12 curricula in different subjects and countries because it is exciting and formative. To teach, the teacher and the school need a laboratory with robots, and this is a challenge because they are not cheap and they need to be maintained. In this scenario the use of a remote lab for robotics is a good solution. There are several remote labs for robotics, the main advantage of RoboBlock is that it offers in the same interface the robot and a visual tool based on Blockly to program the robot.
Ignacio Angulo; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Inigo Uriarte; Luis Rodriguez-Gil; Pablo Orduna; Gabriel Martinez Pieper. RoboBlock: A remote lab for robotics and visual programming. 2017 4th [email protected] Conference (exp.at'17) 2017, 109 -110.
AMA StyleIgnacio Angulo, Javier Garcia-Zubia, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Inigo Uriarte, Luis Rodriguez-Gil, Pablo Orduna, Gabriel Martinez Pieper. RoboBlock: A remote lab for robotics and visual programming. 2017 4th [email protected] Conference (exp.at'17). 2017; ():109-110.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIgnacio Angulo; Javier Garcia-Zubia; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Inigo Uriarte; Luis Rodriguez-Gil; Pablo Orduna; Gabriel Martinez Pieper. 2017. "RoboBlock: A remote lab for robotics and visual programming." 2017 4th [email protected] Conference (exp.at'17) , no. : 109-110.
One of the main priorities of smart cities is improving the quality of life of their inhabitants. Traffic noise is one of the pollutant sources that causes a negative impact on the quality of life of citizens, which is gaining attention among authorities. The European Commission has promoted the Environmental Noise Directive 2002/49/EC (END) to inform citizens and to prevent the harmful effects of noise exposure. The measure of acoustic levels using noise maps is a strategic issue in the END action plan. Noise maps are typically calculated by computing the average noise during one year and updated every five years. Hence, the implementation of dynamic noise mapping systems could lead to short-term plan actions, besides helping to better understand the evolution of noise levels along time. Recently, some projects have started the monitoring of noise levels in urban areas by means of acoustic sensor networks settled in strategic locations across the city, while others have taken advantage of collaborative citizen sensing mobile applications. In this paper, we describe the design of an acoustic low-cost sensor network installed on public buses to measure the traffic noise in the city in real time. Moreover, the challenges that a ubiquitous bus acoustic measurement system entails are enumerated and discussed. Specifically, the analysis takes into account the feature extraction of the audio signal, the identification and separation of the road traffic noise from urban traffic noise, the hardware platform to measure and process the acoustic signal, the connectivity between the several nodes of the acoustic sensor network to store the data and, finally, the noise maps’ generation process. The implementation and evaluation of the proposal in a real-life scenario is left for future work.
Rosa Ma Alsina-Pagès; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Francesc Alías; Ignacio Angulo. Design of a Mobile Low-Cost Sensor Network Using Urban Buses for Real-Time Ubiquitous Noise Monitoring. Sensors 2016, 17, 57 .
AMA StyleRosa Ma Alsina-Pagès, Unai Hernandez-Jayo, Francesc Alías, Ignacio Angulo. Design of a Mobile Low-Cost Sensor Network Using Urban Buses for Real-Time Ubiquitous Noise Monitoring. Sensors. 2016; 17 (12):57.
Chicago/Turabian StyleRosa Ma Alsina-Pagès; Unai Hernandez-Jayo; Francesc Alías; Ignacio Angulo. 2016. "Design of a Mobile Low-Cost Sensor Network Using Urban Buses for Real-Time Ubiquitous Noise Monitoring." Sensors 17, no. 12: 57.