• closedAccess   Static scheduling of the LU factorization with look-ahead on asymmetric multicore processors 

      Catalán, Sandra; Herrero, José R.; Quintana-Orti, Enrique S.; Rodríguez Sánchez, Rafael Elsevier (2018)
      We analyze the benefits of look-ahead in the parallel execution of the LU factorization with partial pivoting (LUpp) in two distinct “asymmetric” multicore scenarios. The first one corresponds to an actual hardware-asymmetric ...
    • openAccess   Statistical Approaches to Computer-Assisted Translation 

      Barrachina Mir, Sergio; Bender, Oliver; Casacuberta, Francisco; Civera, Jorge; Cubel, Elsa; Khadivi, Shahram; Lagarda, Antonio; Ney, Hermann; Tomás, Jesús; Vidal, Enrique; Vilar Torres, Juan Miguel Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press (MIT) (2009)
      Current machine translation (MT) systems are still not perfect. In practice, the output from these systems needs to be edited to correct errors. A way of increasing the productivity of the whole translation process (MT ...
    • closedAccess   Storing and analysing voice of the market data in the corporate data warehouse 

      García Moya, Lisette; Kudama, Shahad; Aramburu Cabo, María José; Berlanga Llavori, Rafael Springer US (2013-07)
      Web opinion feeds have become one of the most popular information sources users consult before buying products or contracting services. Negative opinions about a product can have a high impact in its sales figures. As a ...
    • openAccess   Strategies to parallelize a finite element mesh truncation technique on multi-core and many-core architectures 

      Badia, Jose M.; Amor-Martin, Adrian; BELLOCH, JOSE A.; Garcia-Castillo, Luis Emilio Springer (2022-12-02)
      Achieving maximum parallel performance on multi-core CPUs and many-core GPUs is a challenging task depending on multiple factors. These include, for example, the number and granularity of the computations or the use of the ...
    • openAccess   Students’ Perception of the Effect of Formative Assessment on Their Learning 

      Marqués-Andrés, Mercedes; Badía, José; Quintana-Ortí, Gregorio Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (2021-08)
      In this paper, we analyse students’ perception of their formative assessment in a Databases course. Two forms of feedback are analysed: interactive questionnaires during class time and self-assessment of lab practices. ...
    • openAccess   Supporting the refinement of clinical process models to computer-interpretable guideline models 

      Martínez-Salvador, Begoña; Marcos, Mar Springer Verlag (2016-08)
      Clinical guidelines contain recommendations on the appropriate management of patients with specific clinical conditions. A prerequisite for using clinical guidelines in information systems is to encode them in a ...
    • openAccess   System Stability Under Adversarial Injection of Dependent Tasks 

      Cholvi, Vicent; Echagüe, Juan; Fernández Anta, Antonio; Thraves Caro , Christopher IEEE (2021-10-13)
      Technological changes (NFV, Osmotic Computing, Cyber-physical Systems) are making very important devising techniques to efficiently run a flow of jobs formed by dependent tasks in a set of servers. These problem can be ...
    • closedAccess   Systematic derivation of time and power models for linear algebra kernels on multicore architectures 

      Malossi, A. Cristiano I.; Ineichen, Yves; Bekas, Costas; Curioni, Alessandro; Quintana-Orti, Enrique S. Elsevier (2015-09)
      The power wall asks for a holistic effort from the high performance and scientific communities to develop power-aware tools and applications which ultimately drive the design of energy-efficient hardware. Toward this goal, ...
    • closedAccess   Tall-and-skinny QR factorization with approximate Householder reflectors on graphics processors 

      Tomás Domínguez, Andrés Enrique; Quintana-Orti, Enrique S. Springer (2020-01-24)
      We present a novel method for the QR factorization of large tall-and-skinny matrices that introduces an approximation technique for computing the Householder vectors. This approach is very competitive on a hybrid platform ...
    • openAccess   Technological Applications for the Automation of Food Questionnaires in Medical Studies: a state-of-art-review and future prospective 

      Falomir, Zoe; Madueño Manrique, Francisco; Arregui, María; Corella, Dolores; Coltell, Oscar Elsevier (2012-10)
      Applications for automating the most commonly used dietary surveys in nutritional research, Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQs) and 24 h Dietary Recalls (24HDRs), are reviewed in this paper. A comprehensive search of ...
    • closedAccess   Technology Acceptance Model for the Use of Tablet PCs 

      Park, Eunil; del Pobil, Angel P. Springer (2013-06)
      Tablet personal computers (tablet PCs) are popular electronic devices worldwide. They influence many aspects of our social lives. Compared with laptop computers, tablet PCs feature characteristics including enhanced ...
    • openAccess   Tecnologías de posicionamiento en interiores al servicio de una biblioteca universitaria: hacia la smart library 

      Aguilar Moreno, Estefanía; Montoliu Colás, Raul; Torres-Sospedra, Joaquín EPI SCP (2016)
      Se presenta un caso de uso de la aplicación de tecnologías geoespaciales en una biblioteca universitaria. En concreto, se han desarrollado dos aplicaciones capaces de obtener la localización de los ejemplares buscados por ...
    • openAccess   The Experience of the Robot Programming Network Initiative 

      Casañ, Gustavo Adolfo; Cervera, Enric Hindawi (2018-06)
      Since its creation in 2014, the Robot Programming Network (RPN) has been an environment to learn and teach robotics to the general public, which has also allowed us to learn about education. In this paper, we aim to not ...
    • closedAccess   The FLAME approach: From dense linear algebra algorithms to high-performance multi-accelerator implementations 

      Igual, Francisco; Chan, Ernie; Quintana-Orti, Enrique S.; Quintana-Ortí, Gregorio; Van de Geijn, Robert A. Elsevier (2012)
      Parallel accelerators are playing an increasingly important role in scientific computing. However, it is perceived that their weakness nowadays is their reduced “programmability” in comparison with traditional general-purpose ...
    • openAccess   The Impact of the Multi-core Revolution on Signal Processing 

      González, Alberto; BELLOCH, JOSE A.; Martínez, Francisco J.; Alonso-Jordá, Pedro; García, Víctor M.; Quintana-Orti, Enrique S.; Remón Gómez, Alfredo; Vidal, Antonio M. Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (2010)
      This paper analyzes the influence of new multi- core and many-core architectures on Signal Processing. The article covers both the architectural design and the programming models of current general-purpose multi-core ...
    • openAccess   The law of attraction in human-robot interaction 

      Park, Eunil; Dallae, Jin; del Pobil, Angel P. In-Tech (2012)
      Following the law of attraction in human‐human interaction, this paper examines the effects of a robot’s personality and a human’s personality in various human‐ robot interactions. This study was conducted using ...
    • openAccess   The libflame library for dense matrix computations 

      Van Zee, Field G.; Chan, Ernie; Van de Geijn, Robert A.; Quintana-Ortí, Gregorio; Quintana-Orti, Enrique S. IEEE Computer Society (2009-11)
      Researchers from the Formal Linear Algebra Method Environment (Flame) project have developed new methodologies for analyzing, designing, and implementing linear algebra libraries. These solutions, which have culminated in ...
    • openAccess   The neuroscience of vision-based grasping: a functional review for computational modeling and bio-inspired robotics 

      Chinellato, Eris; del Pobil, Angel P. Imperial College Press (2009)
      The topic of vision-based grasping is being widely studied using various techniques and with different goals in humans and in other primates. The fundamental related findings are reviewed in this paper, with the aim of ...
    • openAccess   The on-line teaching of robot visual servoing 

      Pérez Vidal, Carlos; García, Nicolás; Cervera, Enric; Gracia Marco, Luis; Sabater, José María Manchester University Press (2011)
      Visual servoing uses the visual information provided by cameras to control the movement of a robotic system. This paper presents an international on-line course aimed at BSc, MSc and PhD students in this subject. The ...
    • openAccess   The robot programming network 

      Cervera, Enric; Martinet, Philippe; Marin, Raul; Moughlbay, Amine A.; del Pobil, Angel P.; Alemany, Jaume; Esteller Curto, Roger; Casañ, Gustavo Adolfo Springer Netherlands (2016)
      The Robot Programming Network (RPN) is an initiative for creating a network of robotics education laboratories with remote programming capabilities. It consists of both online open course materials and online servers that ...