ARCO Research Group

University of Extremadura, SPAIN

Miguel A. Vega-Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Associate Professor / Profesor Titular de Universidad
ARCO Research Group
University of Extremadura, SPAIN

Full Address

Dept. Technologies of Computers & Communications (TC2)

University of Extremadura

Escuela Politecnica. Campus Universitario s/n

E-10003 Caceres. SPAIN

Phone: +34-927-257263 — Fax: +34-927-257187

E-mail: mavega@unex.es

Research

Research Interests: Parallel and Distributed Computing, Reconfigurable Computing, Evolutionary Computing

Scientific Publications (more than 400 publications): List of Publications

Participation in Research Projects (as coordinator or researcher): List of Research Projects

Editor of Impact Factor Journals: Journal of Systems Architecture (Area Editor, January 2008-At present), Microprocessors & Microsystems (Editorial Board, March 2004-December 2007), Journal of Universal Computer Science (Editorial Board, December 2006-At present)

Reviewer of Impact Factor Journals: IEEE Transactions on Image Processing, Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Optimization Letters, Engineering Optimization, Computers & Operations Research, Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, Microelectronics Reliability, Sensors, Computers & Electrical Engineering, Journal of Circuits, Systems and Computers, International Journal of Electronics, Journal of ZUS-A, Revista Iberoamericana de Automática e Informática Industrial, etc.

Member of the Program Committee of Conferences (several years): International Conference on Adaptive and Natural Computing Algorithms, International Joint Conferences on Bioinformatics, Systems Biology and Computational Intelligent, International Conference on Advances in Peer-to-Peer Systems, International Symposium on Multimedia–Applications and Processing, International Conference on Data Engineering and Management, IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Conference of the International Simulation and Gaming Association, International Symposium on Computers in Education, Workshop on Reconfigurable Computing and Applications, Conference on Metaheuristics, Evolutionary and Bio-inspired Algorithms, Workshop on Evolutionary Algorithms and Metaheuristics, Workshop on Embedded Computing, etc.

Supervised Ph.D. Theses: Jose M. Granado-Criado (February-2009), Beatriz Paniagua-Paniagua (December-2010), Jose M. Chaves-Gonzalez (June-2011), Marisa da Silva Maximiano (September-2011), Antonio Gomez-Iglesias (November-2011)

Research Collaborations: List of Research Collaborations

R&D Transferences: List of R&D Transferences

Membership to Research Networks: List of Research Networks

Administrative Positions

Head of the Department Technologies of Computers & Communications (University of Extremadura, January 2009-March 2011)

Teaching

Professor in the Computer Architecture and Technology Area. Dept. Technologies of Computers & Communications. Univ. of Extremadura

Computer Architecture. Fourth year Computer Science students. University of Extremadura

High Performance/Throughput Computing. Master on Computer Science. University of Extremadura

Parallelism in Computer Architecture. Master on Grid Computing and Parallelism. University of Extremadura

Introduction to the Research in Grid Computing, Supercomputing and Parallelism. Master on Fundamentals of Technological Research. University of Extremadura

Advanced Computing. Bachelor on Engineering of Sound and Image (Telecommunications). University of Extremadura

Doctoral Courses. Doctoral Program on Informatics Technologies and Communications. University of Extremadura

Grid Computing and Supercomputing. Invited Professor. University of Leon (SPAIN). Master on Research in Cybernetics

Invited Professor. University of Leon (SPAIN). Doctoral Program on Intelligent Systems in Engineering (2003-2009)

Invited Professor. Polytechnic Institute of Leiria (PORTUGAL). Doctoral Program on Informatics Technologies (2006-2009)

Developer of Simulators for Educational Purpose: SMPCache, PipeSim

Mentions and Awards

Best Paper. 11th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications. IEEE. 2011

Best Paper. 5th Iberian Grid Infrastructure Conference. Netbiblo. 2011

Best Paper. 21st International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems. LNCS (Springer). 2008

Best Ph.D. Thesis. University of Extremadura.  Ph.D. in Computer Science. 2003

Best Academic File in Sciences. University of Extremadura / ARGENTARIA, SPAIN. 1998

Best Student in Computer Science. Master Degree. University of Extremadura. 1998

"Marcelo Rivas" Award. Best Academic File in Computer Science. University of Extremadura / Caja de Extremadura, SPAIN. 1997

Best Academic File in Sciences. University of Extremadura / ARGENTARIA-BEX, SPAIN. 1996

Best Student in Computer Science. Bachelor Degree. University of Extremadura. 1996

Last Update: April 2012