Dr. Diego López-de-Ipiña González-de-Artaza is an Associate Professor/Reader (Profesor Titular de Universidad) at the University of Deusto (see location), where he is the Principal Researcher at MORElab "Envisioning Future Internet" Research Group, DeustoTech-INTERNET Research Unit belonging to DeustoTech -- Deusto Institute of Technology. He holds a BSc in Computing from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Deusto, an MSc in Distributed Information Management Systems from University of Essex and a PhD in Engineering from University of Cambridge. He obtained his PhD in 2002 with a dissertation entitled "Visual Sensing and Middleware Support for Sentient Computing".
His main research areas are: Ambient Intelligence, Ambient Assisted Living, Mobile-medidated Human-Environment Interaction, Semantic Web, Internet of Things, Linked Data and Social Data Mining. Links to his deprecated webpages can be found below. To obtain further information about his current work, publications and interests use the left hand side menu.
When performing analytics on educational datasets, the best scenario is where the dataset was des... more When performing analytics on educational datasets, the best scenario is where the dataset was designed to be analyzed. However, this is often not the case and the data extraction becomes more complicated. This contribution is focused on extracting social networks from a dataset which was not adapted for this type of extraction and where there was no relation among students: a set of remote laboratories where students individually test their experiments by submitting their data to a real remote device. By checking which files are shared among students and submitted individually by them, it is possible to know who is sharing how many files with who, automatically extracting what students are bigger sources. While it is impossible to extract the full real social network of these students, all the edges found are clearly part of it. These relations can indeed be used as a new input for performing the analytics on the dataset.
Abstract. Sentient Computing provides perception to computers so that they can react adequately t... more Abstract. Sentient Computing provides perception to computers so that they can react adequately to user activities. Physical spaces, in order to be made sentient, are wired with networks of sensors capturing context data that is communicated to computing devices spread through the environment. These devices interpret the sentient information provided and aim to react enacting the actions expected by the user. Usually, the sensor technologies used in context capture are expensive and complex to deploy, configure and maintain. ...
Abstract Automatic adaptation of the environment to user preferences results in personalized ambi... more Abstract Automatic adaptation of the environment to user preferences results in personalized ambient that fulfil user interaction requirements in a more suitable way. However, the problem of environment adaptation has been traditionally solved via ad-hoc context-specific solutions.
Abstract: Modeling and managing correctly the user context in Smart Environments is important to ... more Abstract: Modeling and managing correctly the user context in Smart Environments is important to achieve robust and reliable systems. When modeling reality we must take into account its ambiguous nature. Considering the uncertainty and vagueness in context data information it is possible to attain a more precise picture of the environment, thus leading to a more accurate inference process.
Abstract. The latest mobile phones are offering more multimedia features, better communication ca... more Abstract. The latest mobile phones are offering more multimedia features, better communication capabilities (Bluetooth, GPRS, 3G) and are far more easily programmable (extensible) than ever before. So far, the “killer apps” to exploit these new capabilities have been presented in the form of MMS (Multimedia Messaging), video conferencing and multimedia-on-demand services.
The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Deusto has had available a WebLab oriented to Mic... more The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Deusto has had available a WebLab oriented to Microelectronics since 2001. Currently, the field of WebLab design is very active, and several other universities are adopting them as a service of quality and distinction for Microelectronics teaching, as we have done. This paper discusses two remarkable aspects of our WebLab, namely WebLab-DEUSTO: a) its distinctive software-hardware architecture and b) an evaluation of its use by our students and the academic results they obtained.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we present the WebProfiles model, a negotiation mechanism that allows HTT... more ABSTRACT In this paper, we present the WebProfiles model, a negotiation mechanism that allows HTTP-based clients and servers to adapt services seamlessly by providing contextual information prior to service execution in order to obtain a more adapted service experience. The negotiation process, implemented extending HTTP traditional interactions, provides evidence about how the WebProfiles model can be used to facilitate user experience when surfing the web, by automatically negotiating user's preferences with the server.
Abstract: This paper presents the CONCERT framework, a push/filter information consumption paradi... more Abstract: This paper presents the CONCERT framework, a push/filter information consumption paradigm, based on a rule-based semantic contextual information system for tourism. CONCERT suggests a specific insight of the notion of context from a human mobility perspective. It focuses on the particular characteristics and requirements of travellers and addresses the drawbacks found in other approaches.
Abstract: Mobile prosumer environments require the communication with heterogeneous devices durin... more Abstract: Mobile prosumer environments require the communication with heterogeneous devices during the execution of mobile services. These environments integrate sensors, actuators and smart devices, whose availability continuously changes. The aim of this paper is to design a reference architecture for implementing a model for continuous service execution and access to capabilities, ie, the functionalities provided by these devices.
Abstract LabVIEW is a development environment from National Instruments, focused on the automatio... more Abstract LabVIEW is a development environment from National Instruments, focused on the automation of processing and measuring equipment, and it is and has been for years a crucial tool in Educational Remote Laboratories.
Abstract: To be able to react adequately a smart environment must be aware of the context and its... more Abstract: To be able to react adequately a smart environment must be aware of the context and its changes. Modeling the context allows applications to better understand it and to adapt to its changes. In order to do this an appropriate formal representation method is needed. Ontologies have proven themselves to be one of the best tools to do it. Semantic inference provides a powerful framework to reason over the context data. But there are some problems with this approach.
Abstract: Despite several efforts during the last years, the web model and semantic web technolog... more Abstract: Despite several efforts during the last years, the web model and semantic web technologies have not yet been successfully applied to empower Ubiquitous Computing architectures in order to create knowledge-rich environments populated by interconnected smart devices.
Abstract—Thus far, mobile devices have been used to consume services, rather than to provide and ... more Abstract—Thus far, mobile devices have been used to consume services, rather than to provide and consume (prosume) them. Besides, user localization through mobile phones is usually restricted to GPS outdoors or coarse cell triangulation, otherwise.
When performing analytics on educational datasets, the best scenario is where the dataset was des... more When performing analytics on educational datasets, the best scenario is where the dataset was designed to be analyzed. However, this is often not the case and the data extraction becomes more complicated. This contribution is focused on extracting social networks from a dataset which was not adapted for this type of extraction and where there was no relation among students: a set of remote laboratories where students individually test their experiments by submitting their data to a real remote device. By checking which files are shared among students and submitted individually by them, it is possible to know who is sharing how many files with who, automatically extracting what students are bigger sources. While it is impossible to extract the full real social network of these students, all the edges found are clearly part of it. These relations can indeed be used as a new input for performing the analytics on the dataset.
Abstract. Sentient Computing provides perception to computers so that they can react adequately t... more Abstract. Sentient Computing provides perception to computers so that they can react adequately to user activities. Physical spaces, in order to be made sentient, are wired with networks of sensors capturing context data that is communicated to computing devices spread through the environment. These devices interpret the sentient information provided and aim to react enacting the actions expected by the user. Usually, the sensor technologies used in context capture are expensive and complex to deploy, configure and maintain. ...
Abstract Automatic adaptation of the environment to user preferences results in personalized ambi... more Abstract Automatic adaptation of the environment to user preferences results in personalized ambient that fulfil user interaction requirements in a more suitable way. However, the problem of environment adaptation has been traditionally solved via ad-hoc context-specific solutions.
Abstract: Modeling and managing correctly the user context in Smart Environments is important to ... more Abstract: Modeling and managing correctly the user context in Smart Environments is important to achieve robust and reliable systems. When modeling reality we must take into account its ambiguous nature. Considering the uncertainty and vagueness in context data information it is possible to attain a more precise picture of the environment, thus leading to a more accurate inference process.
Abstract. The latest mobile phones are offering more multimedia features, better communication ca... more Abstract. The latest mobile phones are offering more multimedia features, better communication capabilities (Bluetooth, GPRS, 3G) and are far more easily programmable (extensible) than ever before. So far, the “killer apps” to exploit these new capabilities have been presented in the form of MMS (Multimedia Messaging), video conferencing and multimedia-on-demand services.
The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Deusto has had available a WebLab oriented to Mic... more The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Deusto has had available a WebLab oriented to Microelectronics since 2001. Currently, the field of WebLab design is very active, and several other universities are adopting them as a service of quality and distinction for Microelectronics teaching, as we have done. This paper discusses two remarkable aspects of our WebLab, namely WebLab-DEUSTO: a) its distinctive software-hardware architecture and b) an evaluation of its use by our students and the academic results they obtained.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we present the WebProfiles model, a negotiation mechanism that allows HTT... more ABSTRACT In this paper, we present the WebProfiles model, a negotiation mechanism that allows HTTP-based clients and servers to adapt services seamlessly by providing contextual information prior to service execution in order to obtain a more adapted service experience. The negotiation process, implemented extending HTTP traditional interactions, provides evidence about how the WebProfiles model can be used to facilitate user experience when surfing the web, by automatically negotiating user's preferences with the server.
Abstract: This paper presents the CONCERT framework, a push/filter information consumption paradi... more Abstract: This paper presents the CONCERT framework, a push/filter information consumption paradigm, based on a rule-based semantic contextual information system for tourism. CONCERT suggests a specific insight of the notion of context from a human mobility perspective. It focuses on the particular characteristics and requirements of travellers and addresses the drawbacks found in other approaches.
Abstract: Mobile prosumer environments require the communication with heterogeneous devices durin... more Abstract: Mobile prosumer environments require the communication with heterogeneous devices during the execution of mobile services. These environments integrate sensors, actuators and smart devices, whose availability continuously changes. The aim of this paper is to design a reference architecture for implementing a model for continuous service execution and access to capabilities, ie, the functionalities provided by these devices.
Abstract LabVIEW is a development environment from National Instruments, focused on the automatio... more Abstract LabVIEW is a development environment from National Instruments, focused on the automation of processing and measuring equipment, and it is and has been for years a crucial tool in Educational Remote Laboratories.
Abstract: To be able to react adequately a smart environment must be aware of the context and its... more Abstract: To be able to react adequately a smart environment must be aware of the context and its changes. Modeling the context allows applications to better understand it and to adapt to its changes. In order to do this an appropriate formal representation method is needed. Ontologies have proven themselves to be one of the best tools to do it. Semantic inference provides a powerful framework to reason over the context data. But there are some problems with this approach.
Abstract: Despite several efforts during the last years, the web model and semantic web technolog... more Abstract: Despite several efforts during the last years, the web model and semantic web technologies have not yet been successfully applied to empower Ubiquitous Computing architectures in order to create knowledge-rich environments populated by interconnected smart devices.
Abstract—Thus far, mobile devices have been used to consume services, rather than to provide and ... more Abstract—Thus far, mobile devices have been used to consume services, rather than to provide and consume (prosume) them. Besides, user localization through mobile phones is usually restricted to GPS outdoors or coarse cell triangulation, otherwise.
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