Robotic control based on the human nervous system

This article presents a model of robotic control system inspired by the human neuroregulatory system. This model allows the application of functional and organizational principles of biological systems to robotic systems. It also proposes appropriate technologies to implement this proposal, in particular the services. To illustrate the proposal, we implemented a control system for mobile robots in dynamic open environments, demonstrating the viability of both the model and the technologies chosen for implementation

Model of Competencies for Decomposition of Human Behavior: Application to Control System of Robots

Humans and machines have shared the same physical space for many years. To share the same space, we want the robots to behave like human beings. This will facilitate their social integration, their interaction with humans and create an intelligent behavior. To achieve this goal, we need to understand how human behavior is generated, analyze tasks running our nerves and how they relate to them. Then and only then can we implement these mechanisms in robotic beings. In this study, we propose a model of competencies based on human neuroregulator system for analysis and decomposition of behavior into functional modules. Using this model allow separate and locate the tasks to be implemented in a robot that displays human-like behavior. As an example, we show the application of model to the autonomous movement behavior on unfamiliar environments and its implementation in various simulated and real robots with different physical configurations and physical devices of different nature. The main result of this study has been to build a model of competencies that is being used to build robotic systems capable of displaying behaviors similar to humans and consider the specific characteristics of robots

Implicar al alumno en su aprendizaje. Una experiencia en Gestión y Gobierno TI

Con la llegada de los grados y los nuevos planes docentes, hemos visto aparecer asignaturas que desarrollan competencias que hasta hoy no eran abordadas durante la carrera. En nuestro caso, la asignatura de Gestión y Gobierno de las Tecnologías de la Información presenta unos contenidos con un calado atípico para un Ingeniero Informático ya que aspectos como legislación internacional, gestión de recursos humanos, responsabilidad ética o impacto social no han sido abordados tradicionalmente en los planes docentes antiguos y además se alejan del resto de asignaturas más tradicionales. Estos nuevos contenidos requieren de nuevas metodologías docentes, tanto dentro como fuera del aula, y de formas de evaluación donde se consiga implicar al alumnado en un verdadero proceso de evaluación continua. En este trabajo exponemos nuestra experiencia docente en la dicha asignatura, donde se han aplicado distintas técnicas colaborativas como son los debates, exposiciones y defensas temáticas, el uso del portafolio público como herramienta central de seguimiento y la propia implicación del alumnado para consensuar el baremo evaluador. Este planteamiento docente ha generado un entorno en el que el profesorado no dirige sino cataliza el aprendizaje, obteniendo resultados muy satisfactorios tanto para el alumnado como para el profesorado

An AI-based Ventilation KPI using embedded IoT devices

The air ventilation of enclosed premises has a direct impact on the occupants well-being. If not properly regulated, the air ventilation can originate a multitude of diseases and pathologies. The present study proposes a new KPI (ventilation KPI) adapted to Smart Cities. It is especially designed for academic environments (Smart Universities) in which community members spend a long time gathered in classrooms, seminars, laboratories, etc. The ventilation KPI (or KPIv) was designed to support decision-making and is based on the estimation of the number of occupants of an enclosed space and the accumulation of existing CO2. Two AI techniques are proposed to perform these estimations, specifically, two regressive neural networks. The resulting models, together with the KPI were implemented through the development of value-added services for the University of Alicantes Smart University platform. The network models were designed to be embedded within the built IoT device prototypes. These prototypes are small and inexpensive. They act as intelligent sensors and are connected via a low consumption and emission network (LoRa). The case study showed that it is possible to take advantage of the pre-existing services and resources of these platforms, and to validate the KPIv

IT Strategic Project Portfolio - Process Sheets

This document describes in detail the processes that make up the framework of the IT Strategic Project Portfolio (ITSPP). It has been developed within the GrupoM: Redes y Middleware research group at the University of Alicante

Strategic IT alignment Projects. Towards Good Governance

The senior management of organisations frequently perceive IT Projects as merely technological in nature. They fail to realise that in reality, the mission of IT is to provide technology-based support to business processes that can be key to the organisation. This lack of understanding means that these IT projects are not aligned with the business objectives and that investments in resources and personnel are not adequately prioritised. This can lead to an opportunity loss: a mere computerising of the business is sought, and processes that could turn out to be transformative, generating added value, driving a true digital transformation of the business are overlooked. This article proposes a model for implementing and operating a portfolio of strategic IT projects. Based on Good Governance principles, these latter projects move strategic decision-making up to an organisation's senior management, succeeding in gradually implicating these managers into the IT strategy. But above all, the model succeeds in achieving the targeted strategic alignment of IT projects with the organisation's business objectives and interests. The model has already been implemented in fourteen medium and large size public universities. The follow-up through interviews of the nine longest-standing experiences—some are nearly a decade old—revealed that the portfolio implementation strategy had helped to markedly improve the following elements: the institutions’ state of maturity of Good Governance; senior management's involvement in IT projects; and the identification of the most interesting IT projects for the business. To conclude, based on our experience, we can affirm that the strategic IT alignment projects is an effective IT Governance tool and, by extension, an example of Good Governance practice

Portal de Recursos Docentes con Perspectiva de Género para la Docencia Universitaria

En este trabajo abordamos el desarrollo de un Portal de Recursos Docentes con Perspectiva de Género para la Docencia Universitaria promovido desde la Unidad de Igualdad de la Universidad de Alicante y financiado por el Instituto de la Mujer, donde se ha creado una biblioteca digital que recoge un gran número de recursos digitales para ayudar y extender la inclusión de la perspectiva de género en la docencia universitaria. En el presente artículo se recoge cuál ha sido el proceso para recopilar los recursos, cómo se ha creado la biblioteca digital y de qué manera su puesta en marcha ha favorecido la inclusión de perspectiva de género en una asignatura de Ingeniería Informática

Gobierno y Gestión TI, de la teoría a la experiencia

Resumen: La implantación de los grados ha provocado la aparición de nuevas asignaturas cuyas competencias no se abordaban anteriormente y sobre cuya formación no se tiene referencia, o se tiene muy poca, en nuestras áreas. Los contenidos de estas asignaturas pueden poseer un calado atípico para un Ingeniero Informático ya que aspectos como legislación internacional, gestión de recursos humanos, responsabilidad ética o impacto social no se abordaban en planes antiguos, además de alejarse bastante de las asignaturas más tradicionales. Estos nuevos contenidos requieren de nuevas metodologías docentes, tanto dentro como fuera del aula, y de formas de evaluación donde se consiga implicar al alumnado en un verdadero proceso de evaluación continua. En este trabajo exponemos nuestra experiencia docente en la asignatura Gestión y Gobierno de las Tecnologías de la Información donde se han aplicado distintas técnicas colaborativas como son los debates, exposiciones y defensas temáticas, el uso del portafolio público como herramienta central de seguimiento y la propia implicación del alumnado para consensuar el baremo evaluador. Este planteamiento docente ha generado un entorno en el que el profesorado no dirige sino cataliza el aprendizaje, obteniendo resultados muy satisfactorios tanto para el alumnado como para el profesorado.Abstract: The implementation of grades has been the emergence of new subjects whose skills were not addressed above and whose training does not have reference in our area. The contents of these subjects may have an atypical essence for a Computer Engineer. Aspects such as international law, human resources, ethical responsibility and social impact have not been included so far in matters of old plans. Moreover, these issues are far from the most traditional subjects. These new content require new teaching methodologies, both inside and outside the classroom, and evaluation forms that get involve students in a process of real continuous assessment. In this paper we present our experience in teaching the subject Management and Governance of Information Technology. In this subject have been applied several collaborative techniques as debates, exhibitions and thematic defenses, the use of public portfolio as a central tool for monitoring and evaluation scale agreed with students. This teaching approach has produced an environment in which the teacher is not a director but a catalyst for learning, obtaining very satisfactory results for both students and teacher

Conceptual Modelling of Complex Network Management Systems

Society, as we know it today, is completely dependent on computer networks, Internet and distributed systems, which place at our disposal the necessary services to perform our daily tasks. Moreover, and unconsciously, all services and distributed systems require network management systems. These systems allow us to, in general, maintain, manage, configure, scale, adapt, modify, edit, protect or improve the main distributed systems. Their role is secondary and is unknown and transparent to the users. They provide the necessary support to maintain the distributed systems whose services we use every day. If we don’t consider network management systems during the development stage of main distributed systems, then there could be serious consequences or even total failures in the development of the distributed systems. It is necessary, therefore, to consider the management of the systems within the design of distributed systems and systematize their conception to minimize the impact of the management of networks within the project of distributed systems. In this paper, we present a formalization method of the conceptual modelling for design of a network management system through the use of formal modelling tools, thus allowing from the definition of processes to identify those responsible for these. Finally we will propose a use case to design a conceptual model intrusion detection system in network.This work was performed as part of the Smart University Project financed by the University of Alicante