Education
- DSc degree in Computer Science, COPPE Systems
Engineering - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (COPPE/Systems - UFRJ), Rio de Janeiro - Brazil,
1999.
- MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Department of
Electrical Engineering - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de
Janeiro (DEE
- PUC/RJ), Rio de Janeiro
- Brazil, 1996.
- BS/BE degree in Electronics Engineering, Department of
Electronics Engineering - Army Polytechnic School (DEE - ESPE), Quito - Ecuador, 1992.
Experience
- Professor at the Systems Engineering Department,
University San Francisco of Quito (DSE - USFQ), Quito - Ecuador, 2004 -
present.
- Research Associate at the Division of Computer and
Information Sciences, Rutgers University
(DCIS
- RU), New Brunswick - NJ,
2001 - 2004.
- Post-doctoral Associate at the Department of Computer
Science, Rutgers University
(DCS
- RU), New Brunswick - NJ,
2000 - 2001.
- Visiting Scholar at the Department of Computer Science,
University of Rochester
(DCS
- UoR), Rochester - NY,
1999.
- Teaching Assistant at the Department of Electrical Engineering,
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de
Janeiro - Brazil, 1994 - 1995.
- Lecturer at the Department of Engineering, Central University
of Ecuador, Quito - Ecuador, 1993 - 1994.
- Lecturer at the Department of Electronics Engineering, Army
Polytechnic School, Quito - Ecuador, 1992 - 1994.
- Professional Practices at the Systems Department, IBM
Ecuador, Quito - Ecuador, 1991 - 1992.
Research Interests
My main areas of interest include Ubiquitous
Computing, Distributed Systems, and Computational Intelligence.
- Ubiquitous
Computing: Our research in this area is oriented to improve
mobile devices, their communication mechanisms and software
platforms in order to enable new and better mobile
applications.
- Distributed
Systems: Our research in this area is focused on
Internet-based computing seeking for high-performance, low
power consumption and secure applications.
- Computational
Intelligence: Our research is oriented to engender new
applications for biologically-inspired computing (e.g.,
neural networks, swarm intelligence, genetic algorithms) with
emphasis on data mining.
Selected Publications
- Carrera E. V., "The Cost of Security in Mobile Devices".
In Proceedings of the 3rd International Congress in
Telecommunications, Information Technology and Communications,
Quito - Ecuador, July 2010.
- Carrera E. V., "A New Infrastructure for the Development
of Autonomous Agents in RoboCup". Progress in Science and
Engineering, University San Francisco of Quito, ISSN
1390-5384, Vol. 2, pp. C3-C10, June 2010. (Spanish) (web)
- Carrera E. V. and Albuja J. P. "Secure and Efficient SMS
Communication". Trends, IEEE-Univ. de Cuenca, ISSN
1390-3608, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 81-87, June 2009. (Spanish) (web)
- Albuja J. P. and Carrera E. V., "Trusted SMS Communication
on Mobile Devices". In Proceedings of the 11th Brazilian
Workshop on Real-Time and Embedded Systems, Recife - Brazil,
pp. 165-170, May 2009. (pdf)
(web)
- Carrera E. V., Garcia M., and Pasmay F., "A Simple and
Efficient Algorithm for Automatic Web Page Classification".
In Proceedings of the IV International Conference of the IEEE
Andean Region, ISBN 978-603-45345-0-6, Cusco - Peru, October
2008. (Spanish) (web)
- Carrera E. V., Bustamante P., and Pasmay F., "A Generic
Infrastructure for Web Computing". In Proceedings of the
Latin-American Conference on High Performance Computing,
Santa Marta - Colombia, August 2007. (pdf) (web)
- Carrera E. V. "Applying Collaborative Intelligence to
ROBOCUP". In Proceedings of the 32nd Latin-American
Conference on Informatics, Santiago - Chile, August 2006.
(pdf) (web)
- Heath T., Diniz B., Carrera E. V., Meira W., and Bianchini
R. "Energy Conservation in Heterogeneous Server Clusters". In
Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Principles and Practice
of Parallel Programming, ISBN 1-59593-080-9, ACM/SIGPLAN,
Chicago - IL, pp. 186-195, June 2005. (pdf) (web)
- Carrera E. V. and Bianchini R. "PRESS: A Clustered Server
Based on User-Level Communication". IEEE Transactions on
Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Computer Society, ISSN
1045-9219, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 385-395, May 2005. (pdf) (web)
- Carrera E. V. and Bianchini R. "Improving Disk Throughput
in Data-Intensive Servers". In Proceedings of the 10th
International Symposium on High-Performance Computer
Architecture, ISBN 0-7695-2053-7, IEEE Computer Society,
Madrid - Spain, pp. 130-141, February 2004. (pdf) (web)
- Pinheiro E., Bianchini R., Carrera E. V., and Heath T.
"Dynamic Cluster Reconfiguration for Power and Performance". In
L. Benini, M. Kandemir, and J. Ramanujam (editors), Compilers
and Operating Systems for Low Power, ISBN 1-4020-7573-1,
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Chapter 5, August 2003. (pdf) (web)
- Carrera E. V., Pinheiro E., and Bianchini R. "Conserving
Disk Energy in Network Servers". In Proceedings of the 17th
International Conference on Supercomputing, ISBN
1-58113-733-8, ACM/SIGARCH, San Francisco - CA, pp. 86-97, June
2003. (pdf) (web)
- Carrera E. V., Rao S., Iftode L., and Bianchini R.
"User-Level Communication in Cluster-Based Servers".
In Proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on
High-Performance Computer Architecture, ISBN 0-7695-1525-8,
IEEE Computer Society, Cambridge - MA, pp. 275-286, February
2002. (pdf) (web)
- Carrera E. V. and Bianchini R. "Efficiency
vs. Portability in Cluster-Based Network Servers".
In Proceedings of the 8th Symposium on Principles and Practice
of Parallel Programming, ISBN 1-58113-346-4, ACM/SIGPLAN,
Snowbird - UT, pp. 113-122, June 2001. (pdf) (web)
- Bianchini R. and Carrera E. V. "Designing and Evaluating
a Cost-Effective Optical Network for
Multiprocessors". Journal of Parallel and Distributed
Computing, Academic Press, ISSN 0743-7315, Vol. 61, No. 2,
pp. 178-201, February 2001. (pdf) (web)
- Bianchini R. and Carrera E. V. "Analytical and
Experimental Evaluation of Cluster-Based WWW Servers". World
Wide Web Journal, Kluwer Academic Publishers, ISSN 1386-145X,
Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 215-229, December 2000. (pdf) (web)
- Carrera E. V. and Bianchini R. "Disk Caching with an
Optical Ring". Applied Optics: Information Processing,
Optical Society of America, ISSN 0003-6935, Vol. 39, No. 35,
pp. 6663-6680, December 2000. (pdf) (web)
- Carrera E. V. and Bianchini R. "Disk Write Caching with
an Optical Network". In Proceedings of the 6th International
Conference on Parallel Interconnects (formerly MPPOI), ISBN
0-7695-0440-X, IEEE Computer Society, Anchorage - AK,
pp. 452-460, October 1999. (pdf)
(web)
- Carrera E. V. and Bianchini R. "OPTNET: A Cost-Effective
Optical Network for Multiprocessors". In Proceedings of the
12th International Conference on Supercomputing, ISBN
0-89791-998-X, ACM/SIGARCH, Melbourne - Australia, pp. 401-408,
July 1998. (pdf) (web)
- Bianchini R., Carrera E. V., and Kontothanassis L.
"Evaluating the Effect of Coherence Protocols on the Performance
of Parallel Programming Constructs". International Journal of
Parallel Programming, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, ISSN
0885-7458, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 143-181, April 1998. (pdf) (web)
- Loques O., Leite J., and Carrera E. V. "P-RIO: An
Environment for Modular Parallel Programming". IEEE
Concurrency, IEEE Computer Society, ISSN 1092-3063, Vol. 6,
No. 1, pp. 47-57, January-March 1998. (pdf) (web)
- Bianchini R., Carrera E. V., and Kontothanassis L. "The
Interaction of Parallel Programming Constructs and Coherence
Protocols". In Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Principles
and Practice of Parallel Programming, ISBN 0-89791-906-8,
ACM/SIGPLAN, Las Vegas - NV, pp. 69-79, June 1997. (pdf) (web)