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.
• Lecturer at the Systems Engineering Department, Army Polytechnic School, Quito - Ecuador, 2004.
• 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 Systems Engineering Department, Army Polytechnic School, Quito - Ecuador, 1993 - 1994.
• Lecturer at the Department of Electronics Engineering, Army Polytechnic School, Quito - Ecuador, 1992 - 1994.
• Technical Assistant at the Systems Department, Army Polytechnic School, Quito - Ecuador, 1992 - 1994.
• Professional Practices at the Systems Department, IBM Ecuador, Quito - Ecuador, 1991 - 1992.

	Other Activities

  Research Interests

• 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.

	Projects

  Selected Publications

   Book Chapters, Journals, and Magazines

1. Carrera E. V. and Albuja J. P. "Secure and Efficient SMS Communication". Trends, ESPOL-IEEE, Vol. 3, No. 3, June 2009. (pdf)

2. 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, Vol. 16, No. 5, pp. 385-395, May 2005. (pdf) (web)

3. 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)

4. Bianchini R. and Carrera E. V. "Designing and Evaluating a Cost-Effective Optical Network for Multiprocessors". Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Academic Press, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 178-201, February 2001. (pdf) (web)

5. Bianchini R. and Carrera E. V. "Analytical and Experimental Evaluation of Cluster-Based WWW Servers". World Wide Web Journal, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 215-229, December 2000. (pdf) (web)

6. Carrera E. V. and Bianchini R. "Disk Caching with an Optical Ring". Applied Optics: Information Processing, Optical Society of America, Vol. 39, No. 35, pp. 6663-6680, December 2000. (pdf) (web)

7. 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, Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 143-181, April 1998. (pdf) (web)

8. Loques O., Leite J., and Carrera E. V. "P-RIO: An Environment for Modular Parallel Programming". IEEE Concurrency, IEEE Computer Society, Vol. 6, No. 1, pp. 47-57, January-March 1998. (Technical Report RT-07/96, IC-UFF, 1996) (pdf) (web)

   Conferences

1. 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, ACM/SIGPLAN, Chicago - IL, pp. 186-195, June 2005. (pdf) (web)

2. 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, IEEE Computer Society, Madrid - Spain, pp. 130-141, February 2004. (Technical Report DCS-TR-500, DCS/Rutgers University, 2002) (pdf) (web)

3. Carrera E. V., Pinheiro E., and Bianchini R. "Conserving Disk Energy in Network Servers". In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Supercomputing, ACM/SIGARCH, San Francisco - CA, pp. 86-97, June 2003. (Technical Report DCS-TR-511, DCS/Rutgers University, 2002) (pdf) (web)

4. 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, IEEE Computer Society, Cambridge - MA, pp. 275-286, February 2002. (Technical Report DCS-TR-453, DCS/Rutgers University, 2001) (pdf) (web)

5. 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, ACM/SIGPLAN, Snowbird - UT, pp. 113-122, June 2001. (Technical Report DCS-TR-427, DCS/Rutgers University, 2000) (pdf) (web)

6. Carrera E. V. and Bianchini R. "Evaluating Cluster-Based Network Servers". In Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on High Performance Distributed Computing, IEEE Computer Society, Pittsburgh - PA, pp. 63-70, August 2000. (Technical Report TR-718, DCS/University of Rochester, 1999) (pdf) (web)

7. 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), IEEE Computer Society, Anchorage - AK, pp. 452-460, October 1999. (pdf) (web)

8. Carrera E. V. and Bianchini R. "OPTNET: A Cost-Effective Optical Network for Multiprocessors". In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Supercomputing, ACM/SIGARCH, Melbourne - Australia, pp. 401-408, July 1998. (Technical Report ES-457/97, COPPE/UFRJ, 1997) (pdf) (web)

9. 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, ACM/SIGPLAN, Las Vegas - NV, pp. 69-79, June 1997. (Technical Report ES-417/96, COPPE/UFRJ, 1996) (pdf) (web)

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