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.

	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

1. 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.

2. 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)

3. 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)

4. 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)

5. 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)

6. 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)

7. Carrera E. V. "Applying Collaborative Intelligence to ROBOCUP". In Proceedings of the 32nd Latin-American Conference on Informatics, Santiago - Chile, August 2006. (pdf) (web)

8. 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)

9. 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)

10. 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)

11. 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)

12. 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)

13. 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)

14. 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)

15. 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)

16. 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)

17. 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)

18. 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)

19. 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)

20. 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)

21. 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)

22. 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)

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