Bravo Torres, Jack F.

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Recent publications
VaNetChain: A framework for trustworthy exchanges of information in VANETs based on blockchain and a virtualization layer. Vintimilla Tapia, P., Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Gallegos Segovia, P., Ordoñez Morales, E. F. & Ramos Cabrer, M. (2020). Applied Sciences, 10(21).   Assessing Children's Perceptions of Live Interactions with Avatars: Preparations for Use in ASD therapy in a Multi-Ethnic Context. Guerrero Vásquez, L. F., Robles Bykbaev, V. E., López Nores, M., Bravo Torres, J. F., Jara Quito, H. J., Tapia Vintimilla, M. A. et al. (2020). IEEE Access, 8, 168456-168469.   Experiences from placing Stack Overflow at the core of an intermediate Programming course. López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Bravo Torres, J. F., Pazos Arias, J. J., Gil Solla, A. & Ramos Cabrer, M. (2019). Computer Applications in Engineering Education, 27(3), 698-707.   Social network to improve the educational experience with the deployment of different learning models. Vintimilla Tapia, P. E., Bravo Torres, J. F., Gallegos Segovia, P. L., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y (2019). In Kaya, M. & Alhajj, R. (editors), Influence and Behavior Analysis in Social Networks and Social Media. Springer.   Sporadic Cloud-based Mobile Augmentation on the top of a Virtualization Layer: A Case Study of Collaborative Downloads in VANETs. Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Reinoso Morales, E. P., Bravo Torres, J. F., Pazos Arias, J. J. et al. (2019). Journal of Advanced Transportation, .   Intersection Intelligence: Supporting Urban Platooning with Virtual Traffic Lights over Virtualized Intersection-Based Routing. Saiáns Vázquez, J. V., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Bravo Torres, J. F., Pazos Arias, J. J. et al. (2018). Sensors, 18(11).   Vehicular Fog Computing on Top of a Virtualization Layer Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Reinoso Mendoza, E. P., Bravo Torres, J. F. & Pazos Arias, J. J (2018). In 5th International Conference on Internet of Vehicles (IOV). Paris, France : IEEE.   AVATAR: Contribution to Human-Computer interaction processes through the adaptation of semi-personalized virtual agents Guerrero Vásquez, L. F., Landy Rivera, D. X., Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., López Nores, M. & Vintimilla Tapia, P. E (2018). In Congreso Bienal de IEEE Argentina (IEEE ARGENCON). San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina : IEEE.   Efficient and viable intersection-based routing in VANETs on top of a virtualization layer. Saiáns Vázquez, J. V., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., Bravo Torres, J. F. & Pazos Arias, J. J. (2018). Annals of Telecommunications, 73, 317-328.   A Context-Aware Platform for Comprehensive Care of Elderly People: Proposed Architecture Bravo Torres, J. F., Ordóñez Ordóñez, J. O., Gallegos Segovia, P. L., Vintimilla Tapia, P. E., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y (2017). In Chilean Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), pages 1-6. Pucon, Chile : IEEE.   Leveraging short-lived learning networks to encourage collaborative peer learning Bravo Torres, J. F., E. Andrade-Rea, P., E. Vintimilla-Tapia, P., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y (2017). In 12th Latin American Conference on Learning Technologies (LACLO). La Plata, Argentina : IEEE.   AVATAR "Autism: Virtual Agents To Augment Relationships in Children" Fernando Guerrero-Vásquez, L., Bravo Torres, J. F. & López Nores, M (2017). In IEEE XXIV International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing (INTERCON). Cuzco, Perú : IEEE.   OPPIA: A multi-model platform for e-learning E. Vintimilla-Tapia, P., Bravo Torres, J. F., Gallegos Segovia, P. L., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y (2017). In IEEE XXIV International Conference on Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computing (INTERCON). Cuzco, Perú : IEEE.   SOPPIA: Social Opportunistic Intelligent Ambient of Learning E. Vintimilla-Tapia, P., Bravo Torres, J. F., L. Gallegos-Segovia, P., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y (2017). In Workshop on Teaching, Learning, and Social Networks (TeLeSoN), in conjunction with IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining (ASONAM). Sydney, Australia : IEEE/ACM.   Stimulating social interaction among elderly people through sporadic social networks Osmani Ordoñez-Ordóñez, J., Bravo Torres, J. F., D. Sari-Villa, Ó., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y (2017). In 10th International Caribbean Conference on Devices, Circuits and Systems (ICCDCS). Cozumel, Mexico.   VNIBR-EM: A Routing Protocol for Emergency Messages Dissemination in Vehicular Networks. Bravo Torres, J. F., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., E. Vintimilla-Tapia, P., Víctor Saiáns-Vázquez, J., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y. (2017). Journal of Advanced Research in Dynamical and Control Systems, 11, 440-447.   VNIBR-EM: A Routing Protocol for Emergency Messages Dissemination in Vehicular Networks Bravo Torres, J. F., E. Vintimilla-Tapia, P., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., Víctor Saiáns-Vázquez, J., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y (2017). In 5th International Conference on Contemporary Engineering and Technology (ICCET). Chennai, India.   Leveraging Proactive and Reactive Intersection-Based Routing Protocols for collaborative downloading in VANETs Ordoñez Morales, E. F., Saiáns Vázquez, J. V., Bravo Torres, J. F., Blanco Fernández, Y. & López Nores, M (2016). In 9th Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM 2017). IEEE.   SAFER: A Context-Aware Ubiquitous Assistance Platform for Elderly Care Bravo Torres, J. F., Santiago Redrován-Parra, H., Fernando Soto-Sarango, Á., Arcesio Andrade-Padilla, J., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M. et al (2016). In VII Congreso de Ingeniería Biomédica (CLAIB). Springer.   Exploiting Virtualization and Sporadic Clouds for Collaborative Downloading in VANETs - A new Networking as a Service Ordoñez Morales, E. F., Bravo Torres, J. F., Blanco Fernández, Y., López Nores, M. & Víctor Saiáns-Vázquez, J (2016). In EEE 4th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud). Vienna, Austria : IEEE.   Variations on intersection-based routing on top of a virtualization layer for vehicular ad-hoc networks Víctor Saiáns-Vázquez, J., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Ordoñez Morales, E. F. & Bravo Torres, J. F (2016). In Proceedings of 6th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technologies (INTECH). IEEE.   Intersection-based routing on top of a virtualization layer to support vehicular cloud applications in a smart city Saiáns Vázquez, J. V., López Nores, M., Bravo Torres, J. F., Ordoñez Morales, E. F. & Ramos Cabrer, M (2016). In 5th International Conference on Theory and Practice in Modern Computing, pages 97-104. IADIS Press.   OPPIA: A context-aware ubiquitous learning platform to exploit short-lived student networks for collaborative learning Bravo Torres, J. F., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y (2016). In 8th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (CSEDU). Rome, Italy : INSTICC.   Optimising Reactive Routing over Virtual Nodes in VANETs. Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Pazos Arias, J. J., Ramos Cabrer, M. & Gil Solla, A. (2016). IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, 65(4), 2274 - 2294.   Leveraging proactive and reactive intersection-based routing protocols for collaborative downloading in VANETs Ordoñez Morales, E. F., Saians, V., Bravo Torres, J. F. & López Nores, M (2016). In 2016 8th IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications (LATINCOM).   Proactive discovery and management of ride-sharing opportunities in smart Vehicular Ad-hoc NETworks. Bravo Torres, J. F., Blanco Fernández, Y., López Nores, M., Pazos Arias, J. J., Ramos Cabrer, M. & Gil Solla, A. (2016). Information Technology & Control (ITC), 45(2), 121-135.   VaNetLayer: A virtualization layer supporting access to web contents from within vehicular networks. Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Pazos Arias, J. J. & Ordoñez Morales, E. F. (2015). Journal of Computational Science, 11, 185-195.   Performance Analysis of a Virtualization Layer Supporting P2P Downloading of Contents in VANETs Víctor Saiáns-Vázquez, J., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Pazos Arias, J. J. & Bravo Torres, J. F (2015). In 9th International Workshop on Communication Technologies for Vehicles (Nets4Cars-2015-Fall). Munich, Germany : IEEE.   SPORANGIUM - Validating the Concept of Sporadic Social Networks in Pervasive Applications Ordoñez Morales, E. F., Saiáns Vázquez, J. V., Bravo Torres, J. F., Blanco Fernández, Y., López Nores, M. & Pazos Arias, J. J (2015). In IEEE (editor), IEEE International Conference on Computer as a Tool (EUROCON). Salamanca, Spain : IEEE.   Mobile data offloading in urban VANETs on top of a virtualization layer Bravo Torres, J. F., Saiáns Vázquez, J. V., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y. & Pazos Arias, J. J (2015). In 11th International Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing Conference (IWCMC 2015). Dubrovnik, Croatia : IEEE.   An Improved Virtualization Layer to Support Distribution of Multimedia Contents in Pervasive Social Applications. Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Pazos Arias, J. J., Ramos Cabrer, M. & Gil Solla, A. (2015). Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 51, 1-17.   An efficient combination of topological and geographical routing for VANETs on top of a virtualization layer Bravo Torres, J. F., Saiáns Vázquez, J. V., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y. & Pazos Arias, J. J (2015). In IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC-Spring). Glasgow, UK : IEEE.   S-CMA: Sporadic Cloud-based Mobile Augmentation supported by an Ad-hoc Cluster of Moving Handheld Devices and a Virtualization Layer Ordoñez Morales, E. F., Blanco Fernández, Y., Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Saiáns Vázquez, V. & Pazos Arias, J. J (2015). In 5th International Conference on Innovative Computing Technology (INTECH 2015).   SPORANGIUM: Exploiting a Virtualization Layer to Support the Concept of Sporadic Cloud Computing with Users on the Move Ordoñez Morales, E. F., Blanco Fernández, Y., López Nores, M., Bravo Torres, J. F., Pazos Arias, J. J. & Ramos Cabrer, M (2015). In 3rd World Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (WorldCist). Azores, Portugal.   Mejora de los servicios de comunicaciones sobre redes móviles ad hoc en escenarios pedestres y vehiculares mediante virtualización.. Bravo Torres, J. F. (2015). Phd Thesis, Vigo.   Connection Sharing on top of a Virtualization Layer to Support Vehicular Cloud Computing Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Pazos Arias, J. J., Gil Solla, A. & Ramos Cabrer, M (2014). In 3rd International Conference on Connected Vehicles and Expo (ICCVE). Vienna, Austria : IEEE.   A Platform to Exploit Short-Lived Relationships among Mobile Users: A Case of Collective Immersive Learning Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Pazos Arias, J. J. & Ordoñez Morales, E. F (2014). In Dregvaite, G. & Damasevicius, R. (editors), ICIST 2014 - Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). Druskininkai, Lithuania : Springer.   VaNetLayer: A Virtualization Layer Supporting Access to Web Contents from within Vehicular Networks Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Pazos Arias, J. J. & Ordoñez Morales, E. F (2014). In International Conference on Internet of Vehicles (IOV). Beijing (China).   Virtualization in VANETs to Support the Vehicular Cloud – Experiments with the Network as a Service model Bravo Torres, J. F., Ordoñez Morales, E. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y. & Pazos Arias, J. J (2014). In 3rd International Conference on Future Generation Communication Technologies (FGCT). Luton, UK : IEEE.   Leveraging ad-hoc networking and mobile cloud computing to exploit short-lived relationships among users on the move. Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Pazos Arias, J. J. & Ordoñez Morales, E. F (2014). In International Conference on Intelligent Cloud Computing (ICC). Muscat, Oman : Springer-Verlag.   Leveraging Short-Lived Social Networks in Vehicular Environments Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y. & Pazos Arias, J. J (2013). In 2nd International Conference on Future Generation Communication Technologies (FGCT). London, UK : IEEE Computer Society.   SPORANGIUM: A platform to support sporadic social networks based on ad-hoc communications and mobile cloud computing --- Short-lived virtual networked organizations in venues, on the road and in the smart city López Nores, M., Bravo Torres, J. F., Blanco Fernández, Y. & Pazos Arias, J. J (2013). In 2nd International Conference on Virtual and Networked Organizations Emergent Technologies and Tools (ViNOrg). Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal.   On the Use of Virtual Mobile Nodes with Real-World Considerations in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y. & Pazos Arias, J. J (2012). In 9th International Conference on Communications (COMM). Bucharest, Romania : IEEE.   Supporting More Efficient Communications in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks with New Constructs Based on a Virtualization Layer Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y (2012). In HotMobile Doctoral Consortium. San Diego, USA.   Supporting More Efficient Communications in Vehicular Ad Hoc Networks with New Constructs Based on a Virtualization Layer Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M. & Blanco Fernández, Y (2012). In HotMobile poster session. San Diego, USA.   A Virtualization Layer for Mobile Consumer Devices to Support Demanding Communication Services in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks Bravo Torres, J. F., López Nores, M., Blanco Fernández, Y., Servia Rodríguez, S. & García Duque, J (2012). In International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE) --- Special Merit Award for Outstanding Paper. Las Vegas, USA : IEEE.   [View Less]