This section contains a brief version of my resume.

Education

  • PhD, Network and Information Technologies, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. Grade: Excellent, European doctorate mention. [01/2012 – 04/2015].
  • MSc, Free and Open Source Software, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain. Grade: 9.30/10.0. [01/2011 – 12/2011].
  • MSc, Telecommunications Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain. Grade: 7.76/10.0. [02/2008 – 12/2010].
  • BSc, Economics, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain. Grade: Ongoing. [09-2021 – *, Completed: 12.5%].
  • BSc, Telecommunications Engineering, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Barcelona, Spain. Grade: 7.93/10.0. [09/2004 – 06/2007].

Teaching

  • Associate Professor, TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF), Mataró, Spain. [09/2023 - onwards].
  • Associate Professor (part-time), Estudis de Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Barcelona, Spain. [01/2021 – onwards].
  • Affiliate Professor (part-time), Departament de Telecomunicacions i Enginyeria de Sistemes, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Cerdanyola, Spain. [09/2020 - 07/2024].
  • Assistant Professor, Estudis de Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Barcelona, Spain. [03/2016 – 12/2020].
  • Lecturer (part-time), Facultat de Ciències i Enginyeria, Universitat de Vic (UVIC). Vic, Spain. [09/2018 – 06/2020].
  • Lecturer (part-time), Estudis de Informàtica, Multimèdia i Telecomunicació, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Barcelona, Spain. [09/2012 – 02/2016].
  • Lecturer (part-time), Escola Universitària Politècnica de Mataró (EUPMt), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Mataró, Spain. [02/2012 – 07/2014].

Research

  • Senior Researcher (part-time), Wireless Networks (WiNe) Research Lab, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Castelldefels, Spain. [01/2021 - onwards].
  • Researcher, Distributed, Parallel and Collaborative Systems (DPCS) Research Group, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC). Barcelona, Spain. [03/2016 - 12/2020].
  • Visiting Researcher, The Ubiquitous SwarmLab, University of California, Berkeley. California, United States. [07/2013 – 10/2013].
  • Visiting Researcher, Centre Tecnològic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC). Castelldefels, Spain. [02/2013 – 05/2013].
  • Researcher, Technology and Knowledge Projects Transfer Section, Fundació TecnoCampus Mataró-Maresme. Mataró, Spain. [02/2010 – 01/2012].
  • Research intern, Telecommunications and Computer Architecture Department, Escola Universitària Politècnica de Mataró (EUPMt). Mataró, Spain. [03/2009 – 02/2010].
  • Research intern, Telematics Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Barcelona, Spain. [05/2008 – 08/2008].
  • Research intern, Fraunhofer Institute for Communication, Information Processing and Ergonomics (FKIE). Bonn, Germany. [07/2007 – 12/2007].

Industry

  • R&D Engineer (part-time), OpenMote Technologies. Granollers, Barcelona, Spain. [01/2014 – 12/2019].
  • R&D Engineer, Hewlett & Packard R&D Labs. Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain. [04/2014 – 03/2016].

Academic certificates

  • 2nd Research Term (2017-2022), certificate issued by AQU (Agència per la Qulitatdel Sistema Universitàri de Catalunya), 2023.
  • Associate Professor, certificate issued by AQU (Agència per la Qualitat del Sistema Universitàri de Catalunya), 2018.
  • 1st Research Term (2011-2016), certificate issued by AQU (Agència per la Qulitatdel Sistema Universitàri de Catalunya), 2017.
  • Assistant Professor, certificate issued by AQU (Agència per la Qualitat del Sistema Universitàri de Catalunya), 2015.

Professional certificates

  • MikroTik Certified Trainer (TRAINER), certificate issued by MikroTik, 2023.
  • MikroTik Certified Switching Engineer (MTCSWE), certificate issued by MikroTik, 2023.
  • MikroTik Certified IPv6 Engineer (MTCIPv6E), certificate issued by MikroTik, 2023.
  • MikroTik Certified User Management Engineer (MTCUME), certificate issued by MikroTik, 2022.
  • MikroTik Certified Control Traffic Engineer (MTCTCE), certificate issued by MikroTik, 2022.
  • MikroTik Certified Inter-Networking Engineer (MTCINE), certificate issued by MikroTik, 2022.
  • MikroTik Certified Routing Engineer (MTCRE), certificate issued by MikroTik, 2022.
  • MikroTik Certified Network Associate (MTCNA), certificate issued by MikroTik, 2022.

Grants

  • 3-year full-time PhD grant, Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3), Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC).

Awards

  • Rising Star Researcher Award, 23rd International Conference on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Wireless and Mobile Systems (MSWIM 2020).
  • 2nd Best Demo Award, IEEE SENSORS 2017, demo title: “Wireless PID Control of a Thermal Process using an Ultra-Low Cost LWIR camera”.
  • 2nd Best Demo Award, IEEE INFOCOM 2014, demo title: “Demonstrating Low-Power Distributed Queuing for Active RFID Communications at 433 MHz”.

BSc/MSc/PhD students

  • Ivan Gómez. “”. BSc Computer Engineering + BSc Computer Science. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (09/2023 - 07/2024). Mark: TBD.
  • Jonathan Sánchez. “Automatic creation and deployment of L2VPN tunnels with MikroTik routers”. BSc Computer Engineering. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (09/2022 - 07/2023). Mark: Excellent.
  • Jonatan Sánchez. “Performance evaluation of L2VPN tunnels with MikroTik routers under RFC2544”. BSc Telecommunications Engineering. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (09/2021 - 09/2022). Mark: Excellent.
  • Imanol Rojas. “Design of a WirelesHART gateway with NB-IoT/CAT-M1 and MQTT Internet connectivity”. BSc Telecommunications Engineering. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (09/2020 - 07/2021). Mark: Excellent.
  • Kazim Iqbal. “Evaluating LoRa/LoRaWAN performance and scalability”. MSc Telecommunications Engineering. Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (09/2020 - 07/2021). Mark: Excellent.
  • Domenico Solimini. “Reliable IEEE 802.15.4g-based Smart Utility Networks via Adaptive Modulation Selection and Re-Transmission Shaping”. MSc in Data Science. University of Padova (03/2021 - 09/2021). Mark: Excellent.
  • Saif Udin. PhD in Network and Information Technologies. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2020 - *).
  • Xavier Pi. PhD in Network and Information Technologies. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (2018 - *).

PhD evaluation committee

  • Contributions to the Evaluation and Improvement of LoRaWAN. Author: Lluís Casals. Directors: Dr. Carles Gómez Montenegro, Dr. Rafael Vidal Ferré . Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
  • Predictive Maintenance of Industrial Water Cooling Systems. Author: Sergio Galve Ceamanos. Directors: Dr. Xavier Vilajosana Guillén, Dr. Vicenç Puig Cayela. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya.
  • Self-deployable Positioning Systems for Emergency Situations Employing UWB Radio Technology. Author: Abbas Sabbar Ghali Al Baidhani. Directors: Dr. Antoni Morell Perez, Dr. José López Vicario. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

Editorial membership

  • MDPI Electronics (Journal Topic Board): 2019

Review activities

  • ITU Journal on Future and Evolving Technologies: 2022
  • Springer Journal of Signal Processing Systems: 2021
  • IEEE Industrial Informatics: 2020
  • IEEE Communication Letters: 2020
  • IEEE PIMRC: 2016, 2020
  • MDPI Data: 2020
  • MDPI Sensors: 2016, 2017, 2020
  • Wiley Internet Technology Letters: 2018, 2019, 2020
  • IEEE Internet of Things Journal: 2019, 2020
  • IEEE Pervasive Computing: 2018
  • IEEE Access: 2016
  • Elsevier Computer Communications: 2017
  • Elsevier Computer Networks: 2017
  • IET Control Theory & Applications: 2016
  • Wiley ETT: 2016, 2017
  • IEEE ICC: 2016
  • IEEE WCNC: 2017
  • IEEE ICECS: 2015
  • IEEE GLOBECOM: 2016, 2017

Professional membership

  • IEEE Senior Member (2017-onwards)
  • IEEE Member (2011-2017)