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AGUSTIN CARLOS CAMINERO HERRAEZ - SECR. MASTER INGENIERÍA DE LAS TECNOLOGÍAS EDUCATIVAS VICERRECTOR/A ADJ. DE FORMACIÓN PERMANENTE, DIGITALIZACION Y RELAC. INSTI

AGUSTIN CARLOS CAMINERO HERRAEZ

SECR. MASTER INGENIERÍA DE LAS TECNOLOGÍAS EDUCATIVAS VICERRECTOR/A ADJ. DE FORMACIÓN PERMANENTE, DIGITALIZACION Y RELAC. INSTI

PROFESOR TITULAR UNIVERSIDAD

SISTEMAS DE COMUNICACIÓN Y CONTROL

ESCUELA TÉCN.SUP INGENIERÍA INFORMÁTICA

accaminero@scc.uned.es

(+34) 91398-9468

Presentation and Academic Information

Agustin C. Caminero-Herraez (M'10) is Associate Professor (Profesor Titular de Universidad) at the Control and Communication Systems Department in the Spanish University for Distance Education (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia, UNED), Madrid (Spain). He has been member of the UNED staff in different positions since December 2009. He is teacher and/or coordinator of different official degree and postdegree courses and permanent education courses on Big Data, cloud computing, NoSQL, relational databases, and multimedia at UNED.

He is also coordinator of the official program on "Computing systems and networks administration" (Administración de Sistemas Informáticos en Red, ASIR), part of the agreement between UNED and Gredos San Diego Cooperativa.

Nowadays, he is the Principal Investigator of research project "FILE: efFIcient scheduLing of containErs" (2019-PUNED-0007), funded by UNED through the Independent Thinking-Jóvenes Investigadores 2019 call.

Furthermore, since June 2021 he is Deputy Vice-rector for Life-long Learning for Digitization and Institutional Relations (Vice-Rector Adjunto de Formación Permanente para la Digitalización y las Relaciones Institucionales).

Finally, he is Associate Editor of IEEE Journal of Latin-American Learning Technologies (IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje, IEEE-RITA). He has 2 six-years research evaluation periods (sexenios de investigacion), from 2005-2012 and 2013-2018. He is IEEE Senior Member.

Academic training:

B.Sc (2001), M.Sc. (2004) and Ph.D. (2009) in Computer Science, from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Albacete (Spain).


 

Professional experience prior to joining UNED

Part-time associate professor, School of Computer Engineering of Albacete (Spain), University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM). From October 2004 to January 2005.

Predoctoral fellow (with a scholarship phase and later a contract) at the School of Computer Engineering of Albacete (Spain), University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM). From February 2005 to September 2008.

Professor of Professional Training in Development of Computer Applications, at the Ministry of Education of the Region of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain (2008-09).

Postdoctoral fellow in the Faculty of Computer Science of Complutense University (Madrid, Spain). From June to December 2009.

Educational management experience

Coordinator of the modular programs in Network Information Systems Administration (Administración de sistemas Informáticos en Red , ASIR), the result of the agreement between UNED and Gredos San Diego Cooperativa for the delivery of the official title of Higher Degree Professional Training at ASIR since 2015.

Deputy Vice-Rector for Life-Long Training for Digitization and Institutional Relations since 2021.


 

Investigation

INVESTIGATION GROUPS

  • Research Group in Electrical Engineering and Advanced Technologies in Education and its Standardization, Sustainability, Mobility, Telematics and Cybersecurity, Bioengineering, Data Intelligence, Optimized Control and Chemistry Applied to Engineering, from UNED (G-eLios). 
    The researchers of the G-eLIOS group have more than twenty years of experience covering various developments in the areas of technological innovation in education and its applications. These projects can be divided into:

- Projects related to Distance Education and the application of multimedia techniques.

- Development and use of simulation tools for the design and implementation of electrical circuits, electronic architecture, computing, advanced microprocessor systems, etc.

- Design and development of training tools and platforms, with an emphasis on the possibilities of using and customizing systems for collaborative work.
    URL: http://www.ieectqai.uned.es/Gelios.html

PROYECTOS DE INVESTIGACIÓN

  • PROJECT "FILE: efFIcient scheduLing of containErs" 
    This project addresses the problem of scheduling applications deployed in lightweight containers on edge / fog / cloud infrastructures.

This project has been funded by UNED within the Independent Thinking-Young Researchers 2019 program.
    Principal Researcher: Agustin C. Caminero

N.º of recognized sections of research activity

2

Publications

  • PUBLICATIONS IN IMPACT FACTOR (JCR) JOURNALS
    • Caminero, A.C.; Muñoz-Mansilla, R. Quality of Service Provision in Fog Computing: Network-Aware Scheduling of Containers. Sensors 2021, 21, 3978. https://doi.org/10.3390/s21123978 Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.576, 14/64 (Instruments & Instrumentation) (Q1).
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    • Ros, S. Gonzalez, S., Robles, A., Tobarra, L., Caminero, A., Cano, J. Analyzing students’ self-perception of success and learning effectiveness using gamification in an online cybersecurity course " in IEEE Access, vol. 8, pp. 97718-97728, 2020, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2996361. Impact factor (JCR 2020): 3.367, 65/162 (Computer Science, Information Systems) (Q2).
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    • Caminero, A. C., Ros, A.C. "Introducing Big Data to Undergraduate Students: A Novel Approach in a Distance University," in IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 291-298, Nov. 2020, doi: 10.1109/RITA.2020.3033222.
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    • Caminero, A.C., Ros, S., Hernández, R., Robles, A., Tobarra, Ll., Tolbaños, P (2016). VirTUal remoTe labORatories management System (TUTORES): Using cloud computing to acquire university practical skills. Transactions on Learning Technologies, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 133-145. IEEE.Disponible online en http://www.computer.org/csdl/trans/lt/preprint/07214266-abs.html. Impact factor (JCR 2016): 1.129, 39/105 (Education & Educational Research) (Q2).
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    • Ros, S., Hernández, R., Caminero, A.C., Robles-Gómez, A., Barbero, I., Maciá, A., Holgado, F.P. (2014), On the use of extended TAM to assess students acceptance and intent to use Third Generation Learning Management Systems. British Journal of Educational Technology (BJET), vol 46, no 6, pp 1250-1271. Available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/bjet.12199/abstract. Impact factor (JCR 2014): 1.318, 46/224 (Education & Educational Research) (Q1).
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    • Ros, S., Caminero, A.C., Hernández, R., Robles-Gómez, A., Tobarra, Ll. (2014), Cloud-based Architecture for Web Applications with Load Forecasting Mechanism: A Use Case on the e-Learning Services of a Distant University. Journal of Supercomputing, vol. 68, no 3, pp. 556-578. Springer. Available online at http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs11227-014-1125-x. Impact factor (JCR 2014): 0.858, 25/50 (Computer Science, Hardware & Architecture) (Q2).
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    • Tobarra, Ll., Robles-Gómez, A., Ros, S., Hernández, R., Caminero, A. C. (2014), Analyzing the students’ behavior and relevant topics in virtual learning communities. Computers in Human Behavior, vol. 31, pp. 659-669. Elsevier. Available online at http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0747563213003518. Impact factor (JCR 2014): 2.694, 20/129 (Psychology, Multidisciplinary) (Q1).
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    • Caminero, A.C., Robles-Gómez, A., Hernández, R., Ros, S., Tobarra, Ll. (2013) P2P-based resource discovery in dynamic grids allowing multi-attribute and range queries. Parallel Computing, vol. 39, no. 10, pp 615-637. Impact factor (JCR 2013) 1.890, 15/102 (Computer Science, Theory & Methods) (Q1).
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    • Pastor, R., Caminero, A. C., Sánchez, D., Hernández, R., Ros, S., Robles-Gómez, A., Tobarra, Ll (2013), Laboratories as a Service (LaaS): Using cloud technologies in the field of education. Journal of Universal Computer Science, vol. 19, no. 14, pp. 2112-2126. Impact factor (JCR 2013): 0.401, 89/102 (Computer Science, Theory & Methods) (Q4).
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    • Ros, S., Hernández, R., Robles-Gómez, A., Caminero, A.C., Tobarra, Ll., San Cristóbal, E. (2013), Open Service-Oriented Platforms for Personal Learning Environments. IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 26-31. IEEE. Available online at http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=6547615. Impact factor (JCR 2013): 2.000, 10/105 (Computer Science, Software Engineering) (Q1).
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    • Caminero, A.C., Hernández, R., Ros, S., Tobarra, Ll., Robles-Gómez, A., Pastor, R. (2013), Comparison of LMSs: Which is the most suitable LMS for my needs? International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), vol. 8, pp. 29-36.Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.3991%2Fijet.v8iS2.2758. Impact factor (SJR 2013): 0,205, 171/313, Engineering (miscellaneous) (Q2).
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    • Brunner, R., Caminero, A.C., Rana, O.F., Freitag, F., Navarro, L. (2012), Network-aware Summarisation for Resource Discovery in P2P-Content Networks. Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 563-572. Available online at https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2064285. Impact factor (JCR 2012): 1.864, 15/100 (Computer Science, theory and methods) (Q1).
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    • Tomás, L., Caminero, A.C., Rana, O., Carrión, C., Caminero. (2012), A GridWay-based autonomic network-aware metascheduler. Future Generation Computer Systems, vol 28, no 7, pp 1058-1069. Disponible online en http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0167739X11002196. Factor de impacto, 2,365 (JCR 2012): 9/97(Computer Science, Software and methods) (Q1).
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    • Núñez, A., Vázquez-Poletti, J.L., Caminero, A.C., Castañé, G. G., Carretero, J., Llorente, I.M., (2012) iCancloud: A flexible and scalable cloud infrastructure simulator. Journal of Grid Computing. Vol 10, no 1, pp 185-209. Disponible online en http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10723-012-9208-5 Factor de impacto (JCR 2012): 1.613, 19/100 (Computer Science, Theory & Methods) (Q1).
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    • Caminero, A. Rana, O., Caminero, B., Carrión, C. (2011) Network-aware heuristics for inter-domain meta-scheduling in grids. Journal of Computing and System Sciences, vol. 77, pp. 262-281. Available online at https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1924718 Impact factor (JCR 2011): 1.157, 27/99 (Computer Science, theory and methods) (Q2).

     

    FULL LIST OF PUBLICATIONS IN MY SOCIAL PROFILES:

    ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9658-9646

    Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Agustin-Caminero

    Publons: https://publons.com/researcher/2411144/agustin-c-caminero/

    Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=i5jWU9AAAAAJ&hl=en
  • PUBLICATIONS AT CONFERENCES

    BEST PAPER AWARD

    Authors: Caminero, Agustín C.; Robles-Gómez, Antonio; Ros, Salvador; Tobarra, Llanos; Hernández, Roberto; Pastor, Rafael; Castro, Manuel

    Title: Deconstructing remote laboratories to create Laboratories as a Service (LaaS)

    Congress: IEEE Engineering Education (EDUCON) 2014. ISBN 978-1-4799-3190-3

    Place: Istanbul, Turkey Fecha: 3-5 april 2014

    Character: International.

    Quality indexes: CORE B. This publication appears in  IEEE Xplore and DBLP.

    BEST POSTER AWARD

    Authors: Luis Tomás, Blanca Caminero, Carmen Carrión, Agustín Caminero

    Title: Addressing resource fragmentation in Grids through network-aware meta-scheduling in advance

    Congress: 11th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (CCGrid). IEEE Computer Society. ISBN: 978-0-7695-4395-6. Páginas 606-607

    Place: Newport Beach, USA

    Date: May, 2011

    Character: International.

    Quality indexes: CORE A. This publication appears in  IEEE Xplore and DBLP.

    OTHER HIGH IMPACT PAPERS

    Authors: Ros, Salvador; Tobarra, Llanos; Robles-Gomez, Antonio; Caminero, Agustin C.; Hernandez, Roberto; Pastor, Rafael; Ricoy, Ana; Fernandez, Antonio; Diaz, Luis Miguel

    Title: Work in progress: On the improvement of STEM education from preschool to elementary school

    Congress: IEEE Engineering Education (EDUCON) 2016 ISBN: 978-1-4673-8633-3

    Place: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

    Date: 10-13 April 2016

    Character: International

    Quality indexes: CORE B. This publication appears in  IEEE Xplore and DBLP.

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    Authors: L. Tobarra ; S. Ros ; R. Hernández ; R. Pastor ; M. Castro ; A. Y. Al-Zoubi ; B. Hammad ; M. Dmour ; A. Robles-Gómez ; A. C. Caminero

    Title: Analysis of Integration of Remote Laboratories for Renewable Energy courses at Jordan Universities

    Congress: 2015 ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE). ISBN: 978-1-4799-8454-1

    Place: El Paso, USA

    Date: 21-24 October, 2015

    Character: International

    Quality indexes: CORE B. This publication appears in  IEEE Xplore and DBLP.

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Otros

Other activities

Permanent education

Co-director of the modular programs resulting from the agreement between Gredos San Diego Cooperativa and UNED, to obtain the official qualification of Superior Technician in Network Information Systems Administration (Administración de Sistemas Informáticos en Red, ASIR).

  • Administration of Network Information Systems Administration (FP). From its beginning in the 2014-15 academic year until its extinction in the 2017-18 academic year.

  • Administration of Network Information Systems Administration: initial. From the beginning in the 2016-17 academic year to the present.

  • Administration of Network Information Systems Administration: Advance. From the beginning in the 2016-17 academic year to the present.

  • Administration of Network Information Systems Administration: Practical. From the beginning in the 2016-17 academic year to the present.

Co-director of the following educational program at UNED:

• Course: Big Data Technologies.

• Degree: UNED professional and personal development program.

• Credits: 6 ECTS.

• Dates: Course 2015-16, and from 2018-19 to the present.

 Transfer of knowledge and professional experience

Knowledge transfer through research projects under art. 83 of the L.O.U .:
    Company: El Corte Inglés, S.A.
    Title: "Implementation and advice of scientific committees for the adaptation of Master's Final Projects, within the BigData and Data Science Training action of the UNED Modular program, to the business needs of El Corte Inglés"
    Dates: 09/18/2018 to 12/31/2018
    Amount: € 17,520 (VAT NOT INCLUDED)

    Company: El Corte Inglés, S.A.
    Title: Scientific advice for the adaptation of projects to the business needs of El Corte Inglés "
    Dates: 12/04/2019 to 06/30/2020
    Amount: € 11,880 (VAT NOT INCLUDED)

 

 Experience in educational, scientific and technological management and administration

Secretary of the Master's Degree in Engineering of Educational Technologies since 2021.

 Direction of summer courses

Course: XVII Escuela de Verano de Informática: Computación Grid: del middleware a las aplicaciones.

Participation:Member of the organizing committe

Scope: National.

City: Albacete, Spain.

Year: 2007.

Course: EnREDados en las nubes: Teoría y práctica de grids, clouds y sistemas distribuidos.

Descriptión: UNED summer course

Participation: Director.

Scope: National.

Place: Albacete, España.

Year: 2011.

Course: Learning Analytics Summer Institute (LASI) Local Madrid.

Descritción: Internation summer course

Participation:Member of the organizing committe

Scope: International.

Place: Madrid, Spain.

Year: 2014.

 Training merits

Title: Online course on cloud computing with Amazon Web Services.

Center: Polytechnic University of Valencia.

Subject: In this course, cloud-type distributed parallel systems technologies are introduced, paying special attention to Amazon Web Services.

Date: July 2013

Duration: 30 hours.

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Title: Basic Arduino.

Center: General Foundation of the University of Granada.

Subject: This course introduces Arduino technology.

Date: March-May 2014

Duration: 75 hours.

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Title: Making sense of data.

Center: Google.

Subject: Online course on the use of Google tools to draw conclusions from the analysis of massive data.

Date: April 2014.

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Title: Hadoop Fundamentals I.

Center. Big Data University (bigdatauniversity.com)

Subject: Online course on working with software to implement Hadoop distributed parallel systems.

Date: October 2015

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Title: Accessing Hadoop Data Using Hive.

Center. Big Data University (bigdatauniversity.com)

Subject: Online course on working with Hadoop distributed parallel systems software using Hive.

Date: October 2015

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Title: INF201.13x: Introduction to Cloud Computing.

Center. Microsoft, an online learning initiative of Microsoft Corporation through edX.

Subject: Introduction to cloud computing.

Date: October 2015.

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Title: The academic digital edition: from analog to digital.

Center: UNED Foundation.

Subject: This course introduces the labeling of digital documents.

Date: January 2016.

Duration: 15 hours.

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Title: Spark Fundamentals I.

Center. Big Data University (bigdatauniversity.com)

Subject: Online course that offers an introduction to the Apache Spark distributed parallel systems programming tool.

Date: June 2016

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Title: CS105x: Introduction to Apache Spark.

Center: BerkeleyX, an online learning initiative of University of California, Berkeley through edX.

Subject: Introduction to working with big data using the Apache Spark distributed parallel systems programming tool.

Date: September 2016.

CERTIFICATIONS:

"Certified Neo4j Professional". Neo4j. 2020.

"Google Cloud Fundamentals: Core Infrastructure". Google. 2020.

"Microsoft Office Specialist Excel 2010". Microsoft. 2015.

"Cisco Certificate Network Associate (CCNA) 1 - 4". Cisco Systems Inc. and University of Castilla La Mancha. 2003.

"Pedagogical aptitude course". UCLM. 150 hours of theory and 150 hours of teaching practice (CAP 2004/05).


 

 Other merits

Review of articles for international journals present in JCR. Journal of Supercomputing, Concurrency and computation-Practice & experience, Future Generation Computer Systems, Expert Systems With Applications, Simulation Modeling Practice and Theory.

Member of the Joint Research Institute-National School of Health IMI-ENS, from March 1, 2016 to the present.

Member of the High Performance Networks and Architectures Group (RAAP), IT Department, UCLM, from 2005 to 2009.

Recognition of the RAAP as a consolidated research group by the Castilla-La Mancha Community Board in the 2002 call.

Member of the Board of the Center of the Higher Polytechnic School of Albacete (EPSA, UCLM) from May 2006 to March 2008 as representative of the student sector.

Member of the UNED Governing Council, appointed by the Rector, from January to September 2015, and from September 2016 to September 2017. Member of the School Board of the Higher Technical School of Computer Engineering of the UNED, from January 2017 to May 2017, as representative of the rest of the PDI sector.