My CV

Personal Information

Full name   Andreu Sancho-Asensio
ResearcherID   A-2534-2014
ORCID   0000-0002-4325-4719


Education

PhD in Computer Engineering (2010 – 2014) La Salle – Universistat Ramon LLull
Thesis title"Facing online challenges using learning classifier systems"
AdvisorsJorge Casillas and Elisabet Golobardes
Examining CommitteeProf. Plamen Angelov, Prof. Francisco Herrera, and Prof. Xavier Vilasís
Postgraduate in Bioinformatics (2012 - 2013) Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
MS in Computer Engineering (2008 – 2010) La Salle – Universistat Ramon LLull
Thesis title"Introducing neural constructivism in data classification tasks"
AdvisorAlbert Orriols-Puig
MS in Computer Engineering (2008 – 2010) La Salle – Universistat Ramon LLull
Thesis title"Toward more robust LCSs: from original XCS to neural constructivism"
AdvisorAlbert Orriols-Puig
BS in Computer Engineering (2003 – 2008) La Salle – Universistat Ramon LLull
Thesis title"Estudi i disseny de mecanismes de ponderació d’atributs aplicats al raonament basat en casos"
AdvisorDavid Vernet


Other Courses

Self-driving car engineer nanodegree (first and second terms). Udacity

Awards and Grants

Beca FI (2011-2014) Scholarship for researchers formation.

Participation in Research Projects

INTEGRIS – Intelligent Electrical Grid Sensor Communications (2010-2013) Reference: FP7-ICT-ENERGY-2009-1.
KEEL III – Knowledge Discovery based on Evolutionary Learning: Current Trends and New Challenges (2010-2013) Reference: TIN2008-06681-C06-05.
PATRICIA - Pain and Anxiety Treatment based on social Robot Interaction with Children to Improve pAtient experience (2013-2014) Reference: TIN2012-38416-C03-01.

Other Activities

Visiting PhD student at the Universidad de Granada (Granada, Spain) April 2013 - June 2013

Visiting PhD student at the University of Nottingham (Nottingham, UK) April 2012 - July 2012

Main Publications

Journals

Nicolas, R.; Sancho-Asensio, A.; Golobardes, E.; Fornells, A.; Orriols-Puig, A.; "Multi-label classification based on analog reasoning," Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 40, no. 15, pp. 5924-5931, 2013. Link to ScienceDirect

Navarro, J.; Zaballos, A.; Sancho-Asensio, A.; Ravera, G.; Armendariz-Inigo, J.; "The Information System of INTEGRIS: INTelligent Electrical GRId Sensor Communications," Industrial Informatics, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 9, issue 3, pp. 1548-1560, 2013. Link to ieeexplore

Sancho-Asensio, A.; Orriols-Puig, A.; Golobardes, E.; "Robust On-Line Neural Learning Classifier System for Data Stream Classification Tasks," Soft Computing , vol. 18, no. 8, pp. 1441-1461, 2014. Link to Springer

Sancho-Asensio, A.; Navarro, J.; Arrieta-Salinas, I.; Armendáiz-Ínigo, J.E.; Jiménez-Ruano, V.; Zaballos, A.; Golobardes, E.; "Improving Data Partition Schemes in Smart Grids Via Clustering Data Streams," Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 41, issue 13, pp. 5832–5842, 2014. Link to ScienceDirect

Garcia-Piquer, A.; Sancho-Asensio, A.; Fornells, A.; Golobardes, E.; Corral, G.; Teixidó-Navarro, F.; "Toward High Performance Solution Retrieval in Multiobjective Clustering," Information Sciences , Vol. 320, pp. 12–25, 1 Nov. 2015. Link to ScienceDirect

Sancho-Asensio, A.; Orriols-Puig, A.; Casillas, J.; "Evolving Association Streams," Information Sciences,   Vol. 334-335, pp. 250-272, 20 Mar. 2016. Link to ScienceDirect

Conferences

Navarro, J.; Sancho-Asensio, A.; Garriga, C.; Albo-Canals, J.; Ortiz-Villajos Maroto, J.; Raya, C.; Angulo, C.; Miralles, D.; "A Cloud Robotics Architecture to Foster Individual Child Partnership in Medical Facilities," Cloud Robotics Workshop in 26th IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. November 3-8, 2013, Tokyo Big Sight, Japan.

Sancho-Asensio, A.; Navarro, J.; Arrieta-Salinas, I.; Armendáriz-Iñigo, J.E.; Golobardes, E.; "Data Replication in Smart Grids: Using Genetic Algorithms to Build Online Partitioning Schemes," 19th International Conference on Soft Computing MENDEL (MENDEL 2013), June 26 - 28, 2013, Brno, Czech Republic.

Louis-Rodríguez, M.J. ; Sancho-Asensio, A.; Navarro, J.; Arrieta-Salinas, I.; Azqueta-Alzúaz, A.; Armendáriz-Iñigo, J.E.; "A Prospective View on Designing Partitioning Schemes for Replicated Databases," XXI Jornadas de Concurrencia y Sistemas Distribuidos (JCSD 2013), 2013, In Press.

Louis-Rodríguez, M.J. ; Navarro, J.; Arrieta-Salinas, I.; Azqueta-Alzúaz, A.; Sancho-Asensio, A.; Armendáriz-Iñigo, J.E.; "Workload Management for Dynamic Partitioning Schemes in Replicated Databases," The 3rd International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER 2013), May 8 - 10, 2013, Aachen, Germany. INSTICC Press.

Navarro, J.; Sancho-Asensio, A.; Zaballos, A.; Jiménez-Ruano, V.; Vernet, D.; Armendáriz-Iñigo, J.E.; "The Management System of INTEGRIS: Extending the Smart Grid to the Web of Energy," The 4th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science (CLOSER 2014). April 3 - 5, 2014, Barcelona, Spain.


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