Intelligent Transport and Sustainable Mobility Systems

Traffic monitoring and management systems, vehicle magnetic fingerprint identification systems, automatic incident detection systems, applications for route optimisation, travel times, O/D matrixes, GIS applications, geographic data representation and virtual simulation.

Electronic toll collection systems and mobile vehicles. Satellite and telephony location systems. GPS and GSM applications. V2V, V2I and I2V communication systems. Bluetooth, RFID and WIFI detection systems. Cooperative systems. Dynamic navigation.

Monitoring of Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) indicators, application of new sustainable technologies and Smart solutions.

Technical audits, project drafting and works management of ITS systems installations in tunnels and roads. Preparation, coordination and management of European projects.

Representation of the administration in standardisation and normalisation committees, directives, regulatory regulations and expert groups. Translation and evaluation of standards. Mobility, traffic and transport consultancy studies.

Principal Investigators: Dr. Juan J. Martínez / Dr. Javier Martínez

Advanced ICT systems for electronic management and administration

Systems for the collection, processing and statistical treatment of data. Advanced database management applications. DWH design and implementation. Re-engineering of systems and client/server architectures. Data modelling. Document management. Multimodal systems. Hospital management.

Development of mobile applications, electronic forms, payment services and secure information processing. Development of machine learning models for the detection of patterns, identification of anomalies and projection of trends in data from the Public Administration.

Research into the development and evaluation of smart dashboards, IoT device integration and open data portals that facilitate strategic decision making at the municipal level or superior.

Principal Investigators: Dr. Ramón Cirilo

Semantic Web, ontologies and Linked Open Data (LOD)

Web systems for data access and publication. Conversion, fusion and integration of data from heterogeneous sources.

Use of semantic web-based technologies, creation of specific ontology models and metadata applied to different domains.

Development of information systems based on linked open data, interoperable open data portals through data catalogue descriptors, construction of FAIR data environments in different digital environments. Data federation and integration in European data spaces.

Principal Investigators: Dr. J. Javier Samper / Dr. Jose F. García

IT security, data protection and privacy

Security analysis of computer systems, vulnerability detection, cryptography and secure communications. Mechanisms for the protection of personal data, traceability of information, privacy and security-oriented design. Data anonymization. Security audits. International regulations.

Principal Investigators: Dr. Ricard Martínez / Francisco Soriano

AI-based semantic Earth observation for crop sustainability and climate change

Validation of remote sensing data and products using the monitoring station located in the Plana de Utiel-Requena region (Valencia Anchor Station). Integration of artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) techniques with Earth observation (EO) remote sensing tools to address crop sustainability and the effects of climate change.

Development of automatic pattern detection models in multispectral, hyperspectral and SAR satellite and drone images. Crop yield prediction using time series of Earth observation data and climatic variables. Use of GNSS-R, -IR signals to obtain agronomic parameters. Use of Copernicus Sentinel-1/-2/-3, Landsat, and other commercial satellites paired with UAVs/drones and ground sensors for the evaluation of predictive models on crop evolution, irrigation water consumption and optimisation, and climate change effects.

Principal Investigators: Dr. J. Javier Samper / Dr. Juan J. Martínez