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Sandra Lorena Céspedes Umaña

Associate Professor

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

Líneas de Investigación


Internet of things Vehicular networking Intelligent transportation systems Ad hoc protocols Protocol design Routing

Educación

  •  Electrical and Computer Engineering, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO. Canada, 2012
  •  Telematics Engineering, UNIVERSIDAD ICESI. Colombia, 2003

Experiencia Académica

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas

    Santiago, Chile

    2014 - 2021

  •   Assistant Professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ICESI

    Ingeniería

    Cali, Colombia

    2012 - 2014

  •   Lecturer Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD ICESI

    Ingeniería

    Cali, Chile

    2005 - 2014

  •   Research Assistant Part Time

    UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

    Engineering

    Waterloo, Canada

    2010 - 2012

  •   Associate Researcher Other

    UNIVERSIDAD TECNICA FEDERICO SANTA MARIA

    Advanced Center of Electrical and Electronic Engeering

    Santiago, Chile

    2020 - At present

  •   Associate professor Full Time

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas

    Santiago, Chile

    2021 - At present

Experiencia Profesional

  •   Infrastructure Manager Full Time

    People On Line

    Cali, Colombia

    2003 - 2005

  •   Intern Full Time

    Fujitsu Laboratories of America

    Sunnyvale, Estados Unidos

    2011 - 2011

Formación de Capital Humano


PHD THESIS ADVISOR

Ongoing:
"Context-aware mechanisms for the integration of vulnerable road users in smart transportation", Alexis Yañez, Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.
"Medium access coordination in space networking". Raydel Ortigueira. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
"Designing and modeling of coordination mechanisms for offloading of traffic from DSRC to TV White Spaces in vehicular communication networks". Adriana Arteaga. Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering.

MASTER THESIS ADVISOR

Ongoing:
"SCHC over Sigfox", Diego Wistuba, Master in Electrical Engineering
"Adaptation of MAC protocol for LoRa in a monitoring system for hydric resources", Gabriel Flores, Master in Computer Science
"Adaptive protocols in heterogeneous vehicular networks with vulnerable road users", Tomás Lara, Master in Electrical Engineering
"Real-time early warning system for cyclist with turn prediction". Salomón Torres. Master in Computer Science

Completed:
2020 "Compression and fragmentation of IP packets in LoRa WAN", Rodrigo Muñoz, Master in Electrical Engineering
2020 "Adaptation and evaluation of HTTP/2 for restricted devices in the Internet of Things". Diego Londoño. Master in Electrical Engineering
2020 "Control algorithm for relaying nodes to improve safety cooperation at intersections". Pablo Ortega. Master in Electrical Engineering
2019 "An intelligent decision system for interworking of 802.11p and LTE in heterogeneous vehicular networks". Felipe Valle. Master in Electrical Engineering
2019 “Context-aware system for selection and parameterization of dissemination mechanisms in vehicular ad-hoc networks” Alexis Yáñez I. Master in Electrical Engineering
2017 “Modelling and Implementation of a Protocol for Partially Connected Topologies in Underground Mines.” Javiera Born B. Master in Computer Science
2016 “Simulación y análisis de desempeño de la red LTE para Infraestrutura de Medición Avanzada en Smart Grids.” César Cárdenas L.. Master in Telecommunication networks
2014 “Evaluación de topologías y mecanismos de enrutamiento en redes AMI para redes eléctricas inteligentes en entornos rurales y urbanos colombianos.” Diego Fernando Ramírez Hincapié. Master in Telecommunications and Systems.

UNDERGRADUATE FINAL PROJECT ADVISOR (Completed)
13 Undergraduates ( 2021: 1 ;2020: 1 ,2019:6 ;2017: 1;2016:1; 2014: 2, 2012:1)


Difusión y Transferencia


SERVICE TO PROFESSION
1. 2020 - present. Associate Editor. IEEE Vehicular Technology Magazine. ISI - Q1
2. 2019 - present. Associate Editor. IEEE Internet of Things Journal. ISI - Q1

TALKS AND TUTORIALS (last 5 years)
2020
1. “El rol de los centros de investigación para enfrentar los desafíos del futuro”. Panelist. Centro Avanzado
2. “IoT goes to space: A revision of the challenges to enable IoT connectivity from nano-satellites constellations”, Keynote speaker, IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing (COLCOM), Colombia.
3. “5G, Mitos y realidad”, Panelist. Un viaje por la Ciencia, Facultad de Ciencias Físicas y Matemáticas, Universidad de Chile

2019
1. Latvia University of Life Sciences and Technology. “Exploiting Network Diversity in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks”. Invited Speaker. Jelgava, Latvia.
2. IPv6 over Low Power Wide-Area Networks (lpwan) WG meeting. IETF 105TH. “PySCHCImplementaion”. Presenter. Montreal, Canada.
3. Ciclo Maker FABLAB Universidad de Chile. “Internet de las Cosas (IoT)”. Invited Speaker. Santiago, Chile

2018
1. IEEE VTS School in Latin America & Caribbean V2X Communications. “Introduction to Networking in V2X”. Invited Speaker. Bogotá, Colombia.
2. Festival of Engineering and Sciences. “What is the IoT and how will it change our lives”. Universidad de Chile. Santiago, Chile.
3. IEEE KW Section Vehicular Technology Chapter Distinguished Lecture, “Exploiting Network Diversity in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks”, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada.
4. Colegio Chilean Eagles, “What is IoT and how will it change our lives”, Santiago, Chile.
5. Universidad Icesi, Faculty of Engineering, “Exploiting Network Diversity in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks", Cali, Colombia.
6. Summer School of IoT, "Applicability study of HTTP/2 in the IoT context", Invited Speaker, Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina.

2017
1. Workshop: Fundamentals and Applications of the Internet of Things, “Is HTTP/2 applicable to the IoT world?”, Invited Speaker, Pontificia Universidad Católica, Santiago, Chile.
2. Spring School of Networks, “IoT for the support of Smart Cities”, Invited Speaker, Pucón, Chile.
3. IEEE CHILEAN Conference on Electrical, Electronics Engineering, Information and Communication Technologies (CHILECON), “Panel: IoT”, Panelist, Pucón, Chile.

2016
1. Workshop Intelligent Transportation for Smart Cities, “Cyber-physical systems serving urban transportation”, Invited Speaker, Santiago, Chile.

2015
1. Osaka Prefecture University, Graduate School of Engineering, “Exploiting Network Diversity in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks”, Osaka, Japan.
2. Congreso Her: Niñas hoy, Líderes Mañana, “My experience as Telematics Engineer”, Invited Speaker, Santiago, Chile.
3. Latin American Women in Technology (LATINITY) – track Societies, “Empowerment of Women in Engineering, IEEE WIE”, Santiago, Chile.
4. Spring School of Networks, “Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF)”, Invited Speaker, Santiago, Chile.
5. Spring School of Networks, “Vehicular Communication Networks”, Keynote Speaker, Santiago, Chile.
6. IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing (COLCOM), "Challenges of Internet-connected Cyber-Physical Systems", Keynote Speaker, Popayán, Colombia.

INTERVIEWS AND MASS MEDIA (last 5 years)
1. Las últimas noticias. Entrevista sobre Internet espacial de Starlink, enero 2021.
2. EMOL TV. Entrevista sobre Llegada de 5G a Chile, diciembre 2020.
3. Sonar FM. Entrevista sobre el Campus 5G. Programa Sonar 2040, 18 diciembre 2020.
4. La Tercera. Lanzamiento de Primer Campus 5G en Chile, noviembre 2020.
5. CNN/Chilevision. Entrevista sobre Llegada de 4G a la Luna. Programa Futuro 360, octubre 2020. Disponible en: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q4nLNcyQHk
6. Radio Infinita. Entrevista sobre Campus 5G en la Universidad de Chile. Programa Work Café Santander. Chile, septiembre 2020.
7. ElPeriodista. Invitada sobre Desafíos del 5G en Chile, junto con ex Subsecretario de Telecomunicaciones, Pedro Huichalaf. Programa LateElPeriodista. Chile, agosto 2020.
8. Las últimas noticias. Entrevista para nota: “Así es el roaming automático nacional que mejora cobertura de Internet en zonas aisladas”. Disponible en: https://www.lun.com/Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?dt=2020-06-10&SupplementId=0&BodyID=0&PaginaId=14&r=w . Chile, junio 2020.
9. Radio Carabineros. “Bicicletas interconectadas inalámbricamente”. Entrevista en programa “Cuidemos nuestro medio ambiente”. Chile, abril 2018.
10. Magazine Traffic Technology Today. Entrevista para artículo: “Protecting Cyclists”. Disponible en: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/0d084327#/0d084327/38. UK, abril/mayo 2017.
11. La Nación. “Los ingenieros de la matrix: ¿quién ordena internet?”. Entrevista a cuatro ingenieros representantes de Latin América en la Fuerza de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF). Disponible en: https://www.lanacion.com.ar/lifestyle/los-ingenieros-de-la-matrix-quien-ordena-internet-nid1921463. Argentina, julio 2016.
12. Revista Brando (versión impresa). “Los ingenieros de la Matrix”. Entrevista a cuatro ingenieros representantes de Latin América en la Fuerza de Trabajo de Ingeniería de Internet (IETF). Argentina, julio 2016.
13. La Tercera. “Inédito proyecto permitirá chatear sin Internet”. Disponible en: http://www2.latercera.com/noticia/inedito-proyecto-permitira-chatear-sin-internet/. Chile, junio 2016
14. El Definido. “El Whatsapp chileno que conecta a los vecinos sin Internet”. Disponible en: http://www.eldefinido.cl/actualidad/pais/7045/El-Whatsapp-chileno-que-conecta-a-los-vecinos-sin-internet/. Chile, junio 2016
15. TyN Magazine. “Cómo contribuye América Latina a la normalización de Internet. Disponible en: https://www.tynmagazine.com/como-contribuye-america-latina-a-la-normalizacion-de-internet/ , mayo 2015.


Premios y Distinciones

  •   Associate Editor IEEE Internet of Things Journal

    IEEE

    Estados Unidos, 2019

    Associate Editor IEEE Internet of Things Journal (5-years Impact Factor: 5.863 )

  •   Associate Editor IET Communications

    IET

    Chile, 2015

    Associate Editor IET Communications (5-years Impact Factor: 1.174)

  •   IEEE Senior Member

    IEEE

    Estados Unidos, 2017

    Reconocimiento a la trayectoria profesional

  •   ISOC Fellow

    Internet Society

    Suiza, 2015

    Fellowship to attend the IETF Meeeting

  •   Mejor docente pregrado

    UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

    Chile, 2019

    Premio a los mejores docentes del área de pregrado de la Universidad


 

Article (18)

A comprehensive survey on vehicular networks for smart roads: A focus on IP-based approaches
Automated Decision System to Exploit Network Diversity for Connected Vehicles
Impact of Awareness Control on V2V-Based Overtaking Application in Autonomous Driving
Impact of Safety Message Generation Rules on the Awareness of Vulnerable Road Users
Capacitated Multicommodity Flow Problem for Heterogeneous Smart Electricity Metering Communications Using Column Generation
Communication Requirements in Microgrids: A Practical Survey
POSACC: Position-Accuracy Based Adaptive Beaconing Algorithm for Cooperative Vehicular Safety Systems
A baseline for context-aware system for safety messages dissemination in VANETs
Review and Evaluation of MAC Protocols for Satellite IoT Systems Using Nanosatellites
Vehicular Communications Over TV White Spaces in the Presence of Secondary Users
Group Cycling Meets Technology: A Cooperative Cycling Cyber-Physical System
SCALABLE ROUTE MAP FOR ADVANCED METERING INFRASTRUCTURE BASED ON OPTIMAL ROUTING OF WIRELESS HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS
Design and simulation of a collision notification application with geocast routing for car-to-car communications
On Achieving Seamless IP Communications in Heterogeneous Vehicular Networks
Overcoming Intrinsic Losses With a Physical-Transport Cross-Layer Control System for Low-SNR Links
A Multihop-Authenticated Proxy Mobile IP Scheme for Asymmetric VANETs
VIP-WAVE: On the Feasibility of IP Communications in 802.11p Vehicular Networks
IP Mobility Management for Vehicular Communication Networks: Challenges and Solutions

ConferencePaper (32)

Analysis of Channel Models for LoRa-based Direct-to-Satellite IoT Networks Served by LEO Nanosatellites
Evaluation of Opportunistic Access Strategies for Vehicular Networking Over TVWS
Analysis and Evaluation of HTTP/2 Flow Control Algorithm for IoT
Increasing Safety at Vehicular Intersections with a Controlled Retransmission of Beacons
Pedestrians also Have Something to Say: Integration of Connected VRU in Bidirectional Simulations
Direct-To-Satellite IoT - A Survey of the State of the Art and Future Research Perspectives: Backhauling the IoT Through LEO Satellites
Performance Enhancement of VLC-Based Systems Using Diversity Combining Schemes in the Receiver
Understanding and Characterizing Transmission Times for Compressed IP packets over LoRaWAN
CaSSaM: Context-aware system for safety messages dissemination in VANETs
Comparison of path loss models for vehicular communications in TV white spaces
Connectivity improvement in urban intersections obstructed by buildings using RSUs
Dynamic beaconing using probability density functions in cooperative vehicular networks
Dynamic control of beacon transmission rate and power with position error constraint in cooperative vehicular networks
Evaluation of MAC protocols for IoT satellite systems
Implementation of a Low-Cost Vehicular VLC System and CAN Bus Interface
Next generation vehicular communications via interworking of DSRC and TV White Space
Optimal Placement of Data Aggregation Points for Smart Metering using Wireless Heterogeneous Networks
Proposal for an intelligent distribution model of DNS queries according to time zones
Proposal for architecture and simulated implementation of an early warning system for cyclists based on an algorithm of right turn predictions of vehicles
QoS evaluation of the future high-efficiency IEEE 802.11ax WLAN standard
Demo: A prototype for a platoon-based cyclist cooperative system
Novel channel hopping sequence approaches to rendezvous for VANETs
Enhancing vehicular applications by exploiting network diversity
Performance evaluation of CoAP and HTTP/2 in web applications
Platoon-based cyclists cooperative system
Spectrum sensing for vehicular dynamic spectrum access
A bridge structural health monitoring system supported by the Internet of Things
Improving performance of TCP-based applications in power line communications for smart grids
Performance evaluation of future AMI applications in Smart Grid Neighborhood Area Networks
Poster: Smart networked bicycles with platoon cooperation
Vehicular cloud computing in the dawn of 5G
Traffic flow analysis over a IPv6 hybrid manet

ConferenceProceedingWhole (2)

2018 International Workshop on ADVANCEs in ICT Infrastructures and Services (ADVANCE’ 2018)
Proceedings of the IV School on Systems and Networks, SSN 2018

Proyecto (12)

SaTellite networks Architectures pRotocols and informaticS (STARS)
IoT goes to space: Wireless networking protocols and architectures for IoT networks served by LEO satellite constellations
Sistema abierto experto para apoyar la gestión de recursos hídricos mediante monitoreo de bajo costo en tiempo real de aguas superficiales y subterráneas
Inclusive Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems: an Integration of Vulnerable Road Users through Vehicular Networking
Inclusive Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems=> an Integration of Vulnerable Road Users through Vehicular Networking
Enabling REsilient urban TRAnsportation systems in smart CiTies
Enabling REsilient urban TRAnsportation systems in smart CiTes
Instituto Sistemas Complejos de Ingeniería
VNET- Towards End-to-End Network Cloudification
Efficient Data Dissemination in Heterogeneous Vehicular Communication Networks
Exploiting network diversity for improved performance of traffic efficiency applications in urban vehicular networks
Exploiting network diversity for improved performance of traffic efficiency applications in urban vehicular networks

Review (1)

Routing in Neighborhood Area Networks: A survey in the context of AMI communications
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Sandra Céspedes

Associate Professor

Electrical Engineering

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

5
Alexis Yáñez

Estudiante de Doctorado

de Ingeniería Eléctrica

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

4
Christian Lazo

tecnico Academico

Uach

Valdivia, Chile

3
Cesar Azurdia

Associate Professor

Departamento de Ingeniería Electrica

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

2
Sandy Bolufé

Profesor Asistente

Ingeniería Eléctrica

Universidad de Santiago de Chile

Santiago, Chile

2
Claudio Estevez

Profesor Asistente

Ingeniería Eléctrica

UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE

Santiago, Chile

1
Doris Saez

Full Professor

Electrical Engineering

Universidad de Chile

Santiago, Chile

1
Juan Fraire

Associate Professor

Universidad Nacional de Córdoba

Córdoba, Argentina

1
Juan Gómez

Profesor Asistente

Ingeniería

Universidad Andrés Bello

Santiago, Chile

1
Carlos Becerra

Director

Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación

Universidad de Talca

Linares, Chile

1
Alex Becerra

Ingeniero electrónico

Observatorio Gemini

La Serena, Chile