{"title":"Producing linked open data to describe scientific activity from researchers of Ecuadorian universities","authors":"Elizabeth Cadme, Nelson Piedra","doi":"10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278535","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278535","url":null,"abstract":"Semantic interoperability can be reached using universal languages of knowledge representation and adopting open standards practices (such as URIs, RDF, OWL, and LOD) advantaging the content interchange. In this work, we present a life cycle process with the following stages: data collection, processing, transformation, enrichment, and publishing, of Linked Data into the domain of research activity produced by the university teaching staff in Ecuador. This article describes the processes for collecting data from repositories, creating a semantic data model, cleaning data, transforming, linking and publishing linked data. Special attention has been given to ontological design patterns, as well as tools to ensure the semantic interoperability of the converted data. Special attention has been given to ontological design patterns, as well as tools to ensure the semantic interoperability of the converted data. The model shows these heterogeneous data into an evenly and abstract way, which is crucial in the matter of providing “intelligent” applications for research activity.","PeriodicalId":400949,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII)","volume":"12 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128711673","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Detecting blacklisted URLs from unmodified and non-rooted Android devices","authors":"O. Somarriba","doi":"10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278539","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278539","url":null,"abstract":"Smart devices are everywhere nowadays, such as smartphones and tablets where the Android platform is dominant in this mobile era. As a consequence of this popularity, the malware targeting Android smartphones has also mushroomed. Android malware is one of the major security issues and fast growing threats facing the Internet in the mobile arena, today. So, in this context, DNS (Domain Name System) is widely misused by miscreants in order to provide internet connection within malicious networks and botnets. In our experiments, we use the MalGenome dataset in order to generate network traffic. Besides, most of the malware we examine use DNS in order to obtain the IP address of their command and control servers. Then, the problem of determining the DNS queries done by the malware through devices without modifying the firmware or rooting smartphone, is very important and it poses a big challenge. From traces we generated from apps under test, we can extract malicious URLs invoked by the malware.","PeriodicalId":400949,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII)","volume":"68 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130908335","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evaluation of governmental infrastructure for deployment of LTE-Advanced in Esteli, Nicaragua","authors":"E. Pérez-Molina, M. Munguía-Mena","doi":"10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278536","url":null,"abstract":"In this work, the use of governmental infrastructure in Esteli, Nicaragua, was evaluated as an alternative for deployment of a LTE-Advance network. The evaluation was carried out through simulations of throughput coverage, Block Error Rate (BLER) and traffic channel quality. Besides, this LTE-Advanced network was compared with another that uses the concept of collocation, a common practice among mobile network operators to introduce new technology. The results obtained in terms of throughput, BLER, and traffic channel quality; As well as the comparison with an LTE-A network that uses collocation principle show that the utilization of governmental infrastructure to deploy LTE-A in Esteli is technically feasible.","PeriodicalId":400949,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII)","volume":"83 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124936730","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
J. Enríquez-Zárate, R. Velásquez, G. Silva‐Navarro
{"title":"Active vibration in civil structures using negative acceleration feedback","authors":"J. Enríquez-Zárate, R. Velásquez, G. Silva‐Navarro","doi":"10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278521","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278521","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the implementation of a controller based on Negative Acceleration Feedback (NAF) applied in a building-like experimental platform representing a civil structure. The system was modeled using the Euler-Lagrange formalism and the system's experimental resonant frequencies were obtained using the peak-picking method. An advantage of modal control for experimental applications is that it is not necessary to derive a mathematical model for the system to apply such controller which performs well for displacement and vibration reduction while keeping global stability. In particular, this paper addresses the case of an external force exciting the base of the structure. Numerical results demonstrate the controller's performance.","PeriodicalId":400949,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII)","volume":"332 5","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114059961","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Location of brain areas using ensemble Kalman filter and considering non-homogeneous and no linear dynamical model","authors":"Pablo Andrés Muñoz Gutiérrez, E. Suarez","doi":"10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278524","url":null,"abstract":"This work shows an approach to estimate brain activity using ensemble Kalman filter. The estimator is based on no linear model that considers the evolution of the neural activity as non-homogeneous. These conditions can help to improve the solution of the neuromagnetic inverse problem and to find spatially focus sources. This model allowed us to simulate brain activity similar to epilepsy in a specific area and differents time intervals, which could be observed in the multichannel electroencephalography, and is therefore a first step to carry on a focused analysis of the brain activity and the inter-connectivity among zones.","PeriodicalId":400949,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII)","volume":"33 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134069150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mario Arévalo, Daniel Ríos, Gabriel F. Baum, G. Blanco
{"title":"Integrated generation and transmission planning under uncertainty using flexibility in generation","authors":"Mario Arévalo, Daniel Ríos, Gabriel F. Baum, G. Blanco","doi":"10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278464","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278464","url":null,"abstract":"The process of liberalization of power markets has changed the paradigm of planning the joint expansion of the generation and transmission segments. The assessment of this problem is even more complex when considering the uncertainties that usually determine the long-term evolution of the system. Moreover, and from the point of view of regulators and policy makers, an optimal assessment is of great interest because the lack of coordination between the two types of investment can jeopardize competition and efficiency in the whole electricity sector. In that context, this paper proposes an improved method to assess the joint expansion planning of the generation and transmission segments, considering the inherent flexibility of investments belonging the first segment, using the Real Options valuation approach, considering the Least Squares Monte Carlo method. A numerical example has been tested considering a system of two nodes. It is shown that the consideration of investments flexibility allows increasing the social benefit through the coordinated planning of the generation and transmission segments.","PeriodicalId":400949,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115853551","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A perception-based method for a multidimensional estimation of the intangible value impact of ICT investments","authors":"Oscar Lindo","doi":"10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278497","url":null,"abstract":"A perception-based method for a multidimensional estimation of the intangible value (INTVAL) impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) investments is presented. The method proposes conducting a comparative analysis of the impact projected by decision makers (DMs) with that perceived by user beneficiaries of the level of contribution of such technologies to the value activities of their business unit. This will allow DMs determining: a) how an ICT investment is expected to impact the VC of their business unit, b) how an ICT investment actually impacted the VC of their business unit, and c) whether the INTVAL impact obtained is aligned with the strategic objectives pursued in terms of how many value activities intended to be impacted were actually impacted at the extent predicted.","PeriodicalId":400949,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123542030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Distribution power quality levels in el salvador","authors":"J. Ramos, Armando Martínez, Luis Chevez","doi":"10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278475","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278475","url":null,"abstract":"Preliminary results of the Distribution Power Quality Survey in El Salvador are presented in this paper. Voltage measurements have been conducted at end users sites, and also in substations of the distribution system. Compliance has been analyzed in reference to the national power quality standard issued by SIGET (Superintendencia General de Electricidad y Telecomunicaciones). This standard includes limits and percentiles for slow voltage variations, harmonic distortion, and short term flicker severity index For harmonic voltage distortion, compliance evaluation applying SIGET standard is compared to application of IEEE 519-2014. Additionally, three electromagnetic phenomena not included in SIGET standard have been analyzed: short duration rms voltage variations (sags), voltage unbalance and long term flicker severity index The paper is conclusive regarding steady state electromagnetic phenomena: Measured Values comply with SIGET standard, except at two specific sites. High levels of short term flicker severity index (Pst) have been found at these two sites. Measurements conducted in 2016 and 2017, also show an increase trend in the levels of individual odd harmonics distortion components that are multiple of three, and also an increase in the long term flicker severity index, caused by an structural change of non-linear loads. At last, the estimation of voltage sag indices presented in this paper show that voltage sags represent the main power quality problem in the distribution system in El Salvador.","PeriodicalId":400949,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII)","volume":"73 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129659392","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A collaborative framework for android malware detection using DNS & dynamic analysis","authors":"O. Somarriba, Urko Zurutuza","doi":"10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278529","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278529","url":null,"abstract":"Nowadays, with the predominance of smart devices such as smartphones, mobile malware attacks have increasingly proliferated. There is an urgent need of detecting potential malicious behaviors so as to hinder them. Furthermore, Android malware is one of the major security issues and fast growing threats facing the Internet in the mobile arena. At the same time, DNS (Domain Name System) is widely misused by miscreants in order to provide Internet connection within malicious networks. Here, we propose an infrastructure for monitoring the Android applications in a platform-independent manner, introducing hooks in order to trace restricted API calls used at runtime of the application. These traces are collected at a central server were the application behavior filtering, string matching, and visualization takes place. From these traces we can extract malicious URLs and correlate them with DNS service network traffic, enabling us to find presence of malware running at the network level.","PeriodicalId":400949,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII)","volume":"22 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129416148","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Carlos López Grande, Ricardo Salvador Guadrón Gutiérrez
{"title":"Give us this day our daily ransomware","authors":"Carlos López Grande, Ricardo Salvador Guadrón Gutiérrez","doi":"10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CONCAPAN.2017.8278517","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, hackers have used ransomware to “hijack” information from users or even organizations. They encrypt this information and request a rescue to decrypt it. Today, the most important asset in a company is information, so safeguarding it must be priority. In this article, we will learn its history, the main characteristics of ransomware, how it works and some recommendations that will help reduce vulnerabilities.","PeriodicalId":400949,"journal":{"name":"2017 IEEE 37th Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XXXVII)","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2017-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127118725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}