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Software Development Process Assessment With MMIS v.2, an ISO/IEC 33000-Based Model
30 December 2021

Our colleagues Moisés Rodríguez, Javier Verdugo, Francisco Pino and Mario Piattini, together with Boris Delgado of AENOR International, have published the article: Software Development Process Assessment With MMIS v.2, an ISO/IEC 33000-Based ...

Application of ISO/IEC TR 33014 to the Improvement of Green IT Processes
23 December 2021

Our colleagues David, Moisés and Mario together with Prof. Maria Teresa Baldassarre of the University of Bari and the Colombian researchers of the Unidad Central del Valle del Cauca (UCEVA), have published the article "Application of ISO/IEC TR 33014 to the Improvement...

Ismael Caballero participates as a member of the international jury of the CDQ Awards 2021
21 December 2021

Our colleague Ismael Caballero has participated as a member of the jury of the CDQ Award 2021 that recognizes innovation in best practices in data management, data quality management and data governance of different European companies...

Manuel Ángel Serrano has carried out a research stay at the University of Bari (Italy)
20 December 2021

Our colleague Manuel Ángel Serrano has just finished a research stay at the SERLAB group (The Software Engineering Research LABoratory) of the University of Bari Aldo Moro...

ISO Working Group on Data Quality and Data Governance Standards for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
17 December 2021

Our colleague Ismael Caballero joined ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC42's Data Working Group (WG2) this December to participate in the development of different data quality and data governance standards in the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning.

A method for transforming knowledge discovery metamodel to ArchiMate models
15 December 2021

Our colleagues Ricardo Pérez del Castillo, Francisco Ruiz and Mario Piattini, together with the researchers Andrea Delgado and Virginias Bacigalupe from the University of the Republic of Uruguay have published a paper in the international journal...

Mario Piattini awarded the "Grace Hopper" Prize by COOIICLM
13 December 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini has been awarded with the Grace Hopper Prize by the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros en Informática de Castilla-La Mancha, in the "Día Mundial de la Informática" celebrated in Talavera de la Reina...

World Informatics Day <br> &nbsp
World Informatics Day
10 December 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini participated in the COIICLM 2021 Computer Science Awards at the "World Computer Science Day" held on 9 December 2021 in Talavera de la Reina and organised by the Colegio Oficial de Ingenieros en Informática de Castilla-La Mancha (Official College of Computer Science Engineers of Castilla-La Mancha)...

QHealth: “Quantum pharmacogenomics applied to ageing” in EQTC 2021
02 December 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini is presenting the project QHealth: "Quantum pharmacogenomics applied to ageing" at the 2nd European Quantum Technologies Conference (EQTC) in...

Analysis of Root Causes of Problems Affecting the Quality Hospital Administrative Data: A Systematic Review and Ishikawa Diagram
Analysis of Root Causes of Problems Affecting the Quality Hospital Administrative Data: A Systematic Review and Ishikawa Diagram
30 November 2021

Our colleague Ismael Caballero together with Portuguese researchers from CINTESIS of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, have published the article "Analysis of Root Causes of Problems Affecting the Quality Hospital Administrative Data: A ...

The unknown polluting flip side of accelerated digitisation
The unknown polluting flip side of accelerated digitisation
26 November 2021

Our colleague Coral Calero, was one of the experts who collaborated in the report entitled "The unknown polluting reverse side of accelerated digitalisation"...

Proceedings  2º Quantum Software Engineering and Technology Workshop <br>&nbsp
Proceedings 2º Quantum Software Engineering and Technology Workshop
23 November 2021

Our colleagues Ricardo Pérez-Castillo, Manuel A. Serrano and Mario Piattini have edited the CEUR proceedings of the 2nd Quantum Software Engineering and Technology Workshop (Q-SET 21) that was held last 19th of ...

Andrea Delgado en el Grupo Alarcos<br>&nbsp
Andrea Delgado en el Grupo Alarcos
19 November 2021

Professor Andrea Delgado, from the Institute of Computing of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of the Republic (Uruguay), is currently on a research stay at the Alarcos Group....

Green Software and Artificial Intelligence
16 November 2021

Members of the Green Team Alarcos of the Alarcos Group have participated in the activities of the UCLM Science Week with a workshop on "Green Software and Artificial Intelligence"...

iDanae Award for women with an excellent STEM career
12 November 2021

Our colleague Coral Calero received the runner-up prize of the iDanae Award for women with an excellent STEM career sponsored by the Idanae Chair (intelligence, data, analysis and strategy) in Big Data and Analytics. ...

Ismael Caballero and Ricardo Pérez participate in the Master Data Science and Business Intelligence with R
Ismael Caballero and Ricardo Pérez participate in the Master Data Science and Business Intelligence with R
11 November 2021

Our colleagues Ismael Caballero and Ricardo Pérez have taught the subject Data Architecture and Big Data Technologies in the Master's Degree in Data Science and Business Intelligence with R...

Verde que te quiero verde: sustainability in business processes and advanced software applications
Verde que te quiero verde: sustainability in business processes and advanced software applications
05 November 2021

Our colleague Félix García gave the keynote entitled "Verde que te quiero verde: sostenibilidad en procesos de negocio y aplicaciones avanzadas de software" at CLEI 2021 on 29 October...

Software Sustainability <br>&nbsp
Software Sustainability
02 November 2021

Our colleagues Coral Calero, Mª Ángeles Moraga and Mario Piattini are the editors of the new book: "Software Sustainability" published by Springer.

Mario Piattini among the best researchers in the world  <br>&nbsp
Mario Piattini among the best researchers in the world
01 November 2021

Our director Mario Piattini is among the best researchers in the world according to the latest edition of the ranking prepared by Jhon P. A. Ioannidis (Stanford University, USA)...

A new path to create solutions for Quantum Annealing problems
A new path to create solutions for Quantum Annealing problems
29 October 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini, together with José Luis Hevia, Guido Peterssen and Ezequiel Murina from aQuantum have published the article "A new path to create solutions for Quantum Annealing problems"...

Software: to green or not to green, that´s the question <br> &nbsp
Software: to green or not to green, that´s the question
27 October 2021

On 27 October, Coral Calero will give the guest lecture entitled: Software: to green or not to green, that´s the question, within the 9th International Conference in Software Engineering Research and Innovation (CONISOFT 21).

THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
25 October 2021

On 29 October from 12 to 14 pm and organised by the Telefónica Foundation, Coral Calero will participate in the panel on THE RESPONSIBLE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, within the DIGITAL SOCIETY FORUM 2021....

Data Governance and Data Quality Management <br> &nbsp
Data Governance and Data Quality Management
22 October 2021

Our colleague Ismael Caballero gave a lecture on 15 October entitled "Data Quality Governance and Management" in the subject "Software Quality: certification and quality audits of processes, systems, data and services...

2nd Quantum Software Engineering and Technology Workshop (QuSET)
2nd Quantum Software Engineering and Technology Workshop (QuSET)
20 October 2021

The Alarcos Group in collaboration with aQuantum have organised the second edition of the Quantum Software Engineering and Technology Workshop (QuSET) held in conjunction with the IEEE International Conference on Quantum Computing...

Hector Gerardo Perez Gonzalez in the Alarcos Group <br> &nbsp
Hector Gerardo Perez Gonzalez in the Alarcos Group
18 October 2021

Professor Héctor Gerardo Pérez González from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí, Mexico is currently doing a research stay in the Alarcos group...

Investigating the impact on execution time and energy consumption of developing with Spring
Investigating the impact on execution time and energy consumption of developing with Spring
15 October 2021

Our colleagues Coral Calero, Macario Polo and Mª Ángeles Moraga have published the article entitled: "Investigating the impact on execution time and energy consumption of developing with Spring"...

Data-driven governance in the social sector: opportunities and challenges in a changing world
Data-driven governance in the social sector: opportunities and challenges in a changing world
13 October 2021

Nuestro compañero Ismael Caballero ha participado como ponente en la Mesa Redonda titulada “Data-driven governance in the social sector: opportunities and challenges in a changing world”, mesa celebrada en el seno de la edición de 2021

Security Reference Architecture for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
Security Reference Architecture for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
11 October 2021

Cyber-physical systems (CPS) are the next generation of engineered systems in which computing, communication and control technologies are being tightly integrated. They play an increasingly important role in critical infrastructures...

Organizational process maturity model for IoT data quality management
Organizational process maturity model for IoT data quality management
08 October 2021

Our colleagues Ricardo Pérez and Ismael Caballero together with the Korean researchers Sunho Kim and Dongwee Lee have published the paper "Organizational process maturity model for IoT data quality management"...

New University Professor in the Alarcos Group <br> &nbsp
New University Professor in the Alarcos Group
06 October 2021

On 5 October 2021, our colleague Ricardo Pérez del Castillo passed the exams to become Associate Professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences in Talavera de la Reina.

Alarcos at CEDI <br>&nbsp
Alarcos at CEDI
04 October 2021

Members of the Alarcos Group participated in and organised numerous CEDI 2021 activities...

Green Team Alarcos participates in the 12th European Researchers' Night
Green Team Alarcos participates in the 12th European Researchers' Night
02 October 2021

Members of the Green Team Alarcos have participated in the Researchers' Night, organized by Idoia Salazar from CEU San Pablo University and ODISEIA with a round table on AI ...

iDanae Award for women with excellent STEM careers
iDanae Award for women with excellent STEM careers
01 October 2021

Our colleague Coral Calero has been recognised with a runner-up prize in the IDANAE 2021 award. The aim of the iDanae (intelligence, data, analysis and strategy in Big Data and Analytics) award is to ...

Information Management <br>&nbsp
Information Management
30 September 2021

Our colleague Ismael Caballero has participated on September in the course "Information Management" of the Center for Graduate and Professional Update in Computer Science of the Faculty of Computer Science of the University of...

Dialogues beyond lighting: How to build trust in digitization
Dialogues beyond lighting: How to build trust in digitization
29 September 2021

How can we build trust in companies facing these new challenges? To answer this and other questions, our colleague Mario Piattini, together with AENOR, participates in an installment of Diálogos más allá de la iluminación...

Mario Piattini interviewed by Conocimiento e Innovación, Revista Digital del Postgrado en Informática
Mario Piattini interviewed by Conocimiento e Innovación, Revista Digital del Postgrado en Informática
27 September 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini has been interviewed by Conocimiento e Innovación, Revista Digital del Postgrado en Informática of the Universidad Nacional de La Plata in Argentina...

Introduction to Quantum Programming <br> &nbsp
Introduction to Quantum Programming
24 September 2021

The Escuela Superior de Informática de Ciudad Real has just announced the beginning of the pre-registration period for the course "Introduction to Quantum Programming" which will be held during the first four Fridays of October 2021...

8th Meeting of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/WG 14 Standardization Committee on Quantum Computing
8th Meeting of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/WG 14 Standardization Committee on Quantum Computing
22 September 2021

Our colleagues Ignacio García and Mario Piattini have participated in the 8th meeting of the ISO/IEC JTC 1/WG 14 standardization committee, held virtually on September 15, 2021...

Green algorithms and the use of AI as an ally against climate change
Green algorithms and the use of AI as an ally against climate change
21 September 2021

On September 24, on the occasion of the twelfth European Researchers' Night in Madrid and organized by the Universidad CEU San Pablo and the Observatory of the Social and Ethical Impact of AI (ODISEIA)...

Ismael Caballero has spent time with researchers from the 2D4H group.
Ismael Caballero has spent time with researchers from the 2D4H group.
20 September 2021

Ismael Caballero is on a three-month research stay at CINTESIS of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto with researchers from 2D4H...

Green and Sustainable Information Systems Introduction to Quantum Programming
Green and Sustainable Information Systems Introduction to Quantum Programming
17 September 2021

On September 9 and 10, the first edition of the track “Green and Sustainable Information Systems”, within the 29th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD2021)...

29th International Conference on Information Systems Development, o Grupo Alarcos en ISD 2021
29th International Conference on Information Systems Development, o Grupo Alarcos en ISD 2021
15 September 2021

Our partners Aurora Vizcaino, Antonio Manjavacas, Elena Desdentado, Marcela Genero and Coral Calero participated in the Congress ISD 2021, held in Valencia from September 8 to 10, 2021...

Towards a set of metrics for quantum circuits understandability
Towards a set of metrics for quantum circuits understandability
13 September 2021

Our partners Jose Antonio Cruz-Lemus, Luis Marcelo and Mario Piattini have presented the contribution "Towards a set of metrics for quantum circuits understandability", at the track “Quality Aspects in Quantum Computing”...

KDM to UML model transformation for Quantum Software Modernization
KDM to UML model transformation for Quantum Software Modernization
10 September 2021

Our partners Luis Jimenez-Navajas, Ricardo Pérez-Castillo and Mario Piattini will present the paper “KDM to UML model transformation for Quantum Software Modernization“, in the track “Quality Aspects in Quantum Computing” ...

Quantum Computing <br> &nbsp
Quantum Computing
07 September 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini, together with Guido Peterssen and José Luis Hevia from aQuantum and Christof Ebert have published the article “Quantum Computing” in the September...

Mutation Testing Techniques for Mobile Applications
03 September 2021

On August 6, 2021, our colleague Isyed de la Caridad Rodriguez defended her doctoral thesis entitled "Mutation Testing...

What Makes Agile Software Development Agile?  &nbsp
What Makes Agile Software Development Agile?
31 August 2021

Our colleagues Aurora Vizcaino, Marcela Genero and Mario Piattini have participated in the most important international study on agility.

aQuantum Fundamentals, a major contribution to Quantum Software Engineering and Programming Literacy
aQuantum Fundamentals, a major contribution to Quantum Software Engineering and Programming Literacy
30 July 2021

Within the framework of the actions to boost industry and personnel training related to quantum software programming and engineering, included in the Manifesto de Talavera, in aQuantum (joint unit between the Alarcos of the UCLM and Alhambra) we have created the aQuantum Fundamentals...

MARISMA-BiDa Pattern: Integrated Risk Analysis for Big Data &nbsp <br>
MARISMA-BiDa Pattern: Integrated Risk Analysis for Big Data
28 July 2021

Our colleague Manuel A. Serrano together with David G. Rosado, Julio Moreno, Luis Enrique Sánchez Crespo, Antonio Santos-Olmo, Eduardo Fernández-Medina from the GSYA group have published the article: "MARISMA-BiDa Pattern: Integrated Risk Analysis for Big Data"...

How to help university students to manage their interruptions and improve their attention and time management &nbsp
How to help university students to manage their interruptions and improve their attention and time management
26 July 2021

Our colleagues Aurora Vizcaíno, Ignacio García, Antonio Manjavacas, Félix García, José A. Cruz-Lemus and Manuel Ángel Serrano published the article "How to help university students to manage their interruptions and improve their attention and time management"...

The ULCM Summer Course “Introduction to quantum software programming with QPath” has been a success
The ULCM Summer Course “Introduction to quantum software programming with QPath” has been a success
22 July 2021

On July 20 and 21, University of Castilla-La Mancha organised the summer course: Introduction to quantum software programming with QPath. This course has been co-directed by Mario Piattini and Ricardo Pérez del Castillo and is part of the collaboration agreement between the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) and Alhambra...

New University Professor in the Alarcos Group
New University Professor in the Alarcos Group
20 July 2021

On July 19, 2021, our colleague Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán passed the exams to become a professor at the Escuela Superior de Informática de Ciudad Real...

8th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability
8th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability
16 July 2021

Our colleague Coral Calero will chair the program committee of the 8th International Conference on ICT for Sustainability organized by the University of Plovdiv (Bulgaria)...

Ismael Caballero gives the Club DGO Latam webinar "What is and how can MAMD v3.0 be applied in an organization"
Ismael Caballero gives the Club DGO Latam webinar "What is and how can MAMD v3.0 be applied in an organization"
14 July 2021

Our colleague Ismael Caballero participated in the webinar organized by Club DGO Latam in Chile on July 6, 2021 with the talk entitled "What is and how can MAMDv3.0 be applied in an organization"...

Quantum Software Engineering: Towards Classical-Quantum Software Modernization <br> &nbsp
Quantum Software Engineering: Towards Classical-Quantum Software Modernization
12 July 2021

Our partner Ricardo Pérez has participated in the summer course Quantum Computing: Present and Future. A multidisciplinary vision organized by the School of Industrial, Computer and Aerospace Engineering of the University of León...

Describing how to implement MAMDv3.0 through a case study
Describing how to implement MAMDv3.0 through a case study
09 July 2021

On July 1, 2021, our colleague Ismael Caballero gave a talk "Describing how to implement MAMDv3.0 through a case study" to the Data Governance Working Group of the CRUE-TIC sectorial...

GAMIFICATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING
06 July 2021

Félix García, Óscar Pedreira and Mario Piattini, are the authors of a new book: GAMIFICATION AND ITS APPLICATION TO SOFTWARE ENGINEERING...

El software, será verde o no será <br> &nbsp
El software, será verde o no será
02 July 2021

Our colleague Coral Calero will close the series of webinars organized by the Software Engineering and Software Development Technologies Society (SISTEDES)...

TECHNICAL COURSE ON DYNAMIZATION OF DIGITAL INCLUSION POINTS
TECHNICAL COURSE ON DYNAMIZATION OF DIGITAL INCLUSION POINTS
29 June 2021

Members of the Alarcos Group have collaborated in the delivery of the course of Technician in Dynamization of digital inclusion points organized for the Provincial Council of Ciudad Real and organized by the ESI...

Systematic mapping of the literature on source code repository analysis
Systematic mapping of the literature on source code repository analysis
25 June 2021

Our colleagues Mario Piattini and Ricardo Pérez together with researcher Jaime Sayago from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador have published in the indexed journal Informatica a systematic mapping of the literature on the analysis of source code repositories ...

More active women in software engineering <br> &nbsp
More active women in software engineering
22 June 2021

Our colleagues Coral Calero and Marcela Genero have been mentioned among the most active women in conducting systematic literature reviews in the context of Software Engineering, in a study presented in “The Journal...

60th ISO/IEC meeting JTC1/SC7/WG6
60th ISO/IEC meeting JTC1/SC7/WG6
18 June 2021

Alarcos Group participated in the 60th ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7/WG6 meeting held virtually from June 14-18, 2021, as part of the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 plenary meetings....

Requirements Engineering Tools: An Evaluation
Requirements Engineering Tools: An Evaluation
15 June 2021

Our colleague Aurora Vizcaíno together with the University of Murcia have published an article entitled: "Requirements Engineering Tools: An Evaluation ...

JNIC 2021 Live</a> (VI National Conference on Cybersecurity Research)
JNIC 2021 Live</a> (VI National Conference on Cybersecurity Research)
10 June 2021

Our colleague Manuel A. Serrano, together with Eduardo Fernández-Medina from the GSyA group (Security and Audit Group), has chaired the organizing committee of the JNIC 2021 Live (VI National Conference on Cybersecurity Research), a...

International Workshop QSET'21 <br> &nbsp
International Workshop QSET'21
08 June 2021

Our colleagues Ricardo Pérez del Castillo, Mario Piattini and Manuel A. Serrano are organizing the next international workshop QSET'21. This is the second edition of the workshop on Quantum Software Engineering and Technology...

Big Data Management. Data Governance <br> &nbsp
Big Data Management. Data Governance
04 June 2021

Ismael Caballero gives a lecture on "Big Data Management. Data Governance" in the Big Data & Business Analytics Management Program at IE Business School....

Extraordinary Doctorate Award UCLM  <br> &nbsp
Extraordinary Doctorate Award UCLM
01 June 2021

The thesis of our colleague José David Patón Romero has been awarded the Extraordinary Doctorate Prize of the 2019-20 academic year at the University of Castilla-La Mancha....

Modelling Quantum Circuits with UML  <br> &nbsp
Modelling Quantum Circuits with UML
28 May 2021

Our colleagues Ricardo Pérez del Castillo, Luis Jiménez Navajas and Mario Piattini have presented the paper "Modelling Quantum Circuits with UML" at the Q-SE workshop at the ICSE 2021 conference.... at the Q-SE workshop of the ICSE 2021 conference...

Carrot and Stick approaches revisited when managing Technical Debt in an educational context
Carrot and Stick approaches revisited when managing Technical Debt in an educational context
26 May 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini has collaborated in a research carried out by Yania Crespo and Arturo Gonzalez-Escribano from the University of Valladolid on Technical Debt presented at the TechDebt 2021 conference..

Ranking for Computer Science in Spain <br> &nbsp
Ranking for Computer Science in Spain
24 May 2021

The world's number one computer science research portal, Guide2Research, has published the seventh edition of the World Ranking of Top Computer Scientists....

Research Awards Scientific Computing Society of Spain - BBVA Foundation 2021
Research Awards Scientific Computing Society of Spain - BBVA Foundation 2021
21 May 2021

Our director Mario Piattini has chaired the jury of the fifth edition of the Research Awards Computer Science Society of Spain - BBVA Foundation...

Requirements for a Robust Quantum Software Development Environment
Requirements for a Robust Quantum Software Development Environment
07 May 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini has published the article "Requirements for a Robust Quantum Software Development Environment", in the journal CUTTER BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL...

Estimates warn that by 2030 20% of the world's electricity will be used by ICTs
Estimates warn that by 2030 20% of the world's electricity will be used by ICTs
04 May 2021

Researchers from the Alarcos Group of the UCLM warn and advise on how to reduce the environmental impact of digital life, detect the impact that the widespread digital lifestyle has on the environment to alert and raise awareness among companies, administrations...

Rap with our research on Green Software ... awesome!!! <br>
Rap with our research on Green Software ... awesome!!!
30 April 2021

The program Doppler Effect of Radio3 of RNE has composed a rap with our research on Green Software ...

IA green I love you green
27 April 2021

Our colleagues Coral Calero, María de los Ángeles Moraga and Félix Óscar García from the Green Team Alarcos of Grupo Alarcos participate on Tuesday, May 11 in the seminar organized by Odiseia, entitled: "IA verde que te quiero verde"...

System quality and security certification in seven weeks: A multi-case study in Spanish SMEs
23 April 2021

Our colleagues Marcela Genero and Mario Piattini, together with Domingo Gaitero CEO of Proceso Social have published the article "System quality and security certification in seven weeks: A multi-case study in Spanish SMEs", in the international journal Journal...

FEETINGS: Framework for Energy Efficiency Testing to Improve eNvironmental Goal of the Software
FEETINGS: Framework for Energy Efficiency Testing to Improve eNvironmental Goal of the Software
20 April 2021

Our colleagues Javier Mancebo, Coral Calero, Félix García, María Ángeles Moraga and Ignacio García Rodriguez-de Guzmán have published the article "FEETINGS: Framework for Energy Efficiency Testing to Improve eNvironmental Goal of the Software"...

"Investiga que no es poco" talk with Mario Piattini about quantum computing
"Investiga que no es poco" talk with Mario Piattini about quantum computing
16 April 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini has participated in the radio program "Investiga que no es poco" in CMM (Castilla la Mancha Media) to talk about quantum computing...

Analysing the combination of cost reduction techniques in Android mutation testing
Analysing the combination of cost reduction techniques in Android mutation testing
13 April 2021

Our colleagues Macario Polo together with Isyed Rodriguez have published the article "Analysing the combination of cost reduction techniques in Android mutation testing" in the Journal of Software: Testing, Verification and Reliability...

Software Engineering for Quantum Computing: Challenges and Opportunities
Software Engineering for Quantum Computing: Challenges and Opportunities
09 April 2021

If we consider the 19th century as the machine age, and the 20th century as the information age, the 21st century will be the quantum age. In fact, since the "second quantum revolution" began ...

Quantum computing: a leap as big as that between the abacus and today's computer science
Quantum computing: a leap as big as that between the abacus and today's computer science
07 April 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini has written this article describing in a practical way the results of the evaluation and certification process of the data quality of the repositories of three organizations belonging to different sectors of the industry and services...

Digital pollution exists  <br> &nbsp
Digital pollution exists
05 April 2021

On Sunday, April 4, our colleague Coral Calero participated in the science talk show of the program "A vivir que son dos días", of the SER channel, presented by Lourdes Lancho together with Pere Estupinyá and Javier Sampedro...

Data quality certification using ISO/IEC 25012: Industrial experiences
Data quality certification using ISO/IEC 25012: Industrial experiences
30 March 2021

Our colleagues Fernando Gualo, Moisés Rodriguez, Javier Verdugo, Ismael Caballero and Mario Piattini have published a paper in the international Journal of Systems and Software entitled ...

A Usability Model for Software Development Processes and Practices
A Usability Model for Software Development Processes and Practices
26 March 2021

Our colleague Marcela Genero has co-directed together with Gustavo Rossi (UNLP) and Alejandro Oliveros (UNTREF) the doctoral thesis entitled: "A Usability Model for Software Development Processes and Practices", defended on 9...

DIGITAL GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT (BPM)
DIGITAL GOVERNMENT AND BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT (BPM)
23 March 2021

Our research associate Andrea Delgado Cavaliere from the Universidad de la República (Uruguay) is organizing together with our colleague Félix García and Hernán Astudillo (Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, Chile),..

Mario Piattini presents the paper entitled <em>“Fast adoption of quantum algorithms & software solutions for the real world”</em> at the Quantum Business Europe conference.
Mario Piattini presents the paper entitled <em>“Fast adoption of quantum algorithms & software solutions for the real world”</em> at the Quantum Business Europe conference.
19 March 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini as aQuantum Researcher, a joint unit between Alhambra and the Alarcos Group of the UCLM presented a paper entitled "Fast adoption of quantum algorithms & software solutions for the real world"...

1st Workshop on Agile Sustainability (AS2021)  <br> &nbsp
1st Workshop on Agile Sustainability (AS2021)
15 March 2021

Our colleague Coral Calero is organizing together with Juan Garbajosa, Jennifer Pérez and Agustín Yagüe, from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, the 1st Workshop on Agile Sustainability (AS2021) within the 22nd International Conference on Agile Software Development (XP 2021)...

Green and Sustainable IS
Green and Sustainable IS
11 March 2021

Our colleague Coral Calero and Dorina Rajanen, from the University of Oulu (Finland) are coordinating the Green and Sustainable IS track of the 29th International Conference on Information Systems Development ...

A Process for Analysing the Energy Efficiency of Software
A Process for Analysing the Energy Efficiency of Software
09 March 2021

Our colleagues Javier Mancebo, Félix García and Coral Calero have published the article "A Process for Analysing the Energy Efficiency of Software" in the journal Information and Software Technology published by Elsevier...

ArchiRev—Reverse engineering of information systems toward ArchiMate models. An industrial case study
ArchiRev—Reverse engineering of information systems toward ArchiMate models. An industrial case study
05 March 2021

Our colleagues Ricardo Pérez del Castillo, Francisco Ruiz and Mario Piattini, together with the researcher Danilo Caivano from the University of Bari Aldo Moro have published a paper in the international journal Journal of Software: Evolution and Process entitled 'ArchiRev...

Coral Calero, member of the advisory committee 6.2 of the Comisión Nacional Evaluadora de la Actividad Investigadora (CNEAI)
Coral Calero, member of the advisory committee 6.2 of the Comisión Nacional Evaluadora de la Actividad Investigadora (CNEAI)
02 March 2021

On February 19, 2021 was published in the BOE the appointment of Coral Calero as a member of the advisory committee 6.2 Communication, Computer and Electronic Engineering, of the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI)....

Software Engineering Development and Applications for Sustainability <br> &nbsp
Software Engineering Development and Applications for Sustainability
26 February 2021

Coral Calero and Marian Moraga co-edit with Alok Mishra, Deepti Mishra and Jari Porras a special issue on "Software Engineering Development and Applications for Sustainability", in Sustainability Magazine.

Software Engineering for Quantum Computing: Challenges and Opportunities
Software Engineering for Quantum Computing: Challenges and Opportunities
22 February 2021

Our colleague Mario Piattini will give the first SISTEDES seminar entitled: Software Engineering for Quantum Computing: Challenges and Opportunities, on February 24 at 4:00 pm...

Coral Calero director of the Green Algorithms area of OdiseIA
Coral Calero director of the Green Algorithms area of OdiseIA
19 February 2021

Our colleague Coral Calero has been appointed director of the Green Algorithms area of OdiseIA, the Observatory for the social and ethical impact of artificial intelligence...

Toward a Quantum Software Engineering <br> &nbsp
Toward a Quantum Software Engineering
16 February 2021

Our colleagues Mario Piattini, Manuel Serrano and Ricardo Pérez, together with Guido Peterssen and José Luis Hevia of aQuantum have published the article "Toward a Quantum Software Engineering"...

FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AWARDS XIII edition (2020)
FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AWARDS XIII edition (2020)
11 February 2021

Our director Mario Piattini has been part of the jury of Information and Communication Technologies of the FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AWARDS XIII edition (2020) of the BBVA Foundation ...

Quality Aspects in Quantum Computing track in QUATIC 2021
Quality Aspects in Quantum Computing track in QUATIC 2021
09 February 2021

Our colleague Manuel Serrano will organize during September 8-11, 2021 in Faro, Portugal, the second edition of the Quality Aspects in Quantum Computing track in the context of the 14th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2021)...

Results of the D2CR project
Results of the D2CR project
04 February 2021

Our colleague Francisco Ruiz has participated in the television program 'Sobre la Mesa' to talk about the results of the D2CR project, dedicated to the study of depopulation and depopulation in the province of Ciudad Real...

Special Issue: Security Governance & Information Security Management Systems
02 February 2021

Our colleague Manuel Ángel Serrano together with David García Rosado and Luis Enrique Sanchez Crespo from GSyA Group, have been invited as editors for a special issue...

Energy efficiency in software: A case study on sustainability in personal health records
Energy efficiency in software: A case study on sustainability in personal health records
29 January 2021

New article published, this one analyzes the effect that personal health record management software systems have on energy efficiency, providing as a result some recommendations on how to improve...

Ismael Caballero gives a lecture on data quality at the Universidad del Bio-Bio
Ismael Caballero gives a lecture on data quality at the Universidad del Bio-Bio
26 January 2021

Ismael Caballero, invited by Dr. Angélica Caro, from the Department of Computer Science and Information Technology of the Faculty of Business Sciences of the Chillán branch of the Universidad del BioBio, gave the talk "Data Quality"...

SMOQUIN<br><small>(SOFTWARE MODERNIZATION FOR QUANTUM SYSTEMS</small>)
SMOQUIN <small>(SOFTWARE MODERNIZATION FOR QUANTUM SYSTEMS</small>)
22 January 2021

The SMOQUIN project aims to provide a software modernization approach (model-based reengineering) to restructure classical systems together with new or existing quantum algorithms and thus provide new systems that combine both computing paradigms....

Does maintainability relate to the consumption of software? A Case  study
Does maintainability relate to the consumption of software? A Case study
18 January 2021

In this article the researchers have carried out an empirical study to see if there is a relationship between power consumption and software maintenance...

ELLIOT: a tool for the processing and analysis of software energy consumption data
ELLIOT: a tool for the processing and analysis of software energy consumption data
15 January 2021

Alberto Gordillo defends his thesis entitled ELLIOT: a tool for processing and analyzing energy consumption data from the software...