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In 2024 we will continue to work to improve the quality and sustainability of IT systems

22 December 2023

In 2024 we will continue to work to improve the quality and sustainability of IT systems

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Ismael Caballero gives a talk on <br>UNE specifications at IBIDat

Ismael Caballero gives a talk on UNE specifications at IBIDat

19 December 2023

Our colleague Ismael Caballero gave a talk on December 14th titled “Data Governance, Management, and Data Quality Management with UNE Specifications” at IBIDat, the UC3M-Santander Big Data Institute ...

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BIGOWL4DQ: Ontology-driven approach for Big Data quality meta-modelling, selection and reasoning

18 December 2023

Our colleagues José Antonio Cruz and Ismael Caballero, along with Cristobal Barba-González and Ismael Navas-García from the University of Málaga, and María Teresa Gómez-López and Ángel Jesús Varela-Vaca from the University of Seville, have published the article BIGOWL4DQ: Ontology-driven approach ...

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ChatGPT: The Phantom Menace<br> or A New Hope

ChatGPT: The Phantom Menace or A New Hope

15 December 2023

Last Wednesday, December 13, our colleague Manuel A. Serrano gave a talk at the School of Computer Science of the UCLM. Titled "ChatGPT: The Phantom Menace or A New Hope," the lecture delved into the heart of the technology of Large Language Models (LLM), exploring its benefits and ...

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Functional Suitability Assessment of Smart Contracts: a Survey and first Proposal

13 December 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini, along with researchers Anna Vacca, Michele Fredella, Andrea di Sorbo, and Aaron Visaggio from the University of Sannio (Italy), have published an article titled...

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2nd International Workshop on Quantum Programming for Software Engineering (QP4SE’2023)

11 December 2023

On December 4, 2023, our colleague organized the 2nd International Workshop on Quantum Programming for Software Engineering (QP4SE'2023), co-located with the prestigious ...

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hOlistic Sustainable Management of distributed<br> softWARE systems (OSMWARE)

hOlistic Sustainable Management of distributed softWARE systems (OSMWARE)

07 December 2023

Last Monday, December 4th, our colleague @CoralCalero participated as a keynote speaker of the project hOlistic Sustainable Management of distributed softWARE systems (OSMWARE), led by Professor Antonio Brogi and financed by the @unipisa...

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Ismael Caballero participates in <br>CRUE Report on Data Analytics

Ismael Caballero participates in CRUE Report on Data Analytics

05 December 2023

Our colleague Ismael Caballero has participated in the report 'Data Analytics in the University' edited by CRUE. The report is available for download here...

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XVII STIC CCN-CERT Conference. V Cyberdefense <br>Conference: ESPDEF-CERT

XVII STIC CCN-CERT Conference. V Cyberdefense Conference: ESPDEF-CERT

04 December 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini participated in the XVII Jornadas STIC CCN-CERT / V Jornadas de Ciberdefensa: ESPDEF-CERT held in Madrid on November 28-30...

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The QSERV project, awarded by the COIICLM as the best R&D&I Innovation project

01 December 2023

Our colleague Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán, as Main Resercher of the project "QSERV- Quantum Services Engineering: development, quality, testing and security" has received the award in the category "R+D+i Innovation Project" in the X Computer Science Awards...

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Applying Retrospective Cohort Study Methodology in Mining Software Repositories Studies

30 November 2023

Marcela Genero has participated as "Opponent" in the defense of Nyyti Saarimäki's thesis entitled "Applying Retrospective Cohort Study Methodology in Mining Software Repositories Studies". This thesis, co-directed by Davide Taibi, Valentina ...

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Current and future in data <br>quality and governance

Current and future in data quality and governance

29 November 2023

Our colleague Fernando Gualo has given a guest lecture at the X Informatica COIICLM 2023 Awards...

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Ismael Caballero, awarded by COIICLM for his work in training and awareness of data quality and governance

28 November 2023

On November 22nd, the Official College of Computer Engineering of Castilla-La Mancha (COIICLM) awarded the prize for "Computer Training and ...

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OASSIS Project: Elisa Jiménez Advances Towards Software Sustainability

24 November 2023

From next December, Elisa Jiménez, PhD student of the GreenTeam of Grupo Alarcos, will begin the FPI grant of the national research project OASSIS (Towards More Sustainable Software Organizations: A Holistic Approach to Promote Economic, Human and Environmental Sustainability), financed by the ...

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Keynote entitled "Advances in Quantum Software Engineering" at CIbSE 2023 conference

22 November 2023

On November 7th, Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán, member of the Alarcos Research Group, presented the Keynote entitled "Quantum Software Testing: techniques and tools", in the context of the XI International Conference in Software Engineering Research and Innovation (CONISOFT 2023)...

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A Data Quality Model for <br>Master Data Repositories

A Data Quality Model for Master Data Repositories

20 November 2023

Our colleagues Fernando Gualo, Ismael Caballero, Moisés Rodríguez and Mario Piattini, have published the article "A Data Quality Model for Master Data Repositories" in the Informatica magazine...

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Data strategies in datos.gob.es

16 November 2023

Our colleagues Ismael Caballero and Fernando Gualo have published an entry on the datos.gob.es portal about data strategies...

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Data Governance and Management Training Course, more than 120 students trained!

13 November 2023

On November 7 began the Third Edition of the Data Governance and Management Course organized and directed by Alarcos Group professors Ismael Caballero and Ricardo Perez as part of the collaboration agreement between UCLM and DAMA Spain...

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The noun and the adjective in the <br>digital transformation of a university

The noun and the adjective in the digital transformation of a university

10 November 2023

Francisco Ruiz participated in the University Management Conference hosted by the University of Alcalá de Henares and held on 6 and 7 November 2023 in Sigüenza...

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The Alarcos group celebrates the tenth edition of its annual Hackathon at the Escuela Superior de Informática

09 November 2023

The Escuela Superior de Informática de Ciudad Real, belonging to the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), was the scene this past Monday, November the 6th, of a day of intense programming and ...

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Course on Data Modelling and<BR> Processing with Power BI

Course on Data Modelling and Processing with Power BI

08 November 2023

Last October, colleagues Francisco Ruiz and Marcela Genero taught an online course on Data Modelling and Processing with Power BI, as part of the official training programme of the staff's UCLM....

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Future and Technology Conference

07 November 2023

On November 8, our colleague Coral Calero will participate in the Future and Technology Conference with...

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Stay of César Guerra García from the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (Mexico).

06 November 2023

César Guerra, Professor of Graduate Computing at the Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí in Mexico, has started a five-week research stay at Grupo Alarcos. ...

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III Conference of the Young Academy of Spain 2023 | Young Academy of Spain

03 November 2023

Our colleague Coral Calero participated last Friday, October 27th in the round table of researchers and students of the III Jornada de la Academia Joven de España 2023 "Science in the periphery: from the problem...

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Data quality in the Master's Degree in Computer Engineering of the University of Valladolid

02 November 2023

Our colleague Ismael Caballero taught last October 26th a class entitled "Data Quality Management" in the subject "Software Quality: certification and quality audits of processes, systems, data and services" coordinated by Professor Yania Crespo of the Master in Computer Engineering at the University of Valladolid....

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ISERN 2023 NEW ORLEANS

31 October 2023

Our colleague Marcela Genero Bocco has participated as Co-chair, alongside Marcos Kalinowski (PUC-Rio de Janeiro), in the annual meeting of ISERN, held on October 23rd and 24th in New Orleans. This event took place within the International Week of Empirical Software Engineering (ESEIW 2023)...

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Enterprise Design, Operations<br> and Computing

Enterprise Design, Operations and Computing

30 October 2023

Our colleague CoralCalero will be one of the guest speakers at the 27th EDOC (Enterprise Design, Operations and Computing) international conference, whose 2023 edition will take place in Groningen and whose special theme will be ...

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Ismael Caballero presents UNE Specifications at DMS -PA 2023

27 October 2023

Our colleague Ismael Caballero participated as a speaker on October 25 at the DMS (Data Management Summit - Public Administrations) event held in Bilbao...

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Green Software

26 October 2023

Last Friday, October 20th, our colleagues from Alarcos Green Team appeared in the newspaper Lanza from Ciudad Real, in an extensive reportage about their work in "Green Software". On Sunday 22nd the content appeared in digital format, in ...

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ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 WG6 <br>meeting at UCLM

ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7 WG6 meeting at UCLM

23 October 2023

The ISO/IEC JTC1/SC7/WG6 international meeting, organized by UNE and the Alarcos Group of the UCLM, will be held from September 23 to 27 at the Escuela Superior de Informática de Ciudad Real...

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Data quality in AI at SEMIC 2023

21 October 2023

Last October 18th, during SEMIC 2023, our colleague Ismael Caballero participated in track 2 "Data quality in Generative and General Purpose AI". The track was part of the SEMIC 2023 conference, held this year in Madrid, and focused on "Interoperable Europe in the Age of AI". SEMIC 2023 was organized ...

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Germán Gaona's stay at the National <br>Technological University (UTN)

Germán Gaona's stay at the National Technological University (UTN)

17 October 2023

Germán Gaona, Professor at the Resistencia Regional Faculty of the National Technological University (UTN-FRRe) has started a four-month research stay as part of his doctoral thesis at the Alarcos Group...

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Standardization: A strategic tool for climate and digital transition

11 October 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini, participates in the Day of Normalización Instrumento estratégico para la transición climática y digitalStandardization Strategic instrument for climate and digital transition, in the framework of the Spanish presidency of the Council of the EU, held on October 10...

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CACIC 2023

10 October 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini has given the inaugural lecture "Software Engineering for Quantum Computing: Challenges and Opportunities" at the XXIX Argentine Congress of Computer Science CACiC 2023, which takes place at the National University of Luján...

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Ismael Caballero completes his stay at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand)

05 October 2023

Our colleague Ismael Caballero has finished a three-month stay (from July to September 2023) at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch (New Zealand). Ismael was selected within the Erskine Program of this University for one of the scholarships to receive visiting professors...

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I Global Forum on Artificial<br> Intelligence and Sustainability

I Global Forum on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability

04 October 2023

On September 25 and 26, the "I Global Forum on Artificial Intelligence and Sustainability" was held in Seville, organized by the University of Seville and supported by Google. According to the organizers, the objective of this forum was to "give voice to the ...

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Stay of Javier Verón <br>of the University of San Jorge

Stay of Javier Verón of the University of San Jorge

02 October 2023

Javier Verón, PhD student at the University of San Jorge, is making a short stay to collaborate with our colleagues Coral Calero, María Ángeles Moraga and Félix García on issues related to the energy consumption of video games. This opens a new collaboration and a promising line of...

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Adding the sustainability dimension in process mining discovery algorithms evaluation

29 September 2023

Professors Andrea Delgado and Daniel Calegari from Universidad de la República (Uruguay) have presented the paper "Adding the sustainability dimension in process mining discovery algorithms evaluation", at the BPM Forum, within the...

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APEP Day

28 September 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini, participates in the Conference, held on October 6 and organized by the APEP...

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How has remote work affected the performance, stress and motivation of software development team members?

27 September 2023

The pandemic modified the optional nature of remote work making it a right demanded by employees, for this reason it is very important to study the strengths and weaknesses of this distributed way of working...

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Visit of Andrea Delgado and Daniel Calegari

26 September 2023

Professors Andrea Delgado and Daniel Calegari from the University of La República (Uruguay) have visited our group in Ciudad Real for several days, taking advantage of their attendance to the BPM 2023 congress. During their stay, attended by our colleagues Félix García Rubio, Francisco...

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Generation of Classical-Quantum<br> Code from UML models

Generation of Classical-Quantum Code from UML models

25 September 2023

Our colleagues Ricardo Pérez-Castillo, Luis Jiménez-Navajas, Iván Cantalejo and Mario Piattini have presented the paper "Generation of Classical-Quantum Code from UML models" at the 3rd International Workshop on Quantum Software ...

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Congress on LOSU, Governance, Internal Control and Economic Regi

23 September 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini, participates in the Congress on LOSU, Governance, Internal Control and Economic Regime, held in Toledo from 20 to 22 September....

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DQBR25K: Data Quality Business Rules <br>Identification based on ISO/IEC 25012

DQBR25K: Data Quality Business Rules Identification based on ISO/IEC 25012

22 September 2023

Our colleagues Ramón Galera, Fernando Gualo, Ismael Caballero and Moisés Rodríguez have published the article entitled "DQBR25K: Data Quality Business Rules Identification based on ISO/IEC 25012" during the International Conference on Quality in Information and Communication Technologies

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Promoting rigorous and relevant<br> research in Software Engineering

Promoting rigorous and relevant research in Software Engineering

21 September 2023

Our colleague Marcela Genero together with Professor Oscar Diaz, have organized the track methods (Research Methods in Engineering and Software and Information Systems) within the JISBD 2023, held on September 12, 2023. This track is consolidating within these conferences, in which year after year the ...

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Towards Business Capability <br>for BizDevOps

Towards Business Capability for BizDevOps

20 September 2023

Our colleagues Guillermo Fuentes-Quijada, Francisco Ruiz-González and Angélica Caro have presented the work "Towards a Business Capacity for BizDevOps" at the JISBD 2023 conference (XXVII Conference on Software Engineering and Databases)...

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Proposed methodology for<br> improving data quality with OKR

Proposed methodology for improving data quality with OKR

19 September 2023

Our colleagues Moisés Rodríguez and Mario Piattini, together with Gema Gutierrez and Javier Garzas from the Rey Juan Carlos University of Madrid have presented the paper "Propuesta de metodología para mejorar la calidad de los datos con ...

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Generación automática de pruebas basadas en <br>propiedades para la verificación de algoritmos cuánticos

Generación automática de pruebas basadas en propiedades para la verificación de algoritmos cuánticos

18 September 2023

Our colleagues Antonio García de la Barrera Amo, Manuel Ángel Serrano, Ignacio García, Macario Polo and Mario Piattini have presented the paper "Automatic generation of property-based tests for the verification of quantum algorithms" at the JISBD 2023 conference (XXVII Jornadas...

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Quality in AI systems: adaptation of <br>process and product models

Quality in AI systems: adaptation of process and product models

16 September 2023

Our colleagues Jesús Oviedo, Rubén Márquez, Moisés Rodríguez and Mario Piattini have presented the paper "Quality in AI systems: adaptation of process and product models" at the JISBD 2023 conference (XXVII Jornadas de Ingeniería del ...

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Classical-Quantum Code Generation<br> from UML Models

Classical-Quantum Code Generation from UML Models

15 September 2023

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Metodología para identificar reglas de negocio <br>de calidad de datos basada en ISO 25012

Metodología para identificar reglas de negocio de calidad de datos basada en ISO 25012

14 September 2023

Our colleagues Ramón Galera, Fernando Gualo, Ismael Caballero and Moisés Rodríguez have presented the paper "Methodology to identify data quality business rules based on ISO 25012" at the JISBD 2023 conference (XXVII ...

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Model-driven management of <br>BPMN-based business process families

Model-driven management of BPMN-based business process families

13 September 2023

Our colleagues Andrea Delgado, Daniel Calegari, Felix Garcia and Barbara Weber have presented the paper "Model-driven management of BPMN-based business process families" at the JCIS 2023 conference ...

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Organization SISTEDES 2023

12 September 2023

Our colleagues Mª Ángeles Moraga and Coral Calero chair the organization of the Software Engineering and Software Development Technologies Society Conference (SISTEDES 2023) that takes place at the University of Castilla - La Mancha...

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Ismael Caballero participates in Second Postgraduate Seminar at the University of Canterbury

08 September 2023

As part of the activities related to his stay at the University of Canterbury, our colleague Ismael Caballero participated on August 25, 2023 in the Second Postgraduate Seminar of the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering...

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Coral Calero second most prolific author on software sustainability worldwide

06 September 2023

Our colleague Coral Calero appears as the second most prolific author worldwide on software sustainability according to the study "Sustainability is Stratified: Toward a Better ...

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Ismael Caballero member of the International Jury for the CDQ Good Practice Award 2023

04 September 2023

The 11th Edition of the CDQ Good Practice Award 2023 has recently been announced, which recognizes innovation in best practices in data management, data quality management and data governance of different European companies...

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Last places available for the UCLM-DAMA Course on Data Governance and Management

01 September 2023

There are only a few places available for the Third Edition of the Continuing Education Course in Government and Data Management organized by our colleagues Ricardo Pérez and Ismael Caballero as part of the UCLM-DAMA Spain Agreement. ...

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Teacher's stay Gema Gutiérrez Peña

25 July 2023

Professor Gema Gutierrez Peña (Universidad Rey Juan Carlos) has finished her research stay at Grupo Alarcos, carried out during the months of May, June and July. During her stay, assisted by colleagues Mario Piattini and Moisés Rodríguez, she has...

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Fernando Gualo participates in UNICAN course presenting experiences in Data Governance and Quality

24 July 2023

Our colleague Fernando Gualo, participated last July 20 and 21 in the sessions held by the University of Cantabria on Data Quality and Data Governance held at the Faculty of Sciences and promoted by Marta Zorrilla...

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Is it worth adopting DevOps practices in Global Software Engineering? Possible challenges and benefits

20 July 2023

Our colleagues Rubén Grande, Aurora Vizcaíno and Felix O. García have just published an article in the journal Computer Standards & Interfaces entitled Is it worth adopting DevOps practices in Global Software Engineering? Possible challenges ...

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The empire of the algorithm

18 July 2023

Our colleague Coral Calero has participated in the article El imperio del algoritmo, published in the magazine Alfa, Revista de seguridad nuclear y protección radiológica of the Spanish Nuclear Safety and Radiation Protection Council...

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Ismael Caballero begins a stay at the University of Canterbury (New Zealand)

14 July 2023

Our colleague Ismael Caballero has started a stay at the University of Canterbury, in Christchurch (New Zealand)...

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Launching of the Third Edition of the Continuing Education Course on Data Management and Governance

13 July 2023

On June 28th, during the celebration of DAMA Day, our colleague Ricardo Perez, in his capacity as Academic Director of the Vice-Rectorate for Postgraduate Studies and Lifelong Learning, announced the launch of the Third Edition of the Continuing Education Course on Data Governance and ...

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Professor Geert Poels on a <br>visit to the Alarcos Group

Professor Geert Poels on a visit to the Alarcos Group

12 July 2023

Professor Geert Poels (University of Ghent, Belgium) has visited our group in Ciudad Real, taking advantage of his stay in Spain to attend the CAISE congress. During his visit, he has worked together with our colleagues Francisco Ruiz and Felix Garcia in ...

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Invited talk "Progressing the Development of Quantum Software Engineering - Proposals and Their Implementation" at IEEE QSW 2023 Conference

11 July 2023

In this talk, it was presented how Quantum Software Engineering has evolved over the last few years, and above all, how these advances have been reflected in different tools and environments that help to democratise its use in the academic and ...

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José Antonio Cruz Lemus participated in the XXIX Conference on University Computer Science Education (JENUI 2023)

10 July 2023

On Thursday 6th he participated in the assembly of AENUI reporting on all matters relating to his work as program coordinator in this edition. In this assembly he saw his work endorsed and his responsibility was ratified and extended to ...

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What to do and what not to do to introduce the gender perspective in our university teaching of computer science?

08 July 2023

On July 4, our colleagues Marcela Genero and José Antonio Cruz-Lemus participated in the JENUI 2023 workshop on "What to do and what not to do to introduce the gender perspective in our university teaching of computer science", organized by...

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Ismael Caballero participates in the <br>Round Table of DAMA Day 2023

Ismael Caballero participates in the Round Table of DAMA Day 2023

07 July 2023

On June 28th, during the celebration of DAMA Day 2023, our colleague Ismael Caballero participated in the Round Table entitled "Innovation, Regulation and Grand Challenges"...

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VISIBILITY AND EVALUATION OF<br> RESEARCH IN COMPUTING

VISIBILITY AND EVALUATION OF RESEARCH IN COMPUTING

06 July 2023

On June 22, our colleague Marcela Genero Bocco gave a talk on "VISIBILITY AND EVALUATION OF RESEARCH IN COMPUTING", organized by Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Sistemas (CIDS) ...

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2023 SEKE International Conference

05 July 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini gave the inaugural lecture "Quantum Software Engineering: Practical Challenges" at the 2023 SEKE (Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering) International Conference. The 35th edition of SEKE was held in the San Francisco Bay Area, USA, from July 1-10, 2023...

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NEED TO COLLABORATE WITH INDUSTRY FOR EVIDENCE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING

04 July 2023

On June 21, our colleague Marcela Genero Bocco gave the talk "NECESSITY OF COLLABORATING WITH INDUSTRY TO OBTAIN EVIDENCE IN SOFTWARE ENGINEERING", organized by Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo de Sistemas (CIDS) and...

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Working meeting <br>with the LIFIA group

Working meeting with the LIFIA group

03 July 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini has met with members of the LIFIA group at the University of La Plata (Argentina) to discuss issues related to Quantum Software Engineering. LIFIA, founded in 1988, is a Research Center of the National University of ...

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Mario Piattini Doctor Honoris Causa by the Universidad Nacional de La Plata

30 June 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by the National University of La Plata, the second most important university in Argentina and one of the 15 leading institutions of higher education in Latin America, according to the 20th Anniversary Edition of the Global University Ranking (2004-2023)...

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XI Jornadas de Cloud Computing, Big Data <br>& Emerging Topics (JCC-BD&ET)

XI Jornadas de Cloud Computing, Big Data & Emerging Topics (JCC-BD&ET)

28 June 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini has given the inaugural conference "Software Engineering for Quantum Computing: Challenges and Opportunities", at the XI Jornadas de Cloud Computing, Big Data & Emerging Topics (JCC-BD&ET), which is an annual meeting to exchange ideas, projects, scientific results and concrete applications in different areas...

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Coral Calero at <br>Agile Alliance XP2023

Coral Calero at Agile Alliance XP2023

27 June 2023

On June 15, Coral Calero was the keynote speaker at the international conference of the Agile Alliance XP2023, which took place in Amsterdam. The conference was entitled "To green or not to green: that's the question" and in it Coral made a tour on...

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Participation in the Worshop Cyber Security Education for Industry and Academia (CSE4IA'23)

26 June 2023

Our colleague Manuel Ángel Serrano https://alarcos.esi.uclm.es/per/mserrano/ together with researchers from the GSyA group and the University of Cantabria, presented the paper entitled Towards a quantum world in cybersecurity land at the ...

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DATA GOVERNANCE, A KEY ELEMENT<br> FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

DATA GOVERNANCE, A KEY ELEMENT FOR DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

23 June 2023

This course will discuss data governance as an essential element for the success of digital transformation, will present frameworks, standards and tools for the development of a data governance solution and will offer guidelines for its ...

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Ismael Caballero participates in the IE Program "Big Data, Business Analytics &IA Management"

21 June 2023

Our colleague Ismael Caballero has participated in the "Big Data, Business Analytics & IA Management" Program of the Instituto de Empresa teaching the subject "Data Governance with International Standards"...

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Application of a new technique to the study of the long-term population evolution in the province of Ciudad Real

19 June 2023

Continuing the work of the D2CR project, and using data from all censuses between 1900 and 2021, our colleague Francisco Ruiz has carried out a study of the long-term evolution of the population of the province and its 102 municipalities. It has ...

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UNE Meeting: New Standards for Data Governance, Management and Quality

16 June 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini has participated in the "UNE Meeting: New standards for data governance, management and quality" organized by the Spanish Association for Standardization...

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Minimizing incident response time in real-world scenarios using quantum computing

14 June 2023

Published the paper "Minimizing incident response time in real-world scenarios using quantum computing" in Software Quality Journal...

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Impact of the Pandemic of COVID19

12 June 2023

Within the D2CR project works on depopulation in the province of Ciudad Real, our colleague Francisco Ruiz has carried out an analysis of the evolution of demographic data comparing the first year of the pandemic, 2020, with the averages of the ...

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The Second Edition of the Contiuna Data Governance and Management Training Course has been completed

09 June 2023

On May 25th, the Second Edition of the Data Governance and Management Course organized and directed by Alarcos Group professors Ismael Caballero and Ricardo Pérez as part of the collaboration agreement between UCLM and DAMA ...

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Reunión del proyecto<br> AETHER en Sevilla

Reunión del proyecto AETHER en Sevilla

06 June 2023

Researchers from the Alarcos and GSYA groups have attended the follow-up meeting of the project "AETHER: A holistic Smart data approach for context-driven data analysis focused on quality and safety", held at the ESTII of the University of Seville ...

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I INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

01 June 2023

Our colleague Maria Angeles Moraga participated on May 10 in a network dialogue on Ecoinnovation and business sustainability with Professor Mª Carmen Cuerva in the I INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND SUSTAINABLE...

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Green-IN Machine<br> Learning at a Glance

Green-IN Machine Learning at a Glance

29 May 2023

Our colleagues María Gutiérrez, Mª Ángeles Moraga, Félix García and Coral Calero have published the article "Green-IN Machine Learning at a Glance" in the IEEE Computer magazine. The article motivates the importance of considering energy ...

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Contributions of enterprise architecture to software engineering: A systematic literature review

25 May 2023

Our colleagues José Antonio Martínez, Félix García, Francisco Ruíz and Aurora Vizcaíno have published an article entitled "Contributions of enterprise architecture to software engineering: A systematic literature review" in the Journal of Software: ...

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Global Manager

23 May 2023

Our colleagues Aurora Vizcaíno and Félix García have published together with Rubén Márquez, Victor Menéndez, Antonio Manjavacas and Marta Molina the evaluation of the serious game called Global Manager, developed with the aim of ...

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Javier Verdugo Lara <br>defends his doctoral dissertation

Javier Verdugo Lara defends his doctoral dissertation

18 May 2023

Javier Verdugo Lara has defended his doctoral thesis entitled "CYBERDATA: Evaluation and Certification of Data Cybersecurity" on May 18 at the School of Computer Science of the UCLM ...

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Ismael Caballero participates in the <br>19é Congrés d'Arxivística

Ismael Caballero participates in the 19é Congrés d'Arxivística

17 May 2023

Our colleague Ismael Caballero participated as a speaker last Thursday, May 4, 3023 at the 19é Congrés d'Arxivística i Gestió de Documents de Catalunya: that under the slogan "Dades en acció: de la modelització a l'explotació" has had as a central theme the government of data ...

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UNE Specifications for data governance,<br> management and quality

UNE Specifications for data governance, management and quality

15 May 2023

Our colleagues Ismael Caballero, Fernando Gualo, Moisés Rodríguez and Mario Piattini , have published in "La Revista de la Normalización Española" of UNE, the article "Especificaciones UNE para gobierno, gestión y calidad del dato"...

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The Alarcos Group celebrates its <br>26th anniversary

The Alarcos Group celebrates its 26th anniversary

12 May 2023

The Alarcos Group, whose official name is "GRUPO ALARCOS – SOFTWARE AND INFORMATION FOR A DIGITAL AND SUSTAINABLE WORLD", celebrates as every May the anniversary of its creation, which took place in May 1997...

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Ismael Caballero and Fernando Gualo participate in ISTAC's Working Days

11 May 2023

Our colleagues Ismael Caballero and Fernando Gualo have participated in the working meetings that the Canary Islands Institute of Statistics (ISTAC) has held in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria from 24 to 26 April 2023...

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Coral Calero in <br> "Habrá que investigarlo".

Coral Calero in "Habrá que investigarlo".

10 May 2023

On the occasion of her appointment as a member of the Research Ethics Committee of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Coral Calero will be interviewed today, May 3 at 9 p.m. on the program "Habrá que investigarlo"...

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University Course on Advanced Training in Integrated Project Management - Project Management

09 May 2023

Since last April 14 is being taught at ESI Ciudad Real the University Course of Advanced Training in Integrated Project Management - Project Management, with specific preparation to pass the PMP® / CAPM® CERTIFICATION exam...

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Software has a dark side <br>that few know about

Software has a dark side that few know about

08 May 2023

On the occasion of the conference to be held on April 28th at 20:30 in Valdepeñas, organized by Quixote Innovation and entitled "The dark side of software", our colleague Coral Calero has been interviewed by Onda Cero. The interview was about the impact of software on the environment...

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Marcela Genero has participated in the XXVI Iberoamerican Congress of Software Engineering (CIbSE 2023).

06 May 2023

Our colleague Marcela Genero has participated in the XXVI Iberoamerican Congress of Software Engineering (CIbSE 2023) from 24 to 27 April 2023, as vice-president of the Steering Committee of this congress...

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Advising new researchers

05 May 2023

On Tuesday, April 25, the Doctoral Symposium organized by Aurora Vizcaíno and Sheila Reinehr was held during the CibSE congress in Montevideo, Uruguay, in which six doctoral students presented their thesis proposals and a panel of experts composed of 3 professors...

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Coral member of the Spanish <br>Research Ethics Committee.

Coral member of the Spanish Research Ethics Committee.

04 May 2023

Our colleague Coral Calero has been elected by the Ministry of Science and Innovation as a member of the Spanish Research Ethics Committee. This decision took place during the XV meeting of the Council of Science...

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Business Capability and Framework to improve projects based on BizDevOps

03 May 2023

Last April 25th, our colleague Guillermo Fuentes presented in the doctoral symposium of CIbSE 2023 (Iberoamerican Congress of Software Engineering) his doctoral thesis work, entitled "Business Capability and Framework to improve projects based on BizDevOps"...

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Keynote sobre el estado actual sobre la ingeniería del software cuántico

02 May 2023

Keynote entitled "Advances in Quantum Software Engineering" at CIbSE 2023 conference

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Demonstration of the learning obtained by students of the Data Analysis with Power BI course

01 May 2023

Last Wednesday, 19th April, our colleagues Francisco Ruiz and Marcela Genero, as Director and teacher and Secretary respectively, participated in the presentation of diplomas to the students who have passed the course Introduction to Data Analysis with Power BI...

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Towards agile IT/Business<br> alignment at BizDevOps

Towards agile IT/Business alignment at BizDevOps

28 April 2023

Our colleagues Guillermo Fuentes and Francisco Ruiz, together with Professor Angélica Caro, from the University of Bio-Bio in Chile, presented the paper "Towards agile IT/Business alignment at BizDevOps" at the ICEIS 2023 conference (25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems)...

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A Systematic Mapping Study on<br> Quantum Circuits Design Patterns

A Systematic Mapping Study on Quantum Circuits Design Patterns

27 April 2023

Nuestros compañeros José Antonio Cruz-Lemus Sergio Jiménez y Mario Piattini, han presentado la comunicación “A Systematic Mapping Study on Quantum Circuits Design Patterns” en la 25th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, organizaza por el Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information...

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Tutorial "Quantum Software Engineering: Introduction to Programming", at the EIbAIS (CIbSE 2023)

26 April 2023

On 24 April, Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán, member of the Alarcos Research Group, presented a tutorial entitled "Quantum Software Engineering: Introduction to Programming" at the Advanced Ibero-American School on Software Engineering (EIbAIS)...

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Reverse Engineering of OpenQASM3 <br>quantum programs to KDM models

Reverse Engineering of OpenQASM3 quantum programs to KDM models

25 April 2023

Our colleagues Luis Jiménez, Ricardo Pérez del Castillo and Mario Piattini, have presented the paper "Reverse Engineering of OpenQASM3 quantum programs to KDM models" at the ENASE 2023 (18th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering)...

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Indicators for rural <br>population diagnosis

Indicators for rural population diagnosis

24 April 2023

Francisco Ruiz participated as a speaker at the round table 'Indicators for the diagnosis of the rural population', held as part of the conference 'Rural.Real - Public Policies for the rural population', organized by the National University of Distance Education (UNED) ...

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Start of the 2nd edition of the <br>Data Governance and Management Course

Start of the 2nd edition of the Data Governance and Management Course

20 April 2023

The second edition of the Continuous Training Course on Data Governance and Management, directed by our colleagues Ismael Caballero and Ricardo Pérez del Castillo, began on 18 April ....

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Ismael Caballero participates in <br>Qualitas Day 2023

Ismael Caballero participates in Qualitas Day 2023

19 April 2023

Our colleague Ismael Caballero participated as a speaker last Wednesday April 12 in the Qualitas Day 2023 event, organized by the Colombian company Qualitas Test Team and the Chilean company Abstracta. The event, which revolved around testing, lasted three days and gathered nine speakers from different countries in Spain and Latin America...

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Study of the socio-demographic situation of the municipalities belonging to the Association for the Development of Campo de Calatrava.

17 April 2023

Recently our colleague Francisco Ruiz, together with Professor Angel Raul Ruiz of Geography, have delivered the results of the "Study of the Sociodemographic Situation of the Municipalities belonging to the Association for the Development of Campo de Calatrava...

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Survey on security concerns in the way <br>to quantum software engineering

Survey on security concerns in the way to quantum software engineering

13 April 2023

Participation of the Alarcos Group in a publication on vulnerabilities and security of Quantum Software: "Let's do it right the first time: Survey on security concerns in the way to quantum software engineering"...

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Dynamic Analysis of <br>Quantum Annealing Programs

Dynamic Analysis of Quantum Annealing Programs

11 April 2023

Our colleagues Ricardo Pérez del Castillo, Luis Jiménez and Mario Piattini, have published the article: Dynamic Analysis of Quantum Annealing Programs, in The Journal of Systems & Software...

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UNE Specifications for Data Governance, Management and Quality

03 April 2023

Our colleagues Ismael Caballero, Fernando Gualo, Moisés Rodríguez and Mario Piattini have participated in the development of the technical specifications UNE 0077, UNE 0078 and UNE 0079 on, respectively, the governance, management and management of data quality...

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Follow-up meeting of the <br>coordinated project QSERV

Follow-up meeting of the coordinated project QSERV

31 March 2023

Our aQuantum colleagues Moisés Rodríguez Monje, Macario Polo Usaola, Antonio García de la Barrera Amo and Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán participated, last Friday 24th March, in the follow-up meeting of the QSERV national call project....

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Coral Calero Keynote speaker<br> of the XP2023 conference

Coral Calero Keynote speaker of the XP2023 conference

29 March 2023

Our colleague Coral Calero will be one of the Keynote speakers at the XP conference 2023. XP is the leading conference on agile software development that combines research and practice...

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Mario Piattini, Coral Calero y Félix García entre los mejores investigadores en informática de España

27 March 2023

Our director Mario Piattini is among the best computer science researchers in Spain, according to the ninth edition of the Research.com ranking...

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Quantum Software Engineering <br>& QuantumPath®

Quantum Software Engineering & QuantumPath®

23 March 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini, together with Guido Peterssen and José Luis Hevia from aQuantum, have coordinated the book "Quantum Software Engineering & QuantumPath®" published on Amazon in English, available in both Kindle and paperback versions...

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Data Analysis with Power BI

21 March 2023

During the months of February and March, Professor Francisco Ruiz, a colleague of the Alarcos group, has taught at the ESI the classroom course "Data Analysis with Power BI", dedicated to learning how to carry out data analysis and visualisation projects with the Microsoft Power BI tool, considered the world's leading technology...

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Mario Piattini, "Award of the General Council of Computer Engineering Colleges"

17 March 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini, has received the Award of the General Council of Colleges of Computer Engineering...

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Research Methods in <br> Computer Science

Research Methods in Computer Science

13 March 2023

Our colleagues Marcela Genero, José Antonio Cruz-Lemus and Mario Piattini, together with Oscar Díaz from the UPV , have published the book "Métodos de Investigación en Informática" on Amazon, available in both Kindle and paperback versions...

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Lecture on Quantum Computing <br>at I.E.S Torreón del Alcázar

Lecture on Quantum Computing at I.E.S Torreón del Alcázar

13 March 2023

Our aQuantum colleague, Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán, has given a talk on the basic concepts of Quantum Computing to students and teachers of the I.E.S. Alcázar del Torreón (Ciudad Real)...

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Green algorithms: the road to more<br> sustainable artificial intelligence

Green algorithms: the road to more sustainable artificial intelligence

10 March 2023

On 3 March, On 3 March, the Digital newspaper ABC has published an article entitled "Green algorithms: the path towards a more sustainable artificial intelligence" in which our colleague @CoralCalero was interviewed as an expert on the subject and director of the Green Algorithms area...

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Mario Piattini, "Castilla-La Mancha 2022 Award for Research and Innovation"

07 March 2023

Our colleague, Mario Piattini, has received the Castilla-La Mancha Research and Innovation Award...

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LAST SEATS for the Continuing Education Course in Quantum Software Programming (2nd edition)

02 March 2023

The course, which will be held entirely online, will take place between April and October 2023, with a total load of 14ECTS...

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A Systematic Analysis <br>of Security in Blockchain

A Systematic Analysis of Security in Blockchain

28 February 2023

Our colleague Manuel A. Serrano together with María Isabel Ortega, Julio Moreno and Eduardo Fernández-Medina have presented the research article "A systematic Analysis of Securiyt" in the Journal of Information Science and Engineering, Vol. 39 No. 1, pp. 197-222...

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Ismael Caballero, new member of the Scientific Committee of the XXXVI International Congress of ASEPELT

23 February 2023

Our colleague Ismael Caballero has joined as a member of the scientific committee of the XXXVI ASEPELT International Congress to be held in Évora (Portugal) from 5 to 7 July 2023. You can find all the information about the ASEPELT Congress at https://www.congresoasepelt.com/...

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The First Edition of the Data Management <br>and Data Governance Course has ended

The First Edition of the Data Management and Data Governance Course has ended

20 February 2023

The first edition of the Data Governance and Management Course, organised and directed by Alarcos Group professors Ismael Caballero and Ricardo Pérez as part of the collaboration agreement between UCLM and DAMA Spain, ended on January 30th...

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Maintenance and Evolution of Information <br>Systems, 2nd ed.

Maintenance and Evolution of Information Systems, 2nd ed.

17 February 2023

Our colleagues Ricardo Pérez, Ignacio García, Francisco Ruiz, Macario Polo and Mario Piattini have published the second edition of the book "Mantenimiento y Evolución de Sistemas de Información" on Amazon, available both in Kindle and paperback versions...

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Women's and Girls' Day in science

15 February 2023

Our colleague Marcela Genero interviewed by CRTV on the international day of women and girls in science, you can see the interview from minute 12 of the video ....

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Código verde: Houston <br>tenemos un problema

Código verde: Houston tenemos un problema

14 February 2023

Last February 2, Coral Calero gave the talk "Green Code: Houston we have a problem" to the students of the Higher Technical Degree in Training for Safe and Sustainable Mobility at Torcal Autoescuelas y Formación de Málaga....

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Architecture, design and programming<br> of web applications

Architecture, design and programming of web applications

13 February 2023

Our colleague Macario Polo has published the second edition of the book "Architecture, design and programming of web applications" on Amazon, available in both Kindle and paperback versions...

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Women's and Girls' Day in Science

10 February 2023

On Friday, February 10, on the occasion of the celebration of the Day of women and girls in science, our colleagues Coral Calero, Elena Desdentado and Olivia Poy, gave a talk-workshop on the energy efficient use of software applications...

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XV FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE <br>IN ICT AWARDS

XV FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE IN ICT AWARDS

09 February 2023

Our director Mario Piattini has been part of the jury of Information and Communication Technologies of the FRONTIERS OF KNOWLEDGE AWARDS XV edition of the BBVA foundation, which this year has been awarded to Professor Alberto Sangiovanni Vicentell...

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ALBA (mejora de la ciberseguridAd y su sostenibiLidad en Beneficio de la sociedad y de las personas)

07 February 2023

Our colleague Manuel A. Serrano, together with David G. Rosado and Eduardo Fernández-Medina from the GSyA Research Group, will lead the ALBA project for the next 2 years, in which Luis Enrique Sánchez and Antonio Santos-Olmo from GSyA will also participate....

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QU-ASAP (Quantum Software Modernization<br> Prototype)

QU-ASAP (Quantum Software Modernization Prototype)

03 February 2023

Our aQuantum colleagues from the Alarcos group together with researchers from the SciCom group in Ciudad Real and Talavera have obtained funding for the QU-ASAP project (Quantum Software Modernization Prototype)...

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Quantum Software Programming <br> Course 2nd edition

Quantum Software Programming Course 2nd edition

01 February 2023

After the success of the first edition, professors from the Faculty of Social Sciences of Talavera de la Reina and the E.S. Informática de Ciudad Real of the University of Castilla-La Mancha are organizing the second edition of the Quantum Software Programming Course. The course, which will be developed entirely online, will be held between April and October 2023...

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EXPERT IN CYBERSECURITY AND AUDITING OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS FOR THE CONTROL OF PUBLIC FUNDS

30 January 2023

Antonio Minguillón Roy and Julio García Muñoz, together with our colleagues Ignacio García Rodríguez de Guzmán and Mario Piattini, organize the course "EXPERT IN CYBER SECURITY AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS AUDITING FOR THE AUDIT OF PUBLIC FUNDS"...

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Call for papers for the SISTEDES 2023 Conference, organised by the Alarcos Group, has been published

25 January 2023

The Alarcos group organizes the Sistedes 2023 conference, held annually, which is the reference forum of the Software Engineering and Software Development Technologies Society (SISTEDES)...

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Mario Piattini gives the conference "Introduction to Quantum Computing" at the Universidad del Bío-Bío

20 January 2023

On January 19th, our colleague Mario Piattini was invited to give a lecture on Quantum Computing for teachers and senior researchers at the Universidad del Bío Bío (Chile)...

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Data Analysis with Power BI

17 January 2023

Our colleagues Francisco Ruiz and Marcela Genero organize a self-taught course at ESI to learn quickly (20 hours) to do data analysis and visualization projects using the Microsoft Power BI tool...

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Doctoral Symposium at the XXVI Ibero-American Conference on Software Engineering (CIbSE 2023)

11 January 2023

Our colleague Aurora Vizcaíno together with Sheila Reinerhr will organise the Doctoral Symposium at the XXVI Ibero-American Conference on Software Engineering (CIbSE 2023) to be held in April 2023 in Montevideo, Uruguay...

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Adaptive Governance Model with<br> a Sociotechnical Approach

Adaptive Governance Model with a Sociotechnical Approach

09 January 2023

Our colleague Mario Piattini together with José Antonio Ortega Barros and Óscar Pedreira from the Universidade da Coruña have presented the paper: "Adaptive Governance Model with a Sociotechnical Approach" at The Hawaii ...

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