Papers

1. A. Umana and M. Vélez-Reyes, “Determining the dimensionality of hyperspectral imagery for unsupervised band selection.” In Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery IX, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5093, April 2003.

2. M. Velez-Reyes, S. Rosario, A. Puetz, R. B. Lockwood, “Iterative algorithms for unmixing of hyperspectral imagery.” In Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery IX, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5093, April 2003.

3. M. Vélez-Reyes, R. Rivera, and Y. Báez, “Gray-Box Modeling of Mechanical Loads for Electric Drive Systems using Neural Networks.” In Proceedings Latin-American Congress on Automatic Control (CLCA 2002), Guadalajara, Mexico, December 2002.

4. J. Rodríguez, Z. Parrilla, M. Veléz-Reyes, University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez, PR; A. Hefner, D. Berning, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA; J. Reichl, J. Lai, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, “Thermal Component Models for Electro Thermal Analysis of Multichip Power Modules.” In Proceedins of the IEEE/IAS Annual Meeting, October 2002.

5. L. Jáurregui and M. Vélez-Reyes, “Conditioning Analysis of Parameter Estimation in a Synchronous Generator.” In Proceedings of the 34th Annual North American Power Symposium, October 14-15, 2002.

6. M. Velez-Reyes and J.C. Tafur, “An Adaptive Feedback Linearizing Controller for a Shunt DC Motor.” In Proceedings IEEE Workshop on Computer Applications in Power Electronics, June 2002.

7. E. Tranter and M. Vélez-Reyes, “Distance Learning Programs at the Center for Power Electronics Systems.” In Proceedings IEEE Workshop on Computer Applications in Power Electronics, June 2002.

8. Z. Parrilla, J.J. Rodríguez, A. Hefner and M. Vélez-Reyes, “A Computer-Based Testbed for Validation of Electrothermal Models for Power Electronic Modules.” In Proceedings IEEE Workshop on Computer Applications in Power Electronics, June 2002.

9. M. Velez-Reyes, D.M. Linares, L.O. Jimenez-Rodriguez, "Two-stage band selection algorithm for hyperspectral imagery." In Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery VIII, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4725, April 2002.

10. M. Vélez-Reyes , W.L. Fung, and J.E. Ramos-Torres, “Developing Robust Algorithms for Speed and Parameter Estimation in Induction Machines.” In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 3-7 December 2001, Orlando, Florida.

11. R. Rivera, J.J. Rodríguez, J. Betancourt, M. Vélez-Reyes, and M. Jiménez. “Multi-level Modeling and Simulation of Power Electronic Systems.” In Proceedings of the 2001 CPES Seminar, Blacksburg, VA, April 2001.

12. V. Petrovic, A. M. Stankovic, and M. Velez-Reyes, “Sensitivity analysis of injection--based position estimation in PM synchronous motors.” In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Power Electronics and Drive Systems, 22-25 October 2001, Bali.

13. M. Velez-Reyes and D.M. Linares, “Comparison of Principal-Component-Based Band Selection Methods for Hyperspectral Imagery.” In Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing VII, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4541, September 2001.

14. R. Rivera and M. Vélez-Reyes, “Gray-Box Modeling of Electric Drive Systems using Neural Networks.” In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Applications, September 5-7, 2001, Mexico.

15. C. Rentel-Gómez and M. Vélez-Reyes, “Decoupled Control of Temperature and Relative Humidity using a Variable-Air-Volume HVAC System and Non-interacting Control.” In Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Control Applications, September 5-7, 2001, Mexico.

16. L. Jáurregui and M. Vélez-Reyes, “Conditioning Analysis of Parameter Estimation in a Synchronous Generator.” In Proceedings of the IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, Cambridge, MA, June 2001.

17. J. Rámos and M. Vélez-Reyes, “Comparison of Parameter Conditioning in Output Error and Equation Error Approaches for Speed and Parameter Estimation in Induction Machines”. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Electric Machines and Drives Conference, Cambridge, MA, June 2001.

18. M. Vélez-Reyes and E. Tranter, “Center for Power Electronic Systems: Education and Outreach Programs.” In Proceedings of E=TeM2 – International Conference of the use of Information Technology in Power Engineering Education. Sponsored by EPE, Brussells, Belgium, March 2001.

19. E. Rodriguez-Diaz, M. Velez-Reyes, Univ. of Puerto Rico/Mayaguez, R. K. Chin, C. A. DiMarzio, Northeastern Univ., “Wavelength selection for imaging hemoglobin in skin.” In Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications II, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4129, San Diego California, July 2000.

20. M. Vélez-Reyes, L.O. Jiménez, D.M. Linares, and H.T. Velazquez, “Comparison of matrix factorization algorithms for band selection in hyperspectral imagery.” In Algorithms for Multispectral, Hyperspectral and Ultraspectral Imagery VI, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4049, Orlando Florida, April 2000.

21. M. Vélez-Reyes, M. Pérez-Quiñones, and J.L. Cruz-Rivera, “The Industrial Affiliates Program at the University of Puerto Rico Mayagüez.” In Proceedings of 1999 Frontiers in Education Conference November 10-13 in San Juan, P.R.

22. M. Burth, G.C. Verghese, and M. Vélez-Reyes, “Subset Selection for Improved Parameter Estimation in On-Line Identification ofa Synchronous Generator.” In IEEE Transactions on Power Systems, Vol. 14, No. 1, February 1999.

23. B. Argüello-Serrano and M. Vélez-Reyes, “Nonlinear Control of a Heating, Ventilating, and Air Conditioning System with ThermalLoad Estimation.” In IEEE Transactions on Control Technology, Vol. 7, No. 1, January 1999.

24. E. Arzuaga-Cruz, L. O. Jimenez-Rodriguez, M. Velez-Reyes, “Feature extraction and band subset selection techniques based on relative entropy criteria for hyperspectral data analysis.” In Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery IX, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5093, April 2003.

25. E. Rodriguez-Diaz, L. O. Jimenez-Rodriguez, M. Velez-Reyes, “Subsurface detection of coral reefs in shallow waters using hyperspectral data.” In Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery IX, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5093, April 2003.

26. Ramirez, M., Jimenez, L.O., “Regularization Techniques for Parameter Estimation and Object Detection on Hyperspectral Data,” SPIE AeroSense 2003, Orlando, Florida, April 2003.

27. Arzuaga, E., Jimenez, L.O., “Feature Extraction and Band Subset Selection techniques based on Relative Entropy Criteria for Hyperspectral data Analysis,” SPIE AeroSense 2003, Orlando, Florida, April 2003.

28. Jimenez-Rodriguez, L.O., Velez-Reyes, M., Hunt, S., Gilbes, F., DiMarzio, C., "Object Detection by Hyperspectral Subsurface Sensing and Signal Fusion," Journal of Subsurface Sensing Technologies and Applications, Submitted

29. L. O. Jimenez-Rodriguez, M. Velez-Reyes, E. Arzuaga, “Unsupervised feature extraction techniques for hyperspectral data and its effects on unsupervised classification.” In Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing VIII, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4885, September 2002.

30. L. O. Jiménez-Rodriguez, E. Rodriguez-Diaz, M. Velez-Reyes, F. Gilbes, C. A. DiMarzio, “Automatic coral reef detection by the application of Tikhonov regularization to inverse modeling in hyperspectral images.” In Ocean Remote Sensing and Applications, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4892, October 2002.

31. Jimenez, L.O., Rodriguez-Diaz, E., Velez-Reyes, M., DiMarzio, C., “Image Reconstruction and Subsurface Detection by the Application of Tikhonov Regularization to Inverse Problems in Hyperspectral Images,” SPIE Asia-Pacific, Hangzhou China, October 2002.

32. L.O. Jiménez-Rodríguez, M. Vélez-Reyes, J. Rivera-Medina, and H. Velásquez, “Unsupervised Decision Fusion for Hyperspectral Data.” In Image and Signal Processing for Remote Sensing VII, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 4541, September 2001.

33. Rivera-Medina, J.L., Jimenez, L.O., Velez-Reyes, M., Ramirez-Velez, M. D., “Unsupervised Classification of High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Data based on the Unsupervised ECHO Classifier,” Proceedings of IGARSS, 2000, Honolulu, Hawaii.
34. L. O. Jiménez, M. Velez-Reyes, Y. Chaar, F. Fontan, and C. Santiago, "Partially Supervised Detection Using Band Subset Selection in Hyperspectral Data." In Algorithms for Multispectral and Hyperspectral Imagery V, Proceedings of SPIE, Vol. 3717, Orlando Florida, April 1999.

35. L.O., Jimenez, A., Morales, A., Creus, “Classification of Hyperdimensional Data Based On Feature and Decision Fusion Approaches Using Projection Pursuit, Majority Voting, and Neural Networks,” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol. 37, No. 3, May 1999, pp.1360-1366.

36. Jimenez, L.O., Landgrebe, D.A., Hyperspectral Data Analysis and Supervised Feature Reduction Via Projection Pursuit, IEEE Transactions of Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol 37, No. 6, November 1999, pp. 2653-2667.

37. L. O. Jimenez and J. Rivera-Medina, “On the Integration of Spatial and Spectral Information in Unsupervised Classification for Multispectral and Hyperspectral Data.” SPIE Conference, Florence, Italy, September 1999.

38. E. O’Neill-Carrillo, M. Vélez-Reyes, and A. Irizarry, “Undergraduate Research Experiences in Power Engineering.” In IEEE Electric Power and Energy Magazine. July 2003 Special Issue on Education.

39. D. Rodríguez, E. O’Neill-Carrillo, “Education Modules for Distributed Generation in Power Systems,” Accepted to the Power Systems Conference: Distributed Generation and Advanced Metering, March 2003, Clemson, SC.

40. D. Rodríguez, E. O’Neill-Carrillo, M. Concepción, J. García-Pérez, “Impact of Distributed Generation in Electric Power Systems,” Proceedings of the 34th North American Power Symposium, Tempe, AZ, October 2002.

41. E. O’Neill-Carrillo, J. Ramos, T. Martínez-Navedo, M. Vélez-Reyes, “Undergraduate Research and New Laboratory Practices in Power Engineering,” Proceedings of the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, November 2002, Boston, MA.

42. A. Méndez-Goyco, V. Oliveras-Martínez, E. O’Neill-Carrillo, J. García-Pérez, D. Rodríguez, “PV Systems in Electric Power Grids,” Proceedings of the 34th North American Power Symposium, Tempe, AZ, October 2002.

43. J. García-Pérez, M. Mendoza-Sánchez, E. Olmeda, C. Ramos-Robles, E. O’Neill-Carrillo, “Monitoring, Modeling and Solving Power Quality Events,” Proceedings of the 34th North American Power Symposium, Tempe, AZ, October 2002.

44. A. Méndez-Goyco, V. Oliveras, E. O’Neill-Carrillo, “Impact of Renewable Energy Sources,” Fourth Annual Seminar of the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), Blacksburg, VA, April 2002

45. E. O’Neill-Carrillo, J. Arroyo-Figueroa, J. Rosado, J. Santiago, “The Atmospheric Phenomena Laboratory: Connecting Electrical and Computer Engineering through Undergraduate Research,” Proceedings of the 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, MA, November 2002.

46. E. O’Neill-Carrillo, T. Martínez, A. Méndez-Goyco, V. Oliveras, “Simulation Tools for Power Electronics Applications in Power Systems,” Proceedings of the 8th IEEE Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics, Mayagüez, PR, June 2002.

47. E. O'neill-Carrillo, J. Aguiar "Power Quality Research: An Alternative For Power Engineering Education", Proceedings of the 5th IASTED International Conference on Power and Energy Systems, Tampa, FL, Nov. 2001.

48. T. Martinez-Navedo, J. Garcia-Perez, B. Rodriguez-Medina, E. O'neill-Carrillo, "Power in Electronics Systems for Distribution Reliability and Quality," Proceedings of the 33th North America Power Symposium, College Station, TX, October 2001.

49. E. O’Neill-Carrillo, A. Irizarry-Rivera, M. Vélez-Reyes, “Curriculum Improvements in Power Engineering,” Proceedings of the 31st ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Reno, NV, October 10-13, 2001, Session T4A, pp. 15-20.

50. S. M. Islam, C. Nayar, D. Ramírez-Castro, E. O’Neill-Carrillo, J. Santiago-Pérez, “Power Quality Issues in Hospitals,” Proceedings of the Australasian Universities Power Engineering Conference (AUPEC), September 23-26, 2001, Perth, Australia, Paper #13, Session B2

51. E. O’Neill-Carrillo, M. Vélez-Reyes, “CPES Impact on Power Engineering Education at UPRM,” Third Annual Seminar of the Center for Power Electronics Systems (CPES), vol. II, Part 1, April 2001, pp. 141-144.

52. E. O’Neill-Carrillo, B. Banfai, G.T. Heydt, J. Si, “EMTP Implementation of Nonlinear Load Models,” Journal of Electric Power Components and Systems, vol. 29, no. 9, September 2001, pp. 809-819.

53. S. Herraiz, G.T. Heydt, E. O’Neill-Carrillo, “Power Quality Indices for Aperiodic Voltages and Currents,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 15, no. 2, April 2000, pp. 784 -790

54. D. Ramírez-Castro, E. O’Neill-Carrillo, J. Santiago, “Assessment of Harmonics at a Medical Facility,” Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Harmonics and Quality of Power, October 2000, vol. II, pp. 619-624.

55. E. Colón, U. Contreras, F. Rodríguez, E. O’Neill-Carrillo, “Development of Tools for the Study of Chaotic Behavior in Power Electronics,” Proceedings of the 7th IEEE Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics, Blacksburg, VA, July 2000, pp. 168-173.

56. E. O’Neill-Carrillo, G.T. Heydt, E. Kostelich, S. Venkata, A. Sundaram, “Nonlinear Deterministic Modeling of Highly Varying Loads,” IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, vol. 14, no. 2, April 1999, pp. 537-542.

57. E. O’Neill-Carrillo, G.T. Heydt, E. Kostelich, “Chaotic Phenomena in Power Systems: Detection and Applications,” Journal of Electric Machines and Power Systems, vol. 27, no. 1, January 1999, pp. 79-91.

58. S. D. Hunt and M. Velez-Reyes, “Band selection for lossless image compression.” In S.S. Shen and M.R. Descour, editors, Algorithms for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery VII, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4381, April 2001.

59. Jose Navarro, Jose A. Borges, Nestor Rodriguez, and Manuel Jimenez, " Electronic Academic Counseling System" Frontiers in Education 2002, Nov.2002.

60. Arroyo-Figueroa, J, Borges, J., Rodriguez, N., Cuaresma-Zevallos, A., Moulier-Santiago, E., Rivas -Aviles, M. and Yeckle-Sanchez, J. " An event /rule Framework for specifying the Behavior of Distibuted Systems", Workshop on Software Engineering in Middleware at the international Conference on Software Engineering, 2002 (SEM 2002)

61. Rodriguez, N.J., Borges, J.A., Murillo, V., Sands, D.Z., and Ortiz,J.. A Usability Study of Physicians Interaction with a Paper-Based Patient Record System and a Graphical-Based Electronic Patient Record System,. Proc AMIA Symp 2002, November 2002.

62. Rodriguez, N.J., Murillo, V., Borges, J.A., Sands, D.Z., Ortiz, J. " A study of physicians Interaction with Text-Based and Graphical -Based Electronic Patient Record Systems" Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Computer -Based Medical Systems, June 2002.

63. Trabal, J, Cruz-Pol, S, Colom, J.G., Sekelsky, S, “Puerto Rico Radar Network Design; Site Survey “, IGARSS 2003, France

64. L. León, S. Cruz-Pol, & S. Sekelsky , "Active Rain Gauge Concept for Moderate to Heavy Precipitation Using W-band and S-Band Doppler Radars", , IGARSS03, Toulouse, France, 2003

65. León-Colón, L.V. , S.L. Cruz-Pol, and S.M. Sekelsky, "Active Rain-Gauge Concept for Liquid Clouds using Verticaly oriented W-band and S-band Doppler radars", SPIE 9th International Symposium on Remote Sensing, Crete, Greece, 2002.

66. Colón-Díaz, Nivia, S.M. Sekelsky, and S.L. Cruz-Pol, "Cloud Images retrieval and Characterization using a Ground-based dual-wavelength millimeter radar", SPIE 9th International Symposium on Remote Sensing, Crete, Greece, 2002.

67. Villa, J. M., S.L. Cruz-Pol, S.M. Sekelsky and José G. Colom-Ustáriz, "Modeling, Simulation and Comparison Study of Cirrus Clouds Ice Crystals", SPIE 9th International Symposium on Remote Sensing, Crete, Greece, 2002.

68. Villa, J., S. Cruz-Pol, and S. M. Sekelsky , "Performance of Scanning Millimeter-Wave Radar in a Tropical Environment," IGARSS 2002, Toronto, Canada, 2002.

69. Cruz Pol, S. and J. Colom Ustáriz, "A Case Study: High Percentage of Women in Engineering College at UPRM", Wepan Conference 2002, San Juan, PR, June 2002.

70. Cruz-Pol, S.L., Colón-Díaz, Nivia, and S.M. Sekelsky, "Non-Precipitating Stratus Cloud Characterization Using Ground-Based Dual-Wavelength Millimeter Doppler Radar", Submitted to Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

71. Cruz-Pol, S.L., Villa, J., and Sekelsky, S. , "Atmospheric Attenuation Effect for a Scanning Microwave Radar in a Tropical Environment," Submitted to Journal of Atmospheric Sciences

72. Cruz Pol, S.L., N. Colon and S. Sekeslsky, " Multidimensional Cloud Images retrieval From Dual Frequency Millimeter-Wave Radar", IGARSS 2001 Sydney, Australia, July 2001.

73. Cruz Pol, Sandra, Miguel Velez, Shawn Hunt, Hamed Parsiani, Jose Colom-Usraiz, Luis O. Jimenez, Ramón Vasquez and Fernando Gilbes, “The Laboratory for Applied Remote Sensing and Image Processing at the University of Puerto Rico- Mayaguez, IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Newsletter, pp. 15-19, December 2001.

74. Cruz Pol, S. L., and C. S. Ruf, "A Modified Model for the Sea Surface Emissivity at Microwave Frequencies," IEEE Trans. on Geosciense and Remote Sensing, Vol. 38 No. 2, pp. 858-869, 2000.

75. Cruz Pol, S. L., “Relevance Of The Modified Model For The Microwave Brightness Temperature To The TOPEX/Poseidon Satellite Altimetry Mission” SPIE 99, Denver , CO, July 1999.

76. Cruz Pol, S. L., C. S. Ruf and S. J. Keihm, "Modified Model for the Microwave Sea Surface Emissivity", IGARSS '99 Symposium,Germany, 1999

77. I. Ortíz and M. Jiménez, “Scalable Pipeline Insertion in Floating-point Units”, In Proceedings of IASTED Conference on Circuits, Signals, and Systems, IASTED/CSS-2003, Cancun, Mexico, May 2003

78. F. Fernández and M. Jiménez, “Behavioral Modeling of Switched Capacitor Integrators Based on Symbolic Admittance Matrix”, Submitted to Proceedings of the “Seminario Annual de Automática, Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAEEI 2003)”, Vigo, Spain, on April 2003

79. R. Arce and M. Jiménez, " Integer Pair Representation for Multiple Output Logic", Submitted to IEEE/ACM/IFIP International Conference on Hardware/Software Codesign and System Síntesis (CODES/ISSS-2003), Newport Beach, CA, on April. 2003

80. F. Fernandez and M. Jiménez, “Behavioral Modeling of Dynamic Capacitive Loads on Sigma-Delta Modulators” In Proceedings of the “Seminario Anual de Automática Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI 2002)”, Alcalá de Henares, Spain, Sep. 2002.

81. Manuel Jimenez, Rogelio Palomera, and Manuel Toledo, Undergraduate Research and CO-OP Education: A winning Combination, 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, November 6-9, 2002. Boston MA.

82. M. Jiménez and M. Shanblatt, “Integrating a Low-Power Objective into the Placement of Macro Block-based Layouts” In Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2001), IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Dayton, OH, Aug. 2001.

83. M. Jiménez, D. Rodriguez and N. Santiago, “Scalable Floating Point FPGA Cores for Digital Signal Processing”, In Proceedings of the “Seminario Anual de Automática Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI 2001)”, Matanzas, Cuba, September 2001.

84. M. Jiménez with M. Shanblatt, “A Low-power Approach to the Placement of Macro Block-based VLSI Layouts”, In Proceedings of the “Seminario Anual de Automática Electrónica Industrial e Instrumentación (SAAEI 2001)”, Matanzas, Cuba, September 2001.

85. Eduardo J. Juan, Jeffrey Mansfield and George R. Wodicka, Fellow IEEE. "Miniature Acoustic Guidance System for Endotracheal Tubes" Transactions on Biomedical Engineering Vol 49, No 6 June 2002.

86. Juan, E.J., Mansfield, J.P., Wodicka, G.R., "In-line Acoustic System to Position and Monitor Infant-sized Endotracheal Tubes", World Congress on Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering, Chicago, IL, July 2000

87. J.L.Ortiz, M. Valle, “DCG Syntactic Parser for Command Language Recognition Under Special Conditions.” Software Engineering and Applications (SEA 2002) Conference. Boston, MA. Nov 2002

88. J.L. Ortiz. "Fuzzy Synthatic Parser for Command Language Recognition Under Adverse Conditions" I/ITSEC (Interservice / Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference) Orlando, Fl Nov.2001.

89. J.L. Ortiz, "Finite-State Grammatical model And Parser For Traffic Controller Commands." I/ITSEC (Interservice /Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference) Nov 2000.

90. Daniel Rodriguez, Richard Diaz, Hamed Parsiani, Eric Harmsen, “Validation of an Inverse Procedure for Estimating Soil Moisture Content using GPR”, submitted to NOAA-CREST/NASA Symposium 2003, Talahassee, Fl, March 30-April 3, 2003

91. Maritza Torres, Hamed Parsiani, “Improved Subsurface Radiation Pattern Determination of 1.5 GHz SIR-20 Bow-Tie Antenna”, submitted to NOAA-CREST/NASA Symposium 2003, Talahassee, Fl, March 30-April 3, 2003.

92. Leonid Tolstoy , Hamed Parsiani, Jorge Ortiz , “Application of Fourier Descriptors and Neural Network to Classification of Radar Subsurface Images”, SPIE Int. Conf. 2002 Proceedings, Sept. 23-27, 2002, Crete, Greece.

93. Norman Lopez, Hamed Parsiani, “Predictive Lossless Image Compression (PLIC) based on pixels Correlation coefficients and a tight region of support,” to be published in URC-TC’2000, conference proceedings, April 8, 2000, Nashville TN.

94. Hamed Parsiani, Rolando Gonzalez, “Iterated Block Matching Fractals with Parent & Child,” presented at Signal and Image Processing , SIP’2000, Nov. 19-23, 2000, Las Vegas, Nevada.

95. Norman Lopez, Hamed Parsiani, “Predictive Lossless Image Compression (PLIC) based on pixels Correlation coefficients and a tight region of support,” to be published in URC-TC’2000, conference procedeings, April 8, 2000, Nashville TN

96. W. Rivera, J. Zhu, and D. Huddleston, "An Efficient Parallel Algorithm for Solving Unsteady Euler Equations" Parallel Computational Fluid Dynamics: Practice and Theory, P. Wildersd, A. Ecer, J. Perianux, N. Satofuka, and P. Fox Eds. 293-300, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam, 2002

97. W. Rivera, “Adaptivity Support For Computational Grid-Aware Clusters,” in Proceedings of the 6th World Multiconference on Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2002), Orlando, USA, 2002.

98. W. Rivera “Stability analysis of numerical boundary conditions in domain decomposition algorithms,” Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computation, Accepted December 2001.

99. W. Rivera, “Scalable parallel genetic algorithms,” Artificial Intelligence Review, 16(2): 153-168, 2001.

100. W. Rivera, J. Zhu, and D. Huddleston, “An efficient parallel algorithm with application to computational fluid dynamics,” Journal of Computers & Mathematics with Applications, Accepted January 16, 2001.

101. W. Rivera and J. Zhu, “A scalable parallel algorithm for solving parabolic partial differential equations,” Journal of Parallel Computing, Accepted April 2001.

102. W. Rivera, J. Zhu, and D. Huddleston, ``Parallel performance investigation of a domain decomposition algorithm," in Proceedings of the Tenth SIAM Conference on Parallel Processing for Scientific Computing, 2001.

103. W. Rivera, J. Zhu, and D. Huddleston, “An efficient parallel algorithm for solving unsteady nonlinear equations,” in Proceedings of the 30th International Conference on Parallel processing, Valencia, Spain, 2001.

104. W. Rivera, “Molecular configurations and Euclidean distance matrices,” Mathematical Physics, AMS/IP Studies in Advanced Mathematics,edited by V. Alexiades and G. Siopsis, American Mathematical Society, Providence RI, and International Press, Cambridge MA, pp. 459-465, 1999.

105. W. Rivera, “A genetic algorithm for solving the Euclidean distance matrices completion problem,” in Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing,} edited by J. Carroll, H. Haddad, D. Oppenheim, B. Bryant, G.B. Lamont, pp. 286-290, 1999.

106. W. Rivera and J. Zhu, “A scalable parallel domain decomposition algorithm for solving time dependent partial differential equations,” in Proceedings of the International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Processing Technology and Applications, edited by H. R. Arabnia, CSREA Press, Athens GA, pp. 240-246, 1999

107. H. Nava, D. Rodriguez, “Modeling and Simulation of SAR Point Spread Functions for Imaging Surface Geophysics Applications,” SOVG XI Geophical Congress, Caracas, Venezuela, Nov. 2002

108. D. Rodríguez, D. Rueda, H. Nava, A. Quinchanegua, “High Performance SAR Raw Data Generation Algorithms for Remote-sensed Imaging Applications,” IEEE IGARSS 2002, Toronto, Canada, July 2002.

109. D. Rodríguez, A. Quinchanegua H. Nava, “Signal Operator Cores for SAR Real Time Processing Hardware,” IEEE IGARSS 2002, Toronto, Canada, July 2002.

110. D. Rodríguez, “Signal Algebra Operators for SAR PSF Hardware Computations,” NASA, AIRSAR Workshop, NASA JPL, Pasadena, March 2002.

111. D. Rodríguez, “A Computational Kronecker-core Array Algebra SAR Raw Data Generation Modeling System,” IEEE 35th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, Monterrey, California, Nov. 2001.

112. Manuel Rodríguez, Wide Area Query Execution in “Mocha” , 2002 IASTED IKS International Conference St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

113. Manuel Rodriguez-Martinez, Nick Roussopoulos, “MOCHA: A Self-Extensible Database Middleware System for Distributed Data Sources” In Proceeding of the ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, Dallas, Texas, USA, pp. 213-224, May 2000.

114. Manuel Rodriguez-Martinez, Nick Roussopoulos, “Automatic Deployment of Application-Specific Metadata and Code in MOCHA” In Proceedings of the 7th Conference on Extending Database Technology (EDBT 2000), Konstanz, Germany, pp. 69-85, March 2000.

115. Jaime Seguel, "A new Prime Edge Length Cristallographic FFT" Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2330 Elsevier, pp 548-557, 2002.

116. J. Seguel, D. Bollman, E. Orozco - New Prime Edge-Length Crystallographic FFT. Presented at ICCS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2002

117. J. Seguel - A Unified Treatment of Symmetric FFT Code Generation. To appear IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, vol 50, November 2002.

118. D. Bollman, J. Seguel, J. Feo - “A functional Approach to Radix-r FFTs”. Progress in Computer Research, Vol. I, Ed. F. Columbus, Nova Science Publishers, 2001, pp 77-103.

119. Bienvenido Vélez. The Nature of Computing. To appear in Proceedings of IEEE 8th Workshop on Computers in Power Electronics (COMPEL 2002)

120. Bienvenido Vélez and Jairo E. Valiente. Inforadar-cl: A Cross-Lingual Information Discovery Tool Exploiting Automatic Document Categorization. To appear in Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on Information and Knowledge Sharing (IKS 2002).

121. Bienvenido Vélez and Jairo E. Valiente. Interactive Query Hierarchy Generation Algorithms for Search Result Visualization Proceedings of Internet and Multimedia Systems Applications (IMSA 2001). Honolulu, Hawaii. August 2001. pp. 187-192.

122. Bienvenido Vélez and Juan A. Torres. Anticipatory User Interfaces for Search Result Visualization using Query Lookahead. Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS 2001).

123. R. Vásquez, and V. Manian, “Texture based cloud detection in MODIS images”, SPIE Vol. 4882, Sept. 22-27, 2002.

124. V. Manian and R. Vasquez, “A genetic algorithm for texture description and classification”, Proceedings of AeroSense’02, April 2002.

125. V. Manian and R. Vasquez, Approaches to color and texture based image classification, Journal of Optical Engineering, SPIE, 2002.

126. V. Manian, A. Vega and R. Vasquez, “Comparison of feature selection algorithms for texture image classification”, Proceedings of AeroSense’01, April 2001.

127. Luis Arnedo and K.Venkatesan, ‘Induction motor modeling for EMI and over-voltage studies’, Proc. of 2002 CPES Power Electronics Seminar, Virginia Tech, April 2002.

128. Luis Arnedo and K.Venkatesan,’ Conducted EMI and over-voltage investigations in a PWM Drive system’, Proc. of 2002 CPES Power Electronics Seminar, Virginia Tech, April 2002.

129. Luis Arnedo and K.Venkatesan,’ P-Spice modeling of a PWM induction motor drive system for EMI and over-voltage studies’, Proc. of IEEE Computer applications in Power Electronics workshop, Mayaguez, June 2002

130. Luis Arnedo and K.Venkatesan, ‘High frequency induction motor model for EMI and Over-Voltage studies’, Accepted for publication in Journal of Electric Power Components and Systems (USA)

131. L. Arnedo and K. Venkatesan "P-Spice Simulation for Conducted EMI and Over Voltage Investigation in a PWM Induction Motor Drive System" IEEE Computer Applications in Power Electronics, June 2002.

132. Gerardo Arias and K.Venkatesan, ‘P-Spice modeling of an induction motor drive system’, Proc. of 2001 CPES Power Electronics Seminar, Virginia Tech, April 2001.

133. Luis Arnedo and K.Venkatesan, ‘P-Spice modeling of adjustable speed drives with cables’, Proc. of 2001 CPES Power Electronics Seminar, Virginia Tech, April 2001.

134. Fausto Perez and K.Venkatesan, ‘Optimal control of a three level D.C to D.C converter’, Proceedings of IEEE Applied Power Electronics Conference, Dallas, March 1999.

135. Fausto Perez, K.Venkatesan and R.L.Patterson, ‘Low temperature performance of a closed loop three level Buck converter’, Proceedings of IEEE international conference on Power Electronics and Drives, Hong Kong, July 1999."

136. J. G. Colom and R. Rodríguez-Solís, "Introduction To Electrical Engineering: A New Freshman Course At UPR-Mayaguez ," accepted for the ASEE 2003 Conference, Nashville, June 2003.

137. Lugo, C. and J. Colom, “COOP Experience at UPR Mayaguez,” ASEE CIEC Conference 2003, Tucson, Arizona, Jan. 2003

138. Colom J. G. and M. Toledo “Industrial Affiliates Program at UPR-Mayaguez: A Success Story”, accepted ASEE CIEC Conference 2003

139. Colom J. G. and M. Toledo, Industrial Affiliates Program At UPRM: An Undergraduate Research Program” ICEE 2003, Valencia Spain.

140. Colom, J.G., Cruz Pol, S., Sekelsky, S. An Undergraduate/Graduate Research Collaboration Between Umass And UPRM” ICEE 2003, Valencia Spain

141. Colom, J. G., R. Medina and R. Rodriguez-Solis, “Design of Tunable Balanced Amplifier Using Ferroelectric Materials,” International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF 2003), March 2003.

142. Colom, J. G., R. Medina and Y. Perez, “Simulation of Single-Stage Tunable Amplifier Using Ferroelectric Materials,” International Symposium on Integrated Ferroelectrics (ISIF 2003), March 2003.

143. Colom, J. G., R. Medina and R. Rodriguez-Solis, “Design of Tunable Balanced Amplifier Using Ferroelectric Materials,” Integrated Ferroelectric Journal, in press

144. Colom, J. G., R. Medina and Y. Perez, “Simulation of Single-Stage Tunable Amplifier Using Ferroelectric Materials,” ,” Integrated Ferroelectric Journal, in press

145. J. G. Colom, R. A. Rodríguez-Solís, J. Almodóvar, M. Castañeda, "Design and Simulation of a Tunable Multilayer Lange Coupler," Integrated Ferroelectrics, vol. 42, pp 313-321.

146. Colom J.G and R. Rodriguez-Solis " Frequency Agile Microwave Components using Ferroelectric Materials", SPIE 9th International Symposium on Remote Sensing, Crete, Greece, 2002.

147. J. Colom-Ustariz, R. Rodríguez-Solís, S. Vélez, S. Rodríguez-Acosta, "Frequency Agile Microwave Components using Ferroelectric Materials," SPIE 9th International Conference on Remote Sensing, Crete, Greece, September 2002, [4881-40]

148. J.G. Colom Ustáriz, R.A. Rodríguez Solís, R.J. Luebbers, "Undergraduate Research using the Finite Difference Time Domain Method for Electromagnetics," 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings, June 2001, Albuquerque, NM.

149. J.G. Colom Ustáriz, R.R. Barton, L.A. Carpenter, R.A. Rodríguez Solís, "A Novel Graphical Technique for Selection of a Robust Design Point," 2001 ASEE Annual Conference and Exposition Proceedings, June 2001, Albuquerque, NM.

150. J. G. Colom and S.L. Cruz Pol, "Remote Sensing Modules to Increase Interest In Traditionally Difficult Courses," IGARSS 2001 Conference, Sydney Australia, July 2001

151. J.L. Salazar-Cerreño and R.A. Rodríguez Solís, "Broadband Log-Periodic Normal Mode Helical Antenna," 2003 IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Columbus, OH, June 2003, vol. 1, pp. 249-252.

152. N.D. López-Rivera and R.A. Rodríguez Solís, "Input Impedance and Resonant Frequency Characterization of Folded Slot Antennas through DOE Techniques," 2003 IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Columbus, OH, June 2003, vol. 2, pp. 545-548

153. S. Rodríguez-Acosta, R.A. Rodríguez Solís, J.G. Colom Ustáriz, "Design and Characterization of a Tunable Aperture Coupled Microstrip Patch Antenna with Ferroelectric Films", accepted for 2003 IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Columbus, OH, June 2003, vol. 4, pp. 536-539.

154. A.M. Castro-Vilaró and R.A. Rodríguez Solís, "Tunable Folded Slot Antenna with Ferroelectric Material," 2003 IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Columbus, OH, June 2003, vol. 2, pp 549-552.

155. I. Carrasquillo-Rivera, Z. Popovic, R.A. Rodríguez Solís, "Tunable Slot Antenna Using Varactors and Photodiodes," 2003 IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Columbus, OH, June 2003, vol. 4, pp. 532-535.

156. N.D. López-Rivera and R.A. Rodríguez Solís, "Impedance Matching Technique for Microwave Folded-Slot Antennas," 2002 IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, San Antonio, TX, June 2002, vol. III, pp. 450-453.

157. S. McKnight, G. Tadmor, M. Ruane, R. Rodriguez-Solis and G. Saulnier, "Creating "High-Tech Tools & Toys Lab" Learning Environments at Four Universities," 32nd ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Boston, MA, Nov. 2002, p. S3E-7.

158. R.A. Rodríguez Solís, Ana M. Medina, Néstor López, "Microstrip Patch Antenna Encircled by a Trench," IEEE Antennas and Propagation International Symposium, Salt Lake City, UT, July 2000, pp. 1620-1623.

159. J. Borges, J. Jimenez, N. J. Rodríguez "Speech Browsing the World Wide Web", IEEE International Conference on System, Man and Cybernetics, October 1999

160. I. Couvertier, M. Jiménez, R. Palomera, M. Toledo, “A Teaching Experience in Embedded Systems with TI’s MSP-430”, Submitted to Frontiers in Education, FIE-2003, Boulder, CO, on January 2003

161. Couvertier, I. "A Parallel TCP/IP Offloading Framework for a TCP/IP Offloading Implementation" for the IP Based SoC Design Workshop'02, Octubre 30-31, 2002, Grenoble, Francia

162. Couvertier, I. "The Academic Excellence Program: A new look to and old and reliable tool" en Frontiers in Education (FIE'99) Conference Proceedings, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1999

163. J. L. Cruz-Rivera, T. K. Gaylord, and E. N. Glytsis, “Fundamentals of Optical Interconnection Technologies,” in Introduction to Microelectronics Systems Packaging Technologies (R. Tummala, ed.). New York: McGraw Hill, 2001, Chapter 12.

164. Sek M. Chai, Antonio Gentile, Wilfredo E. Lugo-Beauchamp, Javier Fonseca, José L. Cruz-Rivera, D. Scott Wills, “Focal Plane Processing Architectures for Real-time Hyperspectral Image Processing,” Applied Optics. Jan. 2000

165. J. L. Cruz-Rivera, “Community service learning and K-12 Training and Enhancement: Creating a new type of engineer,” Frontiers In Education 99, (San Juan Nov 10–13, 1999). FIE Fellow Award.

166. Sek M. Chai, Antonio Gentile, Wilfredo E. Lugo-Beauchamp, José L. Cruz-Rivera, D. Scott Wills, “Hyper-spectral Image Processing Applications on the SIMD Pixel Processor for the Digital Battlefield,” 1999 IEEE Workshop on Computer Vision Beyond the Visible Spectrum, pp. 130-138, (Fort Collins, Colorado, 21-22 June 1999).

167. Antonio Gentile, José L. Cruz-Rivera, D. Scott Wills, Leugim Bustelo, José J. Figueroa, Javier E. Fonseca-Camacho, Wilfredo E. Lugo-Beauchamp, Ricardo Olivieri, Marlyn Quiñones-Cerpa, Alexis H. Rivera-Ríos, Iomar Vargas-Gonzáles, and Michelle Viera-Vera, "Real time image processing on a focal plane SIMD Array," 1999 IPPS Workshop on Parallel and Distributed Real Time Systems, pp. 400-405, (12-16 April 1999, San Juan, PR.).

168. M. A. Pérez-Quiñones and J. L. Cruz-Rivera, “An Integrated Development Environment for a Microcontroller Systems Virtual Laboratory,” Frontiers In Education 99, (San Juan Nov 10–13, 1999).

169. Vincent Van Acker, J.D. McCalley, Vijay Vittal, João A. Peças Lopes and Agustín A. Irizarry-Rivera. “A Risk-based Approach to Assess Transient Stability”, Submitted IEEE Transactions on Power Systems.

170. Agustín A. Irizarry-Rivera and J.D. McCalley. “Risk of Insecurity”, Euro Conference on Risk Management in Power System Planning and Operation in a Market Environment (RIMAPS 2001), Porto, Portugal, September 8-11, 2001

171. A.A. Irizarry-Rivera, Wenceslao Torres and Efran Paredes. “Evaluation and Technology Review of Energy Storage for the PREPA System”, Electric Energy Storage Applications and Technologies Conference, Orlando, Florida, September 18-20, 2000

172. A.A Irizarry-Rivera. “Teaching Electric Power System Analysis Using Visually Attractive Tools,” Twenty-ninth ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico November 10-13, 1999.

173. A.A Irizarry-Rivera, Manuel A. Pérez Quiñonez and Rudolph P. Darken. “Using Virtual Worlds to Explore Electric Power Grids and Plants,” Twenty-ninth ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico November 10-13, 1999.

174. A.A. Irizarry-Rivera and Ivette Malpica Crespo. “Monolinela Animado y Equivalente del Sistema Eléctrico Existente en Puerto Rico: Una Herramienta de Enseñanza,” IX Simposio de Ingeniería Eléctrica, Universidad Central de las Villas, Santa Clara, Cuba, February 24-27, 1999

175. L.C. González-Carrasquillo and A.A. Irizarry-Rivera. “Calculation of Capacity Value of a Wind Farm in Puerto Rico’s Electric Power System,” Sustainable Applications for Tropical Island States (SATIS ’99), San Juan, Puerto Rico, August 25-27, 1999.

176. Santiago, N.G.; Rover, D.T.; Rodriguez, D., A statistical approach for the analysis of the relation between low-level performance information, the code, and the environment. The 4th Workshop on High Performance Scientific and Engineering Computing with Applications, HPSECA-02 August 18-21, 2002 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Page(s): 282 -289

177. Nayda G. Santiago, Diane T. Rover, D. Rodriguez, “Subset Selection of Performance Metrics Describing System-Software Interactions,” Supercomputing 2002, Baltimore, MD, Nov. 2002

178. Rover, D.T.; Santiago, N.G.; Tsai, M.M., Active learning in an electronic design automation course IEEE International Conference on Microelectronic Systems Education, 1999. MSE'99. On page(s): 78 – 79, 19-21 July 1999 Arlington, VA, USA

179. Vega Riveros, J.F. On the architecture of Intelligent Tutoring Systems and its application to a Neural Networks course. In Innovative Teaching Tools for Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems and Genetic Algorithms. Physisca Verlag, Heidelberg, Editor L. C. Jain, 2000

180. Homkes, R.and Vega-Riveros, J.F. Mirroring industry through international student projects. Keynote conference. Proceedings of the 2nd Asia-Pacific Forum on Engineering and Technology Education. 4-7 July 1999, Sydney, Australia, pp 33-36 (Keynote Address). Diamond Award to the best paper of the Forum. Full paper review

181. Zhou, Q. H., H, Monroy, D. C. Fritts, H. M. Ierkic, B. Isham, J. R. Isler, and S. E. Palo, Radar Observation of Longitudinal Variability of Tidal/Planetary Waves and Mean Winds in the Tropical Mesosphere, J. Geophys.Res., 105, 2151-2157, 2000.

182. Rosado-Roman, J. M., W. E. Swartz, D. T. Farley, and C. Seyler,, Coherent scatter radar instabilities observed over Arecibo and proposed non-local linear theory, 2001-CEDAR-SCOSTEP meeting, Longmont, CO, USA, June 2001.

183. Rosado-Roman, J. M., W. E. Swartz, D. T. Farley, and C. Seyler, Coherent scatter radar instabilities observed over Arecibo, American Geophysical Union: AGU Spring Meeting, Boston, MA, USA, May 2001

184. Felix Homburg and Rogelio Palomera, “A high speed scalable and reconfigurable fuzzy controller “, Proceedings of the 2003 International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS '03., Volume: 5 , May 25-28, 2003, pp. 797 -800

185. Rogelio Palomera-García, Antoni Manuel-Lazaro ”Reflections on Undergraduate research and Industrial Practice: A winning combination”, Proc. of the ICEE2003, Valencia, España, julio 2003

186. Rogelio Palomera-García, Antoni Manuel-Lazaro ”Decision Making: A flaw in engineering education?”, Proc. of the ICEE2003, Valencia, España, julio 2003

187. Trullols, E.; Sorribas, J.; del Rio, J.; Samitier, C.; Manuel, A.; Palomera, R., “ LabVir: a virtual distributed measurement system “, Proc. Of the 20th IEEE Instrumentation and Measurement Technology Conference, 2003. IMTC '03. , Vol. 1 , 20-22 May 2003, pp. 776-779

188. F. Homburg, R. Palomera, Architecture of a high speed scalable Mamdani fuzzy controller, Proc. of the Seminario Anual de Automatica, Electronica e Instrumentacion 2002, vol 2, pp. 121-125, Alcala de Henares, España, 2002

189. M. Aguirre, C. Heredia, H. Torres, R. Palomera, and M. Jiménez, “Design of a CMOS 1.8V Low-voltage Differential Signaling Receiver” In Proceedings of the 45th IEEE Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems (MWSCAS 2002), IEEE Circuits and Systems Society, Tulsa, OK, Aug. 2002

190. Toledo, M. and J. Colom , “An Undergraduate Research Program Sponsored by Industry,” ASEE 2003 Conference, Nashville, TN, June 2003.