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Guillermo Talavera
Guillermo Talavera
Center of Ambient Intelligence and Accessibility of Catalonia (CAIAC), Barcelona
Regular Member
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Short Biography
Born in 1976 in Barcelona, Spain. I received a B.S degree in physics in 1999 and a M.S. degree in electronic engineering in 2001 from the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. In 2003 I received a M.S degree in microelectronics (inside the Computer Science Program amd a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain. 

Right now I am the head of the Wireless Ultra Low Power Area of the Center of Ambient I
ntelligence and Accessibility of Catalonia (CAIAC) involved in different international (European) and national projects. 

In a regular basis I participate in the review process of several international conferences and journals as a reviewer, work which enable me to be in touch with the recent scienti c production.

List of top 5 publications in the last 5 years
Books and book chapters:
- Guillermo Talavera, Jordi Carrabina, Francky Catthoor: “Energy-aware address generation optimization”. Ed. Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN: 978-3-8443-0475-6


- Ittetsu Taniguchi, Guillermo Talavera, Francky Catthoor: “Energy-Efficient Address  Generation Units and its Design Methodology” . Chapter of the book: “Energy-  Aware Memory Management for Embedded Multimedia Systems: A Computer-  Aided Design Approach”. To be published in 2011 by Chapman &Hall/CRC (Taylor and Francis, 6000 Broken Sound Pkwy., Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487, USA).

- Guillermo Talavera: “Scratchpad-oriented address generation for low-power  embedded VLIW processors”. PhD Thesis Dissertation. Ed. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. ISBN: 978-84-693-2915-3

Journals:
- Antoni Portero, Guillermo Talavera, Francky Catthoor : “Methodology for energy-
  flexibility space exploration and Mapping of Multimedia Applications to multiple
  platform styles”. IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Tecnology
  (TCSVP).

- Guillermo Talavera, Murali Jayapala, Jordi Carrabina, Francky Catthoor: “Address
Generation Optimization for Embedded High-Performance Processors: A Survey”.
Journal of Signal Processing Systems fir Signal and Video Technology. Decembre
2008. Vol 53 (3). Pag 271-284. DOI: 10.1007/s11265-008-0165-y ISSN: 1939-
8018

Conferences:
 A. Rodriguez-Alsina, G. Talavera, P. Orero, J. Carrabina. Analysis and Design of a Subtitling System for Ambient Intelligence Environments. V Symposium on  Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI’11). Riviera Maya, Mexico. 5-9 Dec. 2011.




List of top 5 academic activities during the last 5 years

2011-2012:  Professor of "Electronic Publication" in the TecnoCampus Matarò of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC).

2012, 23, January: "Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)". Invited talk to the "Jornades de nous reptes del CAIAC"

2011, 2 Decemvre: "Y para qué quiero yo saber hardware si no diseñaré un micro en la vida...?". Invited talk of the Integrated Circuit Design course of the Computer Science degree.


1999-2009: Assistant professor in the Microelectronics and Electronic Systems Department of the Barcelona Autonomic University (UAB). In total, more than 1500 hours of teaching experience: the lectures involved laboratory sessions, practical exercises sessions and theory sessions in different assignments related with microelectronic design, computer science and FPGAs and IC technologies to sophomores to master and PhD students. During this period I also participated in two projects related with the adaptation of new methodologies and tools to the new European Framework of Education (EEES).