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Dr. Mario Castro Ponce

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Category: Associate Professor
Research Area: Intelligent Systems Research Group
Association date: 01/Oct/2002
Location: AA25.D-411
Phone number: +34 91 542-2800 ext. 4224
E-mail: mariocATupcomillas.es
Personal web page: https://www.iit.upcomillas.es/marioc/

Areas of interest:
Fluid mechanics. Statistical mechanics. Communication networks. Nonlinear physics. Nanomaterials. Biophysics.

Biography:
Graduate in Physics at Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM, 1991-1996). PhD in Physics (UCM, 1996-2001). Lecturer at ICAI (Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid) since 1997. Member of the Interdisciplinary Group in Complex Systems (GISC) since 1996 in which participated in several research projects granted by the spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. Main research lineas: Statistical Mechanics, Nonlinear Physics, Biophysics and Communication networks.

Ph.D. Thesis

Supervised:

    D. Contreras (2010), Análisis y optimización del rendimiento en Piconets Bluetooth para tráfico con requisitos de calidad. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid (Spain).
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    M. Nicoli (2009), Quantitative approach to unstable non-conserved growth with fluctuations. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Madrid (Spain).
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 2 Ph.D. thesis

Journal Publications

    J. Currie, M. Castro, G. Lythe, E. Palmer, C. Molina-Paris, "A stochastic T cell response criterion", Journal of the Royal Society Interface. no. online,
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1098/rsif.2012.0205     JCR impact factor 4.402 (2011) In press.

    M. Castro, R. Gago, L. Vázquez, J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Cuerno, "Energy dependence of the ripple wavelength for ion-beam sputtering of silicon: experiments and theory", AIP Conference Proceedings. vol. 1525, pp. 380-385, April 2013.
    show more   DOI icon 10.1063/1.4802355    

    M. Castro, R. Gago, L. Vázquez, J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Cuerno, "Stress-induced solid flow drives surface nanopatterning of silicon by ion-beam irradiation", Physical Review B. vol. 86, pp. 214107-1-214107-7, December 2012.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.214107     JCR impact factor 3.691 (2011)

    M. Castro, R. Cuerno, M. Nicoli, L. Vázquez, J.G. Buijnsters, "Universality of cauliflower-like fronts: from nanoscale thin films to macroscopic plants", New Journal of Physics. vol. 14, pp. 1-15, October 2012.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1088/1367-2630/14/10/103039     JCR impact factor 4.177 (2011)

    J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Gago, R. Cuerno, J.A. Sánchez-García, A. Redondo-Cubero, M. Castro, L. Vázquez, "Independence of interrupted coarsening on initial system order: ion-beam nanopatterning of amorphous versus crystalline silicon targets", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. vol. 24, no. 37, pp. 1-8, August 2012.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1088/0953-8984/24/37/375302     JCR impact factor 2.546 (2011)

    M. Castro, R. Cuerno, "Hydrodynamic approach to surface pattern formation by ion beams", Applied Surface Science. vol. 258, no. 9, pp. 4171-4178, February 2012.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.09.008     JCR impact factor 2.103 (2011)

    M. Nicoli, R. Cuerno, M. Castro, "Dynamical renormalization group study for a class of non-local interface equations", Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. vol. 2011, no. 10, pp. 1-42, October 2011.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1088/1742-5468/2011/10/P10030     JCR impact factor 1.727 (2011)

    D. Contreras, M. Castro, "Impact of polling on Bluetooth piconet performance", IEEE Communications Magazine. vol. 49, no. 9, pp. 84-89, September 2011.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1109/MCOM.2011.6011738     JCR impact factor 3.785 (2011)

    R.D.M. Travasso, E. Corvera Poiré, M. Castro, JC. Rodríguez-Manzaneque, A. Hernández-Machado, "Tumor angiogenesis and vascular patterning: a mathematical model", PLoS One. vol. 6, no. 5, pp. 1-10, May 2011.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1371/journal.pone.0019989     JCR impact factor 4.092 (2011)

    R. Cuerno, M. Castro, J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Gago, L. Vázquez, "Nanoscale pattern formation at surfaces under ion-beam sputtering: a perspective from continuum models", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms. vol. 269, no. 9, pp. 894-900, May 2011.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1016/j.nimb.2010.11.072     JCR impact factor 1.211 (2011)

    D. Contreras, M. Castro, "Adaptive polling enhances quality and energy saving for multimedia over Bluetooth", IEEE Communications Letters. vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 521-523, May 2011.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1109/LCOMM.2011.031411.102476     JCR impact factor 0.986 (2011)

    M.E. Bravo-Gutiérrez, M. Castro, A. Hernández-Machado, E. Corvera Poiré, "Controlling viscoelastic flow in microchannels with Slip", Langmuir. vol. 27, no. 6, pp. 2075-2079, February 2011.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1021/la103520a     JCR impact factor 4.186 (2011)

    R.D.M. Travasso, M. Castro, J.C.R.E. Oliveira, "The phase-field model in tumor growth", Philosophical Magazine. vol. 91, no. 1, pp. 183-206, January 2011.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1080/14786435.2010.501771     JCR impact factor 1.510 (2011)

    J. Munilla, M. Castro, A. Carnicero, "Surface effects in atomistic mechanical simulations of Al nanocrystals", Physical Review B. vol. 80, no. 2, pp. 24109.1-24109.9, July 2009.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.024109     JCR impact factor 3.691 (2011)

    M. Nicoli, R. Cuerno, M. Castro, "Unstable Nonlocal Interface Dynamics", Physical Review Letters. vol. 102, no. 25, pp. 256102-1-256102-4, June 2009.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.256102     JCR impact factor 7.370 (2011)

    R. Cuerno, L. Vázquez, R. Gago, M. Castro, "Surface nanopatterns induced by ion-beam sputtering", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. vol. 21, no. 22, pp. 220301-1-220301-2, June 2009.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1088/0953-8984/21/22/220301     JCR impact factor 2.546 (2011)

    J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Cuerno, M. Castro, "Coupling of morphology to surface transport in ion-beam-irradiated surfaces: normal incidence and rotating targets", Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter. vol. 21, no. 22, pp. 224020-1-224020-12, June 2009.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1088/0953-8984/21/22/224020     JCR impact factor 2.546 (2011)

    M. Nicoli, M. Castro, R. Cuerno, "Kinetic roughening in a realistic model of non-conserved interface growth", Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment. vol. 2009, no. 2, pp. P02036.1-P02036.15, February 2009.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1088/1742-5468/2009/02/P02036     JCR impact factor 1.727 (2011)

    M. Castro, A. Hernández-Machado, R. Cuerno, "Single-phase-field model of stepped surfaces", Physical Review E. vol. 79, no. 2, pp. 021601-1- 021601-8, February 2009.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevE.79.021601     JCR impact factor 2.255 (2011)

    M. Castro, M.E. Bravo-Gutiérrez, A. Hernández-Machado, E. Corvera Poiré, "Dynamic Characterization of Permeabilities and Flows in Microchannels", Physical Review Letters. vol. 101, no. 22, pp. 224501-1-224501-4, November 2008.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.224501     JCR impact factor 7.370 (2011)

    J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Cuerno, M. Castro, "Coupling of morphology to surface transport in ion-beam irradiated surfaces: Oblique incidence", Physical Review B. vol. 78, no. 20, pp. 205408-1-205408-22, November 2008.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.205408     JCR impact factor 3.691 (2011)

    M. Nicoli, M. Castro, R. Cuerno, "Unified moving-boundary model with fluctuations for unstable diffusive growth", Physical Review E. vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 021601-1-021601-17, August 2008.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevE.78.021601     JCR impact factor 2.255 (2011)

    R. Cuerno, J. Munoz-Garcia, M. Castro, R. Gago, L. Vázquez, "Interplay between morphology and surface transport in nanopatterns produced by ion-beam sputtering", Material Research Society Symposium Proceedings. vol. 1059, no. KK01-06, pp. 1059.KK01.0-1059.KK01.0, January 2008.
    show more   DOI icon 10.1557/PROC-1059-KK01-06    

    M. Castro, G. Lythe, "Numerical experiments on noisy chains: From collective transitions to nucleation-diffusion", SIAM Journal on Applied Dynamical Systems. vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 207-219, January 2008.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1137/070695514     JCR impact factor 1.327 (2011)

    R. Gallego, M. Castro, J.M. López, "Pseudospectral versus finite-difference schemes in the numerical integration of stochastic models of surface growth", Physical Review E. vol. 76, no. 5, pp. 051121.1-051121.9, November 2007.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.051121     JCR impact factor 2.255 (2011)

    R. Cuerno, M. Castro, J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Gago, L. Vázquez, "Universal non-equilibrium phenomena at submicrometric surfaces and interfaces", European Physical Journal. Special Topics. vol. 146, pp. 427-441, July 2007.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1140/epjst/e2007-00197-4     JCR impact factor 1.562 (2011)

    M. Castro, J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Cuerno, M.D.G. Hernandez, L. Vázquez, "Generic equations for pattern formation in evolving interfaces", New Journal of Physics. vol. 9, pp. 102-113, April 2007.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1088/1367-2630/9/4/102PII S1367-2630(07)34340-1     JCR impact factor 4.177 (2011)

    R. Gago, L. Vázquez, O. Plantevin, T.H. Metzger, J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Cuerno, M. Castro, "Order enhancement and coarsening of self-organized silicon nanodot patterns induced by ion-beam sputtering", Applied Physics Letters. vol. 89, no. 23, pp. 233101.1-233101.3, December 2006.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1063/1.2398916     JCR impact factor 3.844 (2011)

    J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Cuerno, M. Castro, "Short-range stationary patterns and long-range disorder in an evolution equation for one-dimensional interfaces", Physical Review E. vol. 74, no. 5, pp. 050103.1-050103.4, November 2006.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.050103     JCR impact factor 2.255 (2011)

    J. Munoz-Garcia, M. Castro, R. Cuerno, "Nonlinear ripple dynamics on amorphous surfaces patterned by ion beam sputtering", Physical Review Letters. vol. 96, no. 8, pp. 086101.1-086101.4, March 2006.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.086101     JCR impact factor 7.370 (2011)

    S. Ares, M. Castro, "Hidden structure in the randomness of the prime number sequence?", Physica A. vol. 360, no. 2, pp. 285-296, February 2006.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1016/j.physa.2005.06.066     JCR impact factor 1.522 (2010)

    M.A. Auger, L. Vázquez, R. Cuerno, M. Castro, M. Jergel, O. Sanchez, "Intrinsic anomalous surface roughening of TiN films deposited by reactive sputtering", Physical Review B. vol. 73, no. 4, pp. 045436.1-045436.7, January 2006.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.045436     JCR impact factor 3.691 (2011)

    M. Castro, C. Molina-Paris, T.S. Deisboeck, "Tumor growth instability and the onset of invasio", Physical Review E. vol. 72, no. 4, pp. 041907.1-041907.12, October 2005.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.041907     JCR impact factor 2.255 (2011)

    M.A. Auger, L. Vázquez, O. Sanchez, M. Jergel, R. Cuerno, M. Castro, "Growth dynamics of reactive-sputtering-deposited AlN films", Journal of Applied Physics. vol. 97, no. 12, pp. 123528.1-123528.8, June 2005.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1063/1.1937467     JCR impact factor 2.168 (2011)

    M. Castro, R. Cuerno, "Comment on \"Kinetic roughening of ion-sputtered Pd(001) surface: Beyond the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky model\"", Physical Review Letters. vol. 94, no. 13, pp. 139601.1-139601.1, April 2005.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.139601     JCR impact factor 7.370 (2011)

    M. Castro, A. Rivera, J. Garcia-Barriocanal, F. Dominguez-Adame, A.G. Belous, J. Santamaria, C. Leon, "Effects of reduced dimensionality in the relaxation dynamics of ionic conductors", Europhysics Letters. vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 770-776, March 2005.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1209/epl/i2004-10419-7     JCR impact factor 2.753 (2010)

    M. Castro, R. Cuerno, L. Vázquez, R. Gago, "Self-organized ordering of nanostructures produced by ion-beam sputtering", Physical Review Letters. vol. 94, no. 1, pp. 016102.1-016102.4, January 2005.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.016102     JCR impact factor 7.370 (2011)

    M. Castro, "Phase-field approach to heterogeneous nucleation", Physical Review B. vol. 67, no. 3, pp. 035412.1-035412.8, January 2003.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.035412     JCR impact factor 3.691 (2011)

    R. Cuerno, M. Castro, "Possible origin for the experimental scarcity of KPZ scaling in non-conserved surface growth", Physica A. vol. 314, no. 1-4, pp. 192-199, November 2002.
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    R. Cuerno, M. Castro, "Transients due to instabilities hinder Kardar-Parisi-Zhang scaling: A unified derivation for surface growth by electrochemical and chemical vapor deposition", Physical Review Letters. vol. 87, no. 23, pp. 236103.1-236103.4, December 2001.
    show more   JCR   DOI icon 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.236103     JCR impact factor 7.370 (2011)

    A. Rodriguez, J. Olivares, J. Sangrador, T. Rodriguez, C. Ballesteros, M. Castro, R.M. Gwilliam, "Structural improvement of SiGe films by C and F implantation and solid phase crystallization", Thin Solid Films. vol. 383, no. 1-2, pp. 113-116, February 2001.
    show more   JCR   JCR impact factor 1.890 (2011)

    M. Castro, R. Cuerno, A. Sánchez, F. Dominguez-Adame, "Multiparticle biased diffusion-limited aggregation with surface diffusion: A comprehensive model of electrodeposition", Physical Review E. vol. 62, no. 1, pp. 161-173, July 2000.
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    M. Castro, A. Sánchez, F. Dominguez-Adame, "Lattice model for kinetics and grain-size distribution in crystallization", Physical Review B. vol. 61, no. 10, pp. 6579-6586, March 2000.
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    M. Castro, F. Dominguez-Adame, A. Sánchez, T. Rodriguez, "Model for crystallization kinetics: Deviations from Kolmogorov-Johnson-Mehl-Avrami kinetics", Applied Physics Letters. vol. 75, no. 15, pp. 2205-2207, October 1999.
    show more   JCR   JCR impact factor 3.844 (2011)

    M. Castro, R. Cuerno, A. Sánchez, F. Dominguez-Adame, "Anomalous scaling in a nonlocal growth model in the Kardar-Parisi-Zhang universality class", Physical Review E. vol. 57, no. 3, pp. R2491-R2494, March 1998.
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    M. Castro, F. Dominguez-Adame, "Electric field effects in Fibonacci superlattices", Physics Letters A. vol. 225, no. 4-6, pp. 321-325, March 1997.
    show more   JCR   JCR impact factor 1.632 (2011)

 46 publications

Conference Papers

    M. Castro, R. Gago, L. Vázquez, J. Munoz-Garcia, R. Cuerno, "Energy dependence of the ripple wavelength for ion-beam sputtering of silicon: experiments and theory", 22nd International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry - CAARI 2012. ISBN: 978-0-7354-1148-7, Texas, U.S.A., 5-10 August 2012
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    A. Moreno Barrado, M. Castro, "Cumulative stress by ion implantation of Xe+. Si: A Molecular Dynamics approach", 19th International Conference on Ion Implantation Technology. Valladolid, Spain, 25-29 Junio 2012
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    A. Moreno Barrado, M. Castro, "Ion beam induced stress in crystalline silicon", Understanding Molecular Simulation - MolSim 2012. Amsterdam, Netherlands, 9-20 January 2012
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    M. Lage, B. Rastrollo, A. Cantizano, M. Castro, "Estudio del flujo sanguíneo en una arteria estenótica", XVII Congreso de Física Estadística - FISES11. Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 June 2011
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    A. Moreno Barrado, M. Castro, "Análisis numérico del stress inducido por bombardeo iónico", XVII Congreso de Física Estadística - FISES11. Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 June 2011
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    D. Contreras, M. Castro, "Enhacing polling scheme y power consumption in Bluetooth", JP 2010: XXI Jornadas de Paralelismo, CEDI 2010. pp. 879, Valencia, Spain, 7-10 September 2010
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    M.A. Sanz-Bobi, M. Castro, J. Santos, "IDSAI: A Distributed System for Intrusion Detection Based on Intelligent Agents", Fifth International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection - ICIMP 2010. ISBN: 978-1-4244-6726-6, Barcelona, Spain, 9-15 May 2010
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    D. Contreras, M. Castro, "Adaptive priority round Robin: A scheduling algorithm for Bluetooth piconets", XVII Jornadas de Concurrencia y Sistemas Distribuidos - JCSD 2009. pp. 89-, Sagunto, Spain, 10-12 June 2009
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    M. Castro, "Ecuaciones genéricas de formación de patrones en interfases", Congreso NoLineal 2008. Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña. Barcelona, Spain, 16-19 July 2008
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    D. Contreras, M. Castro, "Algoritmos adaptativos para parámetros de calidad de servicio en piconets Bluetooth", XVI Jornadas de Concurrencia y Sistemas Distribuidos - JCSD 2008. pp. 53-, Albacete, Spain, 11-13 June 2008
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    M. Castro, "¿Qué desencadena la invasión en los tumores cerebrales?", XV Congreso de Física Estadística. Departamento de Física Aplicada. Facultad de Ciencias. Universidad de Salamanca. Salamanca, Spain, 27-29 March 2008
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    D. Contreras, M. Castro, "Análisis de la complejidad del transporte de tráfico multimedia sobre piconets Bluetooth", XVIII Jornadas de Paralelismo (JP 2007), integradas en el CEDI 2007. ISBN: 978-84-9732-762-8, pp. 327-, Zaragoza, Spain, 12-14 September 2007
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    J.L. Gahete, F. Gómez, A. García, M. Castro, "Observatorio de Internet: Modelo de supervisión, optimización y mejora global del encaminamiento de datos entre Sistemas Autónomos", XIII Jornadas de Concurrencia y Sistemas Distribuidos (JCSD 2005), dentro del I Congreso Español de Informática (CEDI’2005). Pp. 2219-226. ISBN: 84-9732-432-3. Granada, Spain, 13-16 September 2005
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 13 publications

Books and Book chapters

    E. Centeno, J.M. Maidagan, E. Lobato, M. Castro, Problemas de introducción al electromagnetismo. Ed. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid, Spain, 2008.
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 1 books

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    Organization of "Nanoscale pattern formation at surfaces". Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Universidad Pontificia Comillas. El Escorial, Madrid (Spain). Sep 2011.

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