Institute for Research in Technology — Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica

Dr. Rafael Palacios Hielscher

Position:	Researcher
Category:	Tenured Assistant Professor.
Research Area:	Area of Intelligent systems, Area of Engineering design
Association date:	01/Jul/1990
Location:	SM26.D-102
Phone number:	+34 91 542-2800 ext. 2758
E-mail:	Rafael.Palaciosiit.upcomillas.es
Personal web page:	http://www.iit.upcomillas.es/palacios

Biography:
Was graduated with the degree in Mechanical Engineer in 1990 from the school of Industrial engineering (ICAI), Universidad Pontificia Comillas. He is currently working at the Instituto de Investigación Tecnológica as researcher and teaching at ICAI. He finished the PhD in 1998, writing a thesis on Incipient failure detection. His main research interests include failure detection, diagnosis, vibration analysis, optical handwritten character recognition, image processing, etc.

Recent Journal publications

R. Palacios, A. Arenas, R.R. Pecharromán, F.L. Pagola, "Analytical procedure to obtain internal parameters from performance curves of commercial thermoelectric modules", Applied Thermal Engineering. vol. 29, no. 17-18, pp. 3501-3505, December 2009.
JCR 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2009.06.003 JCR impact factor 1.349 (2008)

M.A. Sanz-Bobi, R. Palacios, E. Pérez Moreno, "Estado actual y tendencias de la Gestión de Activos (Asset Management) en las empresas de transporte y distribución de energía eléctrica", Mantenimiento. no. 229, pp. -, November 2009.

J.M. Latorre, S. Cerisola, A. Ramos, R. Palacios, "Analysis of stochastic problem decomposition algorithms in computational grids", Annals of Operations Research. vol. 166, no. 1, pp. 355-373, February 2009.
JCR 10.1007/s10479-008-0476-1 JCR impact factor 0.619 (2008)

R. Palacios, D. de la Fuente, "A straightforward method for creating and verifying digital signatures in HTML forms", Dr Dobbs Journal. no. 417, pp. 1-3, January 2009.
JCR JCR impact factor 0.024 (2008)

R. Palacios, A. Doshi, A. Gupta, "Computing aircraft position prediction", The Open Transportation Journal. vol. 2, pp. 94-97, December 2008.
10.2174/1874447800802010094

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Recent Conference Papers

P. Sánchez, R. Palacios, "Control óptimo de la regulación de semáforos", 3rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management - XIII Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización. Barcelona, Spain, 2-4 September 2009

A. Arenas, R. Palacios, R.R. Pecharromán, F.L. Pagola, "Full-size prototype on active thermal windows based on thermoelectricity", ECT2008 - 6th European Conference on Thermoelectrics. pp. O.18.1-O.18.4. L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie. París, France, 2-4 July 2008

R. Palacios, "Using a grid to evaluate the threat of zombie networks against asymmetric encryption algorithms", Spanish Conference on e-Science Grid Computing. Pp. 107-11. ISBN 978-84-7834-544-1. Madrid, Spain, 1-2 March 2007

R. Palacios, A. Arenas, J. Vázquez, F.L. Pagola, R.R. Pecharromán, "Caracterización experimental de un Paramento Transparente Activo Termoeléctrico (PTA)", Climamed 2006. Congrès Méditerranéen des Climaticiens. pp. 305-314. Lyon, France, 20-21 November 2006

R. Palacios, A. Doshi, A. Gupta, V. Orlando, B.R. Midwood, "Aircraft position prediction using neural networks", TRANSFAC'06: International Congress on Innovative Solutions for the Advancement of the Transport Industry. San Sebastián, Spain, 4-6 October 2006

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Books and Book chapters

R. Palacios, A. González, "Las TIC y el desarrollo sostenible", en El Ingeniero del ICAI y el desarrollo sostenible. Editores Sancha Gonzalo, J.L. et al.. Ed. Asociación Nacional de Ingenieros del ICAI. Madrid, Spain, 2009.

J. Jarauta Sanchez, R. Palacios, "Avances informáticos para simplificar y mejorar las gestiones administrativas", en El Ingeniero del ICAI y el desarrollo sostenible. Editores Sancha Gonzalo, J.L. et al.. Ed. Asociación Nacional de Ingenieros del ICAI. Madrid, Spain, 2009.

J.M. Latorre, R. Palacios, S. Cerisola, A. Ramos, "OLE-G: Optimizador Lineal Estocástico orientado a Grid", en Optimización bajo Incertidumbre. Editores A. Ramos, A. Alonso-Ayuso, G. Pérez. Ed. Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid, Spain, 2008.

J.D. Muñoz Frías, R. Palacios, Fundamentos de programación utilizando el lenguaje C. Ed. Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Pontificia Comillas. Madrid, Spain, 2006.

Recent projects

Detection of cracks in distribution palettes by vibration-based analysis, developed for: CHEP. May/2009-Jun/2009

Implementing and testing software protection mechanisms based on USB security keys, developed for: Socoin ingeniería y construcciones industriales. Mar/2009-Mar/2009

Review of the state of the art about Asset Management in transport and distribution in the electrical industry, developed for: Unión Fenosa. Sep/2008-Oct/2008

Defining a monitoring and maintenance management system for electrical substations, developed for: ELDU. Jun/2008-Sep/2008

Standard advanced toll: Development and integration of the modular system, developed for: Ministerio de Industria Turismo y Comercio. Jun/2008-Dec/2008

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