«A Rigorous Approach to High-Resolution Entropy-Constrained Vector Quantization» accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

The article «A Rigorous Approach to High-Resolution Entropy-Constrained Vector Quantization» by Tobias Koch and Gonzalo Vazquez-Vilar, has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. Title: A Rigorous Approach to High-Resolution Entropy-Constrained Vector Quantization Authors: Tobias Koch, Gonzalo Vazquez-Vilar Abstract: The nonnegativity of relative entropy implies that the differential entropy of a…

A new paper from the group has been accepted for publication in IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics

The Paper «Feature Extraction of Galvanic Skin Responses by Non-Negative Sparse Deconvolution” by Francisco Hernando Gallego, David Luengo and Antonio Artés Rodríguez has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. Abstract: Wearable sensors are increasingly taking part in daily activities, not only because of the recent society health concern,…

Doctoral Thesis Defense of Alfredo Nazábal Rentería

Alfredo Nazábal Rentería, a PhD student in the Signal Processing Group of the University Carlos III de Madrid has defended his doctoral thesis titled «Markov Modelling on Human Activity Recognition» on September, 29th Title: “Markov Modelling on Human Activity Recognition» Advisor: Antonio Artés Rodríguez. Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017, 11:00 am. Location: Sala Adroración…

Doctoral Thesis Defense of Melanie Fernández Pradier

Melanie Fernández Pradier, a PhD student in the Signal Processing Group of the University Carlos III de Madrid has defended his doctoral thesis titled «Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Data Exploration» on September, 15th Title: “Bayesian Nonparametric Models for Data Exploration» Advisor: Fernando Pérez-Cruz. Event Date: Friday, September 15, 2017, 11:30 am. Location: Salón de Grados…

A new paper from the group has been published in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine

The following paper from the group has been publishedin IEEE Signal Processing Magazine: Monica F Bugallo, Victor Elvira, Luca Martino, David Luengo, Joaquin Miguez, Petar M Djuric. “Adaptive Importance Sampling: The past, the present, and the future”, IEEE Signal Processing Magazine (Volume: 34, Issue: 4, July 2017). Abstract: A fundamental problem in signal processing is the…

Seminar: “Machine Learning for Dynamic Social Network Analysis”, Manuel Gómez Rodríguez. Max Planck Institute for Software Systems.

Join us for at the Seminar “Machine Learning for Dynamic Social Network Analysis” with Manuel Gómez Rodríguez of Max Planck Institute for Software Systems: Title: Machine Learning for Dynamic Social Network Analysis. Seminar Dates: 2017, May 12, 15 and 16; 11:00 – 13:30. Location: 4.2.E02 Room; Torres Quevedo Building; Leganés Campus; Universidad Carlos III de…

A new paper from the group has been published in the International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Barrigón ML, Berrouiguet S, Carballo JJ, Bonal-Giménez C, Fernández-Navarro P, Pfang B, Delgado-Gómez D, Courtet P, Aroca F, Lopez-Castroman J, Artés-Rodríguez A, Baca-García E, MEmind study group; “User profiles of an electronic mental health tool for ecological momentary assessment: MEmind”, International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 2017 Mar 9.   Abstract Ecological momentary assessment…

A new paper from the group has been published in the MDPI Entropy

The following paper from the group has been published in the MDPI Entropy: Melanie F. Pradier, Pablo M. Olmos and Fernando Perez-Cruz, “Entropy-Constrained Scalar Quantization with a Lossy-Compressed Bit”, MDPI Entropy 2016 volume 18, issue 12. Abstract We consider the compression of a continuous real-valued source X using scalar quantizers and average squared error distortion…

Gonzalo Vazquez-Vilar elected Chair of the Spanish Chapter of the IEEE Information Theory Society

Gonzalo Vazquez-Vilar, who is Juan de la Cierva Research Fellow in our group, has recently been selected as the new Chairman of the Spanish Chapter of the IEEE Information Theory Society. The IEEE Information Theory Society is a pre-eminent community promoting and supporting the scientific area of information theory. Information theory encompasses the processing, transmission,…

A proposal of the Signal Processing Group has been selected by the «Fundación para la Innovación y la Prospectiva en Salud en España (FIPSE)»

The proposal “EVIDENCE-BASED BEHAVIOUR” of the GTS Group has been selected by the «Fundación para la Innovación y la Prospectiva en Salud en España» (FIPSE), a Spain-based nonprofit foundation dedicated to advancing new healthcare technologies. This proposal was submitted in response to the «Call for funding feasibility studies in health innovation projects» that was published…