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, 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,…
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…
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The following paper from the group has been published in the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory: T. Koch, “The Shannon lower bound is asymptotically tight,” IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, Vol. 62, No. 11, November 2016.
The paper “Monte Carlo Methods through an Online Scheme for Convergence Assessment” by Víctor Elvira, Joaquín Míguez and Petar M. Djuric has been accepted for publication inthe IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. Abstract Particle filters are broadly used to approximate posterior distributions of hidden states in state-space models by means of sets of weighted particles. While…
October, 2016 DroidsareHacking Team wins Hackathon Telefónica Third Prize. The DroidsareHacking Team is composed of Juanjo Campaña (GTS Group), Miguel Molina and Juan de Toro. The prizes are supported by Telefónica and Qualcomm Technologies. The goal of this initiative is the development of mobile applications based on Qualcomm Snapdragon processor that contribute to the improvement…
The paper “Cooperative Parallel Particle Filters for online model selection and applications to Urban Mobility” by L. Martino, J. Read, V. Elvira, and F. Louzada has been accepted for publication in Digital Signal Processing. Abstract We design a sequential Monte Carlo scheme for the dual purpose of Bayesian inference and model selection. We consider the application context of…
Tobias Koch awarded ERC Starting Grant Tobias Koch, who is a Visiting Professor and Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow in our group, has been awarded the prestigious ERC Starting Grant, which is given every year to the best young researchers in Europe. He will receive funding from the ERC for the next 5 years to…
«The paper «Multiantenna GLR Detection of Rank-One Signals with a Known Power Spectral Shape under Spatially Uncorrelated Noise» by J. Sala-Alvarez, G. Vazquez-Vilar, R. Lopez-Valcarce, S. Sedighi and A. Taherpour has been accepted for publication in the IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing. Abstract: We establish the generalized likelihood ratio (GLR) test for a Gaussian signal of known power spectral shape and…