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Center for Research in New Information Technologies

Description

The Center for Research in New Information Technologies (CINTI) is a research unit oriented toward the study and development of new information technologies, focused on creating innovative solutions that optimize the use of distributed computing resources and address complex problems in today’s digital environment.

Research Areas
  • Emerging computational technologies: service-oriented and web architectures, multi-core systems, Cloud Computing, IoT and Big Data.

  • Artificial Intelligence: development of intelligent and adaptive solutions using neural networks, genetic algorithms and agent-based modeling.

Institutional Focus

CINTI integrates scientific research, technological development and practical application, strengthening the technical capabilities of the university community and contributing to the positioning of UPB in the international scientific community. Likewise, it develops software projects that require highly specialized components.

Institutional Profile
  • Creation date: February 2010

  • Rectoral Resolution: UPB-RR-002/2010

Unit Director

Alex Stephan Villazón Torrico

Full-time faculty member

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Recognition
  • Global Online Lab Award - GOLC (Helsinki, Finland - February 2024)
    Organizer/s:

    University of Applied Sciences

    University of Applied Sciences

    Category:

    Remotely Controlled Experiments

    Remotely Controlled Experiments

    Project:

    Geographically Distributed Remote Laboratory for Photovoltaic Energy Efficiency Studies Based on Altitudes.

    Full Paper Award Winner (Helsinki, Finland - February 2024)
    Organizer/s:

    University of Applied Sciences

    University of Applied Sciences

    Category:

    Best Paper Award

    Best Paper Award

    Project:

    Enhancing Accessibility for Real-Time Remote Laboratories: A Web-Based Solution with Automated Validation and Access Control.

    The AOSA Ten Years Most Influential Paper Award (Tokyo, Japan - March 2023)
    Organizer/s:

    AOSA, Inc. Steering Committee

    AOSA, Inc. Steering Committee

    Category:

    Most influential paper

    Most influential paper

    Project:

    DiSL: A Domain-specific Language for Bytecode Instrumentation.

    Plurinational Science and Technology Award (Tarija, Bolivia - September 2019)
    Organizer/s:

    Vice Ministry of Science and Technology

    Vice Ministry of Science and Technology

    Category:

    Health and Pharmaceutical Industry - First place

    Health and Pharmaceutical Industry - First place

    Project:

    Low-cost 3D-printed smartphone-based inverted laser fluorescence microscope.

    Plurinational Award for Science and Technology (Sucre, Bolivia - November 2018)
    Organizer/s:

    Vice Ministry of Science and Technology

    Vice Ministry of Science and Technology

    Category:

    Energy and Hydrocarbons - Honorable Mention

    Energy and Hydrocarbons - Honorable Mention

    Project:

    Intelligent street lighting system with energy efficiency based on embedded technologies and sensor networks.

    Plurinational Science and Technology Award (La Paz, Bolivia - September 2017)
    Organizer/s:

    Vice Ministry of Science and Technology

    Vice Ministry of Science and Technology

    Category:

    Health and Pharmaceutical Industry - First place

    Health and Pharmaceutical Industry - First place

    Project:

    Development of a low-cost reader for the “ELISA” technique (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay).

    Plurinational Science and Technology Award (La Paz, Bolivia - November 2016)
    Organizer/s:

    Vice Ministry of Science and Technology

    Vice Ministry of Science and Technology

    Category:

    Health and the Pharmaceutical Industry - Honorable Mention

    Health and the Pharmaceutical Industry - Honorable Mention

    Project:

    Low-cost fluorescence microscopy based on mobile and embedded systems for the diagnosis of infectious diseases: focus on Chagas disease.

Projects
EU-BEGP - Modernising Digital Education in Energy Transition for Circular Economy in Latin America
EUBBC-Digital - Europe-Brazil-Bolivia-Cuba Capacity Building Using Globally Available Digital Learning Modules
Development of a low-cost laser spectrofluorimeter based on a smartphone spectrometer and embedded systems
Development of a low-cost fluorescence microscopy system, based on mobile and embedded systems with a wireless interface
Modeling of Supply Chain Networks (2018)
Development of low-cost spectrometers based on mobile and embedded systems for chromium measurement in tanneries (2016-2018)
Development of a low-cost fluorescence microscopy system, based on mobile and embedded systems with wireless interface (2016-2018)
Road lighting system with energy efficiency based on smartgrid technology (2016-2018)
Information system for a solar radiation measurement and monitoring network (2014 - 2016)
Car access control system based on image recognition and radio frequency identification - Phase I (2014 - 2016)
Software development for portable LIBS system (2014 - 2015)
Integrated Assessment Model for Tax Administration– IAMTAX (2013 - 2014)
Survey Processing & Analysis Engine – SANG (2012 - 2013)
Investment Monitoring Platform – IMP (2010 - 2011)
Publications and Conferences
Year 2024
Year 2024
Year 2023
Year 2023
Year 2022
Year 2022
Year 2021
Year 2021
Year 2019
Year 2019
Year 2018
Year 2018
Year 2017
Year 2017
Year 2016
Year 2016
Year 2015
Year 2015
Year 2014
Year 2014
Year 2013
Year 2013
Year 2012
Year 2012
Year 2011
Year 2011
Year 2010
Year 2010
Principal Investigators

Frederik Balderrama

Frederik Balderrama

Eng. Santiago Almancy

Eng. Santiago Almancy

Eng. Sebastián Itamari

Eng. Sebastián Itamari

MSc. Adriana Nancy Orellana Torrico

MSc. Adriana Nancy Orellana Torrico

MSc. Raúl Angel Zenteno

MSc. Raúl Angel Zenteno

Collaborators

Fabio Arnez PhD

Fabio Arnez PhD

Eng. Adrian Gabriel Villarroel Navia

Eng. Adrian Gabriel Villarroel Navia

Eng. Adrián Villarroel

Eng. Adrián Villarroel

Eng. Alfredo Meneses

Eng. Alfredo Meneses

Eng. Andrea Sarmiento

Eng. Andrea Sarmiento

Eng. Andrés Gamboa

Eng. Andrés Gamboa

Engineer Boris Pedraza

Engineer Boris Pedraza

Eng. Gabriela Allende

Eng. Gabriela Allende

Eng. Miguel Carballo

Eng. Miguel Carballo

Engineer Sergio Oporto

Engineer Sergio Oporto

Eng. Walter Torricos

Eng. Walter Torricos

Jens Bürger PhD

Jens Bürger PhD

MSc Daniel Gray

MSc Daniel Gray

MSc. Erick Escobar

MSc. Erick Escobar

MSc. Isabella Defilippis

MSc. Isabella Defilippis

MSc. Miguel Carballo

MSc. Miguel Carballo

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+591 (2) 2165700

Undergraduate Admissions

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+591 77201229

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