Pablo Alejandro Quezada-Sarmiento

Curricular design based in bodies of knowledge: Engineering education for the innovation and the industry

Bodies of Knowledge (BOK), contain the relevant knowledge for a disciplines as example Software Engineering (SE), System Information (SI), Information Technology (IT), Computer Science (CS), Medicine, Economics, and others areas of knowledge. BOK describes relevant knowledge for a discipline, and will need show the consensus in the Knowledge Areas (KA), and related disciplines. The development of this consensus is a prerequisite to the adoption of coherent skills development in the education context, and continuing professional programs both in public and private organizations. In this context a systematic mapping study (SMS), it was performed to evaluate quantity and types of primary studies in an area of interest. SMS will be used as the research method within this research. The research method proposed will allow to sort and classify the information referent to the topics of this research. This paper is an attempt to analyze existing proposals on BOK contents, structure, and make a proposal what the kind of contents it should have, and how it should be structured so that this consensus among all parties can be described and best achieved. In the same way the relevance, and useful of the BOK in the curricular design for the innovation, and the industry context is present.

Detection of the characters from the license plates by cascade classifiers method

This article describes the detection of the characters of the license plate through of computer vision techniques: such as cascade of classifiers based in sobel algorithm, analysis of peaks and valleys, and support vector machines; the search for the region of the plate begins by detecting vehicles, then character segmentation and concludes with the recognition of these. The system was tested in different scenarios such as: different lighting provided by the day or night and weather changes. The average time to execute these phases it was 434 ms.

Evaluation of occupational and professional profiles in Ecuadorian context based on guide of Knowledge SWEBOK and ontological model

Bodies of Knowledge (BOK), contain the relevant knowledge for a discipline, and it is necessary for the development of the science, and application in the professional, and occupational profiles, and the possible incidence in the industry of Ecuador. In this paper, it is shown an evaluation of professional and occupational profiles based on standard Software Engineering Body of Knowledge SWEBOK 2004 (Spanish Version), and the development of ontological model, in order to obtain the necessary information to establish the relationship, and the criteria to evaluate the profiles based on the guide of knowledge.

EMG signal patterns recognition based on feedforward Artificial Neural Network applied to robotic prosthesis myoelectric control

The present work is part of the “Hand of Hope” project, which seeks to develop low-cost robotic prostheses with the aim of contributing to the social and labor inclusion of people with motor disabilities of their upper extremities. The specific objective to address in this work is the design and development of the system architecture to recognition of EMG (Electromyography) signal patterns, the purpose is to control the functions of objects handling by the robotic prosthesis. There are proposed methods to the recognition of EMG signal patterns; however it defined using a Feedforward-backpropagation Artificial Neural Network (ANN) because have high success rate (Sr) using the least amount of channels, can be supported on platforms on-line and real-time; and moreover in order to improve the ANN-Sr values, it was used as input the envelope of the EMG signal instead of the original signal. For the performance evaluation 20 assessments for each of the four EMG signal patterns (relaxed hand/cylindrical grip, pinch grip, thumb adduction, and index finger extended) were performed, from the results it is observed that the average success rate is equal to 95%.

REST architecture in the implementation of a web and mobile application for vehicular tariff rotating parking

This article describes the infrastructure and architecture required for the implementation of an automation system for the current SIMERT Tariff Municipal System of Rotating Parking in the city of Loja. The best technological architecture was identified among the models of technological architectures based on web services as SOA, SOAP and REST. The required network infrastructure was specified in addition to both the users and the centralized management systems applications, which will be used to manage parking times and fines for users. The goal is that the user has the facility to find a parking lot and dial the parking lot from his smartphone through a mobile application, thus eliminating the manual system of physical control cards, saving human resources that were necessary for the surveillance in the different streets where the manual rate system is located. Using the developed application will be an efficient management of the vehicles in use and real time of the parking system, controlling times and fines.

Detection of moving objects through color thresholding

In image processing area and segmentation algorithms based on thresholding, the intensity of the image (grayscale) is usually obtained in order to differentiate the regions of the objects and the background. The segmentation based on the threshold works well when the image has a high intensity in the contrast, this characteristic is key to make a good classification of the pixels. This document will explain some theoretical concepts to identify objects by means of their color (thresholding), this technique was implemented in the development of a game program. Furthermore, the thresholding range for the red, yellow and green colors was found in order to achieve a better approach in the object detection. This project used the python programming language, Pygame graphical interface libraries and the OpenCV library free open source about artificial vision.

System of location and control of time of arrival of university buses using smartphone

Global Positioning Systems (GPS) now provide great benefits for companies that need the location of a device or a point of interest. Today, smart mobile devices have increased exponentially by the features that these devices are able to offer thanks to their processing power. This document develops an application that provides a location service for university users, giving the facility to know the time of arrival of a bus from its current location to a previously established stop. Also defined is the methodology in the construction of the system, the REST architecture applied to the construction of the web service, which allowed to improve the performance of the application, which was created Android platform devices, allowing any mobile device to operate With this Operating System will be able to run the application and make use of it.

HUEQUITAS: Web Application for Location of Low Cost Restaurants

Over the years Internet accessibility has increased in a remarkable way and now, besides this, the use of devices such as smartphones, tablets and laptops allows people to access a large variety of applications, among which are those that enable users to locate places such as restaurants, hotels and parks, allowing quick access to that information. This document presents the development and implementation of a web application for the geolocation of low-cost restaurants, commonly called “huequitas”. Our application uses HTML5, CSS, PHP and JavaScript for the development of the web page and implements the Google Maps API to improve the search experience for locating all the “huequitas” in the sector. The application locates the current position of the user; and, based on the users position, shows the nearby “huequitas” along with the route to follow in order to reach each place. This application is characterized for using MySQL, an Open Source database and three layer architecture at the network level. The design of the application is specifically for a web platform, but being responsive it can be viewed from a smartphone or tablet.

E-Mail Client Multiplatform for the Transfer of Information Using the SMTP Java Protocol Without Access to a Browser.

At present, the use of emails has increased significantly. Today is one of the easiest and fastest forms of asynchronous communication, especially over long distances, in a convenient and secure way. This document details aspects of communication through Internet access, in order to show a simpler to traditional application, along with the SMTP protocol, an email transfer protocol, it consists of a client- server, which shows the sending of emails to different email addresses at the same time, application which was designed in Java programming language, this allows the client to be multiplatform, using the NetBeans ID, in addition to this, account with the use of different libraries including javax, where the results were to transmit information, with and without attachments, sending such information to 3 different mails at the same time, to interact between different mail servers, reliably, in addition to this provides a user-friendly interface, allowing effective communication.

Application of cloud, knowledge and innovation model for improving linguistic in writing skill

With the incorporación of the technological concept Cloud Computing and access to various types of mobile devices, there has been provoked a great expectation among students and teachers, to make use of tools that support within the teaching-learning process. In the present work there were analyzed some tools that support linguistic area, specifically for the improvement of writing skills, which should comply with the principles of educational innovation. This research was divided into two phases. In the first phase, several technological tools were analyzed in order to select the one that offers the best advantage according to the stated objective. After the analysis and evaluation of the tools in the second phase, the OneNote tool was used because it was considered the most suitable for the improvement of the writing skill due to the facilities and access that it provides, which was applied by the students of the English course in reading and writing IV subject. In both phases the students worked for a period of three months in order to accomplish the scheduled activities both inside and outside of classes.