Biography

Patricia Chavez-Burbano was born in Guayaquil, Ecuador on April 19th 1979. She received her BS in Electronics and Telecommunications in 2005 from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral (ESPOL), Ecuador and her MS in Electrical Engineering in 2008 from Northeastern University, USA. She currently works as assistant professor at Telematics Engineering Department, ESPOL, and is pursuing a Ph.D at University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain. Her research interests include WSN, DSP, VLC and Pattern Recognition.

Publications

• J. A. Munoz, V. Calero, I. Marin, P. Chavez and R. Perez, "Adaptive Evacuation Management System Based on Monitoring Techniques," in IEEE Latin America Transactions, vol. 13, no. 11, pp. 3621-3626, Nov. 2015. doi: 10.1109/TLA.2015.7387940 URL: This Link
• I. Marin-Garcia, P. Chavez-Burbano, A. Muñoz-Arcentles, V. Calero-Bravo and R. Perez-Jimenez, "Indoor location technique based on visible light communications and ultrasound emitters," 2015 IEEE International Conference on Consumer Electronics (ICCE), Las Vegas, NV, 2015, pp. 297-298. doi: 10.1109/ICCE.2015.7066421 URL: This Link
• P. Chavez-Burbano, I. Marin-Garcia and A. Muñoz-Arcentales, "Ad-hoc network implementation and experimental testing using low cost and COTS components: An ecuatorian case study," Bio-inspired Intelligence (IWOBI), 2014 International Work Conference on, Liberia, 2014, pp. 133-137. doi: 10.1109/IWOBI.2014.6913952 URL: This Link
• J. A. Muñoz-Arcentales, V. Calero, I. Marin-Garcia, P. Chavez-Burbano and R. Perez-Jimenez, "Adaptive evacuation management system based on monitoring techniques," 2014 IEEE Latin-America Conference on Communications (LATINCOM), Cartagena de Indias, 2014, pp. 1-5. doi: 10.1109/LATINCOM.2014.7041877 URL: This Link

Projects

• KISHWAR: Sistema Integrado de Administración de Emergencias Utilizando Redes de Sensores y Señaletica Reactiva. Dates: Aug 4th 2014 - Present. Position: Investigator
  Abstract: This project, named after an Inca sacred tree that lent protection against frost, develops an Integrated Emergency Management System (IEMS) using Wired and Wireless Networks of Sensors (WSN) and Reactive Signs. The project primary objective is to develop an IEMS able to properly direct people during various types of emergencies (fires, earthquakes, landslides, leaks, etc.) taking into consideration that the escape routes will be modified depending on the situation. The evacuees will avoid the risk areas, defined through real-time monitoring of predefined parameters; and the routes will be optimized to avoid crowds. Crowds detection will be done through the application of object detection techniques and will also ensure a clear path to access for emergency personnel (firefighters, paramedics, police, etc.). As an applied research project, and in order to validate these reliability of the results minimizing its intrusiveness, trials will be conducted in a controlled environment at ESPOL.
  Funding: ESPOL DI-MULTI-004-2014