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"I did not expect to find work as fast," says David Rodenas Herráiz, Albacete 26 years and doctoral student at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena (UPCT) has just been signed as a researcher for the University of Cambridge, one of the five best in the world according the ranking of Shanghai.
Rodenas, who on Friday read his doctoral thesis at the School of Teleco UPCT, has been hired as a research assistant in the Computer Lab of the British university.
"At Christmas I started looking for jobs and Cambridge was the first university in which I looked.
I saw the offer and submit the curriculum at New Year's Eve morning, "he says.
In less than a month he got the job, the first for a graduate of the Technical University of Cartagena in the prestigious English institution.
The young researcher in Cambridge continue developing free software for wireless sensor networks has made during the research for his doctoral thesis, directed by brothers Antonio and Felipe Javier García Sánchez, both professors of the research group of Telematics Engineering, directed Joan García Haro.
The thesis, written entirely in English, has already had a major impact on the research field, disseminating its results through the publication of several articles in international journals of high impact, contributions prestigious international conferences and various intellectual properties registered
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Rodenas research has pioneered the implementation of video on wireless sensor networks, a technology with low cost and low power components, ideal for monitoring large areas without maintenance.
"These are small devices, connected by radio frequency and optimized so that there do not change their batteries in months or years," says Felipe Garcia.
The networks developed by the researcher have been tested in the Campo de Cartagena and the Valley of Ricote, to monitor all environmental aspects affecting crops in what is known as precision agriculture.
And also to send video images to farmers when animals or people were accessing exploitation.
"When the sensors detect presence in a certain perimeter, activate the camera and transmit images in real time," explains Rodenas.
"It is a breakthrough in I + D + i that is already being used in the agricultural sector outside Spain," adds Antonio Javier García.
A system that researchers have also bought the Doñana National Park, where it was used to check if the Bobcats built underpasses used to prevent abuses.
Sensor networks also have application in the field of prevention of forest fires, could be installed in hard to reach areas without wiring.
In cities such as Santander and countries like the UK, this type of sensors are used to save energy in street lighting or to monitor public transport.
"In a few years we will be surrounded by these devices that may be connected to the cloud," predicts Rodenas, which resolved during its investigation scalability problems that had these networks, so there is no limitation on the number of nodes installed.
Excited by the experience that awaits you, Rodenas not overwhelmed, but "capable" of meeting the challenge of investigating the fifth best university in the world after training at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena Telematics engineer and engineer, master, and in a few days, doctor in Telecommunications.
"The only regret is not being able to retain their talent," say teachers alluding to cut funding for research.
"I knew that Spain would not find.
I considered not find here, "laments the young researcher.
His will be starting this Sunday when he travels to Cambridge, another prodigious brain emigrated.
Source: UPCT
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