Projects   

Research Projects | Industry-Sponsored Research Projects

The projects I have mainly been involved in are:

PARTICIPATION IN RESEARCH PROJECTS

Multimodeling Approach for Quality-Aware Software Product Lines (MULTIPLE)
Granted by Ministry of Science and Innovation (CICYT project), with ref. TIN2009-13838.
Duration: 01/01/2010 until 31/12/2012
Main researcher: Silvia Abrahão
Number of researchers: 8 researchers from UPV and other 5 researchers from Leicester University (UK), University of Colima (Mexico) and LERO (Ireland).

Promoter-Observer Entities (EPO): Rolls-Royce plc (UK) and Mondragon Goi Eskola Politeknikoa J.M.A (Spain).

Towards the Integration of Transectorial IT Design and Evaluation (TwinTide)
Granted by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) - Action IC0904.
Duration: 01/11/2009 until 30/11/2013
Main researcher: Effie Lai-Chong Law (ETH, Zurich, action coordinator) & Silvia Abrahão (UPV Node coordinator).
Number of researchers: partners from 21 European countries.

Integration of Quality in Model-Driven Software Development (CALIMO)
Granted by Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria de Educación - GV/2009/103.
Duration:01/01/2009 until 31/12/2010
Main researcher: Silvia Abrahão
Number of researchers: 5

Models, Environments, Transformations and Applications (META) coordinated CICYT project), participating in the MOMENT subproject. Participants: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (UPV), Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Universidad de Murcia (UM), Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPC), European Software Institute (ESI).
Granted by Ministry of Science and Education, with ref. TIN2006-15175-C05-01.
Duration: 30/11/2006 until 30/09/2009
Main researcher: Isidro Ramos Salavert
Number of researchers at the UPV node: 15

From Requirements to UML Models: A Model-Driven Approach
Granted by Generalitat Valenciana, Conselleria de Educación - with ref. GVPRE/2008/188
Duration:01/01/2008 until 01/01/2009
Main researcher: Emilio Insfran
Number of researchers: 3

Spanish Network on Web Services
Granted by the Ministry of Science and Education, with ref. TIN2007-29678-E.
Duration: 06/03/2008 until 05/03/2009
Main researcher: Esperanza Marcos (Rey Juan Carlos University)
Number of researchers: 99 researchers from URJC, Univ. Carlos III, UCLM, UCM, U. Extremadura, Univ. de la Laguna,
UMA, Unv. Santiago de Compostela, Univ. Sevilla, Univ. Zaragoza, Univ. País Vasco, UNED, UPV, EUVE and 5 companies.

Quality-Driven Model Transformations
Granted by Universidad Politécncia de Valencia, Vice-rectorate for Research, with reference UPV- 20080008.
Duration: 01/01/2008 until 31/12/2009.
Main researcher: Silvia Abrahão
Number of researchers: 5

Spanish Network on Software Process and Product Quality (CALIPSO)
Granted by the Ministry of Science and Education, with ref. TIN2005-24055E.
Duration: 01/11/2005 until 01/11/2007
Main researcher: Coral Calero (University of Castilla-La-Mancha)
Number of researchers: 98 researchers from19 spanish universities, 5 latin-american companies, and 5 Spanish companies.

Spanish Network on Model-Driven Software Development (DSDM)
Granted by the Ministry of Science and Education, with ref. TIN2005-25866E.
Duration: 2005 until 2007
Main researcher: Antonio Vallecillo Moreno (University of Malaga)
Number of researchers: 100 researchers from15 Spanish universities and 4 companies.

Development of E-services for the New Digital Society (DESTINO)
Granted by Ministry of Science and Education with funding of FEDER (CICYT project), with ref. TIN2004-03534.
Duration: 01/01/2005 until 14/12/2007.
Main researcher: Vicente Pelechano
Number of researchers: 17

Towards the Maturation of Usability Evaluation (MAUSE) [Newsletter]
Granted by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) - Action 294
Duration: 2004-2007
Main researchers: Effie Lai-Chong Law (ETH, Zurich, action coordinator) & Silvia Abrahão (UPV Node) - See Management Committee at the COST website
Number of researchers: 13 research groups in Usability Engineering

WEE-NET:Web Engineering Network of Excellence
Granted by the European Comission (Alpha European Union Project)
Duration: 2004-2007
Main researchers: Symeon Retalis (University of Pyreaus, Greece, project coordinator) and Oscar Pastor López (UPV) Number of researchers: 10 research groups in Web engineering.

Grant to the Logic Programming and Software Engineering Research Group at DSIC-UPV
Granted by Valencian Agency of Science and Technology (I+D actions).
Duration: 01/01/2003 until 01/01/2004.
Main researcher: Isidro Ramos Salavert
Number of researchers: 35

SPARCIM: Spanish Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics
Granted by Ministry of Science and Technology - CICYT project (Spanish Research Funding Agency), with ref. TIC 2002-10628-E.
Duration: 01/01/2003 until 31/01/2004
Main researchers: E. Marcos, R. López de Mántaras, M. Alpuente, I. Ramos, E. Pimentel, M. Hermenegildo, J. J. Moreno, J. Larrosa, F. Orejas, and R. San José.
Number of researchers: 45 researchers from URJC, UPM, UPC, IIIA/CSIC, UPV, U. Málaga

Advanced Software Technology for the Software Engineering of the Information Society (TAISSI)
Granted by CICYT (Spanish Research Funding Agency), with ref. TIC2001-3530-C02-01.
Duration: 27/12/2001 until 27/12/2004
Main researcher: Oscar Pastor López
Number of researchers: 14

Web-Oriented Software Technology (WEST)
Granted by CYTED (Programa Iberoamericano de Ciencia y Tecnología para el Desarrollo, subprog. VII.18)
Participating universities: PUC-Rio (Brazil); Brasilia University (Brazil); Federal University of Pernambuco (Brazil); UNLP (Argentina); UTFSM, (Chile); Valencia University of Technology (Spain); University of Málaga (Spain); University of Sevilla (Spain); EAFIT University (Colombia); Catholic University of Asunción (Paraguay); University of Porto (Portugal).
Duration: 2000-2003.
Main researcher: Oscar Pastor López
Number of researchers: members of the iberoamerican researcher groups.

Object-Oriented Software Reengineering (OOSR)
Granted by the National Research Council of Brazil (CNPq), RHAE Program.
Organism: Federal University of São Carlos.
Duration: September 1996 until September 1998
Main researcher: Antonio Francisco do Prado
Number of researchers: 8

M-Learning Portal for/based on Web Engineering Techniques
Granted by the Socrates European Union Program (approval pending)
Duration: 2004 until 2007
Main researchers: Wieland Schwinger (Johaness Keppler Linz University, Austria, proyect coordinator), Oscar Pastor López (UPV).
Number of researchers: 15 research groups in Web engineering

 

PARTICIPATION IN INDUSTRY-SPONSORED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Analysis of Software Product Line Quality Attributes
Type of contract: I+D+I (Research, Development, and Innovation)
Organisms: Rolls-Royce plc (Software Centre of Excellence) & Universitat Politècnica de València
Duration: 01/03/2006 until 01/03/2007
Main researcher: Silvia Abrahão
Number of researchers: 2

Usability Evaluation in Model-Driven Architecture Environments
Type of contract: I+D+I (Research, Development, and Innovation)
Organisms: CARE Technologies S.A. & Universitat Politècnica de València
Duration: 01/03/2006 until 01/03/2007
Main researcher: Silvia Abrahão
Number of researchers: 2

Evaluation of Web Services-based Development Process
Type of contract: I+D+I (Research, Development, and Innovation)
Organisms: CARE Technologies S.A. & Universitat Politècnica de València
Duration: 01/12/2005 until 01/02/2006
Main researcher: Silvia Abrahão
Number of researchers: 7

Evaluating the Quality of OO-Method Conceptual Models
Type of contract: I+D+I Contracts (Research, Development, and Innovation)
Company: CARE Technologies S.A.
Organisms: CARE-Technologies & Universitat Politècnica de València
Duration: 01/02/2004 until: 01/02/2005
Main researcher: Silvia Abrahão

Testing and Implantation of a Method for Requirements Engineering
Type of contract: I+D+I Contracts (Research, Development, and Innovation)
Company: CARE Technologies S.A.
Organisms: CARE-Technologies & Universitat Politècnica de València
Duration: 01/01/2004 until 31/12/2004
Main researcher: Emilio Insfrán

Estimating the Functional Size of Object-Oriented Systems
Type of contract: I+D+I Contracts (Research, Development, and Innovation)
Company: CARE Technologies S.A.
Organisms: CARE-Technologies & Universitat Politècnica de València
Duration: 01/02/2003 until: 31/01/2004
Main researcher: Silvia Abrahão

Advanced OO-Method
Type of contract: I+D+I Contracts (Research, Development, and Innovation)
Company: CONSOFT S.A
Organisms: CONSOFT S.A. & Universitat Politècnica de València
Duration: 31/12/2002 until: 31/12/2003
Main researcher: Oscar Pastor

Requirements Models for Information Systems
Type of contract: I+D+I Contracts (Research, Development, and Innovation)
Company: CARE Technologies S.A.
Organisms: CARE-Technologies & Universitat Politècnica de València
Duration: 01/10/2001 until 31/12/2003
Main researcher: Emilio Insfrán

Requirements Modelling for the Conceptual Models Generation
Type of contract: I+D+I Contracts (Research, Development, and Innovation)
Company: CARE Technologies S.A.
Organisms: CARE-Technologies & Universitat Politècnica de València
Duration: April 2000 until September 2001
Main researcher: Emilio Insfrán