Author Biographies

José Antonio de la Torre received the M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain, in 2016. He received the Extraordinary End of Studies Prize from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM) in 2016. Since 2023 he is Ph.D. in Advanced Computing Technologies from the University of Castilla-La Mancha. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the TSI Department, UCLM. His current research interests include: Internet of Things, Embedded Artificial Intelligence, TinyML and RISC-V ecosystem.
Fernando Rincón obtained a degree in Computer Science from the Autonomous University of Barcelona in 1993, and Ph.D. from the University of Castilla-La Mancha in 2003. He is a Professor of the Bilingual Degree in Information Technology since the 2013-2014 academic year. He has also holded the position of Director of the Department of Information Technologies and Systems from 2010 to 2017. His current lines of research include heterogeneous distributed embedded systems, electronic design automation, and dynamically reconfigurable systems based on FPGA devices.
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Antonio Caruso received his Ph.D. in Computer Science in 2003 from the University of Pisa. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Physics “Ennio De Giorgi” at the University of Salento and holds the Italian National Scientific Qualification (ASN) for Associate Professor. His research focuses on embedded and distributed systems, Internet of Things (IoT), and artificial intelligence, with particular emphasis on deep learning and small language models. He works on energy-efficient and scalable solutions for cyber-physical and IoT systems, with applications in environmental monitoring and smart agriculture. He has held research positions at CNR institutes and visiting appointments at international universities, and he serves as principal investigator in several projects funded under the Italian National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR).
Julián Caba received the M.S. degree in Computer Science and the Ph.D. from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain, in 2009 and 2018, respectively. He won the Ph.D. category in the Xilinx Open Hardware Contest in 2017. He is currently an Assistant Professor with the TSI Department, UCLM. His current research interests include hardware verification methodologies, embedded systems, high-level synthesis, run-time reconfigurable systems and heterogeneous distributed systems.
Jesus Barba received the MS and PhD degrees in Computer Engineering Diploma from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), Spain, in 2001 and 2008 respectively. He is working as Associate Professor with the Department of Information and Systems Technology (TSI) since 2001 and member of the ARCO research group, located at the School of Computer Science (UCLM, Spain. Among the open research lines and interests it is worth mentioning the following: Low-cost and low power reconfigurable systems for ubiquitous computing, Reconfigurable Computing platforms for AI algorithms, Heterogeneous Distributed Embedded Computing and High-level Synthesis Tools
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