Javier Pereira

Javier Pereira was born in Ourense, Spain, in 1972. He received the M.S. in Computer Science from the University of A Coruña (Spain) in 1995, and the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the same university in 2004. He is an Associated Professor in the area of Radiology and Physical Medicine at the Department of Medicine in the Faculty of Health Sciences, in the University of A Coruña. His current research interests include: accessibility in Information and Communication Technologies, medical information systems, DICOM, PACS, medical informatics, disability and informatics, and the development of technical aids.

Publications

Assistive Technologies and Computers: How to Find a Perfect Match to Help People with Disabilities
Assistive Technologies and Computers: How to Find a Perfect Match to Help People with Disabilities
Thais Pousada, Betania Groba, Laura Nieto, Javier Pereira, Alejandro Pazos. © 2016. 21 pages.
The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) (WHO, 2001) provides the term disability as a part of the multi-aspects of the interaction between...
Using Genetic Programming to Extract Knowledge from Artificial Neural Networks
Using Genetic Programming to Extract Knowledge from Artificial Neural Networks
Daniel Rivero, Miguel Varela, Javier Pereira. © 2008. 20 pages.
A technique is described in this chapter that makes it possible to extract the knowledge held by previously trained artificial neural networks. This makes it possible for them to...