Elsa Macias Lopez

Elsa Macias-López is an Associate professor of Telecommunications at Las Palmas de Gran Canaria University, Department of Telematics Engineering, Spain. She received her PhD in Telecommunications (2001) from Las Palmas of Gran Canaria University for her work on Parallel Computing on a LAN-WLAN Cluster Controlling at Runtime the Variation of the Number of Proccesses. She received her MS in Telecomunications (1997) from the same University for her work on Parallelization of Diffuse IR Radiation System Simulation for Indoor Applications. Her research interests are in parallel and distributed computing and infrastructure wireless networks for collaborative computing. Her current research efforts have focused on the management of wireless channel disconnections to prevent abrupt endings of applications. She has published about 8 papers in refereed journals, 40 papers in refereed conferences, 1 paper in Spanish magazine, one educational book and co-editor of one book. She is member of Program & Organizing Committees & Chair sessions for several international and Spanish conferences. She has collaborated in several research projects. Professor Macías teaches telecommunications at the beginning, advanced, and graduate levels, and advises graduate theses in the area of wireless communications and parallel and distributed computing

Publications

Multimedia Services and Streaming for Mobile Devices: Challenges and Innovations
Multimedia Services and Streaming for Mobile Devices: Challenges and Innovations
Alvaro Suarez Sarmiento, Elsa Macias Lopez. © 2012. 350 pages.
Multimedia services facilitate the real-time processing and communication of images, audio, and text. The convergence of computer communication and telecommunication has...