Responsible and adaptable
– Dr. Juan Ale (jale@austral.edu.ar)

Thesis students
– Pezzuchi, Gastón. Thesis in preparation for the Doctorate in Engineering-Universidad AustralTitle: Spatial Data Mining – geographical knowledge discovery Subtopic: Criminal analysis – spatial analysis of crime (quantitative criminology).
– María Florencia Paolini, UA professor. New crowdfunding systems as an alternative to traditional entrepreneurial financing mechanisms.
– Pablo Albani, Thesis in preparation for the Doctorate in Engineering-Universidad AustralTitle: Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms Applied to a Trading Agent in Financial Markets.
– Rafael Crescenzi, Thesis in preparation for the Doctorate in Engineering-Universidad AustralTitle: Using DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING agents to automate customer interactions.

Publications
J. Ale, Discovering Traffic Congestion through Traffic Flow Patterns Generated by Moving Object Trajectories, (2015) Journal of Computer Science & Technology. Vol 15 no. 2, p. 81-86.

Computational mechanics is a field that combines principles of mechanics and computer science to study and analyze the behavior of structures and materials using computational methods. In particular, we use the finite element method (FEM) and the finite difference method (FDM) to discretize the physical domain and solve the fundamental equations.

Controller:

-Eng. Miguel Ángel Cavaliere.

Members:

-Eng. Fernando Sanchez Sarmiento.

Thesis student:

-Ing. Wilber Rosales Professor and PhD candidate in Engineering UA.

Title: Generation of the interface for Musculoskeletal Modeling with Finite Element Methods analysis for the study of motor disorders of the lower limb.

Pedemonte, Facundo A. Biomedical Engineer. Thesis in preparation for the Doctorate in Engineering – Universidad Austral with the title: Development and Mechano-biological Optimization of scaffolding structures for Bone Regeneration in Segmental Bone Defects of Long Bones which has so far resulted in the following presentation at a congress.

A. Pedemonte, A. Yanez Santana, M. Galli Serra, M.A. Cavaliere, V.E. Bosio. Porous Titanium Structures in 3D Printing: Exploration in Computational Design and Simulation. Computational Mechanics, XXXVI, 1873-1873 (abstract) Argentina. Santa Fe. 2018. XII Argentine Congress of Computational Mechanics MECOM.

Featured works:

1. Inverse analysis applied to the characterization of heat transfer parameters in tempering processes that led to a doctoral thesis
2. Systematic characterization of heat transfer associated with heat treatments developed by F. Sanchez Sarmiento and directed by M. Cavaliere.

the next one already publication:

1. B. SANCHEZ SARMIENTO – MA CAVALIERE, “Numerical Calculation of the Heat Transfer Coefficients in Multi-Thermocouple Probes by the Reconstruction Temperature Method”, Materials Performance and Characterization, Vol 10 – N°1 (2021), 1- 23. https://doi.org/10.1520/MPC20200144 .

Together with the following presentations at conferences:

1. B. SANCHEZ SARMIENTO – MA CAVALIERE, “Numerical Performance of a Direct Finite Difference Operator Used to Solve Inverse Problems”, Computational Mechanics Vol XXXVIII, pp. 1477 (abstract), MECOM 2021, 1 – 5/11/2021, Resistencia, Chaco, Argentina.
2. B. Sánchez Sarmiento, M.A. Cavaliere, Obtaining the thermal transfer coefficients of the temper with a numerical method - Part I and II, VII Congress of Applied, Computational and Industrial Mathematics.

3. Numerical simulation in Mechanics applied to the numerical modeling of Inertial Forces for the Design and Analysis of the Resistance of Internal Combustion Engine Components that resulted in a transfer.

Contact:

mcavaliere@austral.edu.ar

fsanchez@austral.edu.ar

Group leader and research topic:

– Dr. Mauro Cuevas – Director (MCuevas@austral.edu.ar).

Members:

– Dr. Hernán Ferrari.

– Dr. Vivian Grünhut.

– Dr. Victor Herrero.

– Lic. Julieta Olivo.

Thesis students:

– Julieta Olivo, PhD student with a CONICET scholarship.

Research Topic: Plasmonics.

Summary:

Our research group, the Electromagnetism and Waves Group, studies various problems in which light-matter interactions are responsible for novel phenomena of current interest. We particularly focus on the theoretical treatment of structured systems capable of compressing the electromagnetic field into dimensions much smaller than the wavelength. The proposed topics cover several areas in the fields of optics and plasmonics:

1. Metallic optical cavities, two-dimensional materials such as graphene, high-refractive index media capable of amplifying magnetic interaction, and phase-change materials that allow high-speed manipulation of optical properties.
2. Spasers (nanolasers), where the stimulated amplification is performed on plasmons instead of on photons as in the laser.
3. Optical forces and optical bonding of micro and nanoparticles.

Featured works: published in the last 3 years

1. H Ferrari, V Herrero, CJ Zapata-Rodríguez, M Cuevas, Graphene Surface Modes enabling Terahertz Pulling Force, Applied Optics 62, C64-C70 (2023).

2. H Ferrari, CJ Zapata-Rodríguez, M Cuevas, Graphene plasmons on attenuated total reflection structures: a route to achieve large optical pushing or pulling force intensities in the terahertz region, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 39, (2022), 3200-3208. Chosen as Editor's Pick, a property that rewards the excellence of a work within the area of ​​knowledge.  

3. H Ferrari, CJ Zapata-Rodríguez, M Cuevas, Giant terahertz pulling force within an evanescent field induced by asymmetric wave coupling into radiative and bound modes, Optics Letters 47, 4500-4503 (2022).

4. H Ferrari, CJ Zapata-Rodríguez, M Cuevas, Terahertz binding of nanoparticles based on graphene surface plasmons excitations, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 278, 108009 (2022).

5. M. Cuevas, RA Depine, Dispersion properties of plasmonic sub-wavelength elliptical wires wrapped with graphene, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 38, 3499-3508 (2021).

6. SH Raad, Z Atlasbaf, M Cuevas, Dyadic Green's function for the graphene-dielectric stack with arbitrary field and source points, Journal of the Optical Society of America B 38, pp. 2368-2375 (2021).

7. Mojtaba Karimi Habil, Carlos J. Zapata–Rodríguez, Mauro Cuevas, and Samad Roshan Entezar, Multipolar-sensitive engineering of magnetic dipole spontaneous emission with a dielectric nanoresonator antenna, Scientific Reports 11, 12813 (2021).

8. L Prelat, M Cuevas, N Passarelli, RB Marún, R Depine, Spaser and Optical Amplification Conditions in Graphene-Coated Active Wires, JOSA B 38, pp. 2118-2126 (2021).

9. Mauro Cuevas, Mojtaba Karimi Habil, Carlos J Zapata-Rodríguez, Lasing conditions for trapped modes in subwavelength-wired PT-symmetric resonators, Optics Express 29, (2021) 10192-10208.

10. M Cuevas, SH Raad, CJ Zapata-Rodríguez, Coupled plasmonic graphene wires: theoretical study including complex frequencies and field distributions of bright and dark surface plasmons, JOSA B 37, (2020) 3084-3093.

11. M Gingins, M Cuevas, R Depine, Surface plasmon dispersion engineering for optimizing scattering, emission, and radiation properties on a graphene spherical device, Applied Optics 59, (2020) 4254-4262.

Controller: 

– Dr. María Victoria Bongiovanni.

Members: 

– Dr. María Victoria Bongiovanni (mbongiovanni@austral.edu.ar)
– Dr. Vivian Grünhut (vgrunhut@austral.edu.ar)

Thesis students: 

– Alberto Lucuy, PhD. Bachelor of Science in Physics, UA lecturer. PhD in Engineering in preparation – Universidad AustralTitle: Resolution of the inverse problem applied to the geoelectric method of capacitive contact. 

Summary: 
Environmental Geophysics. The methods studied allow for the study of various physical properties of the Earth's interior through surface measurements, reaching depths ranging from centimeters to a few meters. Numerous innovative contributions have been made regarding data acquisition, processing, and modeling methodology, as well as the development of measurement equipment. The work is in collaboration with the Applied and Environmental Geophysics Group at the University of Buenos Aires. 

Featured works: 
Publications in peer-reviewed journals 

– V. Grünhut, M. Bongiovanni, A. Osella. Using surface downhole ERT for detecting contaminants in deep aquifers due to the exploitation of oil reservoirs. (2018) Near Surface Geophysics, 16, 491-590.

– de la Vega, M., Bongiovanni, MV, & Grünhut, V. (2021) Design of a low-cost electrical resistivity meter for near surface surveys. Earth and Space Science, 8e2020EA001575.https://doi.org/10.1029/2020EA001575 

Presentations at international conferences 

1. Bongiovanni, MV, Grünhut, V., Martinelli, HP, de la Vega, M. and Bonomo, N. Geoelectrical and EMI Studies at an Urban Site in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for Localizing an Old Tunnel. (2018) 24th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. Porto, Portugal.
2. M.V. Bongiovanni, V. Grünhut, A. Osella, P. Martinelli, M. de la Vega, N. Bonomo, and M. Weissel. Use of the geoelectric method for tunnel detection in Buenos Aires. (2018) 1st Meeting of CIC Own and Associated Centers. Mar del Plata, Argentina.
3. V. Grünhut, MV Bongiovanni, A. Osella, P. Martinelli, M. de la Vega, N. Bonomo and M. Weissel. Location of historical tunnels in the City of Buenos Aires using the Geoelectric method. 1st. ICAP meeting, intersection of science, art and heritage, 2018, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
4. María Victoria Bongiovanni, Vivian Grünhut. Determination of contaminants in aquifers using the geoelectric method: sensitivity graphs as a tool for selecting an appropriate electrode device. (2017) Fourth International Scientific and Technological Congress of the Province of Buenos Aires. Quilmes, Argentina.
5. V. Grünhut, HP Martinelli, NE Bonomo, MV Bongiovanni, A. Pinio and A. Osella. GPR and Geoelectical studies in a historical site in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for locating an old cistern and evaluating its collapse risk. (2017) Near Surface Geoscience – 23th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics. Malmö, Sweden.
6. Lucuy, A., M.V. Bongiovanni, and V. Grünhut (2021). Calculation of apparent ground resistivity and permittivity from capacitive contact geoelectrics. XIX AAGG Scientific Meeting, Mendoza, Argentina, virtual mode.
7. Bongiovanni, MV, Grünhut, V. and E. López (2021), E. A physical model to study deep contaminated sites: ERT study with surface-downhole electrode configuration. Conference Proceedings, NSG2021 27th European Meeting of Environmental and Engineering Geophysics, Volume 2021, p.1 – 5.
   https://doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.202120177 
8. Tichno, A., Bongiovanni, M.V., Grünhut, V., and Osella, A.M. (2021). Characterization of multiphase fluid displacements by geoelectrical methods at the laboratory microscale, XIX AAGG Scientific Meeting, Mendoza, Argentina, virtual mode. 
9. María Victoria Bongiovanni, Patricia Martinelli, Peter Zabala Medina, Fernando Oliva (2022) Archaeogeophysical Prospecting at the Estévez Museum, Rosario, Province of Santa Fe 17th Meeting of the International Centre for Earth Sciences (E-ICES 17), Argentina, virtual mode. 
10. María Victoria Bongiovanni, Vivian Grünhut, Patricia Martinelli, Fernando Oliva (2022) Archaeogeophysical prospecting at Fuerte Barragán, Ensenada, Province of Buenos Aires 17th Meeting of the International Centre for Earth Sciences (E-ICES 17), Argentina, virtual mode. 
11. Vivian Grünhut, M. Victoria Bongiovanni, Patricia Martinelli, Fernando Oliva (2022) Archaeogeophysical Prospecting in Balcarce, Province of Buenos Aires 17th Meeting of the International Center for Earth Sciences (E-ICES 17), Argentina, virtual mode.  

Director:

– Dr. Ing. Gabriela Robiolo (grobiolo@austral.edu.ar).

Members:

• Cassol, Ignacio
• Olmedo, Agustín

Thesis students:

• Alonso, Esteban
• Salaberri, Martín
• Martello, Daniel

Summary:

The Software Engineering area has focused its work on different aspects of quality, both at the product and process levels, within the context of software development. This area comprises three projects. One of them introduces a quality measurement method as part of the software product lifecycle (called PQEM). The other two address the study of version control systems (VCS) from two perspectives: first, the analysis of the collected data, and second, a methodology that seeks to optimize the process of integrating requests. pull requests in large software projects.

In addition, we collaborate on a Technological Surveillance project: Quo vadis Artificial Intelligence, an interdisciplinary project.

Publications:

OLMEDO, A., ARÉVALO, G., CASSOL, I., PEREZ, Q., URTADO, C., VAUTTIER, S. Pull Requests Integration Process Optimization: An Empirical Study. In: Kaindl, H., Mannion, M., Maciaszek, LA (eds) Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering. ENASE 2022. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1829. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36597-3_8 (2023)

KHAN, M. FALCO, H. ANWAR and D. PFAHL, “Safety Testing of Automated Driving Systems: A Literature Review,” in IEEE Access, vol. 11, pp. 120049-120072, doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3327918 (2023).

Alonso, EJ, and Robiolo, G. "Determining Product, Person and Process Quality in Development Environments with GitHub: A Systematic Literature Review." Memoirs of the JAIIO 8.3 (2022): 21-34.

Falco, M., & Robiolo, G. PQEMw, Applying Weighted Sums to Software Quality MeasurementArgentine Symposium on Software Engineering (ASSE), 51st Argentine Conference on Informatics (51 JAIIO). October 17-27, 2022. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Proceedings of the 51 JAIIO – ASSE – ISSN: 2451-7496 – pp. 103-116.

Falco, M., & Robiolo, G. (2022, September). Trends and Findings in Measuring Software Quality Metrics in the Industry. In 2022 IEEE Biennial Congress of Argentina (ARGENCON) (pp. 1-8). IEEE.

Olmedo, A., Arévalo, G., Cassol, I., Urtado, C., & Vauttier, S. (2022, April). Improving Integration Process Efficiency through Pull Request Prioritization. in ENASE 2022-17th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering (pp. 62-72). SCITEPRESS-Science and Technology Publications.

Falco, G. Robiolo, “PRODUCT QUALITY EVALUATION METHOD (PQEM): A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH FOR THE SOFTWARE PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE”, 7th International Conference on Software Engineering (SOFT 2021), July 24-25, 2021, London, United Kingdom.

Falco, M., & Robiolo, G. (2021, February). Building a Catalog of ISO/IEC 25010 Quality Measures Applied in an Industrial Context. In: Journal of Physics: Conference Series (Vol. 1828, No. 1, p. 012077). 2020 International Symposium on Automation, Information and Computing (ISAIC 2020) December 2-4, 2020, Beijing, China.

Falco. Product Quality Evaluation Method and QualityTracker Tool Validation: a Case Study Plan. XXIV Ibero-american Conference on Software Engineering. Doctoral Symposium. August 3rd – September 3rd, 2021, San José, Costa Rica.

Falco, Mariana and Robiolo, Gabriela, Product Quality Evaluation Method (PQEM): To Understand the Evolution of Quality Through the Iterations of a Software Product (October 7, 2021). International Journal of Software Engineering and Applications (IJSEA) Vol. 12, No. 5, September 2021, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3937996

Falco, G. Robiolo. Product Quality Evaluation Method (PQEM): To Understand The Evolution Of Quality Through The Iterations Of A Software Product. International journal of Software Engineering & Applications (IJSEA), Vol. 12, No. 5, September 2021.

Falco, M., Scott, E., Robiolo, G. “Overview of an Automated Framework to Measure and Track the Quality Level of a Product”, IEEE ARGENCON 2020 Congress, Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Faculty Regional Chaco, December 1-4, 2020. DOI: 10.1109/ARGENCON49523.2020.9505405

Falco, M., Robiolo, G., “A Unique Value that Synthesizes the Quality Level of a Product Architecture: outcome of a Quality Attributes Requirements Evaluation Method”, 3rd International Workshop Series on Managing Quality in Agile and Rapid Software Development Processes (QuASD 2019) – International Conference Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, PROFES 2019, Barcelona, ​​Spain, Nov 27th, 2019, Springer.

Learn more at the Quo Vadis IA website

Services performed or in progress:

– Miguel Ángel Cavaliere: Finite element calculation of connecting rod 39218 and pin 39223 corresponding to the HF-70 compressor manufactured by ASPRO to determine the effect on stresses of an increase in crankshaft rotation speed from 1500 to 1800 rpm.

– María Victoria Bongiovanni, Vivian Grünhut, Ana Osella, Néstor Bonomo, Patricia Martinelli. Archaeological and geophysical technical report for the study of the Jesuit-Guarani ruins in La Cruz, Corrientes. 2019.

– Víctor Herrero: “Development of an address standardization system for the market research firm “Close Uo.” Project developed in conjunction with the incubator SIRIUS.

– María Victoria Bongiovanni, Néstor Bonomo, Vivian Grünhut, Patricia Martinelli and Ana Osella.

Geophysical studies in Vuelta de Obligado, Province of Buenos Aires.

October 2022. Faculty of Engineering Universidad Austral and GAIA University of Buenos Aires. Funding entity: University of Luján.

– María Victoria Bongiovanni, Vivian Grünhut and Patricia Martinelli.

Geophysical studies at Fort Barragán, Ensenada, Province of Buenos Aires.

November 2021. Faculty of Engineering Universidad Austral and GAIA University of Buenos Aires. Funding entity: Municipality of Ensenada, Province of Buenos Aires, Ministry of Culture of the Nation.

– María Victoria Bongiovanni, Patricia Martinelli and Peter Zabala Medina.

Geophysical studies at the Estévez Museum, Rosario, Province of Santa Fe.

September 2021. Faculty of Engineering Universidad Austral and GAIA University of Buenos Aires. Funding entity: Municipality of Rosario, Province of Santa Fe.

– María Victoria Bongiovanni, Vivian Grünhut, Patricia Martinelli and Matías de la Vega.

Geophysical studies in Balcarce, Province of Buenos Aires.

September 2021. Faculty of Engineering Universidad Austral and GAIA University of Buenos Aires. Funding entity: Municipality of Balcarce, Province of Buenos Aires.