The Polytechnic Faculty in Alcal University

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The Polytechnic Facultyin Alcalá University

Superior Polytechnic School (EPS) Computer
Science School (ETSII)
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ALCALÁ UNIVERSITY

• The city of Alcalá de Henares is located 30 Km
  away from Madrid, 17 Km from Barajas airport,
  very well communicated. The University was
  founded in 1499, and is the second oldest one in
  Spain, and one of the oldest in Europe.
• Currently Alcalá University has about 22.000
  students and 1.600 teachers (ratio
  teachers/students 1/14), and gives service to the
  East part of the province of Madrid and to
  neighbour provinces. Includes 15 Faculties, 14
  libraries, and offers 42 official degrees and 38
  doctoral programmes.

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Alcalá University

• Alcalá University has three campus
• City centre includes the Faculties of
  Philosophy and Letters, Economy and Business,
  Laws, Documentation, Psychopedagogy,
  Geodesy and Cartography and Architecture.
• External campus located 4 Km away from the
  city centre, contains the Faculties of
  Medicine, Pharmacy, Biology, Chemistry,
  Environmental Sciences, Nursery and
  Physiotherapy, and the Polytechnic Faculty.
• Guadalajara city located 25 Km away from
  Alcalá de Henares, contains the Faculties of
  Technical Architecture, Business Sciences and
  Tourism.

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The Polytechnic Faculty

• The Polytechnic Centre of Alcalá University,
  located in one single building in the external
  campus of the University, includes two Faculties
• Superior Polytechnic School (EPS)
  www.uah.es/politecnica
• 3500 students, 270 teachers, 6 degrees offered
  in Telecommunications and Electronics areas
• Computer Science School (ETSII)
  www2.uah.es/etsii
• 1500 students, 100 teachers, 3 degrees offered
  in Computing area

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The Academic Course

• The academic course has two semesters
• 1st Semester From end September to 3rd week
  January (15 weeks).
• 2nd Semester From mid February to first June
  (15 weeks).
• Exams 3 weeks in January, June and September (no
  classes)
• January exams for courses taught in 1st
  semester, 2nd chance in September
• June exams for courses taught in 2nd semester,
  2nd chance in September
• September exams could be taken from home
  University by fax, through the International
  Coordinator.
• Holidays 2 weeks in Christmas, 1 week in Easter,
  1 month in summer

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Courses and Exams

• Currently all courses are taught in Spanish
  language. Final projects or thesis can be
  developed in English language.
• Most courses are semestral (4 months long), very
  few are annual (8 months long).
• Most courses have guided laboratory work, apart
  from theory classes. Each laboratory group in
  each course is normally 2 hours long per week,
  working two students together in each place.
• Exams are normally written, sometimes with
  practical works, rarely oral. Dates are fixed and
  published since the beginning of the academic
  year.
• Detailed class and exam timetables are easily
  located in our webs, as well as detailed contents
  of all our courses (in Spanish language).

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Departments

• There are four technological Departments resident
  inside the Polytechnic building
• Automatics Department 69 teachers (16 doctors)
• Electronics Department 65 teachers (31 doctors)
• Signal Theory and Communications Department 61
  teachers (21 doctors)
• Computer Science Department (gives service mainly
  to the "Computer Science School") 87 teachers
  (33 doctors)
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• Besides these, other general Departments give
  services in the Polytechnic Centre, such as
  Department of Mathematics, Physics, Business
  Sciences and English Philology.
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• There is also an associated centre, the "High
  Technology And Homologation Centre", which is
  located in the Polytechnic building.

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Degrees Undergraduate

• Telecommunications Area
• Technical Engineering in Telecommunications
  (1st cycle)
• 3 Years (180 ECTS) Final Project (20 ECTS)
• 2250 class hours (theory laboratory)
• Three specialities from 2nd course (1st course
  is common)
• - Electronic Systems
• - Telecommunication Systems
• - Telematics
• Engineering in Telecommunications (long cycle)
• 5 Years (300 ECTS) Final Project (30 ECTS)
• 3750 class hours (theory laboratory)
• 4th course can be accessed from any "Technical
  Engineering"
• Three specialities in 5th course
• - Electronics
• - Communications
• - Telematics

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Degrees Undergraduate

• Electronics Area
• Technical Engineering in Industrial Electronics
  (1st cycle)
• 3 Years (180 ECTS) Final Project (20 ECTS)
• 2250 class hours (theory laboratory)
• Engineering in Electronics (2nd cycle)
• 2 Years (120 ECTS) Final Project (30 ECTS)
• 1500 class hours (theory laboratory)
• Can be accessed from any "Technical Engineering"
  

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Degrees Undergraduate

• Computing Area (offered in the "Computer Science
  School")
• Technical Enginering in Systems Computing (1st
  cycle)
• 3 Years (180 ECTS) Final Project (20 ECTS)
• 2250 class hours (theory laboratory)
• Technical Enginering in Management Computing
  (1st cycle)
• 3 Years (180 ECTS) Final Project (20 ECTS)
• 2250 class hours (theory laboratory)
• Engineering in Computer Science (long cycle)
• 4 Years (240 ECTS) Final Project (30 ECTS)
• 3000 class hours (theory laboratory)
• Can be accessed in 3rd course from any
  "Technical Engineering"

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Degrees Postgraduate

• Master in Information Technologies and
  Communications
• Departments of Automatics and Signal Theory
  Communications.
• 90 ECTS credits (3 semesters), 4 hours/day Monday
  to Friday. Directors Mr Manuel Rosa
  (manuel.rosa_at_uah.es), Mr Sebastian Sanchez
  (sebastian.sanchez_at_uah.es).
• Awarded with the Quality Mention by the Spanish
  Ministry of Education and Science.
• Courses in 1st semester Advanced Signals Digital
  Processing, Information Theory, High Performance
  Computation, Numerical Methods in Engineering,
  Methods for Performance Evaluation, Software
  Engineering, Projects Management, Electrical
  Supply of Autonomous Installations with Renewable
  Energies.
• Courses in 2nd semester Statistic Signal
  Processing, Embedded Systems, Network Advanced
  Technologies, Signal Models, Optimization
  Techniques in Engineering, Parallel programming
  Techniques, Advanced Communications, Telematic
  Services.
• Courses in 3rd semester (some are optional)
  Pattern Recognition, Planning and Optimization in
  Telecommunication Networks, Audiovisual Signal
  Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing,
  Advanced Techniques of Radar Signals,
  Communication Systems on Optical Fiber, OFDM and
  xDSL Technologies, Network Advanced
  Architectures, Advanced techniques in Embedded
  Systems, Real Time Systems, Security Techniques
  in Information Systems, Control Distributed
  Systems, Error Tolerance Systems, Advanced
  Digital Electronic Systems for Signal Processing,
  End of Master Project.

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Degrees Postgraduate

• Master in Advanced Electronic Systems.
  Intelligent Systems
• Department of Electronics.
• 90 ECTS credits given in 2 years. Director Mr
  L.Miguel Bergasa (bergasa_at_depeca.uah.es)
• Courses in 1st year (60 ECTS)
• Compulsory courses Advanced electronic
  instrumentation. Advanced methods of modelling
  and systems control. Digital electronic design.
  Analog electronic design mith mixed signal.
  Mathematical techniques for signal processing.
• Optional Courses Advanced power
  converters. Interferences and electromagnetic
  compatibility. Applications of fibre optics
  technology (fotonic technologies). Technologies
  for handicaped people. Communications
  electronics. Biomedical engineering. Distributed
  control and automatization. Computational vision
  systems. Mobile robotics. Localization and
  positioning systems. Intelligent control systems.
  Advanced digital electronic systems.
• Courses in 2nd year (30 ECTS)
• Master Thesis (24 ECTS). Seminars and
  special activities (6 ECTS).

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Degrees Postgraduate

• Master in ELECTRONIC TEACHING AND LEARNING
• Computer Engineering School. Semi-Presential
• 98 or 120 ECTS credits given in 2 years.
  Director Mr Leon Atilano Gonzalez Sotos
  (secret.informatica_at_uah.es)
• Courses in 1st year (60 ECTS)
• Compulsory courses Bases of learning
  theories. Bases of information and communication
  technologies. Techniques and languages for
  designing digital contents. Bases of education
  technology. Theory and practice on virtual
  tutoring
• Courses in 2nd year (48 ECTS)
• Desing of electronic text. Evaluation of
  e-learning resources and programs. Techniques and
  patterns of virtual education. Communities and
  socio-educational resources in internet.
  Management, plannig and organization of virtual
  learning.
• Optional Courses (17 ECTS)
• Pedagogy. Integration of information and
  communication technologies with foreign languages
  learning/teaching

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Degrees Postgraduate

• Master in LAW AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES
• Computer Engineering School. Semi-Presential
• 104 ECTS credits given in 2 years. Director Mr
  Leon Atilano Gonzalez Sotos (secret.informatica_at_ua
  h.es)
• Courses in 1st year (52 ECTS)
• Compulsory courses Bases of learning
  theories. Bases of information and communication
  technologies. Techniques and languages for
  designing digital contents. Bases of education
  technology. Theory and practice on virtual
  tutoring
• Courses in 2nd year (52 ECTS)
• Bases of information and communication
  technologies. Legal regime on telecommunications.
  Digital industrial and intellectual property.
  Data protection and information security.
  Development process planning and information
  systems management. Legal protection on software,
  bbdd and multimedia products.

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Degrees Doctoral level

• Electronics Multisensorial Perception and
  Robotic Systems
• Department of Electronics.
• 30 ECTS Credits distributed in 16 courses
  concerning Robotics, Sensors, Computer Vision,
  Intelligent Systems, Digital Systems Design and
  Co-design, Power Electronics and Control,
  Bioengineering, Optoelectronics and
  Multiprocessor Architectures.
• 30 Students in the Programme (in average)
• Doctorate Programme in cooperation with the
  University of Blaise-Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand
  (France) and the Industrial Automation Institute
  of the CSIC (Spain).
• Awarded with the Quality Mention by the Spanish
  Ministry of Education and Science since 2003.
• Director Mr Luis M. Bergasa (bergasa_at_depeca.uah
  .es).

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Degrees Doctoral level

• Computers Architecture and Techniques of Signal
  Processing applied to Telecommunications
• Departments of Automatics and Signal Theory
  Communications.
• 30 ECTS Credits distributed in 14 courses
  concerning Paralel Processing, Real Time Systems,
  Networks, Distributed Systems, Signal Processing,
  Filters and Satellite Instrumentation.
• 30 Students in the Programme (in average)
• Awarded with the Quality Mention by the Spanish
  Ministry of Education and Science since 2006.
• Directors Mr Manuel Rosa (manuel.rosa_at_uah.es),
  Mr Sebastian Sanchez (sebastian.sanchez_at_uah.es)

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Research Automatics Department

• AREAS
• Space Research Group Instrumentation On-board
  Satellites, Computer systems, Operating and
  real-time systems, Co-design, Planning and
  scheduling. Projects SOHO, PESCA, FUEGO 2,
  NanoSat 1 and NanoSat 1b, KuaFu. Group leader
  Prof. Daniel Meziat Luna (daniel.meziat_at_uah.es)
• Control, Robotics and Real Time Optimal control
  applied to mobile vehicles, Sensor technologies
  Infrared, Radio, Laser, Etc. Embedded and
  Real-Time Systems, Low-cost robots. Group leader
  Prof. Mariano Gómez Plaza (mgomez_at_aut.uah.es)
• High Performance Computing Computer
  architecture, Algorithms, Distributed computing,
  Quantum computing, Quantum cryptography. Group
  leader Prof. Rafael Rico López (rico_at_aut.uah.es)
  
• Networking Security and Management Security in
  data networks Security applied to protocols and
  applications, cryptography and intrusion
  detection systems. Network management Management
  of devices and services. Group leader Prof.
  Bernardo Alarcos Alcázar (bernardo.alarcos_at_uah.es)
  
• GAMA MPLS applications, Broad-band networks, QoS
  (i.e. Voice over IP), MPLS application (QoS, VPN,
  traffic engineering), Level 2 VPNs, WiFi
  Security, Digital Certification. Group leader
  Prof. Jose Manuel Arco Rodríguez
  (jmarco_at_aut.uah.es)
• Telematic Services Engineering Services
  personalization, Applied to different
  environments Home, Work, Car. Intelligent
  Agents, Network Security. Group leader Prof.
  Juan Ramón Velasco Pérez (juanra_at_aut.uah.es)
• RESULTS IN 2005/2006
• Research projects 7 (gt300,000 )
• Contracts for research activities 2 (gt200,000 )
• Papers in international journals 11
• Papers in conference proceedings 32

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Research Electronics Department

• AREAS
• Robotics Guidance of mobile robots, Wheelchairs
  and systems for disable people.
• Sensors Design Infrared, Ultrasonic, Vision,
  Laser, Multi-sensor fusion, Intelligent ambient
• Optoelectronics.
• Control Classical and Intelligent control,
  Automation and industrial inspection.
• Power Electronics.
• Advanced Digital System Design Digital Signal
  Processing System, Embedded systems, Hardware /
  Software Co-design.
• Biomedical Engineering Telemedicine, Surgery
  robotics.
• Intelligent transportation systems Road and
  Train.
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• GENERAL RESULTS
• 20 industrial projects/year in collaboration
  with private companies (about 600.000 /year).
• 15 research projects/year financed by public
  institutions (UAH University, Madrid Community,
  Spanish Research Ministry, European Commission)
  (about 600.000 /year).
• More than 50 communications/year in
  international conferences.
• More than 25 journal papers/year.
• Organization of one Conference/year.

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Research Signal Theory and Communications
Department

• AREAS
• Detection Radar, Fire watching, Contamination
  detection (sensors)
• Power Engineering Electrical machines, Solar
  energy research, Sensors and the application to
  environmental monitoring
• Signal Theory and Communications Digital signal
  processing (speech, audio, image, ECG, radar,
  etc.), Mobile communications, Optical
  communications, Radiocommunications and High
  frequency systems (microwaves)
• Coding (audio and image).
• Planning in mobile communications.
• Digital communications with ADSL.
• Antennas and microwave systems.
• RESULTS IN 2005/2006
• Research projects 7 (gt300,000 )
• Contracts for research activities 4 (gt200,000 )
• Papers in international journals 25
• Papers in conference proceedings 38
• PhD Thesis 2

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Research Other Departments

• HIGH TECHNOLOGY AND HOMOLOGATION CENTRE
• Electromagnetic compatibility trials (up to
  4GHz) emission (radiated and guided), immunity
  (radiated and guided). Electronic calibration DC
  and AC low frequency, AC high frequency. Time and
  frequency. Pressure.
• COMPUTER SCIENCE DEPARTMENT
• E-learning. Accessibility. Semantic networks
  applied to industry. Software validation,
  Metrics. Joining operators. Fuzzy logic and
  control.
• MATHEMATICS DEPARTMENT
• Geometric modelling and design aided by Computer,
  Digital cartography from aerial and satellite
  images, Computational geometry, Algorithms for
  algebraic equations, Symbolic calculus,
  Mathematic and computational models in Ecology
  and resource management forest models. Fishing
  models.

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Erasmus Programme

• The Polytechnic Centre has Erasmus exchange
  agreements with 60 European universities, and
  bilateral exchange agreements with other 10
  universities in America and Europe. We send 130
  students abroad each year, and receive 40.
•  SPANISH LANGUAGE COURSE
• Offered by the University (free of charge) in
  intensive classes from Monday to Friday, 4
  hours/day, 4 weeks. Level test 10 days before
  classes start.
• Also offered by particular Language Schools
  (not free) with intensive courses in different
  periods including summer courses.
• School Alcalingua (www.alcalinguaweb.com)
• PRACTICES IN COMPANIES
• Foreign students can realize practice periods in
  companies around Madrid, for up to 12 months,
  part time or full time, normally with salary and
  in many cases using only English language at work
  in multinational companies (not necessary to know
  Spanish language).

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Erasmus Programme

• ACCOMMODATION
• Three University Residences C.R.U.S.A.
  (www.cru-sa.es), R.E.S.A. (www.uah.es/servi/reside
  ncias/giner.shtm) and Gran Cisneros
  (www.ceges.cardenalcisneros.com). Reservation
  procedure via web, limited places.
• Shared Apartments The Vicerrectorate gives a
  list of flats, bedsits or in-family
  accommodation, and gives personal help when
  arriving to Alcalá. Prices from 150-240
  Euros/month
• Hostals for provisional accommodation
  www.eps.uah.es/Internacional/HostalsAlcala.pdf
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• Cost of living 700 /month 250
  Accommodation
• 200 Food
• 100 Transport
• 150 Others