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Karima Velasquez completed the PhD in Information Science and Technology in 2021 by Universidade de Coimbra, Master in Computer Science in 2013 by Universidad Central de Venezuela, Master in Informatics Engineering (Equivalences) in 2016 by Universidade de Coimbra, Bachelor in Informatics Engineering (Equivalences) in 2016 by Universidade de Coimbra and Bachelor in Computer Science in 2005 by Universidad Central de Venezuela. Is a Researcher in Universidade de Coimbra. Published 8 articles in journals. Has 1 section(s) of books. Has received 5 awards and/or honours. Participates and/or participated as PhD Student Fellow in 5 project(s). Works in the area(s) of Exact Sciences with emphasis on Computer and Information Sciences with emphasis on Computer Sciences. In her curriculum Ciência Vitae, the most frequent terms in the context of scientific, technological and artistic-cultural output are Fog computing; Cloud computing; Internet of Things; mobile computing; telecommunication scheduling; fog federative environments; task assignment; scheduling algorithm; orchestration functions; orchestration challenges; mobility support; rank scheduling mechanism; Scheduling; Edge computing; Mathematical model; Virtual machining; Predictive models; Virtual Machine; Placement; Migration.
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Identification

Personal identification

Full name
Karima Velasquez Castro
Gender
Female

Citation names

  • Velasquez, Karima

Author identifiers

Ciência ID
1A1E-6295-27FC
ORCID iD
0000-0001-8762-7268
Google Scholar ID
guzNa98AAAAJ&hl

Email addresses

  • kcastro@dei.uc.pt (Professional)

Addresses

  • DEI, CISUC, Polo II, Pinhal de Marrocos , 3030-290, Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal (Professional)

Knowledge fields

  • Exact Sciences - Computer and Information Sciences - Computer Sciences

Languages

Language Speaking Reading Writing Listening Peer-review
Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue)
English Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2) Proficiency (C2)
Portuguese Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1) Advanced (C1)
Education
Degree Classification
2021
Concluded
 Doctoral Program in Information Science and Technology (Doutoramento)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Mechanisms for Latency Reduction in Fog Environments" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 Summa Cum Laude
2016
Concluded
 Bachelor Degree in Informatics Engineering (Equivalences) (Licenciatura)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"A Security Application for the ICARO Laboratory based on Wireless Cameras using H.323" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16 over 20
2016
Concluded
 Master Degree in Informatics Engineering (Equivalences) (Mestrado)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
"Performance Evaluation based on Three Processes for Wired and Wireless Networks" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17 over 20
2013
Concluded
 Master Degree in Computer Science (Mestrado)
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
"Evaluacion de Desempeño basada en Tres Procesos en Redes Guiadas y No Guiadas utilizando Benchmarks" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 17
2005
Concluded
 Bachelor Degree in Computer Science (Licenciatura)
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
"Una Aplicación de Seguridad para el Laboratorio Ícaro basada en Cámaras Inalámbricas usando el estándar H.323" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
 16
Affiliation

Science

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2014/10/01 - Current Researcher (Research) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2005/10 - 2014/01 Researcher (Research) Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
Central University of Venezuela Facultad de Ciencias, Venezuela

Teaching in Higher Education

Category
Host institution 		Employer
2023/07/12 - Current Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2021/09/01 - 2023/07/12 Invited Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Universidade de Coimbra Departamento de Engenharia Informática, Portugal
2014/05 - 2014/09 Assistant Professor (University Teacher) Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
Central University of Venezuela Facultad de Ciencias, Venezuela
2005/10 - 2014/01 Lecturer (University Teacher) Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2002/01 - 2005/09 Trainee Assistant (University Teacher) Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
Central University of Venezuela Facultad de Ciencias, Venezuela
Projects

Grant

Designation Funders
2017/03/01 - 2021/04/30 Mechanisms for Latency Reduction in Fog Environments
SFRH/BD/119392/2016
PhD Student Fellow
Ongoing
2016/07/01 - 2019/06/30 DenseNet: Efficient Communication in Dense Networks
PTDC/EEI-SCR/6453/2014
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
2014/10/01 - 2015/06/30 iCIS - Intelligent Computing in the Internet of Services
CENTRO-07-ST24-FEDER-002003
PhD Student Fellow

Other

Designation Funders
2020/06/20 - 2024/05/23 POWER - Empowering a digital future
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-070365
Researcher
Ongoing
2021/02/15 - 2024/01/30 OREOS: Orchestration and Resource optimization for rEliable and lOw-latency Services
POCI-01-0247-FEDER-049029
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/06 - 2023/07 Sustrainable: Promoting Sustainability as a Fundamental Driver in Software Development Training and Education
ERASMUS+ project No. 2020-1-PT01-KA203-078646
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
Ongoing
2022/10/01 - 2023/06/30 GreenStamp: Mobile Energy Efficiency Services
CENTRO- 01-0247-FEDER-047256
Researcher
Universidade de Coimbra Centro de Informatica e Sistemas, Portugal
Ongoing
2016/02/01 - 2019/01/31 SORTS: Supporting the Orchestration of Resilient and Trustworthy Fog Services
CAPES-FCT/8572/14-3
FCT/13263/4/8/2015/S
PhD Student Fellow
Concluded
2015/06/01 - 2017/02/28 SusCity: Urban data driven models for creative and resourceful urban transitions
MITP-TB/C S/0026/2013
PhD Student Fellow
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, Portugal
 Universidade do Algarve Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia
Concluded
Outputs

Publications

Book chapter
  1. Velásquez, Karima; Gamess, Eric. "A Survey of Network Benchmark Tools". In Machine Learning and Systems Engineering, 465-480. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 2010.
    Published • 10.1007/978-90-481-9419-3
Conference abstract
  1. Fernandes, J. T.; Perez Abreu, David; Velasquez, Karima ; Monteiro, Edmundo; Gomes Martins, A.. "Uma arquitetura para suportar aplicações IoT: Caso de estudo do projeto SusCity". Paper presented in Congresso Luso-Moçambicano de Engenharia/V Congresso de Engenharia de Moçambique, Maputo, 2017.
    Published
  2. Velasquez, Karima; Perez Abreu, David; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Towards Latency Mitigation in Emergency Scenarios". Paper presented in Cloudification of the Internet of Things (CIoT’15), Paris, 2015.
    Published
  3. Perez Abreu, David; Velasquez, Karima; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Resilience in IoT Infrastructure for Smart Cities". Paper presented in Cloudification of the Internet of Things (CIoT’15), Paris, 2015.
    Published
Conference paper
  1. Carvalho, Gonçalo; Velasquez, Karima; Fernandes, João Paulo; Cabral, Bruno. "On Computation Offloading and Energy Efficiency on Android Devices". Paper presented in 2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops (ICC Workshops), Rome, 2023.
    Published • 10.1109/iccworkshops57953.2023.10283704
  2. Godinho, Noé; Duarte, Paulo; Martins, Paulo; Abreu, David; Barbosa, Raul; Mendes, Bruno; Fonseca, João; et al. "OREOS: Demonstrating E2E Orchestration in 5G Networks with Open-Source Components". Paper presented in IEEE INFOCOM 2023, New Jersey, 2023.
    Published • 10.1109/infocomwkshps57453.2023.10226044
  3. Velasquez, Karima ; Perez Abreu, David; Paquete, Luis; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "A Rank-based Mechanism for Service Placement in the Fog". Paper presented in IFIP Networking Conference (Networking), Paris, 2020.
    Published
  4. Velasquez, Karima ; Perez Abreu, David; Velasquez, Karima; Miranda Assis, Marcio Roberto; Bittencourt, Luiz Fernando; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo; Madeira, Edmundo. "A Rank Scheduling Mechanism for Fog Environments". Paper presented in 6th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud), 2018.
    Published • 10.1109/FiCloud.2018.00059
  5. Goncalves, Diogo; Velasquez, Karima; Curado, Marilia; Bittencourt, Luiz; Madeira, Edmundo; Velasquez, Karima. "Proactive Virtual Machine Migration in Fog Environments". Paper presented in Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC), 2018.
    Published • 10.1109/iscc.2018.8538655
  6. Velasquez, Karima ; Velasquez, Karima; Perez Abreu, David; Goncalves, Diogo; Bittencourt, Luiz; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo; Madeira, Edmundo. "Service Orchestration in Fog Environments". Paper presented in International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud), Prague, 2017.
    Published • 10.1109/FiCloud.2017.49
  7. Velasquez, Karima ; Perez Abreu, David; Velasquez, Karima; Pinto, Alexandre Miguel; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Describing the Internet of Things with an ontology: The SusCity project case study". Paper presented in Conference on Innovations in Clouds, Internet and Networks (ICIN), Paris, 2017.
    Published • 10.1109/ICIN.2017.7899427
  8. Joao T. Fernandes; David Perez Abreu; Karima Velasquez; Mario Mateus; Manuel C. Gameiro da Silva; Edmundo Monteiro; A. Gomes Martins. "Building a Smart City IoT Platform - The SusCity Approach". Paper presented in Spanish Congress on Acoustics and the Iberian Encounter on Acoustics (TECNIACUSTICA), A Coruña, 2017.
    Published
  9. Perez Abreu, David; Velasquez, Karima ; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "An IoT Infrastructure for Smart Cities: The SusCity Project Use-Case". Paper presented in Energy for Sustainability International Conference, Madeira, 2017.
    Published
  10. Desantiago, Anais; Villapol, Maria Elena; Velásquez, Karima. "Diseño de un Software Educativo para la Configuracion de Redes Wi-Fi". Paper presented in 1era Conferencia Nacional de Computacion, Informatica y Sistemas (CoNCISa 2013), Caracas, 2013.
    Published
  11. Velásquez, Karima; Gamess, Eric. "A comparative analysis of WAN emulators". Paper presented in 7th Latin American Networking Conference, Medellín, Columbia, 2012.
    Published • 10.1145/2382016.2382024
  12. Camero, Joselyn; Uzcategui, Laura; Gamess, Eric; Velásquez, Karima. "NET_SNMP: A Library for Network Management based on SNMP with support for IPv4 and IPv6 for the PHP Programming Language". Paper presented in International Conference on Internet Computing, Las Vegas, 2009.
    Published
  13. Gamess, Eric; Velásquez, Karima. "Aprenda Token Ring: An Interactive Learning Tool for Token Ring Networks". Paper presented in Seventh Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology, San Cristobal, 2009.
    Published
  14. Velásquez, Karima; Gamess, Eric; Karima Velasquez. "A Comparative Analysis of Network Benchmarking Tools". Paper presented in World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, San Francisco, 2009.
    Published
  15. Gamess, Eric; Velásquez, Karima. "IPv4 and IPv6 Forwarding Performance Evaluation on Different Operating Systems 2 Forwarding Performance Evaluation on a PC-based Router". Paper presented in XXXIV Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informatica (CLEI 2008), Santa Fe, 2008.
    Published
Journal article
  1. Velasquez, Karima ; Perez Abreu, David; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. Corresponding author: Velasquez, Karima. "Resource orchestration in 5G and beyond: Challenges and opportunities". Computer Communications 192 (2022): 311-315. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.comcom.2022.06.019.
    10.1016/j.comcom.2022.06.019
  2. Velasquez, Karima; Abreu, David Perez; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Service Placement for Latency Reduction in the Fog Using Application Profiles". IEEE Access 9 (2021): 80821-80834. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/access.2021.3085370.
    Open access • Published • 10.1109/access.2021.3085370
  3. Perez Abreu, David; Velasquez, Karima ; Paquete, Luís; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo; David Perez Abreu; Karima Velasquez; et al. "Resilient Service Chains through Smart Replication". IEEE Access 8 1 (2020): 187021-187036. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3030537.
    Published • 10.1109/ACCESS.2020.3030537
  4. Perez Abreu, David; Velasquez, Karima; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "A comparative analysis of simulators for the Cloud to Fog continuum". Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory 101 (2020): 102029. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.simpat.2019.102029.
    Published • 10.1016/j.simpat.2019.102029
  5. Velasquez, Karima; Perez Abreu, David; Assis, Marcio R. M.; Senna, Carlos; Aranha, Diego F.; Bittencourt, Luiz F.; Laranjeiro, Nuno; et al. "Fog orchestration for the Internet of Everything: state-of-the-art and research challenges". Journal of Internet Services and Applications 9 1 (2018): http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13174-018-0086-3.
    Published • 10.1186/s13174-018-0086-3
  6. Perez Abreu, David; Velasquez, Karima; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "A resilient Internet of Things architecture for smart cities". Annals of Telecommunications 72 1-2 (2016): 19-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12243-016-0530-y.
    Published • 10.1007/s12243-016-0530-y
  7. Velasquez, Karima; Perez Abreu, David; Curado, Marilia; Monteiro, Edmundo. "Service placement for latency reduction in the internet of things". Annals of Telecommunications 72 1-2 (2016): 105-115. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12243-016-0524-9.
    Published • 10.1007/s12243-016-0524-9
  8. Velásquez, Karima; Gamess, Eric. "Network Performance Evaluation Based on Three Processes". Journal of Computer Sciences and Applications 2 2 (2014): 14-22. http://pubs.sciepub.com/jcsa/2/2/1/index.html.
    Published • 10.12691/jcsa-2-2-1
  9. Velásquez, Karima; Gamess, Eric. "3bench: A Benchmarking Tool based on Three Processes". Journal of Convergence Information Technology (JCIT) 8 14 (2013): 55-68. http://www.aicit.org/JCIT/ppl/JCIT4029PPL.pdf.
    Published

Other

Other output
  1. 3bench: benchmarking based on 3 processes. Software. 2013. Velasquez, Karima. https://sourceforge.net/projects/threebench/?source=directory.
Activities

Oral presentation

Presentation title Event name
Host (Event location)
2020/06/22 A rank-based mechanism for service placement in the fog IFIP Networking Conference (Networking)
IFIP (Paris, France)
2017/08/21 Service orchestration in fog environments 5th International Conference on Future Internet of Things and Cloud (FiCloud)
IEEE (Prague, Czech Republic)
2012/10/04 A comparative analysis of WAN emulators 7th Latin American Networking Conference (LANC 2012)
ACM (Medellin, Colombia)
2009/10 A comparative analysis of network benchmarking tools World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science
International Association of Engineers (IAENG) (San Francisco, United States)
2009/06 Aprenda Token Ring: An Interactive Learning Tool for Token Ring Networks Seventh Latin American and Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology (LACCEI’2009)
Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions (San Cristobal, Venezuela)

Event organisation

Event name
Type of event (Role) 		Institution / Organization
2022/11/10 - 2023/05/12 TPC Co-Chair of the 3rd IFIP/IEEE International Workshop on Fully-Flexible Internet Architectures and Protocols for the Next-Generation Tactile Internet (FlexNGIA 2023) Collocated with IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium (NOMS2023) (2022/05/08 - 2023/05/12)
Workshop (Member of the Organising Committee)

Jury of academic degree

Topic
Role 		Candidate name (Type of degree)
Institution / Organization
2022/07/11 Authentication and accounting framework for SDN controller
(Thesis) Main arguer
 Maria Carolina Jordão Pereira Gonçalves (Master)
Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal

Ad Hoc journal article review

Journal title (ISSN) Publisher
2020/03/24 - 2022/06/22 Computer Networks (1389-1286) Elsevier
2022 - 2022 Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (1045-9219) IEEE
2020/06/06 - 2021/07/02 Computer Communications (0140-3664) Elsevier

Committee member

Activity description
Role 		Institution / Organization
2022 - 2022 Member of the TPC (Technical Program Committee) of ACM Latin American Networking Conference (LANC)
Member
2022 - 2022 Member of the TPC (Technical Program Committee) of 2nd Workshop on Distributed Machine Learning for the Intelligent Computing Continuum (DML-ICC 2022), in conjunction with the 15th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC )
Member
2022 - 2022 Member of the TPC (Technical Program Committee) of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN)
Member
2022 - 2022 Member of the TPC (Technical Program Committee) of the 14th IFIP Wireless and Mobile Networking Conference (WMNC)
Member

Course / Discipline taught

Academic session Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization
2022/02/15 - 2022/07/01 Redes de Comunicação (Licenciatura) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2022/02/15 - 2022/07/01 Sistemas e Redes de Sensorização e Atuação (Licenciatura)
2021/09/21 - 2022/01/14 Introdução à Programação em Java (Curso de Especialização Tecnológica) Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal
2009/02 - 2014/09 Computer Networks (Licenciatura) Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2005/10 - 2014/04 Data Communications (Licenciatura) Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2005/10 - 2009/01 Computer Organization and Structure (Licenciatura) Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2007/09/15 - 2008/02/28 Algorithms and Data Structures (Bachelor) Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2002/01 - 2005/09 Data Communications (Licenciatura) Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela

Mentoring / Tutoring

Topic Student name
2023/09/01 - Current Leveraging AI to enhance resilience in the Cloud-to-IoT continuum Bruno Faria
2023/09/01 - 2024/09/15 Mesh microservices in Kubernetes and KubeEdge Sofia Neves
2022/09/15 - 2023/09/15 Self-organising engine for the Cloud-to-Edge continuum Bruno Faria
2022/09/15 - 2023/09/15 Remote Attestation for IoT services Joana Bras
2022/09/01 - 2023/09/01 Automatic Deployment Solution for Multi-Cloud Environments João Miguel Mendes Gonçalves
2013/10/01 - 2014/10/01 Development of an Educational Software for Wi-Fi Networks Configuration Anais Desantiago
2013/03/01 - 2014/03/01 Design and Development of a Middleware for IP Cameras Milagros Gomez and Huascar Baptista
2010/05/01 - 2011/05/01 Analysis and design of a VPN connection between the UCV Caracas campus and external premises Elena Esqueda and Karem Perez
2008/02/01 - 2009/02/01 Aprenda Token Ring: A didactic Learning Tool for Token Ring Networks Sheyla Pirela and Chen Yu Lin
2007/10/01 - 2008/10/01 PHP Library for Network Management using SNMP Laura Uzcategui and Joselyn Camero
Distinctions

Other distinction

2013 Member of the Research Incentive Program, Level A.2
Observatorio Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia - ONCTI, Venezuela
2011 Member of the Research Incentive Program, Level A
Observatorio Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia - ONCTI, Venezuela
2009 Winner of the Opposition Contest in Central University of Venezuela as a teaching Fellow
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Venezuela
2006 Scholarship for Postgraduate Studies at Central University of Venezuela
2005 High Academic Achievement in Undergraduate Studies
Universidad Central de Venezuela, Portugal