• A Workflow-Based Approach for Creating Complex Web Wrappers 

      Montoto, Paula; Raposo Santiago, Juan; Losada Pérez, José; Bellas Permuy, Fernando; Pan Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; López Mato, Javier (Springer, 2008)
      [Abstract]: In order to let software programs access and use the information and services provided by web sources, wrapper programs must be built to provide a “machine-readable” view over them. Although research literature ...
    • A Workflow Language for Web Automation 

      Montoto, Paula; Pan Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; Raposo Santiago, Juan; Losada Pérez, José; Bellas Permuy, Fernando; Carneiro, Víctor (Graz University of Technology, 2008-06-01)
      [Abstract]: Most today s web sources do not provide suitable interfaces for software programs to interact with them. Many researchers have proposed highly effective techniques to address this problem. Nevertheless, ad-hoc ...
    • Automatic Optimization of Web Navigation Sequences 

      Losada Pérez, José; Raposo Santiago, Juan; Pan Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; López Mato, Javier (Springer, 2012)
      [Abstract]: Web automation applications are widely used for different purposes such as B2B integration, automated testing of web applications or technology and business watch. In this work-in-progress paper we outline a ...
    • Efficient Execution of Web Navigation Sequences 

      Losada Pérez, José; Raposo Santiago, Juan; Pan Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; Montoto, Paula (Springer, 2012)
      [Abstract]: Web automation applications are widely used for different purposes such as B2B integration and automated testing of web applications. Most current systems build the automatic web navigation component by using ...
    • Efficient execution of web navigation sequences 

      Losada Pérez, José; Raposo Santiago, Juan; Pan Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; Montoto, Paula (Springer, 2014)
      [Abstract]: Web automation applications are widely used for different purposes such as B2B integration and automated testing of web applications. Most current systems build the automatic web navigation component by using ...
    • Twitter: A Good Place to Detect Health Conditions 

      Prieto Álvarez, Víctor Manuel; Matos, Sergio; Álvarez Díaz, Manuel; Cacheda, Fidel; Oliveira, José Luís (PLoS, 2014-01)
      [Absctract]: With the proliferation of social networks and blogs, the Internet is increasingly being used to disseminate personal health information rather than just as a source of information. In this paper we exploit the ...
    • Soft-404 Pages, A Crawling Problem 

      Prieto Álvarez, Víctor Manuel; Álvarez Díaz, Manuel; Cacheda, Fidel (Society for Information Organization in India, 2014-04)
      [Absctract]: During its traversal of the Web, crawler systems have to deal with multiple challenges. Some of them are related with detecting garbage content to avoid wasting resources processing it. Soft-404 pages are ...
    • Optimization Techniques to Speed Up the Page Loading in Custom Web Browsers 

      Losada Pérez, José; Raposo Santiago, Juan; Pan Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; Montoto, Paula; Álvarez Díaz, Manuel (IEEE, 2015)
      [Absctract]: Web automation applications are widely used for different purposes such as B2B integration, web mashups, automated testing of web applications, Internet metasearch or technology and business watch. One crucial ...
    • The Evolution of the (Hidden) Web and its Hidden Data 

      Álvarez Díaz, Manuel; Prieto Álvarez, Víctor Manuel; Cacheda, Fidel (IGI Global, 2015)
      This paper presents an analysis of the most important features of the Web and its evolution and implications on the tools that traverse it to index its content to be searched later. It is important to remark that some of ...
    • Distributed and Collaborative Web Change Detection System 

      Prieto Álvarez, Víctor Manuel; Álvarez Díaz, Manuel; Carneiro, Víctor; Cacheda, Fidel (ComSIS Consortium, 2015)
      [Absctract]: Search engines use crawlers to traverse the Web in order to download web pages and build their indexes. Maintaining these indexes up-to-date is an essential task to ensure the quality of search results. ...
    • Parallel JavaScript Execution in Web Navigation Sequences 

      Losada Pérez, José; Raposo Santiago, Juan; Pan Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; Montoto, Paula; Álvarez Díaz, Manuel (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2015-12)
      [Abstract]: Web automation applications are widely used for different purposes such as B2B integration and automated testing of web applications. Most current systems build the automatic web navigation component by using ...
    • A Custom Browser Architecture to Execute Web Navigation Sequences 

      Losada Pérez, José; Raposo Santiago, Juan; Pan Bermúdez, Carlos Alberto; Montoto, Paula; Álvarez Díaz, Manuel (Springer, 2015-12-18)
      [Abstract]: Web automation applications are widely used for different purposes such as B2B integration and automated testing of web applications. Most current systems build the automatic web navigation component by using ...
    • Network Data Flow Clustering based on Unsupervised Learning 

      López-Vizcaíno, Manuel F.; Dafonte, C.; Nóvoa, Francisco; Garabato, D.; Álvarez, M. A.; Fernández, Diego (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2019)
      [Abstract]: Network communication data analysis is crucial in order to provide an adequate security level in computer infrastructures. As the volume of data and the number of features rise, the difficulties associated with ...
    • Early Detection of Depression: Social Network Analysis and Random Forest Techniques 

      Cacheda, Fidel; Fernández, Diego; Nóvoa, Francisco; Carneiro, Víctor (J M I R Publications, Inc., 2019-06-10)
      [Abstract] Background: Major depressive disorder (MDD) or depression is among the most prevalent psychiatric disorders, affecting more than 300 million people globally. Early detection is critical for rapid intervention, ...
    • Time-Aware Detection Systems 

      López-Vizcaíno, Manuel F.; Vigoya, Laura; Cacheda, Fidel; Nóvoa, Francisco (MDPI AG, 2019-08-05)
      [Abstract] Communication network data has been growing in the last decades and with the generalisation of the Internet of Things (IoT) its growth has increased. The number of attacks to this kind of infrastructures have ...
    • High Order Profile Expansion to tackle the new user problem on recommender systems 

      Fernández, Diego; Formoso, Vreixo; Cacheda, Fidel; Carneiro, Víctor (Public Library of Science, 2019-11-07)
      [Abstract] Collaborative Filtering algorithms provide users with recommendations based on their opinions, that is, on the ratings given by the user for some items. They are the most popular and widely implemented algorithms ...
    • Annotated Dataset for Anomaly Detection in a Data Center with IoT Sensors 

      Vigoya, Laura; Fernández, Diego; Carneiro, Víctor; Cacheda, Fidel (MDPI AG, 2020-07-04)
      [Abstract] The relative simplicity of IoT networks extends service vulnerabilities and possibilities to different network failures exhibiting system weaknesses. Therefore, having a dataset with a sufficient number of ...
    • Network Anomaly Detection Using Machine Learning Techniques 

      Estévez Pereira, Julio Jairo; Fernández, Diego; Nóvoa, Francisco (MDPI AG, 2020-08-19)
      [Abstract] While traditional network security methods have been proven useful until now, the flexibility of machine learning techniques makes them a solid candidate in the current scene of our networks. In this paper, we ...
    • Low Cost Automated Security Audit System 

      Fernández-Arruti Gallego, Pedro; Estévez Pereira, Julio Jairo; Nóvoa, Francisco; Dafonte, Carlos; Fernández, Diego (MDPI, 2021)
      [Abstract] In recent years, a quick transition towards digitization has been observed in most organizations. Along with it, certain inherent problems have appeared, such as the increase in cyber threats. Large organizations ...
    • IoT Dataset Validation Using Machine Learning Techniques for Traffic Anomaly Detection 

      Vigoya, Laura; Fernández, Diego; Carneiro, Víctor; Nóvoa, Francisco (MDPI, 2021)
      [Abstract] With advancements in engineering and science, the application of smart systems is increasing, generating a faster growth of the IoT network traffic. The limitations due to IoT restricted power and computing ...