Research at UPV
Since 2013 I have worked at the SATRD Lab of the Universitat Politècnica de València, in the Communications Department, as project manager and research associate on European security research. I did my PhD there, and I supervise doctoral, master’s and bachelor’s theses.
Research lines
Interoperability and command and control for emergencies
How police, emergency services and relief units that run different systems can share information and coordinate during a crisis. It runs from my own PhD to the two doctoral theses I co-supervised on interoperability for unmanned vehicles and decision-making.
- 2024Arquitectura de interoperabilidad para mejorar la gestión y coordinación de múltiples UxV y la toma de decisionesPhD thesis
- 2024Arquitectura de interoperabilidad para mejorar las capacidades de análisis de información y toma de decisionesPhD thesis
- 2019A New Approach to Interoperability in Disaster Management
- 2018Interoperability in the Emergency Management. A Solution Based on Distributed Databases and P2P Networks
- 2017Arquitecturas de interoperabilidad para Sistemas de Mando y Control aplicado a gestión de emergencias
- 2017A Solution for Interoperability in Crisis Management
Security analytics for law enforcement
Platforms that help police analyse multimedia evidence and large data streams, detect criminal activity and build intelligence on corruption and organised crime.
Border, urban and airspace security
Command and control for border surveillance with unmanned platforms, counter-terrorism in cities, and layered defence against hostile drone swarms in public spaces.
- 2026PRESERVE: A Multi-Layered HC-UAS Architecture for the Prevention and Management of Hostile Drone Swarm Threats in Public Spaces
- 2021C2 Advanced Multi-domain Environment and Live Observation Technologies
- 2019Unified CAMELOT Interoperability Adapters for Existing Unmanned Command and Control Systems
Research projects
As part of the SATRD team led by Manuel Esteve Domingo. In some projects I was formally contracted under other projects of the group and collaborated on the work.
- C4ISRSpanish National R&D Plan
- TACTICSFP7 Security
- DESTRIEROFP7 Security
- SECTORFP7 Security
- CAMELOTH2020
- MAGNETOH2020
- ASSISTANCEH2020
- PREVISIONH2020
- NIGHTINGALEH2020
- FALCONHorizon Europe
- PRESERVEHorizon Europe
- 2024–2027
PRESERVEHorizon Europe
Protecting European public spaces against emergent hostile drone threats through an advanced multidimensional shield and cross-border intelligence
Counter-drone command-and-control platform that helps police prevent, detect and respond to swarms of weaponised consumer drones in public spaces.
- 2023–2026
FALCONHorizon Europe
Fight Against Large-scale Corruption and Organised Crime Networks
Corruption intelligence built from validated indicators and data analytics, to support risk assessment, policymaking and law enforcement.
- 2021–2025
NIGHTINGALEH2020
Novel Integrated Toolkit for Enhanced Pre-hospital Life Support and Triage in Challenging and Large Emergencies
Integrated toolkit for pre-hospital life support and triage in mass-casualty incidents.
- 2019–2021
PREVISIONH2020
Prediction and Visual Intelligence for Security Information
Analysis of large, heterogeneous data streams to help law enforcement agencies detect and anticipate criminal activity.
- 2019–2022
ASSISTANCEH2020
Adapted Situation Awareness Tools and Tailored Training Scenarios for Increasing Capabilities and Enhancing the Protection of First Responders
Drones, robots and tailored VR/AR training to protect first responder organisations that work together in a crisis.
- 2018–2021
MAGNETOH2020
Multimedia Analysis and Correlation Engine for Organised Crime Prevention and Investigation
Platform that helps police analyse and correlate multimedia evidence to prevent and investigate organised crime.
- 2017–2021
CAMELOTH2020
C2 Advanced Multi-domain Environment and Live Observation Technologies
Command-and-control technologies for border surveillance with unmanned platforms on land, at sea and in the air.
- 2014–2017
SECTORFP7 Security
Secure European Common Information Space for the Interoperability of First Responders and Police Authorities
A common information space so that first responders and police can share information during a crisis.
- 2013–2016
DESTRIEROFP7 Security
A Decision Support Tool for Reconstruction and Recovery and for the Interoperability of International Relief Units in Case of Complex Crises Situations, Including CBRN Contamination Risks
Post-crisis needs assessment that combines satellite imagery, field data from smartphones and multi-criteria decision analysis.
- 2012–2015
TACTICSFP7 Security
Tactical Approach to Counter Terrorists in Cities
Decision-making toolset that helps security forces respond to terrorist threats in urban environments.
- 2012
C4ISRSpanish National R&D Plan
Sistema de entrenamiento C4ISR multimedia para gestión de emergencias, basado en la interconexión del mundo real y mundos virtuales
Multimedia C4ISR training system for emergency management that links the real world with virtual environments.
Supervision
- 2024
PhD thesis
Arquitectura de interoperabilidad para mejorar la gestión y coordinación de múltiples UxV y la toma de decisionesAlberto García García
Co-supervised with Manuel Esteve Domingo
- 2024
PhD thesis
Arquitectura de interoperabilidad para mejorar las capacidades de análisis de información y toma de decisionesVíctor Javier Garrido Peñalver
Co-supervised with Manuel Esteve Domingo
- 2026
Master’s thesis
RESCUE-5G: desarrollo de un sistema distribuido para la representación geoespacial de la calidad de red 5G y detección automática de residuos flotantes mediante USVs en entornos portuariosCristhian Andrés Quiza Neuto · MSc in Geomatics Engineering and Geoinformation
Co-supervised with Ángel Marqués Mateu
- 2026
Bachelor’s thesis
Evaluación de firmas resistentes a computación cuántica para actualizaciones seguras de firmware en IoTEliot Navarro Morafon · BSc in Computer Engineering
Co-supervised with Elena del Val Noguera