Luis M. Vaquero

Biography

Previously, I worked in Telefonica's Labs (third largest telecom in the world) and I was assistant professor (part time) at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Before that I was a visiting associate at several U.S. universities. I hold a B.Sc. in Electronics, M.Sc. in Telecom Engineering and ICT from the University of Valladolid and a M.Sc in Pharmacology and a Ph.D. in Medicine from the University Complutense of Madrid.

I have published 22 JCR papers, 1 book and 5 book chapters, 5 non JCR-indexed Journal papers, 8 Conference  papers, and more than 15 talks and abstracts in engineering (cluster, grid, Cloud and distributed systems) and its  application to biomedical research (pharmacology and cardiac electrophysiology) and Computer Supported Collaborative Systems (CSCL ). My H-index is 11.


Also, I frequently contribute to the major Spanish-speaking open source software community with code and posts on the blog: Morfeo Cloud Technologies .

Research interests

My goal is to track down really interesting, complex, interdisciplinary, difficult problems, then solve them with practical application to corporate daily life. I love to work with in a collaborative, cutting-edge environment on advanced prototypes and real world working systems, building solutions to the upcoming problems in computing. I'm particularly interested in infrastructure/platforms for high performance computing, data analysis and real time systems as well as collaborative software and social networks. I also have tons of fun in applying my experimental prototypes to another fields like biomedicine and education.

Awards

1. “Cinchona Award” best poster in the 7TH MADRID ARRHYTHMIA &
   MYOCARDIUM “Effects of atorvastatin on hKv1.5 and Kv4.3 potassium channels
   ”. Gómez R., Núñez L., Vaquero M., Caballero R., Delpón E. Madrid Arrhythmia &
   Myocardium, Madrid, Feb 2005.

2. Spanish Cardiology  Society  Award for the  work titled:  “Efectos  del óxido nítrico
   sobre   las   corrientes   que   controlan   la   repolarización   auricular”.   Juan   Tamargo
   Menéndez,   Eva   Delpón   Mosquera,   Ricardo   Caballero   Collado,   Ricardo   Gómez
   García, Lucía Núñez Fernández and Miguel Vaquero González. Barcelona, 2005.

3. Accesit to the best oral communication in the XXXVIII Congress of the Spanish
   Cardiological Society. “Efectos   de   la   atorvastatina   sobre   las   corrientes   iónicas
   responsables de la repolarización humana, hKv1.5 y Kv4.3”. Vaquero M., Núñez L.,
   Gómez R., Caballero R., Delpón E, Tamargo J. Barcelona, 2005.

4. “Juan Abello” Award. “Effects of atorvastatin on the potassium currents involved in
   human   atrial   repolarization”. Vaquero   M.,   Núñez   L.,   Caballero   R.,   Gómez   R.,
   Delpón E. Madrid, 2005.

5. Best   presentation   in   the   28th   Congress   of   the   Spanish   Pharmacological   Society.
   “Effects of simvastatin on cardiac hKv1.5, Kv4.3, and calcium currents”.  Vaquero
   M.,   Núñez   L.,   Gómez   R.,   Caballero   R.,   Tamargo   J,   Delpón   E.  Santiago   de
   Compostela, 2006.
6. National Award to the best Ph.D. dissertation in Medicine. 2009.

Publications

Articles in Journals

2011
Vaquero LM. Educloud: On Applying and Evaluating IaaS and PaaS Cloud Technologies to a Computer Science Course for Advanced Students . IEEE Transactions on Education (In Press).

Vaquero LM., Cáceres J., Morán D. The Challenge of Service level Scalability for the Cloud . International Journal of Cloud Applications
and Computing, 1(1), 34-44, January-March 2011

Vaquero LM., Rodero-Merino L. Buyya R. Dynamically Scaling Applications in the Cloud . ACM Computer Communication Review. Volume 41 Issue 1, January 2011.

Vaquero LM., Rodero-Merino L. Morán D. Locking the Sky: A Survey on IaaS Cloud Security . Computing. Springer. Volume 91, Number 1, 93-118, DOI: 10.1007/s00607-010-0140-x

2010

Rodero-Merino L, Vaquero LM, Gil V, Galán F, Fontán J; Montero RS; Llorente IM. From Infrastructure Delivery to Service Management in Clouds . Future Generation Computer Systems ISSN: 0167-739X, Volume 26, Issue 8, October 2010, Pages 1226-1240 ( http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.future.2010.02.013).

Rodero-Merino L., Vaquero LM, Cáceres J., Hierro J. SOA and Cloud Technologies, Two Pieces of the Same Puzzle. Full Paper. Upgrade (professional Journal), ISSN: 1684-5285, Volume 11, Issue 4, pp 25-29, August 2010. Cepis . Online 

Lindner   M.,  Vaquero   LM.,  Rodero­Merino   L.,   Cáceres   J.   Cloud   Economics: Dynamic  Business Models for the  Cloud Market . International Journal of Business  Information Systems (IJBIS). ISSN: 1746-0972. Volume 5, Issue 4, pp 373-392, January 2010


2009
Vaquero LM.,  Rodero­Merino L., Cáceres J., Lindner M. A Break in the Clouds: Towards a Cloud Definition . ACM Computer Communication Reviews. 2009; 39.
Gonzalez   C,  Vaquero   LM,   López­López   JR,   Pérez­García   MT.   Oxygen­ sensitive potassium channels in chemoreceptor cell physiology: making a virtue of necessity . Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2009 Oct;1177:82­88. % Included computational work

Gómez R, Caballero R, Barana A, Amorós I, Calvo E, López JA, Klein H, Vaquero M,   Osuna L, Atienza F, Almendral J, Pinto A, Tamargo J, Delpón E. Nitric oxide increases cardiac IK1 by nitrosylation of cysteine 76 of Kir2.1 channels .  Circ Res. 2009;105:383­392. % Included computational work

Yamazaki M., Vaquero M., Hou L., Campbell K., Zlochiver S., Klos M., Mironov S., Berenfeld O., Honjo H., Kodama I., Jalife J., Kalifa J. Mechanisms of Stretch Induced Atrial   Fibrillation   in   the   Presence   and   the   Absence   of   Adreno­Cholinergic Stimulation:   Interplay   between   Rotors   and   Focal   Discharges .    Heart   &   Rhythm  Journal. 2009;6:1009­1017. % Included computational work

Gómez R., Núñez L., Vaquero M., Amorós I., Barana A., de Prada T., Macaya C., Maroto L., Rodríguez R., Caballero R., López­Farré A., Tamargo J., Delpón E. NO inhibits   Kv4.3   and   human   cardiac   transient   outward   potassium   current   (Ito) . Cardiovasc Res. 2009;80:375­84.


2008   
Radicke S*, Vaquero M*, Caballero R, Gómez R, Núñez L, Tamargo J, Ravens U, Wettwer E, Delpón E. Effects of MiRP1 and DPP6 beta­subunits on the blockade induced   by   flecainide   on   Kv4.3/KchIP2   channels .  Br   J   Pharmacol. 2008;154;774­786. (* Equal Contribution). % Included computational work

Vaquero M., Calvo D., Jalife J. Cardiac Fibrillation: From Ion Channels to Rotors in  the Human Heart . Heart & Rhythm Journal. 2008;5:872­879.


2007
Vaquero M.*, Caballero R.*, Núñez L., Gómez R., Tamargo J., Delpón E. Effects of atorvastatin   and   simvastatin   on   atrial   plateau   currents .  J   Mol   Cell   Cardiol. 2007;42:931­945. (* Equal Contribution). % Included computational work
   
Vaquero M., Gómez R, Caballero R., Núñez L., Tamargo J., Delpón E. Mecanismo de acción de la ivabradina. Rev. Esp. Cardiol. 2007; 7 (Supl C): 32­45.

Tamargo   J.,   Caballero   R.,  Gómez   R.,   Núñez   L.,  Vaquero   M.,  Delpón   E.   Lipid­ lowering therapy with statins: a new approach to antiarrhythmic therapy . Pharmacol Ther. 2007;114:107­126.      

Tamargo J., Caballero R., Núñez L., Gómez R., Vaquero M., Delpón E. Genetically  engineered   mice   as   a   model   for   studying   cardiac   arrhythmias.   Front   Biosc. 2007;12:22­38.


2006
Caballero   R.,   Gómez   R.,   Núñez   L.,  Vaquero   M.,   Delpón   E.,   Tamargo   J.  Farmacología de los ácidos grasos omega 3.  Rev. Esp. Cardiol. 2006; 6 (Supl. D): 3­19.

Tamargo   J.,   Caballero   R.,   Gómez   R.,   Núñez   L.,  Vaquero   M.,   Delpón   E.  Características farmacológicas de los ARAII. ¿Son todos iguales Rev. Esp. Cardiol. 2006; 6 (Supl. C): 10­24.

Núñez L., Caballero R., Gómez R., Vaquero M., Delpón E., Tamargo J. Mecanismo de acción de la eplerenona. Rev. Esp. Cardiol. 2006; 6 (Supl. B): 31­47.       

Tutor AS., Delpón  E., Caballero R., Gómez  R., Núñez   L., Vaquero M., Tamargo  J., Mayor  F.  Jr.,  Penela  P.  Association   of  14­3­3  proteins  to   Beta  1­adrenergic  receptors  modulates   Kv11.1   K+  channel   activity   in   recombinant   systems .  Mol   Bio   Cell. 2006;17:4666­4674.

Tamargo J., Caballero R., Gómez R., Núñez L., Vaquero M., Delpón E. Efectos del óxido nítrico sobre la función cardíaca. Rev. Esp. Cardiol. 2006; 6 (Supl. A):3­20.

Núñez L.*, Vaquero M.*, Gómez R., Caballero R., Mateos­Cáceres P., Macaya C.,  Iriepa   I.,   Gálvez   E.,   López­Farré   A.,  Tamargo   J.,   Delpón   E.  Nitric   oxide   blocks hKv1.5   channels   by   S­nitrosylation   and   by   a   cyclic   GMP­dependent   mechanism . Cardiovasc Res. 2006;72:80­89. (* Coautores). % Included computational work


2005
      
Gómez   R.,   Núñez   L.,   Caballero   R.,  Vaquero   M.,   Tamargo   J.,   Delpón   E. Spironolactone   and   its   main   metabolite   canrenoic   acid,   block   hKv1.5,   Kv4.3   and KCNQ1 + KCNE1 channels . Br P Pharmacol. 2005; 146:146­161. % Included computational work

2004
Bote Lorenzo, M.L., Hernández Leo, D.,Dimitriadis, Y., Asensio Pérez, J.I., Gómez Sánchez, E., Vega Gorgojo, G., Vaquero González, L.M. Towards Reusability and Tailorability in Collaborative Learning Systems Using IMS­LD and Grid Services. Int J Adv Tech Learn. 2004;1:129­138.

Dimitriadis, Y., Asensio Pérez, J.I., Gómez Sánchez, E., Martínez Monés, A., Bote Lorenzo, M.L., Vega Gorgojo, G., Vaquero González, L.M. Middleware for CSCL: Software   Components   Framework   and   Grid   Technology   Support.   Inteligencia Artificial, Revista Iberoamericana de Inteligencia Artificial. 2004;8:21­31.

2003
Heredia   Rodríguez,   M,  Vaquero   González,   L.M.,   Sánchez   Esguevillas,   A. Multivideoconferencia IP multicast por satélite. Comunicaciones de Telefónica I+D. 2003. 30:167 176. http://www.tid.es/presencia/publicaciones/index.html


Book Chapters:


2010
Clayman S., Galis A., Chapman C., Toffetti G., Rodero-Merino L., Vaquero LM., Nagin K. Rochwerger B. 'Monitoring Service Clouds in the Future Internet' In: Towards the Future Internet - Emerging Trends from European Research . IOSPress 12th April 2010; ISBN 978-1-60750-538-9; ISBN 978-1-60750-539-6 (online).
Thijs T., Vaquero LM., Rodero-Merino L., Massonet P., Lindner M. Cloud computing: definition, challenge and business models In: High Speed and Large Scale Computing. ISBN: 978-1-60750-073-5, edited by IOS Press, July 2009. Part of chapter 4, pp. 251-266.

Cáceres J., Vaquero LM., Rodero-Merino L., Polo A., Hierro J. 'Service Scalability over the  Cloud '. In: Handbook of Cloud Computing. Editors: B. Fuhrt and A. Escalante. Springer 1st Edition., 2010, XIX, 634 p. 230 illus., Hardcover. ISBN: 978-1-4419-6523-3.

Vaquero LM., Rodero-Merino L., Lindner M., Chapman C., Galán F., Cáceres J. 'Principles, Methodology and Tools for Engineering Cloud Computing Systems '. In: Advanced Design Approaches to Emerging Software Systems: Principles, Methodology and Tools. IGI Global.


2007
Tamargo   J.,  Vaquero   M.,  Núñez   L.   Hipertensión   arterial.   In:   Principios   de Fisiopatología para la Atención Farmacéutica. Plan Nacional de Formación Continuada 2007. (Ed). Consejo General de Colegios de Farmaceúticos.

Tamargo J., Gómez R., Vaquero M. Hiperlipidemias y arteriosclerosis. In: Principios de Fisiopatología para la Atención Farmacéutica. Plan Nacional de Formación Continuada 2007. (Ed). Consejo General de Colegios de Farmaceúticos.


Conference papers:


2011
D. Moran, L.M. Vaquero, F. Galan “Elastically Ruling the Cloud: Specifying Application’s Behavior in Federated Clouds”, 4^th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing (CLOUD 2011), July 2011, Washington DC, USA.


2009
Muñoz­Frutos   H.,   Kotsiopoulos   I.,  Vaquero   LM.,   Rodero­Merino   L.   Enhancing Service Selection by semantic QoS .  Annual European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2009); Heraklion, Greece, May-June 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, ISBN: 978-3-642-02120-6. Volume 5554, pp. 565-577. 

Galán F., Sampaio A., Rodero­Merino L., Loy I., Gil V., Vaquero LM., Wusthoff M. Service Specification in Cloud Environments Based on Extensions to Open Standards . Fourth International Conference on Communication System Software and Middleware (COMSWARE 2009); Dublin, Ireland, June 2009. Proceedings of COMSWARE 2009, ISBN: 978-1-60558-353-2.


2008

Thijs Metsch, Luis M. Vaquero, Luis Rodero-Merino, Maik A. Lindner, Philippe Massonet: Facing Services in Computational Clouds. High Performance Computing Workshop 2008 : 251-266

2005
Vaquero González LM, Hernández Leo D., Simmross Watemberg F., Bote Lorenzo M., Asensio Pérez JI, Dimitriadis Y., and Vega G. The Oportunity of Grid Services for CSCL Application Development. Proceedings of the 13th. Euromicro Conference on   Parallel,   Distributed   and   Network­based   Processing.   Lugano,   Switzerland, February­2005.

2004
Bote Lorenzo, M.L.,  Vaquero González, L.M., Vega Gorgojo, G., Asensio Pérez, J.I., Gómez Sánchez, E., Dimitriadis, Y. GRIDCOLE: A Grid Collaborative Learning Environment.   Proceedings   of   the   Fourth   IEEE/ACM   International   Symposium   on Cluster   Computing   and   the   Grid   (CCGrid   2004),   Workshop   on   Collaborative Learning Applications of Grid Technology, CLAG 2004. 1:105­112. Chicago, EEUU, April­2004.

Bote   Lorenzo,   M.L.,   Asensio   Pérez,   J.I.,   Vega   Gorgojo,   G.,  Vaquero   González, L.M., Gómez Sánchez, E., Dimitriadis, Y. Grid Computing and Component­Based Software Engineering in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Science, ICCS 2004. 3036,495–498. Cracovia, Poland, June­2004.

Bote Lorenzo, M.L.,  Vaquero González, L.M.,Vega Gorgojo, G., Dimitriadis, Y., Asensio   Pérez,   J.I.,   Gómez   Sánchez,   E.,   Hernández   Leo,   D.   A   Tailorable Collaborative   Learning   System   that   Combines   OGSA   Grid   Services   and   IMS­LD Scripting    2004. 3198:305–321. San Carlos, Costa Rica, September­2004.

2003
Bote­Lorenzo,   M.   L.,   Dimitriadis,   Y.,   Gómez­Sánchez,   E.,   Asensio­Pérez,   J.   I., Vaquero­Gónzalez, L. M., and Vega­Gorgojo, G.,aplicaciones   CSCL   basadas   en   componentes.   Actas   de   las   Jornadas   de   Ingeniería Telemática 2003. 575–576. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, September­2003.

Bote   Lorenzo,   M.L.,   Asensio   Pérez,   J.I.,   Dimitriadis,   Y.,   Gómez   Sánchez,   E., Vaquero González, L.M., Vega Gorgojo, G. Grid Computing and Component­Based Software Engineering for CSCL. Proceedings of the Workshop on Group work and Collaborative   Learning:   experiences   and   prospects.   X   Conference   of   the   Spanish Association  for  Artificial   Intelligence,  TGACEP­CAEPIA'03. 2003;  10:59­64.  San Sebastián, November­2003.


Full Books:

2008
Tamargo J., Caballero R., Cogolludo A., Gómez R., Núñez L., Vaquero M., Delpón E.   Interacciones   de   fármacos   cardiovasculares.   (Ed).   Momento   Médico Iberoamericana, S.L. Madrid.

Patents

4

Professional activities

2011

Editorial Advisory Board for:

http://mdslab.unime.it/fsci11/index.html
Achieving Federated and Self-Manageable Cloud Infrastructures: Theory and Practice  book.

Guest Editor for:

Wiley's Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience: Special Issue on Cloud Scalability .
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Chief Editor for:
Open Source Cloud Computing Systems: Practices and Paradigms  to be published by IGI Global in 2011.

Technical Program Committee:

8^th international Conference on Autonomic and Trusted Computing (ATC-2011)

International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ISOC)  2011.

International Journal of Cloud Applications and Computing
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Ad hoc reviewer:

- Future Generation Computer Systems (Elsevier's Journal).
- International Journal of Next Generation Computing
- Workshop on Management of Cloud Systems (MoCS 2011). http://mocs.deis.unibo.it/
- 2nd International Conference on Computer and Communication technology. http://www.mnnit.ac.in/iccct2011

Board and reviewer for:
- The seconf Workshop on Provisioning and Management of Service Oriented Architecture and Cloud
Computing (PROMASC'2011). To be held together with the International Conference on Service Oriented Computing (ISOC)  2011.


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2010

Ad hoc reviewer:

- IEEE Transactions on Services Computing (TSC)
- ACM Transactions on Internet Technology (TOIT) - Journal of Computer Science and Technology (JCST) - IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems (TPDS) - Intel's Book: 'Creating the Infrastructure for Cloud Computing” by Enrique Castro-Leon, Bernard Golden and Miguel Gomez.
- First International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2010)

Program Committee for:

- First International Conference on Utility and Cloud Computing (UCC 2010)

Board and reviewer for:

- The First Workshop on Provisioning and Management of Service Oriented Architecture and Cloud
Computing (PROMASC'2010)