Publications List

Table of Contents

Papers in Peer Reviewed International Journals

  1. M. Romero, L. Sassatelli, R. Aparicio-Pardo, and F. Precioso, “TRACK: A New Method from a Re-examination of Deep Architectures for Head Motion Prediction in 360-degree Videos,” IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence, Apr. 2021. preprint postprint

  2. L. Sassatelli, M. Winckler, T. Fisichella, A. Dezarnaud, J. Lemaire, R. Aparicio and D. Trevisan, “New Interactive Strategies for Virtual Reality Streaming in Degraded Context of Use,” Elsevier Computers & Graphics, Special Section on SVR 2019, vol. 86, pp. 27 - 41, February 2020. preprint postprint

  3. Samuel T. Valduga, Luc Deneire, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, André L. F. de Almeida, Tarciso F. Maciel, Joao CM Mota, “Low-complexity heuristics to beam selection and rate adaptation in sparse massive MIMO systems,” Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies, vol. 29, no. 9, online version e3459, September 2018. preprint postprint

  4. Laura Toni, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Karine Pires, Alberto Blanc, Gwendal Simon, Pascal Frossard, “Optimal Selection of Adaptive Streaming Representations,” ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (ACM TOMM), vol. 11, no. 2s, article 43, February 2015. preprint postprint

  5. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Pablo Pavon-Marino, Nina Skorin-Kapov, Marija Furdek, “Balancing CapEx Reduction and Network Stability with Stable Routing-Virtual Topology Capacity Adjustment (SR-VTCA),” Optical Switching Networking, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 343–353, November 2013. preprint postprint

  6. Nina Skorin-Kapov, Marija Furdek, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Pablo Pavon-Marino, “Wavelength Assignment for In-band Crosstalk Attacks in Optical Networks: ILP Formulations and Heuristic Algorithms,” European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 222, no. 3, pp. 418-429, November 2012. preprint postprint

  7. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Nina Skorin-Kapov, Pablo Pavon-Marino, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, “(Non)-Reconfigurable Virtual Topology Design under Multi-hour Traffic in Optical Networks,” IEEE/ACM Transactions On Networking, vol. 20, no. 5, pp. 1567 - 1580, October 2012. preprint postprint

  8. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Nina Skorin-Kapov, Pablo Pavon-Marino, “Heuristic Approaches for Periodic Reconfiguration of Lightpath-based Networks under Multi-hour Traffic,” Journal of Networks, Special Issue on Transparent Optical Networking, vol. 7, no. 5, pp. 800-811, May 2012. preprint postprint

  9. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Pablo Pavon-Marino, Szilard Zsigmond, “Mixed line rate virtual topology design considering non linear interferences between amplitude and phase modulated channels,” Photonic Network Communications, vol. 22, no. 3, pp. 230-239, December 2011. preprint postprint

  10. Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Pablo Pavon-Marino, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Miroslaw Klinkowski, Davide Careglio, “Offline impairment-aware RWA and regenerator placement in translucent optical networks”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, vol. 29, no. 3, pp. 265-277, February 2011. preprint postprint

  11. Pablo Pavon-Marino, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, “Multi-hour network planning based on domination between sets of traffic matrices”, Computer Networks, vol. 55, no. 3, pp. 665-675, February 2011. preprint postprint

  12. Pablo Pavon-Marino, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Nina Skorin-Kapov, “Virtual topology design and flow routing in optical networks under multi-hour traffic demand”, Photonic Network Communications, vol. 19, no.1, pp. 42-54, February 2010. preprint postprint

  13. Pablo Pavon-Mariño, Siamak Azodolmolky, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Yvan Pointurier, Marianna Angelou, Josep Solé Pareta, J. Garcia-Haro, Ioannis Tomkos, " Offline Impairment Aware RWA Algorithms for Cross-Layer Planning of Optical Networks”, IEEE/OSA Journal of Lightwave Technology, Special Issue on “Converged optical network infrastructures in support of Future Internet and grid services”, vol. 27, no. 12, pp. 1763-1775, June 2009. preprint postprint

Papers in Peer Reviewed International Conferences

  1. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Antoine Cousson, Redha A. Alliche, “Quantum Virtual Link Generation via Reinforcement Learning,” in Proc. IEEE 23th Intl. Conf. Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2023, Bucharest, Romania, July 2023, preprint postprint

  2. Redha A. Alliche, Tiago da Silva Barros, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Lucile Sassatelli, “prisma-v2: Extension to Cloud Overlay Networks,” in Proc. IEEE 23th Intl. Conf. Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2023, Bucharest, Romania, July 2023, preprint postprint

  3. Fatemeh Tabatabaeimehr, Luis Velasco, Marc Ruiz, Hamzeh Khalili, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, “Dynamic Traffic Prediction Model Retraining for Autonomous Network Operation,” in Proc. IEEE 23th Intl. Conf. Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2023, Bucharest, Romania, July 2023, preprint postprint

  4. Adrien Gausseran, Redha A. Alliche, Hicham Lesfari, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Frédéric Giroire, Joanna Moulierac, “Reconfiguring Network Slices at the Best Time With Deep Reinforcement Learning,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Cloud Networking, CloudNet 2022, Paris, France, Nov 2022, preprint postprint

  5. Redha A. Alliche, Tiago da Silva Barros, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Lucile Sassatelli, “Impact Evaluation of Control Signalling onto Distributed Learning-based Packet Routing,” in Proc. 34th Intl. Teletraffic Congress, ITC 2022, Shenzen, China, Sep. 2022 preprint postprint

  6. Redha A. Alliche, Tiago da Silva Barros, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Lucile Sassatelli, “PRISMA: A Packet Routing Simulator for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning,” in Proc. 4th Intl Workshop on Network Intelligence collocated with IFIP Networking 2022, Catania, Italy, June 2022 preprint postprint

  7. M. F. Romero Rondón, L. Sassatelli, R. Aparicio-Pardo and F. Precioso, " TRACK: A Multi-Modal Deep Architecture for Head Motion Prediction in 360-Degree Videos,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, ICIP 2020, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Oct. 2020. preprint postprint

  8. M. F. Romero Rondón, L. Sassatelli, R. Aparicio-Pardo and F. Precioso, “A unified evaluation framework for head motion prediction methods in 360° videos,” in Proc. ACM International Conference on Multimedia Systems, MMSys 2020, Istanbul, Turkey, June 2020. (Open Dataset and Software track) preprint postprint

  9. M. F. Romero Rondón, L. Sassatelli, R. Aparicio-Pardo and F. Precioso, “User-Adaptive Rotational Snap-Cutting for Streamed 360-Degree Videos,” in Proc. Workshop on Intelligent Cinematography and Editing, collocated with Eurographics/EuroVis 2020, Norrköping, Sweden, May 2020. (virtual workshop) preprint postprint

  10. L. Sassatelli, M. Winckler, T. Fisichella and R. Aparicio-Pardo, “User-Adaptive Editing for 360 degree Video Streaming with Deep Reinforcement Learning,” in ACM International Conference on Multimedia, Demo track, ACMMM 2019, Nice, France, October 2019. preprint postprint

  11. L. Sassatelli, M. Winckler, T. Fisichella, R. Aparicio-Pardo and A.-M. Pinna-Déry, “A New Adaptation Lever in 360° Video Streaming,” in Proc. 29th ACM SIGMM Workshop on Network and Operating System Support for Digital Audio and Video, NOSSDAV 2019, Amherst, MA, USA, June 2019. preprint postprint

  12. M. F. Romero Rondón, L. Sassatelli, F. Precioso and R. Aparicio-Pardo, “Foveated Streaming of Virtual Reality Videos,” in Proc. ACM International Conference on Multimedia Systems, MMSys 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2018. (Demo track) preprint postprint

  13. S. Dambra, G. Samela, L. Sassatelli, R. Pighetti, R. Aparicio-Pardo and A.-M. Pinna-Déry, “Film Editing: New Levers to Improve Virtual Reality Streaming,” in Proc. ACM International Conference on Multimedia Systems, MMSys 2018, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2018. (Acc. rate: 21%, 2nd place of the “Excellence in DASH award”, awarded by the DASH Industry Forum)(ACM Reproducibility Badge) preprint postprint

  14. L. Sassatelli, A.-M. Pinna-Déry, M. Winckler, S. Dambra, G. Samela, R. Pighetti and R. Aparicio-Pardo, “Snap-changes: a Dynamic Editing Strategy for Directing Viewer’s Attention in Streaming Virtual Reality Videos,” in Proc. ACM International Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces, AVI 2018, Grosseto, Italy, May 2018. preprint postprint

  15. G. Calvigioni, R. Aparicio-Pardo, L. Sassatelli, J. Leguay, S. Paris and P. Medagliani, “Quality of Experience-based Routing of Video Traffic for Overlay and ISP Networks,” in Proc. IEEE International Conference on Computer Communications, INFOCOM 2018, Honolulu, HI, USA, Apr. 2018. (Acc. rate: 21%) preprint postprint

  16. Hasti A. Pedersen, Lucile Sassatelli, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, “Random Linear Coded Distributed Caching for Video Streaming over D2D,” in Proc. IEEE/IFIP Wireless On-demand Network systems and Services Conference, WONS 2018, Isola, France, Feb. 2018. preprint postprint

  17. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Lucile Sassatelli, “A Green Video Control Plane with Fixed-Mobile Convergence and Cloud-RAN,” in Proc. IEEE ComSoc-ACM SIGCOMM 29th Intl. Teletraffic Congress, ITC 2017, Genoa, Italy, September 2017. preprint postprint

  18. Samuel T. Valduga, Luc Deneire, André L. F. de Almeida, Tarcisio F. Maciel, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, “Low Complexity Beam Selection for Sparse Massive MIMO Systems,” in Proc. IEEE 14th International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems, ISWCS 2017, Bologna, Italy, August 2017. preprint postprint

  19. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Lucile Sassatelli, “A cost model for green fog computing and networking,” in Proc. IEEE 19th Intl. Conf. Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2017, Gerona, Spain, July 2017 (invited paper). preprint postprint

  20. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Lucile Sassatelli, “Adaptive video streaming and fixed-mobile convergence: A good team to reduce power consumption and improve users’ QoE,” in Proc. IEEE 18th Intl. Conf. Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2016, Trento, Italy, July 2016 (invited paper). preprint postprint

  21. Xavier Corbillon, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Nicolas Kuhn, Géraldine Texier, Gwendal Simon, “Cross-Layer Scheduler for Video Streaming over MPTCP,” in Proc. ACM Multimedia Systems conference, MMSys 2016, Klagenfurt, Austria, May 2016. preprint postprint

  22. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Karine Pires, Alberto Blanc, Gwendal Simon, “Transcoding Live Adaptive Video Streams at a Massive Scale in the Cloud,” in Proc. ACM Multimedia Systems conference, MMSys 2015, Portland, USA, March 2015. preprint postprint

  23. Ahmed Triki, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Paulette Gavignet, Esther Le Rouzic, Bernard Arzur, Annie Gravey, “Is It Worth Adapting Sub-Wavelength Switching Control Plane to Traffic Variations?,” in Proc. 18th Int. Conf. Optical Network Design and Modeling, ONDM 2014, Stockholm, May 2014. preprint postprint

  24. Juan Pedro Muñoz-Gea, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Houssein Wehbe, Gwendal Simon, Loutfi Nuaymi, “Optimization Framework for Uplink Video Transmission in HetNets,” in Proc. 6th ACM Workshop on Mobile Video, MoVid 14, Singapore, March 2014. preprint postprint

  25. Laura Toni, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Gwendal Simon, Alberto Blanc, Pascal Frossard, “Optimal Set of Video Representations in Adaptive Streaming,” in Proc. ACM Multimedia Systems conference, MMSys 2014, Singapore, March 2014. preprint postprint

  26. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Ahmed Triki, Esther Le Rouzic, Bernard Arzur, Erwan Pincemin, Fabrice Guillemin, “Alternate architectures for an all-optical core network based on new subwavelength switching paradigms,” Proc. 15th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2013, Cartagena, Spain, June 2013 (invited paper) preprint postprint

  27. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Pablo Pavon-Marino, Biswanath Mukherjee, “Robust Upgrade in Optical Networks under Traffic Uncertainty,” Proc. 16th International IEEE Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, ONDM 2012, Colchester, UK, Apr. 2012. preprint postprint

  28. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Pablo Pavon-Marino, Nina Skorin-Kapov, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Joan Garcia-Haro, “Algorithms for virtual topology reconfiguration under multi-hour traffic using Lagrangian relaxation and Tabu Search approaches,” Proc. 12th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2010, Munich, Germany, June 2010, p. We.B1.2 (invited paper). preprint postprint

  29. Nina Skorin-Kapov, Pablo Pavon-Marino, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, “Scheduled Virtual Topology Design Under Periodic Traffic in Transparent Optical Networks,” Proc. 6th ICST International Conference on Broadband Communications, Networks and Systems, BROADNETS 2009, Madrid, Spain, September 2009. preprint postprint

  30. Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Pablo Pavon-Marino, Nina Skorin-Kapov, J. Garcia-Haro, “MILP Formulations for Scheduling Lightpaths under Periodic Traffic,” Proc. 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2009, Island of São Miguel, Azores, Portugal, June 2009, p. Tu.C3.4 (invited paper). preprint postprint

  31. Pablo Pavon-Marino, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Juan Fernandez-Palacios, Oscar Gonzalez, Francisco Martin, Joan Garcia-Haro, “Balancing multifibre and wavelength converter cost in wavelength routing networks,” Proc. 34th European Conference on Optical Communication, ECOC 2008, vol. 5, Brussels, Belgium, September 2008, pp. 185-186. preprint postprint

  32. Pablo Pavon-Marino, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, J. Garcia-Haro, “WDM networks planning under multi-hour traffic demand with the MatPlanWDM tool,” Proc. 1st International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques for Communications, Networks and System, Marseille, France, Mar. 2008. preprint postprint

  33. Pablo Pavon-Marino, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Joan Garcia-Haro, Gonzalo Moreno-Munoz, “An educational RWA network planning tool for dynamic flows,” Proc. 12th International IFIP Conference on Optical Network Design and Modeling, ONDM 2008, Vilanova i la Geltru, Spain, Mar. 2008, pp. 235-240. preprint postprint

  34. Pablo Pavon-Marino, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Gonzalo Moreno-Munoz, Joan Garcia-Haro, Juan Veiga-Gontan, “MatPlanWDM: An Educational Tool for Network Planning in Wavelength-Routing Networks,” in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 4534, Optical Network Design and Modeling, 11th International IFIP TC6 Conference, ONDM 2007, Athens, Greece, May 29-31, 2007. Proceedings. I. Tomkos, F. Neri, J. Solé-Pareta, X. Masip-Bruin, and S. Sánchez-López, Eds. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2007, pp. 58-67. ISBN 978-3-642-01523-6 preprint postprint

Book Chapters

  1. S. Rumley, C. Gaumier, R. Aparicio-Pardo, C. H. Chang, W. Colitti, B. Garcia-Manrubia, P. Kourtessis, J. Martinez-Leon, A. Nowe, P. Pavon-Marino, J. Scharf, and K. Steenhaut, “Software Tools and Methods for Research and Education in Optical Networks,” in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 5412, Towards Digital Optical Networks, COST Action 291 Final Report. I. Tomkos, M. Spyropoulou, K. Ennser, M. Köhn, and B. Mikac, Eds. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2009, pp. 331-364. ISBN: 0302-9743 postprint

PhD Dissertation

  1. “Optimization and Planning of WDM Transparent Optical Networks”, ProQuest LLC, Ann Arbor, MI, 2012. ISBN: 978-1-267-14336-5 preprint postprint

MMTC letters and other papers

  1. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Gwendal Simon and Alberto Blanc, “Transcoding in the Cloud: Optimization and Perspectives,” IEEE COMSOC MMTC E-Letter, Special Issue on Cloud-Aware Multimedia Systems, vol. 10, no. 6, pp. 12-15, November 2015. preprint postprint

  2. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, and Gwendal Simon, “Can Multipath Boost the Network Performances of Real-time Media?,” IEEE COMSOC MMTC R-Letter, vol. 6, no. 1, pp. 7-6, February 2015. preprint postprint

  3. Marija Furdek, Nina Skorin-Kapov, Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Pablo Pavon-Marino, “MILP Formulations for Wavelength Assignment Considering In-Band Crosstalk Attacks,” Proc. BONE Master and BONE-TIGER2 joint Summer School 2010, Budapest, Hungary, September 2010, pp. 69-71. postprint

  4. Ramon Aparicio-Pardo, Belen Garcia-Manrubia, Pablo Pavon-Marino, “Planificación de Redes Troncales de Conmutación Óptica Transparente,” Jornadas de Introducción a la Investigación de la UPCT, no. 2, pp. 68-71, May 2009. ISSN 1888-8356 preprint postprint