Isaac Lera Castro

Dr. Isaac Lera Castro is an Associate Professor at the University of the Balearic Islands, School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Department of Computer Architecture and Technology. He serves as Deputy Director of the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Applications (LAIA) and is a member of the ACSIC (Architecture and Behavior of Computer and Telecommunication Systems) R&D Group.

His educational background includes a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of the Balearic Islands (2012) and a Computer Engineering degree from the same institution (2006). He has been actively involved in academia since 2005.

Dr. Lera Castro's research focuses on computer architecture, performance evaluation of computer systems, cloud computing, edge computing, fog computing, and semantic web. His work has particular emphasis on simulation and modeling of distributed systems, with significant contributions to fog computing architectures and performance assessment methodologies. He has developed YAFS (Yet Another Fog Simulator), a tool for simulating IoT scenarios in fog computing environments that has gained recognition in the research community.

His publication record includes multiple papers in JCR-SCI indexed journals, with 11 highly relevant publications (7 in Q1 and 4 in Q2) and 6 relevant publications (3 in Q3 and 3 in Q4) as of 2019. His research spans from early work on semantic web applications to recent contributions in fog computing and IoT simulation, showing a consistent trajectory of innovation in distributed systems.

• 2019: YAFS simulator for IoT scenarios in fog computing (IEEE Access)
• 2019: Availability-aware service placement in fog computing (IEEE IoT Journal)
• 2017: Human mobility pattern analysis using complex networks (PLOS ONE)
• 2006: Performance-related ontologies and semantic web applications (Science of Computer Programming)

Dr. Lera Castro has extensive teaching experience across undergraduate, graduate, and master's programs. He has taught core subjects including Computer Architecture, Current Computer Systems, and Evaluation and Exploitation of Computer Systems, as well as specialized courses like Cloud Computing and Technologies for Big Data Analysis. From 2018 to 2021, he served as co-director of the Master's Degree in Big Data Analysis in Economics and Business.

He leads the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence Applications (LAIA), which focuses on applying AI techniques to distributed systems with particular expertise in performance modeling and resource allocation in cloud, fog, and edge computing environments.