Yolanda Becerra Fontal

Yolanda Becerra Fontal is a faculty member at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC), affiliated with the Department of Computer Architecture within the Barcelona School of Informatics (FIB). She is actively involved in research projects and collaborations, notably with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center, and is a member of prominent research groups such as the High Performance Computing Group (CAP) and CROMAI (Computing Resources Orchestration and Management for AI).

Research Interests: Her research spans a broad spectrum of computer systems, with a consistent focus on performance, efficiency, and scalability. Key areas include Computer Architecture, High-Performance Computing (HPC), Distributed and Cloud Systems, Resource and Energy Management in virtualized environments, and Data-Intensive Computing. More recently, her work has centered on innovative time-series database systems and data management for edge and cloud analytics.

Publication Trends: Her recent scholarly output (2020-2022) shows a strong emphasis on time-series data management, proposing novel database architectures like NagareDB and strategies for polyglot persistence. Earlier work (2009-2013) was pivotal in MapReduce workload management, energy accounting for virtualized systems, and optical data center networks, demonstrating a long-standing contribution to foundational distributed computing challenges.

Scientific Contributions: Her work has been published in top-tier journals and conferences such as Future Generation Computer Systems, IEEE Transactions, and Nucleic Acids Research. She has also contributed to significant competitive R&D projects and holds patents related to data flow management and distributed indexing.

Advising and Grants: Dr. Becerra Fontal has served as a thesis advisor for doctoral students. Her research has been funded through competitive grants from national and regional programs, including Spanish State Research Plans (Plan Estatal de Investigación) and Catalonia's RIS3CAT strategy, supporting projects on high-performance computing and data management.

Research Groups and Labs: She is a core member of the CAP - High Performance Computing Group and the CROMAI - Computing Resources Orchestration and Management for AI group at UPC. Her work is closely associated with the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC), one of Europe's leading supercomputing facilities, indicating access to advanced computational infrastructure.