Position | Senior Lecturer Email | a.ballesteros@uib.es Research lines: Dependable and real-time systems Fault-tolerant distributed embedded systems Adaptive systems Industrial networks

Alberto Ballesteros received his ‘Licenciatura’ degree in Informatics from the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) in 2012 and a Ph.D. in Information and Communication Technology from the same institution in 2023. Since 2013, he has been teaching in the Department of Mathematics and Informatics at the UIB, where he currently holds the position of senior lecturer. He has taught various courses in the area of Systems Engineering and Automation, including IoT Device Development, Automation Laboratory, and Industrial Communication Networks. Additionally, he teaches Application Areas of IoT in the Master’s Degree in Intelligent Systems.

Dr. Ballestertos’s research interests include dependable and real-time systems, fault-tolerant distributed systems, adaptive systems and industrial networks. He is the co-author of more than 20 publications in international scientific conferences and journals. One of his papers received the Best Paper Award at the IEEE Workshop on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS) in 2016. He has also contributed to 3 national research projects and was a visiting researcher at Universidade do Porto in 2024.

Dr. Ballesteros was member of the organizing team for the IEEE WFCS 2015. He also served as a member of the organizing team and publication co-chair of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics (INDIN) 2021. Additionally, he has reviewed technical submissions for several scientific conferences.

(Last update: January 2025)

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PUBLICATIONS

2024

M. Jover, M. A. Barranco, J. A. Naranjo, J. Proenza, A. Ballesteros. Characterizing the Tradeoff between Fault Tolerance and Cost of Redundant TSN Networks. In 29th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA24), Padova, Italy, 2024 .

J. Evangelisti, M. A. Barranco, J. Proenza, A. Ballesteros, M. Jover. Towards a Node Active Replication Schema for Highly Reliable Distributed Control Systems Based on TSN. In 29th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA24), Padova, Italy, pp. 1-4, 2024 .

M. Jover, A. Ballesteros, M. A. Barranco, J. Proenza. Mapping IEC 61850 GOOSE messages into Time-Sensitive Networking. In 29th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA24), Padova, Italy, pp. 1-4, 2024 .

2023

R. Rotaeche, A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza. Speeding Task Allocation Search for Reconfigurations in Adaptive Distributed Embedded Systems Using Deep Reinforcement Learning. In Sensors, MDPI, vol. 23, no. 1, January, 2023 .

A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza, M. A. Barranco. Adding Flexibility to Node-Level Fault Tolerance in Distributed Embedded Systems Based on Real-Time Ethernet. Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2023.

2022

A. Ballesteros, M. A. Barranco, J. Proenza, L. Almeida, F. Pozo, P. Palmer-Rodríguez. An Infrastructure for Enabling Dynamic Fault Tolerance in Highly-Reliable Adaptive Distributed Embedded Systems Based on Switched Ethernet. In Sensors, MDPI, vol. 22, no. 18, December, 2022 .

R. Rotaeche, A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza. Exploring the use of Deep Reinforcement Learning to allocate tasks in Critical Adaptive Distributed Embedded Systems. Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, 2022.

2021

B. Alcover, A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza. Evaluación de Técnicas de Búsqueda de Configuraciones en Sistemas Empotrados Distribuidos Adaptativos. Universitat de les Illes Balears, M. Sc. Thesis, 2021.

R. Rotaeche, A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza. Exploring the use of Deep Reinforcement Learning to allocate tasks in Critical Adaptive Distributed Embedded Systems. In Proceedings of the IEEE 26th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2021), Västerås (Sweden), 2021.

M. Costa, A. Ballesteros. Implementación y verificación de mecanismos para tolerar fallos en el canal de comunicaciones de manera dinámica en sistemas distribuidos empotrados de tiempo real críticos basados en Ethernet. Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, 2021.

2019

I. Álvarez, A. Ballesteros, M. A. Barranco, D. Gessner, S. Derasevic, J. Proenza. Fault Tolerance in Highly-Reliable Ethernet-based Industrial Systems. In Proceedings of the IEEE, vol. 107, no. 6, pp. 977-1010, June, 2019 .

D. Gessner, J. Proenza, M. A. Barranco, A. Ballesteros. A Fault-Tolerant Ethernet for Hard Real-Time Adaptive Systems. In IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics, IEEE, vol. 15, no. 5, pp. 2980 - 2991, May, 2019 .

A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza, M. A. Barranco, L. Almeida, P. Palmer-Rodríguez. First Description of a Self-Reconfigurable Infrastructure for Critical Adaptive Distributed Embedded Systems. May, 2019.

A. Servera, A. Ballesteros. Design and Implementation of a Domotics System based on the Sentilo IoT Platform. Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, 2019.

A. Ballesteros, M. A. Barranco, S. Arguimbau, M. Costa, J. Proenza. Towards a Dynamic Replication of Messages in a Network with Flexible Real-Time Guarantees. In 17th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN 2019), Stuttgart, 2019.

A. Ballesteros, M. A. Barranco, S. Arguimbau, M. Costa, J. Proenza. Temporal Replication of Messages for Adaptive Systems using a Holistic Approach. In Proceedings of the IEEE 24th International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2019), Zaragoza, 2019.

2018

A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza, M. A. Barranco, L. Almeida, P. Palmer-Rodríguez. Towards a Self-Reconfigurable Infrastructure for Critical Adaptive Distributed Embedded Systems. In 16th International Workshop on Real-Time Networks (RTN 2018), Barcelona, 2018.

A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza, M. A. Barranco, L. Almeida. Reconfiguration Strategies for Critical Adaptive Distributed Embedded Systems. In Proceedings of the 48th Annual IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2018), Luxembourg, 2018.

D. Navarro, I. Furió, A. Ballesteros. Disseny i implementació d’una xarxa domòtica basada en Ethernet Industrial. Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, 2018.

2017

S. Arguimbau, A. Ballesteros. Implementation and Validation of the Fundamental Mechanisms of the Flexible Time-Triggered Communication Paradigm for Ethernet-based Highly-Reliable Systems. Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, 2017.

A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza, P. Palmer-Rodríguez. Towards a Dynamic Task Allocation Scheme for Highly-Reliable Adaptive Distributed Embedded Systems. In Proceedings of the 22th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2017), Limassol, 2017.

2016

A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza, M. A. Barranco. Implementation and Testing of the Node Replication Scheme of the FT4FTT Architecture. Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2016.

A. Ballesteros, S. Derasevic, D. Gessner, F. Font, I. Álvarez, M. A. Barranco, J. Proenza. First Implementation and Test of a Node Replication Scheme on top of the Flexible Time-Triggered Replicated Star for Ethernet. In Proceedings of the 12th IEEE World Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS 2016), Aveiro, 2016.

A. Ballesteros. FT4FTT final prototype demo.

A. Ballesteros, S. Derasevic, M. A. Barranco, J. Proenza. First Implementation and Test of Reintegration Mechanisms for Node Replicas in the FT4FTT Architecture. In Proceedings of the 21th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2016), Berlin, 2016.

M. A. Barranco, A. Zendouh, A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza. Improving Maintenance of FT4FTT: Extending it to Monitor and Log its Available Redundancy via Internet. In Proceedings of the 21th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2016), 2016.

2015

A. Adrover, A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza. Infraestructura d’injecció de fallades per a Ethernet amb funcions específiques per a FTT. Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2015.

S. Derasevic, M. Melià, A. Ballesteros, M. A. Barranco, J. Proenza. First Experimental Evaluation of the Consistent Replicated Voting in the Hard Real-Time Ethernet Switching architecture. In Proceedings of the 20th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2015), Luxemburg, 2015.

D. Gessner, A. Ballesteros, A. Adrover, J. Proenza. Experimental Evaluation of Network Component Crashes and Trigger Message Omissions in the Flexible Time-Triggered Replicated Star for Ethernet. In Proceedings of the 2015 IEEE World Conference on Factory Communication Systems (WFCS), Palma de Mallorca, Spain, 2015.

M. Melià, J. Proenza, A. Ballesteros. Implementació i validació de mecanismes per a l’intercanvi consistent d’informació entre nodes d’un sistema encastat distribuït basat en HaRTES. Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2015.

2014

D. Gessner, M. A. Barranco, A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza. sfiCAN: a Star-based Physical Fault-Injection Infrastructure for CAN networks. In IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE, vol. 63, no. 3, pp. 1335-1349, March, 2014 .

A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza, D. Gessner, G. Rodríguez-Navas, T. Sauter. Achieving Elementary Cycle Synchronization between Masters in the Flexible Time-Triggered Replicated Star for Ethernet. In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2014), Barcelona, Spain, 2014.

D. Gessner, I. Álvarez, A. Ballesteros, M. A. Barranco, J. Proenza. Towards an Experimental Assessment of the Slave Elementary Cycle Synchronization in the Flexible Time-Triggered Replicated Star for Ethernet. In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2014), Barcelona, Spain, 2014.

M. Knezic, A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza. Towards Extending the OMNeT++ INET Framework for Simulating Fault Injection in Ethernet-Based Flexible Time-Triggered Systems. In Proceedings of the 19th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2014), Barcelona, Spain, 2014.

A. Ballesteros. FT4FTT prototype demo. .

2013

A. Ballesteros, D. Gessner, J. Proenza, M. A. Barranco, P. Pedreiras. Towards Preventing Error Propagation in a Real-Time Ethernet Switch. In Proceedings of the 18th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2013), Cagliari, Italy, 2013 .

L. Almeida, Z. Iqbal, P. Pedreiras, R. Marau, L. Silva, M. Ashjaei, M. Behnam, T. Nolte, J. Proenza, M. A. Barranco, D. Gessner, G. Rodríguez-Navas, A. Ballesteros, S. Derasevic. Developments in Flexible Time-Triggered Switched Ethernet. In Workshop on Real-Time Ethernet (RATE 2013) in conjunction with RTSS 2013, 2013.

A. Ballesteros, M. Wagner, D. Zöbel. SOAcom: Designing Service communication in adaptive automotive networks. In Proceedings of the 8th IEEE International Symposium on Industrial Embedded Systems (SIES 2013), Porto, Portugal, 2013 .

A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza. A description of the FTT-SE protocol. December, 2013.

2012

A. Ballesteros, D. Gessner, M. A. Barranco, J. Proenza. Diseño de sfiCAN: un inyector físico de fallos para redes CAN basado en una topología en estrella. June, 2012.

A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza, M. A. Barranco. Construction of sfiCAN: a star-based fault-injection infrastructure for the Controller Area Network. Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2012.

2011

D. Gessner, M. A. Barranco, A. Ballesteros, J. Proenza. Designing sfiCAN: a star-based physical fault injector for CAN. In Proceedings of the 16th IEEE International Conference on Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation (ETFA 2011), Toulouse, France, 2011.