Information and Communication Technologies

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Data Science

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Estimation of Ordinary Differential Equations Solutions with Gaussian Processes and Polynomial Chaos Expansion

      • Naomi Cedeño, Saba Infante

      Pages 3-17

   3. Forecasting Energy Consumption in Residential Department Using Convolutional Neural Networks

      • Julio Barzola-Monteses, Marcos Guerrero, Franklin Parrales-Bravo, Mayken Espinoza-Andaluz

      Pages 18-30

   4. Estimation of the State Space Models: An Application in Macroeconomic Series of Ecuador

      • Henry Bautista Vega, Saba Infante, Isidro R. Amaro

      Pages 31-45

   5. Financial Time Series Forecasting Applying Deep Learning Algorithms

      • Erik Solís, Sherald Noboa, Erick Cuenca

      Pages 46-60

   6. Detection of Space and Time Patterns in the ECU 911 Integrated Security System Using Data Mining Techniques

      • Gustavo Chacón-Encalada, Lorena Jaramillo-Mediavilla, Wilson Rivera-Montesdeoca, Luis Suárez-Zambrano, Iván García-Santillán

      Pages 61-74

   7. VitaApp: Augmentative and Alternative Communication System Aimed at Older Adults

      • Priscila Cedillo, Christian Collaguazo-Malla, William Sánchez, Paúl Cárdenas-Delgado, Daniela Prado-Cabrera

      Pages 75-86

   8. A Methodological Framework for Creating Large-Scale Corpus for Natural Language Processing Models

      • David Santos, Andrés Auquilla, Lorena Siguenza-Guzman, Mario Peña

      Pages 87-100

3. ICT’s Applications

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 101-101

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   2. Tourism Analysis in Ecuador Through Airbnb

      • Ester Melo, Daniel Arroyo, Manuel Lecaro, Alex Macas

      Pages 103-114

   3. Satisfaction with Information for Health Care and Prevention of Medical Fake News on Facebook During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Peru

      • Yuliana Mercedes De La Cruz-Ramirez, Augusto Felix Olaza-Maguiña, Nadezhda Tarcila De La Cruz-Ramirez

      Pages 115-126

   4. Natural Language to Facilitate the Analysis of Statistical Evaluation of Educational Digital Games

      • Nayeth Solórzano Alcívar, Robert Zambrano Loor, Diego Carrera Gallego

      Pages 127-141

   5. GIS for Decision-Making on the Gentrification Phenomenon in Strategic Territorial Planning

      • Jacinto Palma Zambrano, Tania Calle-Jimenez, Boris Orellana-Alvear

      Pages 142-156

   6. An Offline Educational Resources Access System for the Galapagos Islands

      • Darío Valarezo, Gabriela Mendieta, Byron Maza, Manuel Quiñones-Cuenca, Marco Morocho

      Pages 157-171

   7. Hyperparameter Tuning over an Attention Model for Image Captioning

      • Roberto Castro, Israel Pineda, Manuel Eugenio Morocho-Cayamcela

      Pages 172-183

   8. Quality Model for CloudIot Applied in Ambient Assisted Living (AAL)

      • María Caridad Cáceres, Daniel Peralta, Alexandra Bermeo, Cristina Sánchez-Zhunio, Priscila Cedillo

      Pages 184-198

4. Industry 4.0

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 199-199

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   2. Design of an Electronic System for the Exploration of Agricultural Parameters in Solanum Lycopersicum Germination

      • Iván A. Cordero, Hugo M. Torres, Francisco D. Salgado

      Pages 201-224

   3. Users Segmentation Based on Google Analytics Income Using K-Means

      • Alexandra La Cruz, Erika Severeyn, Roberto Matute, Juan Estrada

      Pages 225-235

This book constitutes refereed proceedings of the 9th Conference on Information and Communication Technologies of Ecuador, TICEC 2021, held at the Universidad Politécnica Salesiana (UPS) campus in November 2021. The conference was organized in hybrid mode.

The 24 full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 126 qualified submissions. The papers cover a great variety of topics, such as data mining, neural networks, cyberphysical systems, telemedicine, traffic simulation, geospatial information, human–machine interaction, cloud computing, and others. The contributions are divided into the following thematic blocks: ​Data Science, ICT´s Applications, Industry 4.0, Technology and Environment, Biomedical Sensors and Wearables Systems. 

• artificial intelligence
• communication systems
• computer hardware
• computer networks
• computer science
• computer systems
• computer vision
• databases
• education
• engineering
• image processing
• internet
• learning
• machine learning
• mathematics
• network protocols
• signal processing
• software design
• software engineering
• telecommunication systems

• Politecnica Salesiana University, Cuenca, Ecuador

  Juan Pablo Salgado Guerrero, Mariela Cerrada Lozada

• Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja, Loja, Ecuador

  Janneth Chicaiza Espinosa

• CEDIA, Cuenca, Ecuador

  Santiago Berrezueta-Guzman

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