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Spain
2025

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Computer Science

D-Index
54
Citations
11307
World Ranking
4588
National Ranking
60

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Computer Science in Spain Leader Award

Overview

Juan-Carlos Cano is affiliated with the Universitat Politècnica de València in Spain. Their research primarily spans the fields of computer science and engineering, with a considerable focus on computer networks and communications, aerospace engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, computer vision and pattern recognition, and transportation.

The scientist's main research topics include UAV applications and optimization, opportunistic and delay-tolerant networks, robotic path planning algorithms, human mobility and location-based analysis, IoT and edge/fog computing, vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs), and traffic control and management.

Juan-Carlos Cano has contributed to numerous publications in various academic venues. The most frequent venues for their research outputs are:

  • Electronics
  • IEEE Access
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Sensors
  • IET Smart Cities

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Juan-Carlos Cano include:

  • "Evaluating How Smartphone Contact Tracing Technology Can Reduce the Spread of Infectious Diseases: The Case of COVID-19" (2020, IEEE Access)
  • "Advances in smart roads for future smart cities" (2020, Proceedings of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences)
  • "Performance evaluation of edge-computing platforms for the prediction of low temperatures in agriculture using deep learning" (2020, The Journal of Supercomputing)
  • "Flood Detection Using Real-Time Image Segmentation from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles on Edge-Computing Platform" (2022, Remote Sensing)
  • "Mobile crowdsensing approaches to address the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain" (2020, IET Smart Cities)

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Carlos T. Calafate
  • Pietro Manzoni
  • José M. Cecilia
  • Enrique Hernández-Orallo
  • Jamie Wubben

Best Publications

  • A survey and comparative study of simulators for vehicular ad hoc networks (VANETs)

    Francisco J. Martinez;Chai Keong Toh;Juan-Carlos Cano;Carlos T. Calafate

  • Routing mechanisms for mobile ad hoc networks based on the energy drain rate

    Dongkyun Kim;J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves;K. Obraczka;J.-C. Cano

  • Emergency Services in Future Intelligent Transportation Systems Based on Vehicular Communication Networks

    F J Martinez;Chai-Keong Toh;Juan-Carlos Cano;C T Calafate

  • Providing accident detection in vehicular networks through OBD-II devices and Android-based smartphones

    Jorge Zaldivar;Carlos T. Calafate;Juan Carlos Cano;Pietro Manzoni

  • Review: An overview of vertical handover techniques: Algorithms, protocols and tools

    Johann Márquez-Barja;Carlos T. Calafate;Juan-Carlos Cano;Pietro Manzoni

  • A performance comparison of energy consumption for Mobile Ad Hoc Network routing protocols

    J.-C. Cano;P. Manzoni

  • CityMob: A Mobility Model Pattern Generator for VANETs

    F.J. Martinez;J.-C. Cano;C.T. Calafate;P. Manzoni

  • HOP: achieving efficient anonymity in MANETs by combining HIP, OLSR, and pseudonyms

    Javier Campos;Carlos T. Calafate;Marga Nácher;Pietro Manzoni

  • Trust Management for Vehicular Networks: An Adversary-Oriented Overview

    Chaker Abdelaziz Kerrache;Carlos T. Calafate;Juan-Carlos Cano;Nasreddine Lagraa

  • Power-aware routing based on the energy drain rate for mobile ad hoc networks

    Dongkyun Kim;J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves;K. Obraczka;J.C. Cano

  • A comparative evaluation of AMQP and MQTT protocols over unstable and mobile networks

    Jorge E. Luzuriaga;Miguel Perez;Pablo Boronat;Juan Carlos Cano

  • DTN Protocols for Vehicular Networks: An Application Oriented Overview

    Sergio M. Tornell;Carlos T. Calafate;Juan-Carlos Cano;Pietro Manzoni

  • Road Side Unit Deployment: A Density-Based Approach

    J. Barrachina;P. Garrido;M. Fogue;Francisco J. Martinez

  • Automatic Accident Detection: Assistance Through Communication Technologies and Vehicles

    M. Fogue;P. Garrido;F. J. Martinez;J. Cano

  • A Location-Aware Waypoint-Based Routing Protocol for Airborne DTNs in Search and Rescue Scenarios.

    Armir Bujari;Carlos Miguel Tavares De Araujo Cesariny Calafate;Juan-Carlos Cano;Pietro Manzoni

  • Evaluating How Smartphone Contact Tracing Technology Can Reduce the Spread of Infectious Diseases: The Case of COVID-19

    Enrique Hernández-Orallo;Pietro Manzoni;Carlos Miguel Tavares De Araujo Cesariny Calafate;Juan-Carlos Cano

  • Improving Selfish Node Detection in MANETs Using a Collaborative Watchdog

    Enrique Hernandez-Orallo;M. D. Serrat;J. Cano;C. T. Calafate

  • Flying ad-hoc network application scenarios and mobility models:

    Armir Bujari;Carlos Miguel Tavares de Araujo Cesariny Calafate;Juan-Carlos Cano;Pietro Manzoni

  • DrivingStyles: A smartphone application to assess driver behavior

    Javier E. Meseguer;Carlos T. Calafate;Juan Carlos Cano;Pietro Manzoni

  • CoCoWa: A Collaborative Contact-Based Watchdog for Detecting Selfish Nodes

    Enrique Hernandez-Orallo;Manuel David Serrat Olmos;Juan-Carlos Cano;Carlos T. Calafate

Frequent Co-Authors

Pietro Manzoni
Pietro Manzoni Universitat Politècnica de València
Carlos T. Calafate
Carlos T. Calafate Universitat Politècnica de València
Dongkyun Kim
Dongkyun Kim Kyungpook National University
Floriano De Rango
Floriano De Rango University of Calabria
J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves
J.J. Garcia-Luna-Aceves University of California, Santa Cruz
Katia Obraczka
Katia Obraczka University of California, Santa Cruz
Yusheng Ji
Yusheng Ji National Institute of Informatics
Claudio Casetti
Claudio Casetti Polytechnic University of Turin
Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini
Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini Polytechnic University of Turin
Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues
Joel J. P. C. Rodrigues Federal University of Piauí

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