The Fundación Universidad del Norte, in accordance with the principles, values and objectives that have guided it since its creation, has as its mission the integral formation of the person in terms of higher education, and the contribution, through its institutional presence in the community, to the harmonious development of society and the country, especially the Colombian Caribbean Region.

The Foundation fulfills this university work both in the undergraduate modality and in advanced training, its work being characterized by a broad social and humanistic content, and by the emphasis on scientific and investigative foundations to respond to the requirements of the progress of science and to the social needs of the region and the country.

The Institution seeks to train its students as thinking, analytical people with solid ethical principles, who conceive innovative ideas in order to participate in an active, enterprising, responsible, honest, critical and pragmatic way in the process of social, economic, political development. and culture of the community.

The University tends because the training that is imparted in it is carried out with suitable, qualified teachers with a deep academic vocation. To support them in this task, it is determined to have the most appropriate and advanced teaching, research and extension methods of contemporary higher education. In this sense, science, technology, the humanities and the arts will continue to be the distinctive institutional axes for student training.

Present in the life of the community through the exercise of its academic functions (teaching, research, extension and services to the external sector), Universidad del Norte ensures that its directors, professors, students and alumni remain in permanent study, analysis and research of the concrete problems of the community in which they find themselves.

Our institution is committed from its origins, in the present and into the future, with all dimensions of social, economic, political, environmental and cultural development, with social responsibility, maintaining its proper place of insertion in society, which is the academic.

Barranquilla, officially the Special, Industrial and Port District of Barranquilla, is the capital of the department of Atlántico, Colombia. It is located on the western bank of the Magdalena River, 7.5 km from its mouth in the Caribbean Sea. In 1993 it was constitutionally organized in a special, industrial and port district.9 It is the main economic center of the Caribbean region of Colombia, among the economic activities commerce and industry stand out.

The establishment of the city dates back to the third decade of the 17th century, when the sectors surrounding the Magdalena River began to be populated around grants granted by the Spanish Crown. During the time of Independence, Barranquilla distinguished itself for the support of its inhabitants for the independence cause, which earned it the status of a town in 1813. In the second half of the 19th century, it acquired strategic and economic importance when steam navigation began. by the Magdalena River, which allowed it to become the country’s main export center until the first half of the 20th century.

From the end of the 19th century until the 1930s, Barranquilla was the main point of entry into Colombia for thousands of immigrants and advances such as aviation, commercial radio and telephony, as well as various sports.

Barranquilla’s population is 1,274,250 people, making it the fourth most populous city in the country behind Bogotá, Medellín and Cali. The city is the nucleus of the Metropolitan Area of ​​Barranquilla, which is also made up of the municipalities of Soledad, Malambo, Galapa and Puerto Colombia. The conglomerate is home to 2,199,507 inhabitants, and also occupies the fourth position among the country’s conurbations.3 As the departmental capital, Barranquilla is the seat of the Government of the Atlantic, the Departmental Assembly and the Superior Court of the Atlantic, the highest judicial body from the Department.

Barranquilla is home to one of the most important folk and cultural festivities in Colombia, the Barranquilla Carnival, declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation by the Colombian Congress in 2001 and Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2003.1112 The city was designated the American Capital of Culture in 2013, host of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, and hosts the 2027 Pan American Games.

From the end of the 19th century until the 1930s, Barranquilla was the main point of entry into Colombia for thousands of immigrants and advances such as aviation, commercial radio and telephony, as well as various sports.

Barranquilla’s population is 1,274,250 people, making it the fourth most populous city in the country behind Bogotá, Medellín and Cali. The city is the nucleus of the Metropolitan Area of ​​Barranquilla, which is also made up of the municipalities of Soledad, Malambo, Galapa and Puerto Colombia. The conglomerate is home to 2,199,507 inhabitants, and also occupies the fourth position among the country’s conurbations.3 As the departmental capital, Barranquilla is the seat of the Government of the Atlantic, the Departmental Assembly and the Superior Court of the Atlantic, the highest judicial body from the Department.

Barranquilla is home to one of the most important folk and cultural festivities in Colombia, the Barranquilla Carnival, declared Cultural Heritage of the Nation by the Colombian Congress in 2001 and Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2003.1112 The city was designated the American Capital of Culture in 2013, host of the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, and hosts the 2027 Pan American Games.

VISAS
Citizens of some countries need to present a tourist visa that must be processed at Colombian embassies or consulates abroad. In the following link you can verify if you require a visa or not.

Check the countries that require a visa at https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/tramites_servicios/visa/requisitos.

Likewise, review Resolution 1128 of 2019: https://www.cancilleria.gov.co/sites/default/files/resolucion_1128_de_2018.pdf.

For more information about arriving to Colombia visit Colombia Travel Information site 

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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES MANAGEMENT AND COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE

Information is a vital asset for an organization, which is why we need not just business administrators, but also information administrators. These administrators must develop the capabilities to select, curate, analyze, and synthesize information using technologies that allow them to transform information into knowledge, store it, and protect it.

The processed information and knowledge should enable an organization to make decisions that provide sustainable competitive advantages, such as cost reduction, process optimization, and increased competitiveness with a human dimension. This workshop will include activities that allow participants to engage in analysis and synthesis using some of the best practices.

Competitive intelligence, on the other hand, is both tactical and strategic. For example, in the stock market, the average lifespan of 50% of companies is 5 years. Therefore, the recurring question is, «Will my company still be alive in the coming years?» We can apply these principles to the life cycles of individuals, public institutions, and private institutions.

Free Access to IEEE TEMS Members

Mg. Ignacio Castillo

TRENDS ON MICRO AND NANOELECTRONICS

Dr. Ricardo Reis

CASS Meritorious Service Award. He was vice-president of CASS for two terms (2008/2011). He is the founder of the Rio Grande do Sul CAS Chapter, which got the World CASS Chapter of The Year Award 2011, 2012, and 2018, and R9 Chapter of The Year 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017 and 2020. He is a founder of several conferences like SBCCI and LASCAS, the CASS Flagship Conference in Region 9. He was the General or Program Chair of several conferences like IEEE ISVLSI, SBCCI, IFIP VLSI-SoC, ICECS, PATMOS. Ricardo was the Chair of the IFIP/IEEE VLSI-SoC Steering Committee, vice-chair of the IFIP WG10.5 and he is Chair of IFIP TC10. He also started with the EMicro, an annually microelectronics school in South Brazil. In 2002 he received the Researcher of the Year Award in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. He is a founding member of the SBC (Brazilian Computer Society) and also founding member of SBMicro
(Brazilian Microelectronics Society).  He was member of CASS DLP Program (2014/2015), and he has done more than 70 invited talks in conferences. Member of IEEE CASS BoG and IEEE CEDA BoG. Ricardo received the IFIP Fellow Award in 2021 and the ACM/ISPD Lifetime Achievement Award in 2022.

DATA ANALYTICS: EMPOWERING INSIGHTS AND INFORMED DECISION-MAKING

This tutorial explores data analytics and its role in empowering insights and informed decision-making. It covers techniques, applications, and real-world examples across industries. By the end of the tutorial, learners will gain a solid understanding of data analytics and its practical application for driving meaningful outcomes. They will be equipped with the knowledge to apply data analytics techniques in their own professional endeavors and make data-driven decisions to achieve better results. Some practical exercises will be carried out for data analysis, creating dashboards in Power BI.

Free Access to IEEE TEMS  and IEEE Computer Members

Mg. Ana Rodriguez

TARIFF STRUCTURE FOR WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ENERGY MARKETS

This tutorial provides insights into tariff structures in both wholesale and retail energy markets. Participants will gain a comprehensive understanding of pricing mechanisms, cost allocation, and rate design strategies. The workshop explores how tariffs impact market dynamics and consumer behavior, offering practical knowledge for optimizing tariff models and promoting efficient energy consumption.

Ing. Raquel Ronderos

Programming air quality with Python

Air quality is an indicator that allows to evaluate the ecological situation in Colombia, through monitoring devices located throughout the national territory, which measure air quality and other climatological variables. In this tutorial you will learn how to develop a Python program to analyze air quality statistics in Colombia. To do so, we will develop an algorithm capable of creating the matrices of the DANE air quality database, which is publicly available on the web portal datos.gov.co. Finally, you will also learn how to simplify many of the functions and instructions in Python, using the pandas and matplotlib libraries.

DIGITAL TREND FOR CLEAN AND ELECTRIC MOBILITY

Join us on this electrifying journey as we explore the seamless integration of deep learning algorithms, empowering electric vehicles with enhanced efficiency, safety, and adaptability. Discover how the IoT enables real-time data exchange, optimizing charging infrastructure and providing users with an unparalleled driving experience. As we embrace the digital transformation in electrical mobility, we also address the challenges and potential solutions that lie ahead, paving the road towards a greener, smarter, and more interconnected transportation ecosystem.

MBA. Ravikiram Annaswamy

IOT TO THE RESCUE:

HOW TO FEED A GROWING POPULATION WHILE CONSERVING THE PLANET’S RESOURCES

The growth of crops depend on several parameters such as soil moisture, soil temperature, nutrients (fertilizers), soil pH, soil salinity, etc. Without having an on line measurement (real time) of those parameters we will probably be able to get products from the ground, however we are not taking in account what are the impact of what we are doing and the way we are making agriculture. With the appropriate sensors and IoT we are able not only to know the level of the parameters already mentioned but also to act based on the results.

This talk will present an IoT approach to measure relevant parameters for crop growth and health while keeping the planet safe. It will also cover the need and design of edge computing for this kind of IoT application.

Dr. Victor Grimblatt

Mg. Andrés Yabrudy

INTEGRATION OF RENEWABLES AND NEW ENERGY MARKETS

Energy transition is the current aspect that drives the expansion of world electrical matrix. This can be addressed in two ways: i) deployment of renewable energy sources and, ii) use of new technologies (like CCUS, for example). Renewable energy, most from solar photovoltaics (pv) and wind are invertor-based sources, which means that these sources do not have inertia, unlike traditional sources that use synchronous machines, and in which energy markets have been consolidated until today. So, this situation brings a operational challenge to Systems Operators (TSOs) worldwide: it is becoming more difficult to keep the balance between supply and consumption. To address this situation, energy markets are adopting mechanisms in which this situation can be optimized, allowing corrective actions (when need) by TSOs. The objective of this talk is to present international experience and state of the art in how energy market models are addressing this operational challenge, optimizing the renewable sources´ integration into the electrical system and granting the flexibility and resilience that this brave new era on electrical power system demands.

Mg. Jovanio Santos

DIGITAL TRENDS FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT PATHOLOGIES.

Parkinson’s disease (PD) is the second most prevalent neurodegenerative disease worldwide, after Alzheimer’s disease (AD). It is estimated that the number of people living with this disease will double between 2015 and 2040, from 6.2 million to 14.2 million patients. The pathological aging processes produced by any of the neurodegenerative diseases increase the risk potential to present falls, these being the main cause of fatal and non-fatal injuries in the elderly. Patients with PD, depending on the stage, clinical subtype and the time of evolution of the disease, can suffer different types of complications, directly related to motor and non-motor complications and others related to the compromise of some systems such as the cardiovascular, autonomic and cognitive changes. These conditions increase the risk of falls, systemic complications, and hospitalizations. The spectrum of complications derived from falls varies from small injuries to complex fractures, head trauma with or without intracranial hematomas with high direct and indirect costs derived from health care, as well as loss of functionality for patients with additional costs for systems and families.

The use of technologies applied to health from telemedicine systems, such as the use of objective technological measurements using mobile apps, as well as the use of depth cameras, accelerometers or inertial units for the objective characterization of gait have allowed a complementary characterization to conventional medical care using low-cost devices even in areas of difficult access. This keynote describes the advances in the development of portable gait analysis systems and signal processing algorithms for the analysis and monitoring of the most important gait variables, both at the ankle and wrist level, as well as applications that support the analysis of cognitive impairment and patient monitoring. The system described makes it possible to extract important variables such as the coefficient of asymmetry (ASA), which is an early indicator of PD, and aims to help estimate the risk of falls in patients with PD and AD. The system is based on the use of low-cost depth cameras, such as Microsoft Kinect, Orbbec Astra, or Intel Realsense, and signal processing algorithms based on wavelet transform, peak analysis, and Machine Learning techniques. The system has been validated over four (4) years with nearly 180 patients and 80 controls at Fundación Valle del Lili and in brigades in different cities of Colombia.

Dr. Andres Navarro

In academia, he has been lecturer and currently a full professor in Universidad Icesi, combining teaching and research activities. He has served as TPC member of different IEEE conferences like PIMRC, VTC, Latincom and FIE. TPC member and Board member of IEEE Colcom since the first version in 2009 as well as chairman of IEEE Colcom in three occasions and TPC chair of IEEE Healthcom 2019. He is also a member of the Head Committee of the International Center “Global Innovation Exchange on Virtual Reality and Visualization” to America and Asia.

AGROTECH: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

The keynote begins with a brief introduction on the importance of technology in agriculture and how it has evolved over time. This is followed by a historical contextualization of agriculture and its relationship with technology, as well as a description of the limitations and challenges that farmers faced in the past. To address the present, various techniques are discussed, including precision agriculture, which provides a detailed explanation of how it has revolutionized crop management. It covers the use of sensor networks and advanced technologies to collect real-time data on soil conditions, climate, and other relevant factors. The analysis of this data provides accurate information on crop needs, leading to increased production efficiency, cost reduction, and minimized environmental impact. The keynote also explores intelligent monitoring, explaining how it enhances crop supervision and control. It involves the use of technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) to obtain real-time information on crop status, enabling early detection of issues like diseases or pests and allowing for prompt and precise actions to minimize damage and ensure crop health.

Regarding the future, emerging trends in AgTech are examined, including the impact of artificial intelligence and machine learning applied to agriculture, the integration of drones and robotics in farm management, the application of blockchain for traceability and food safety, and the development of vertical farming and urban agriculture systems.

The presentation is expected to include case studies that exemplify the concepts discussed, such as soil nutrition monitoring systems, monitoring of climate variables, and production counting in various crops using IoT. The conclusion summarizes the presented technological advancements and their impact on agriculture, reflecting on the potential of AgTech to improve efficiency, sustainability, and productivity in farming.

Dra. Monica Huerta

Mónica is a Senior Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and a member of several IEEE Societies, including Communications, Engineering in Medicine and Biology (EMBS), Technology and Engineering Management, Electron Devices, and Antennas and Propagation. She has actively contributed to the IEEE community, serving as the Chair of IEEE EMBS Ecuador from 2017 to 2018, Chair of Membership of the IEEE Ecuador Section from 2018 to 2019, Vice President of the IEEE Section Ecuador from 2020 to 2021, and currently as the President of the IEEE Ecuador Section for the period 2022-2023.

Mónica’s research interests lie in the areas of Internet of Things, Wireless Networks, Sensor Networks, Telemedicine, and Remote Monitoring. She has an extensive research portfolio, having directed and participated in over 27 research projects. Additionally, she has published more than 180 articles in national and international journals and conferences, showcasing her contributions to the field.

Data Science for Cybersecurity: An Overview Focused on Networking

Michelle Nogueira

PERSPECTIVES OF ENERGY TRANSITION IN LATIN AMERICA

The panel on «Perspectives of Energy Transition in Latin America» explores the shift towards sustainable energy sources in the region. Experts discuss challenges, opportunities, and strategies for a successful transition. Topics include renewable energy policies, investment opportunities, technology advancements, and collaboration between government and private sectors. Attendees gain insights into the energy transition landscape in Latin America and leave with valuable knowledge for promoting sustainable practices in the region. In the panel will feature experts representing the public sector, the productive sector, and the academic sector.

Moderator

Panelist

PERSPECTIVES OF ENERGY TRANSITION IN LATIN AMERICA

The panel on «Smart Cities: Emerging Threats and Objectives for 2030» delves into the evolving landscape of urban development, focusing on the challenges and goals associated with the advancement of intelligent urban environments. Experts will analyze potential risks, discuss innovative solutions, and outline strategic objectives to ensure the successful evolution of smart cities. Topics to be explored include cybersecurity threats, infrastructure resilience, data privacy considerations, and the integration of emerging technologies. The panel will feature experts from governmental bodies, industries, and academic institutions, providing a comprehensive perspective on the multifaceted aspects of smart city development. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the future of urban living and leave equipped with knowledge to contribute to the realization of smart and resilient cities by 2030.

Moderator

Panelist

IEEE Colombian Caribbean Conference (C3) is the Biannual Technical and Scientific Conference of the IEEE Colombian Caribbean Section, that brings together IEEE professionals and scientists from Colombia and Latinamerica. The 2023 edition of this IEEE international event will be held in the Universidad del Norte at Barranquilla, Colombia. C3 2023 is an opportunity for professional members, academics, researchers, and industrialists to meet and present the developments and technological advances. IEEE C3 2023 will be held in person and virtual on November 22-25 2023 in  Barranquilla, Colombia.

We invite you to be part of the Colombian Caribbean Conference (C3) as a Sponsor and Be Part of the Future! As a sponsor of C3, you will not only gain exceptional exposure to a diverse audience, but you will also become an agent of positive change. Your brand will be at the forefront of innovation and will be associated with the progress that will transform entire communities. Join us in this exciting journey and be part of the transformation in the Colombian Caribbean!

THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TOPICS IN AREAS

The Colombian Caribbean Conference (C3) invites you to be part of an event that will set the tone in the region. With the convergence of brilliant minds and prominent leaders, C3 stands as a fertile ground for innovation and growth in the Colombian Caribbean. As a sponsor, you will have the opportunity to enjoy prominent visibility at all stages of the event, from pre-promotion to active participation in the conference. In addition to positioning your brand in an environment of excellence, you will also be contributing directly to the development and strengthening of education and innovation in the region. Join us on this journey towards a promising future as we unleash the potential of the Colombian Caribbean in the Colombian Caribbean Conference (C3).