Ángel Cuevas' Publications

Estimating Ideology and Polarization in European countries using Facebook data
F. Caravaca, J. González-Cabañas, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas. Under review.

A new methodology to measure faultlines at scale leveraging digital trace
A. M. Mehrjoo, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas. Under review.

The Gender Gap in Preferences: Evidence from 45,397 Facebook Interests [pdf]
Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas, K. Desmet, I. Ortuño-Ortín. National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series 29451.

Global Spillovers of Taxation in the Online Advertising Market. Theory and Evidence from Facebook. [SSRN]
A. Lassmann, F. Liberini, A. Russo, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas. CESifo Working Paper No. 8149.

Politics in the Facebook Era. Evidence from the 2016 US Presidential Elections [SSRN]
F. Liberini, M. Redoano, Antonio Russo, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas. CESifo Working Paper No. 8235.

2022

42. Expanding the measurement of culture with a sample of two billion humans [DOI]
N. Obradovich, Ö. Özak, I. Martín, I. Ortuño-Ortín, E. Awad, M .Cebrián, R. Cuevas, K. Desmet, I. Rahwan, Á. Cuevas. Journal of The Royal Society Interface. May. 2022.

41. A deep dive into the accuracy of IP Geolocation Databases and its impact on online advertising [DOI][pdf]
P. Callejo, M. Gramaglia, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas. IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. Apr. 2022.

2021

40. How resilient is the Open Web to the COVID-19 pandemic? [DOI][pdf]
J. González-Cabañas, P. Callejo, P. Vallina, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas, A. F. Anta. Telematics and Informatics. Nov. 2021.

39. Optimizing the Frequency Capping: A Robust and Reliable Methodology to Define the Number of Ads to Maximize ROAS [DOI]
J. Romero Leguina, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas. Applied Sciences. July. 2021.

38. Digital Contact Tracing: Large-Scale Geolocation Data as an Alternative to Bluetooth-Based Apps Failure [DOI]
J.González Cabañas, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas, M. Maier. Electronics. May 2021.

37. Does Facebook Use Sensitive Data for Advertising Purposes? [DOI][pdf]
J.González Cabañas, Á. Cuevas, A. Arrate, R. Cuevas. Communications of the ACM. Jan. 2021. Cover Story.

2020

36. Establishing Trust in Online Advertising with Signed Transactions [DOI]
A. Pastor, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas, A. Azcorra. IEEE Access. Dec. 2020.

35. Digital Marketing Attribution: Understanding the User Path [MDPI]
J. Romero Leguina, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas Electronics. Nov. 2020.

34. Malvertising in Facebook: Analysis, Quantification and Solution [MDPI]
A. Arrate, J. González-Cabañas, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas Electronics. Aug. 2020.

33. Protecting Citizens Personal Data and Privacy: Joint Effort from GDPR EU Cluster Research Projects [Springer]
R. M. de Carvalho, C. Del Prete, Y. S. Martin, R. M. Araujo Rivero, M. Önen, F. Paolo Schiavo, Á. Cuevas, H. Mouratidis, J. C- Yelmo, M. N Koukovini Spring SN Computer Science. June 2020.

32. Tracking Fraudulent and Low-Quality Display Impressions [Taylor & Francis]
P. Callejo, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas, M. Esteban-Bravo, JM. Vidal-Sanz. Journal of Advertising. May 2020.

2019

31. An ad-driven measurement technique for monitoring the browser marketplace [IEEE]
P. Callejo, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas. IEEE Access. Dec. 2019.

30. Measuring the Global Recursive DNS Infrastructure: A View From the Edge [IEEE]
P. Callejo, R. Cuevas, N. Vallina-Rodriguez, Á. Cuevas. IEEE Access. Dec. 2019.

29. Large-scale analysis of user exposure to online advertising in Facebook [IEEE]
A. Arrate, J.González Cabañas, Á. Cuevas, M. Calderón, R. Cuevas. IEEE Access. Jan. 2019.

2018

28. A large-scale analysis of Facebook’s user-base and user engagement growth [IEEE]
Y. Mitte Kassa, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas. IEEE Access. Dec. 2019.

27. Analyzing gender inequality through large-scale Facebook advertising data [PNAS][ArXiV]
D. García, Y. Mitte Kassa, Á. Cuevas, M. CebriÁn, E. Moro, I. Rahwan, R. Cuevas. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). Jun. 2018.

2016

26. Characterization of Cross-posting Activity for Professional Users Across Facebook, Twitter and Google+ [Springer][pdf]
R. Farahbakhsh, Á. Cuevas, N. Crespi. Springer Social Network Analysis and Mining. Dec. 2016.

25. CSD: A Multi-User Similarity Metric for Community Recommendation in Online Social Networks [Science Direct][pdf]
X. Han, L. Wang, R. Farahbakhsh, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas, N. Crespi. Elsevier Expert Systems With Applications. Jul. 2016.

2015

24. How Far is Facebook from Me? Facebook Network Infrastructure Analysis [IEEE][pdf]
R. Farahbakhsh, Á. Cuevas, A. Ortiz, X. Han, N. Crespi. IEEE Communications Magazine (Network Testing Series). Sep. 2015.

23. Assessing The Evolution of Google+ in its First Two Years [IEEE][pdf]
R. González, R. Cuevas, R. Motamedi, R. Rejaie, Á. Cuevas. ACM Transactions on Netowrking. Jun. 2015.

22. Alike people, alike interests? Inferring interest similarity in online social networks [Science Direct][pdf]
X. Han, L. Wang, N. Crespi, S. Park, Á. Cuevas. Elsevier Decision Support Systems. Feb. 2015.

2014

21. On exploiting social relationship and personal background for content discovery in P2P networks [Science Direct][pdf]
X. Han, Á. Cuevas, N. Crespi, R. Cuevas, X. Huang. Elsevier Future Generation Computer Systems. Nov. 2014.

20. TorrentGuard: stopping scam and malware distribution in the BitTorrent ecosystemntric Storage [Science Direct][pdf]
M. Kryczka, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas, C. Guerrero, A. Azcorra. Elsevier Computer Networks. Feb 2014.

19. Understanding the Locality Effect in Twitter: Measurement and Analysis [Springer][pdf]
R. González, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas, C. Guerrero. Springer Personal and Ubiquitous Computing (Special Issue in Cross-Community Mining). Feb. 2014.

18. Dynamic Data-Centric Storage for Long-Term Storage in Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks [Springer][pdf]
Á. Cuevas, M. Urueña, G. Veciana, R. Cuevas, N. Crespi. Springer Wireless Networks. Jan. 2014.

2013

17. Reduced overhead for intra-cluster and inter-cluster sensor-to-actor communications in IEEE 802.15.4 networks [Inderscience][pdf]
Á. Cuevas, M. Urueña, R. Cuevas, N. Crespi. Inderscience International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing. Dec 2013.

16. Understanding the evolution of multimedia content in the Internet through BitTorrent glasses [IEEE][pdf]
R. Farahbakhsh, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas, R. Gonzalez, N. Crespi. IEEE Network. Issue Nov/Dec 2013.

15. STARR-DCS: Spatio-Temporal Adaptation of Random Replication for Data Centric Storage [ACM][pdf]
Á. Cuevas, M. Urueña, G. Veciana, A. Yadav. ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks. Nov. 2013.

14. Unveiling the Incentives for Content Publishing in Popular BitTorrent Portals [IEEE][pdf]
R. Cuevas, M. Kryczka, Á. Cuevas, S. Kaune, R. Rejaie, C. Guerrero. IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking. Oct. 2013

13. Connectivity properties of real BitTorrent swarms [KSII][pdf]
M. Kryczka, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas, C. Guerrero, A. Azcorra. KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems. Sep. 2013.

12. Evaluating Energy Efficiency of ONUs Having Multiple Power Levels in TDM-PONs [IEEE][pdf]
S.H. Newaz, Á. Cuevas, G. M. Lee, N. Crespi, J. K. Choi. IEEE Communication Letters. Jun. 2013.

11. Adaptive Delay Aware Energy Efficient TDM-PON [Science Direct][pdf]
S.H. Newaz, Á. Cuevas, G. M. Lee, N. Crespi, J. K. Choi. Elsevier Computer Networks. May. 2013.

10. A model to quantify the success of a Sybil attack targeting RELOAD/Chord resources [IEEE][pdf]
M. Urueña, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas, A. Banchs IEEE Communication Letters. Feb. 2013

9. Improving Energy Saving in Time-Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Networks [IEEE][pdf]
S.H. Newaz, Á. Cuevas, G. M. Lee, N. Crespi, J. K. Choi. IEEE Internet Computing (Special Issue is Sustainable Energy). Jan 2013.

2011

8. Measuring BitTorrent Ecosystem: Techniques, Tips and Tricks [IEEE][pdf]
R. Cuevas, M. Kryczka, Á. Cuevas, C. Guerrero, A. Azcorra. IEEE Communications Magazine (Network Testing Series). Sep. 2011..

7. Modelling Data-Aggregation in Multi-Replication Data Centric Storage Systems for Wireless Sensor and Actor Networks [IEEE][pdf]
Á. Cuevas, M. Urueña, R. Cuevas, R. Romeral. IET Communications (Special Issue on Distributed Intelligence and Data Fusion for Sensor Systems). Sep. 2011.

6. Analysis of delay mean and variance of collision-free WDM rings with segment recirculation of blocked traffic [Springer]
I. Seoane, G. Rodríguez de los Santos, J. A. Hernández, M. Urueña, R. Romeral, Á. Cuevas, D. Larrabeiti. Phot. Network Communications. Jun. 2011.

5. Applying Low Discrepancy Sequences for Node-ID Assignment in P2PSIP [IEEE][pdf]
R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas, M. Urueña, A. Banchs. IEEE Communications Letters. Feb. 2011.

2010

4. A collaborative P2P Scheme for NAT Traversal Server Discovery Based on Topological Information [pdf]
A. Laube, A. Sorniotti, P. El Khoury, L. Gomez, Á. Cuevas. IARIA International Journal on Advances in Security. Sep. 2010.

3. Security Patterns for Untraceable Secret Handshakes with Optional Revocation [pdf]
R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas, A. Cabellos, L. Jakai, C. Guerero. Computer Networks (Special Issue on Collaborative Peer-to-Peer Systems). Aug. 2010.

2. Data Centric Storage Technologies: Analysis and Enhancement [pdf]
Á. Cuevas, M. Urueña, R. Romeral, D. Larrabeiti. Sensors 2010. (Special Issue on Wireless Sensor Network and Its Application in Advanced Computer Science). Mar. 2010.

2009

1. fP2P-HN: A P2P-based Route Optimization Architecture for Mobile IP-based Community Networks [pdf]
R. Cuevas, A. Cabellos-Aparicio, Á. Cuevas, J. Domingo-Pascual, A. Azcorra. Computer Networks (Special Issue on Content Distribution Infrastructures for Community Networks). Mar. 2009.

2021

31. Unique on Facebook: formulation and evidence of (nano) targeting individual users with non-PII data [DOI][pdf]
J. González-Cabañas, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas ACM IMC. Nov. 2021. Best Paper Award Runner.

2019

30. Q-Tag a transparent solution to measure ads viewability rate in online advertising campaigns [ACM][Open Access]
P Callejo, A Pastor, R Cuevas, Á Cuevas. ACM CoNEXT '19. Dec. 2019.

29. Nameles: An intelligent system for Real-Time Filtering of Invalid Ad Traffic [ACM][Open Access]
A. Pastor, M. Pärssinen, P. Callejo, P. Vallina, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas, M. Kotila, A. Azcorra. The Web Conference '19. May. 2019.

2018

28. Unveiling and Quantifying Facebook Exploitation of Sensitive Personal Data for Advertising Purposes [USENIX]
J. González Cabañas, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas. USENIX Security '18. Aug. 2018.

2017

27. Opportunities and Challenges of Ad-based Measurements from the Edge of the Network [ACM][Open Access]
P. Callejo, C. Kelton, N. Vallina-Rodríguez, R. Cuevas, O, Gasser, C. Kreibich, F. Wohlfart, Á. Cuevas. ACM HotNets '17. Dec. 2017.

26. Evolution of publicly disclosed information in Facebook profiles [IEEE]
R. Farahbakhsh, S. Mohammadi, X. Han, Á. Cuevas, N. Crespi. IEEE TrustCom '17. Aug. 2017.

25. FDVT: Data Valuation Tool for Facbook Users [ACM][pdf]
PJ. González Cabañas, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas. ACM CHI '17. May. 2017.

2016

24. Independent auditing of online display advertising campaigns [ACM][Open Access]
P. Callejo, R. Cuevas, Á. Cuevas, M. Kotila. ACM HotNets '16. Nov. 2016.

2015

23. Characterization of Cross-posting Activity for Professional Users Across Major OSNs [ACM][pdf]
R. Farahbakhsh, Á. Cuevas, N. Crespi. IEEE/ACM ASONAM '15. Aug. 2015.

2014

22. Alike People, Alike Interests? A Large-Scale Study on Interest Similarity in Social Networks [IEEE][pdf]
R. Farahbakhsh, Á. Cuevas, N. Crespi. IEEE/ACM ASONAM '14. Aug. 2014.

2013

21. "Current City" Prediction for Coarse Location Based Applications on Facebook [IEEE][pdf]
W. Chanthaweethip, X. Han, N. Crespi, Y. Chen, R. Farahbakhsh, Á. Cuevas. IEEE GLOBECOM '13. Dec. 2013.

20. Improving Security in Data-Centric Storage for Wireless Sensor Networks [IEEE][pdf]
Á. Cuevas, A. Boukerche.. ACM PE-WASUN '13. Nov. 2013.

19. Investigating the Reaction of BitTorrent Content Publishers to Antipiracy Actions [IEEE][pdf]
R. Farahbakhsh, Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas, R. Rejaie, M. Kryczka, R. González, N. Crespi. IEEE P2P '13. Sep. 2013.

18. Analysis of publicly disclosed information in Facebook profiles [ACM][pdf]
R. Farahbakhsh, X. Han, Á. Cuevas, N. Crespi. IEEE/ACM ASONAM '13. Aug. 2013.

17. Google+ or Google-?: Dissecting the evolution of the new OSN in its first year [ACM][pdf]
R. González, R. Cuevas, R. Motamedi, R. Rejaie, Á. Cuevas. WWW '13. May. 2013.

16. Improved P2P Content Discovery by Exploiting User Social Patterns [IEEE][pdf]
R. Farahbakhsh, N. Crespi, Á. Cuevas, N. Shrestha, M. Mani, P. Saengudomlert. ICNC '13. Jan. 2013.

2012

15. socP2P: P2P Content Discovery Enhancement by considering Social Networks Characteristics [IEEE][pdf]
S. Adhikari, R. Farahbakhsh, M. Mani, N, Crespi, Á. Cuevas, T. Sanguankotchakorn. IEEE ISCC '12. Jul. 2012.

2011

14. A Novel Approach for Making Energy Efficient PON [ACM][pdf]
S.H. Newaz, Á. Cuevas, G. M. Lee, N. Crespi, J. K. Choi. ACM SIGCOMM '11. Poster Sesion. Aug. 2011.

2010

13. Is Content Publishing in BitTorrent Altruistic or Profit-Driven? [ACM][pdf]
R. Cuevas, M. Kryczka, Á. Cuevas, S. Kaune, R. Rejaie, C. Guerrero. ACM CoNEXT '10. Dec. 2010.

12. Dynamic Random Replication for Data Centric Storage [ACM][pdf]
Á. Cuevas, M. Urueña, G. Veciana. ACM MSWiM '10. Oct. 2010.
BEST PAPER AWARD.

2009

11. LWESP:Light-Weight Exterior Sensornet Protocol [IEEE][pdf]
Á. Cuevas, M. Urueña, Annett Laube, Laurent Gomez. IEEE ISCC '09. Jul. 2009.

10. fP2P-HN: A P2P-based Route Optimization Solution for Mobile IP and NEMO clients [IEEE][pdf]
Cabellos-Aparicio, R. Cuevas, J. Domingo-Pascual, Á. Cuevas, C. Guerrero. IEEE ICC '09. Jun. 2009.

9. Dynamic Random Replication for Data Centric Storage [pdf]
Á. Cuevas, P. El Khoury, L. Gomez, A. Laube, A. Sorniotti. IARIA SECUREWARE '09. Jun. 2009.
BEST PAPER AWARD.

2008

8. Security Patterns for Capturing Encryption-Based Access Control to Sensor Data [pdf]
Á. Cuevas, P. El Khoury, L. Gomez, A. Laube. IARIA SECUREWARE '08. Aug. 2008.

2007

7. Bittella: A Novel Content Distribution Overlay based on Bittorrent and Social Groups [pdf]
R. Cuevas, C. Guerrero,I. Martinez-Yelmo, Á. Cuevas, C. Navarro. PPN '07 (held at On The Move '07). Nov. 2007.

6. A Novel Overlay Network for a Secure Global Home Agent Dynamic Discovery [pdf]
Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas, M. Urueña, C Guerrero. PPN '07 (held with On The Move '07). Nov. 2007.

5. A Secure Approach for Global Home Agent Dynamic Discovery based on Peer-to-Peer
R. Cuevas, Á.Cuevas, M. Urueña, C Guerrero, J. Gutierrez. DBISP2P '07 (held with VLDB' 07). Sep. 2007.

4. A Proposal for Zigbee Cluster Interconnection Based on Zigbee Extension Devices [pdf]
Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas, M. Urueña, D. Larrabeiti. IFIP WSAN '07. Sep. 2007.

3. P2P Based Architecture for Global Home Agent Dynamic Discovery in IP Mobility [IEEE][pdf]
R. Cuevas, C. Guerrero, Á. Cuevas, M. Calderón, C.J. Bernardos. IEEE VTC-Spring '07. Apr. 2007.

2006

2. Establishing How Many VoIP Calls a Wireless LAN Can Support Without Performance Degradation [ACM][pdf]
Á. Cuevas, Chris G. Guy. ACM WMuNeP '06 (held with ACM MSWiM' 06) Oct. 2006.

1. VoIP over WLAN 802.11b simulations for infrastructure and ad-hoc networks [pdf]
Á. Cuevas, Chris G. Guy. London Communications Symposium '06. Sep. 2006.

2009

1. VoIP over WLAN Performance [CRC Press]
Á. Cuevas, R. Cuevas, A. Banchs, M. Urueña, and D. Larrabeiti. Chapter 12, VoIP Handbook: Applications, Technologies, Reliability, and Security. Dec. 2008.