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Edmundo Tovar
Madrid Polytechnic University
Spain
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Brief Bio
Edmundo Tovar (M’94–SM’06), received a Computer Engineering degree and a Ph.D. degree in
Informatics from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, (UPM), Madrid, Spain, in 1986 and 1994,
respectively. Currently (2001-), with the UPM, he is a professor of IT in enterprise. He is a
Certified Software Development Professional (2005- ) and Professional Software Engineering
Master Certification (2015- ) by the IEEE Computer Society.
He has served as an elected member of the OpenCourseWare Consortium Board of Directors
(2009–2013), Executive Director of the OCW Office of the UPM (2008–2012), and Executive
Director of the Open Education Office at UPM (2013-2016).
Consultant in Quality Assurance, he has been a member of many Committees of external
Evaluation National and International Plans of Universities Evaluation. He has been Associate Dean
for Quality and Strategic Planning (2007-2012) ). Currently, he is a member of the Accreditation
Committee for EUROINF, European Quality Level for Informatics Studies (ANECA).
He leads an Innovation Group and a Research Group in technologies applied to Open Education.
He is the Editor of the Information Technology Editorial Board of MERLOT (Educational Resource
for Learning and Online Teaching -www.merlot.org). He is the author of around 300 papers in
Engineering Education.
Cofounder of the Spanish Chapter of the Education Society (2004-2006), he has been a member
at large of the IEEE Education Society Board of Governors (2005–2013), Vice President of
EducationalActivities and Awards (2013–2018), President-Elect (2019-2020), President (2021-
2022) and currently junior past President (2023-2024). He was awarded the 2022 “Ramón Llull “
Research National Prize in Computer Engineering.
Member of different Educational Activities Board (EAB) Standing Committees (2013-now). He is
very involved in many IEEE Conferences as general chair and member of different Steering
Committees of these conferences and Professional member of IEEE-ETA KAPPA NU (2019) and
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Tania Di Mascio
DISIM, University of L'Aquila
Italy
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Brief Bio
Tania Di Mascio is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information Engineering, Computer Science, and Mathematics (DISIM) at the University of L'Aquila. She teaches courses on Methods and Methodologies for ICT and Advanced Database Systems. At the University of L'Aquila, she is responsible of the Interaction and Computational Systems Laboratory and oversees the L'Aquila node of CINI Assisting Technology.
In addition to her academic roles, she serves as an Innovation Manager for MIMIT and is a co-founder and CXO of Project Innovation Srl. Prof. Di Mascio has participated in numerous EU projects, assuming significant scientific management roles. Currently, she coordinates the Assistive Technology and Embedded System research group (ATES@AQ).
Her primary research interests include human-computer interaction, assistive technologies and embedded systems, and technology-enhanced learning. She has authored or co-authored over 150 research articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.
Prof. Di Mascio is a member of several steering committees for international and national conferences. She acts as a referee for numerous international journals and frequently serves on organizing and program committees for conferences and workshops. Additionally, she is an active member of SIGCHI, the Center of Excellence of DEWS, and the HiPEAC (High Performance, Edge, and Cloud Computing) European Organization. ... More >>