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Riofrío Luzcando, Diego Fernando
Quantitative Methods
PhD: Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
BIO
Professor Luzcando has approximately ten years’ experience in teaching and research, and combines a solid background in engineering and computer systems with a strong commitment to educational excellence. He has made significant contributions as both a professor and a researcher, participating in the creation and development of innovative academic programs at various educational levels. In addition, he has held university management positions, leading educational strategies and interdisciplinary collaborations that have resulted in the creation of new degrees and master programmes. He has published a significant number of articles on human-computer interaction and expert computer systems focused on education in high-impact scientific journals. His experience also extends to the business sector, specifically in software development, which allows him to offer a practical and up-to-date vision in the academic arena.
Researcher IDs:
orcid.org/0000-0002-9000-9847
SCOPUS ID: 57090951900
https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=xRCf6HYAAAAJ
Education
PhD in Software and Systems, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2017)
MSc in Software and Systems, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (2012)
BSc in Computer Systems Engineering, Escuela Politécnica Nacional del Ecuador (2006)
Research Interests
Human-Computer Interaction, Virtual Reality, Educational Virtual Environments (e-learning), Adaptive Systems for Education, Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Expert Systems, Data Mining for Education, Data Science.
Career
Instructor and Researcher, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, August 2023–August 2024
Instructor, Escuela Politécnica Nacional Quito, Ecuador, October 2022–August 2023
Dean of the Digital School (October 2019–August 2023), Coordinator of the Master in Computer Science (February 2018–September 2019), Instructor and Researcher (October 2017–August 2023), Universidad Internacional SEK Quito, Ecuador
Seminar Instructor, R&D for virtual environments for education, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, November 2010–August 2012
Software Developer, Frameworks Cía. Ltda., Quito, Ecuador, October 2007–September 2010
Publications in Scientific Journals
Cajas Cajas, V.; Riofrío-Luzcando, D.; Carrión Jumbo, J.; Martinez-Mosquera, D.; Morejón Hidalgo, V.: “Data Lake Optimization: An Educational Analysis Case”, IV International Conference on Research and Innovation - CI3 2023, 2024.
Vasquez, Ricardo; Riofrío-Luzcando, Diego; Carrion-Jumbo, Joe; Guevara, César: “Emotion classification using EEG headset signals and Random Forests”, CISTI'2023 - 18th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, 2023.
Riofrío-Luzcando, Diego; Ramírez, Jaime; Moral, C.; de Antonio, A.; Berrocal-Lobo, Marta: “Visualizing a collective student model for procedural training environments”, Multimedia Tools and Applications, 1-28, 2019.
Gavilanes-Sagnay, Fredy; Loza-Aguirre, Edison; Riofrío-Luzcando, Diego; Segura-Morales, Marco: “Improving the Use of Virtual Worlds in Education Through Learning Analytics: A State of Art”,Proceedings of the FutureTechnologies Conference, pp. 1123-1132, Springer, Cham, 2019
Riofrio-Luzcando, Diego; Ramirez, Jaime; Berrocal-Lobo, Marta: “Predicting Student Actions in a Procedural Training Environment”, IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 10(4,) pp. 463–474, 2017.
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