Activities

SMARTLEARN group members are very active in the research community by participating and organizing as General Chair and PC Chair many international conferences and workshops; being involved as Associate Editor, Guest Editor and Editorial Board member of high quality journals and books and giving Keynotes Talks and Seminars.

The following is a list of the SMARTLEARN’s most relevant research activities carried out by the group members so far:

• Associate Editor of the following journals:
  • Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing ISSN: 1868-5145 (print), Springer-Verlag GmbH.
  • Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence ISSN: 2624-8212, Frontiers Media SA.
• Guest Editor of  many Special Issues of international peer-reviewed Journals, such as
  • Internet of Things journal (IoT): “AIoT in Education“.
  • International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET).
  • Applied Sciencies: Special Issue “The Application and Development of E-learning“
• Editor of Proceedings of International Conferences.
• Member/Collaborator of 10 international research groups.
• Participated in 30 research projects (from Catalonia, Spain, EU and USA).
• Founder of the following events:
  • International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (INCOS).
  • International Workshop on Adaptive Learning via Interactive, Collaborative and Emotional approaches (ALICE).
• Program Committee co-chair of the following conferences (several editions):
  • International Conference on Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems (INCOS).
  • International Conference on Complex, Intelligent and Software Intensive Systems (CISIS).
  • International Conference on P2P, Parallel, Grid, Cloud and Internet Computing (3PGCIC).
  • International Conference International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications (BWCCA).
  • International Conference on Emerging Intelligent Data and Web Technologies (EIDWT).
• Chair of  International workshops
• PC member of International conferences and workshops
• Conference organizer of ER 2008 held in Barcelona and ASONAM 2018 held in Barcelona.
• Associate / Area Editor / Member of Editorial Board of many International peer-reviewed scientific journals.
• Member of the academic review board of several major International Journals.
• PhD and MSc students supervision every academic course.
• Regular reviewer of many prestigious international journals.
• Delivered keynote talks, tutorial and invited seminars in 20+ international conferences and universities.
• Knowledge transference to industry/professional sector
  • Keynote talk to “Asociación española de usuarios de telecomunicaciones y de la sociedad de información (AUTELSI) ” about the use of collaborative tools in universities. 2008
  • Keynote talk to “Foro Profesional Inteligéncia de Negocio” (2012) about ” Claves de éxito para la puesta en marcha de proyectos BI” http://www.saimasolutions.com/newsletter/2012/04/foro_bi/Agenda_e_invitacion_foro_bi_saima_solutions_2012_tic.pdf. 2012.
  • Industrial project Avanza2 with company ICA: “TREBALL@: Alineament de l’oferta laboral de la UOC amb les necessitats laborals”. Project of type INNOVA UOC. INNOVA2014 (48.000€) Cocordinated by: Jordi Conesa. 2014.
  • Industrial project MITC: “ITINER@: Sistema Tecnológico y Social para el Impulso de Rutas Arqueológicas y Turísticas y del Comercio Minorista Relacionado”. Funded by Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio (14.235€). Participated by Jordi Conesa. Ref: TSI-020302-200. 2009-2011.