Scientific Activities

Research Stays:

  1. Post-doctoral research stay. Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium. Hosted by Dr. Jean Vanderdonckt. From August 1st, 2017 to January 31st, 2018. (Grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport, Salvador de Madariaga Program) (6 months)
  2. Post-doctoral research and teaching stay. Universita degli Studi di Bari – Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy. From December 12, 2016 to January 14, 2017. Host: Prof. Dr. Francesca Costabile (Guest) (1 month)
  3. Post-doctoral research stay. Research Affiliate. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU), Software Engineering Institute (SEI). Pittsburgh, USA. Hosted by Dr. Lawrence Jones. From March 1st to Julio 31st, 2012. (Grant GVA) (5 months)
  4. Pre-doctoral research stay. Brigham Young University (BYU), Provo, USA. Department of Computer Science. Hosted by Professor Stephen Liddle and David Embley. From October 1st to December 23rd, 2001. (Guest) (3 months)
  5. Pre-doctoral research stay. University of Twente, the Netherlands. Computer Science Department. Hosted by Professor Roel Wieringa. From April 1st to December 23rd, 1999. (Grant UPV) (9 months)
  6. Pre-doctoral research stay. Universidad Federal de Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brasil. Instituto de Informática. Hosted by Professor Carlos Heuser. July 1-30, 1998. (Guest) (1 month)

Scientific Activities and Journal Board Memberships (29):

  1. Member of the Editorial Board. Modelling Journal. ISSN 2673-3951, Published by MDPI, Basel, Switzerland, 2021.
  2. Member of the Steering Committee. International Conference on Emerging Networks and Systems Intelligence (EMERGING). Since 2018 to date.
  3. Member of the Editorial Board. Journal of Mathematical Problems in Engineering (MPE). Editorial: Hindawi Publishing Corporation, New York, USA. ISSN: 1024-123X (Print), ISSN: 1563-5147 (Online). Since 2014 to date. Impact Factor: 1.082 Journal Citation Reports (JCR).
  4. Member of the Technical Committee. Latin-American Journal of Computing (LAJC). Editorial Escuela Politécnica Nacional, Ecuador. e-ISSN: 1390-9134 ISSN: 1390-9266. Since 2022 to date.
  5. Co-Coordinator of the Software Engineering Working Group. Centro Latinoamericano de Estudios en Informática (CLEI), Since 2021 to date.
  6. Member of the Experts Committee “Programa de Sellos Internacionales de Calidad de ANECA”. Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación (ANECA). Since 2016 to date.
  7. Member of the Editorial Board. Journal of Science and Technology. Area Bioinformatics. Online ISSN: 2314-5234. DOI: 10.11131/OAJoST. AgiAl Press. Egypt.
  8. Member of the Editorial Board. International Journal of Business Information and Technology (IJBIT). Editorial: Science Target Inc., Canadá, ISSN: 1929-0985. Since 2012 to 2015.
  9. Member of the Editorial Board. Computing and Systems Journal – Revista de Sistemas e Computação (RSC). ISSN: 2237-2903, Editorial: UNIFACS, Brasil. Since 2011 to date. ISSN 2237-2903.
  10. Member of the Advisory Board. IEOM International Conference on Operations Excellence & Service Engineering. IEOM Society. Orlando, USA. 10 al 11 de Septiembre de 2015.
  11. Member of the Reviewer Board. Journal Informatics Technology Management – GTI (Revista Gerencia Tecnológica Informática) Spanish. Edited by the Instituto Tecnológico Iberoamericano de Colombia (ITI). ISSN: 657-8236. From June 2004 to 2019.
  12. Expert Reviewer of the National Agency of Evaluation and Foresight (Agencia Nacional de Evaluación y Prospectiva – ANEP). Ministry of Science and Innovation. Since Sept. 2006 to date.
  13. Member of the Management Committee of Action IC0904: Towards the Integration of Transectorial IT Design and Evaluation (TwinTide), funded by the European cooperation in the field of scientific and technical research (COST). From 2010-2014.
  14. Revisor Revista “Software Quality Journal” SQJO-D-15-00208 “Enhancing the Cognitive Effectiveness of UML”. 2016. JCR: 1,143
  15. Revisor Revista “Software Quality Journal” SQJO-D-15-00196 “A method for measuring the constraint complexity of components in automotive embedded software systems”. 2016. JCR: 1,143
  16. Revisor Revista “Software Quality Journal” SQJO‐D‐14‐00167 “Software Quality Improvement Applied on Domain Driven Software Development Process”. 2014. JCR: 1,143
  17. Revisor Revista “International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making” IJITDM‐D‐14‐00050 “Investigating the Beaty-Utility Dilemma: Should we Focus on the Attractive or the Important”. 2014. Science Citation Index Expanded: 1,406. ISSN: 0219-6220. Publisher: World Scientific Publishing (London, UK),
  18. Revisor Revista “International Journal of Human‐Computer Studies” IJHCS‐D‐13‐00087 “Investigating and promoting UX practice in industry: an experimental study”. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0,898. ISSN: 1071-5819, Publisher: Elsevier B.V., the Netherlands, 2013.
  19. Revisor Revista “International Journal of Human‐Computer Studies” IJHCS‐D‐13‐00125 “Why User‐Centred Design and Agile development are Hard to Mix in Practice and what to do about it”. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 0,898. ISSN: 1071-5819, Publisher: Elsevier B.V., the Netherlands, 2013.
  20. Invited Reviewer Information and Software Technology (IST). INFSOF‐D‐13‐00155 “Usability Heuristics: A Systematic Literature Review”. ISSN: 0950-5849, JCR Impact Factor: 1.328, Publisher: Elsevier B.V., the Netherlands, 2013.
  1. Invited Reviewer IET Software Journal (IET). SEN-2012-0039 “A Survey on Techniques to Find Objects in the Object-Oriented Software Development” ISSN: 1751-8806. Publisher: The Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK, June, 2012. JCR: 0,536
  2. Invited Reviewer Journal of Systems and Software (JSS). JSS-D-12-00279. “A model-driven approach to develop high quality web applications Journal of Systems and Software” Special Issue “Usability in Software Development” ISSN: 0164-1212, Publisher: Elsevier B.V., the Netherlands, 2012. SCImago Journal Rank (SJR): 1.381. JCR Impact Factor: 1.352.
  3. Invited Reviewer Journal of Web Engineering (JWE). Special Issue “Quality in new generation Web applications” ISSN: 1540-9589, Rinton Press (Princeton, New Jersey), 2012. JCR Impact Factor: 0,412.
  4. Revisor Revista “IET Software”. SEN-2011-0028 “Introduction to a requirements framework for novice web developers”. ISSN: 1751-8806. Publisher: The Institution of Engineering and Technology, UK. 2011. JCR: 0,536
  5. Invited Reviewer IEEE Software. Special Issue: “Software Development for Embedded Systems”, ISSN: 0740-7459, IEEE Press. Mayo/Junio 2009. JCR Impact Factor: 0,536.
  6. Invited Reviewer IEEE Software. SWSI-2008-11-0231 «Lessons Learned from Model-Based Verification of Embedded Control Systems in the Automotive Domain», Special Issue: «Software Development for Embedded Systems». Editorial: IEEE Press. Fecha publicación: Mayo/Junio 2009 ISSN: 0740-7459, IEEE Press. 2008. JCR Impact Factor: 2,039.
  7. Reviewer for the Special Issue of the Journal of Web Engineering (JWE). Best papers of 1st International Workshop on Web Usability and Accessibility (IWWUA). ISSN: 1540-9589 Rinton Press (Princeton, New Jersey) Vol.7 No.4 December 1, 2008. JCR Impact Factor: 0,412.
  8. Invited Reviewer Iberoamerican Journal “Computación y Sistemas”. ISSN: 1405-5546. June, 2005.
  9. Invited Reviewer IEEE Software. Special Issue: “Software Development for Embedded Systems”, ISSN: 0740-7459, IEEE Press. 2000. JCR Impact Factor: 2,039.

Events Organization (23):

  1. Scientific Track Chair (Quality Aspects in Software Product Management and Requirements Engineering) – 15th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology (QUATIC 2022), Talavera de la Reina, Spain, September 12-14, 2022.
  2. Scientific Track Chair (Metodologías, Calidad y Pruebas del Software) – XXVI Jornadas de Ingeniería del Software y Bases de Datos (JISBD 2022). Santiago de Compostela, Spain, Septiembre 2022.
  3. Scientific Track Chair (Managing IS Development and Operations) – 30th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2022), Cluj-Napoca, Romania, August 31-September 2, 2022.
  4. General Chair – 29th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2021), Valencia, Spain, September 8-10, 2021.
  5. Program Chair (Latin American Software Engineering Symposium – SLISW) XLVI Conferencia Latinoamericana de Informática (CLEI 2020), Loja, Ecuador, Octubre 19-23, 2020.
  6. Scientific Track Chair (Managing IS Development) – 28th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2019), Toulon, France, August 28-30, 2019. CORE A.
  7. Scientific Track Chair (Managing IS Development) – 27th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2018), Lund, Sweden, August 22-24, 2018. CORE A.
  8. Publicity Chair – IEEE 25th International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE 2017), Lisbon, Portugal, September 4-8, 2017. CORE A.
  9. Scientific Track Chair (Managing IS Development) – 26th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2017), Larnaca, Cyprus, September 6-8, 2017. CORE A.
  10. Scientific Track Chair (Managing IS Development) – 25th International Conference on Information Systems Development (ISD 2016), Katowice, Poland, August 24-26, 2016. CORE A.
  11. Workshops Co-Chair. ACM/IEEE 18th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2015), Ottawa, Canada. Sept 30 to Oct 2, 2015. CORE B.
  12. Local Organizing Chair. ACM/IEEE 17th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS 2014), Valencia, Spain, September 28 – October 3, 2014. CORE B.
  13. Workshop Co-Chair. Emilio Insfran, Gary Chastek, Patrick Donohoe, John McGregor. Second International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Practices on Software Product Line Engineering and Reuse (REPOS 2013) co-located with the Requirements Engineering Conference (RE 2013). Río de Janeiro, Brasil July 15-19, 2013.
  14. Local Organizing Chair – AADL User Days and Standard Committee Meeting (AADL 2013), Valencia, Spain, February 4-7, 2013.
  15. Workshop Co-Chair. Emilio Insfran, Gary Chastek, Patrick Donohoe. First International Workshop on Requirements Engineering Practices on Software Product Line Engineering (REPOS 2012) co-located with the Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2012). Salvador, Brazil. September 4, 2012.
  16. Executive Committee Member. XV Jornadas de Ingeniería del Software y Bases de Datos (JISBD 2010), Valencia, España. September 7-10, 2010.
  17. Organizing Committee Member. XV Jornadas de Ingeniería del Software y Bases de Datos (JISBD 2010), Valencia, España. September 7-10, 2010.
  18. Organizing Committee Member. V International Workshop on Requirements Engineering (WER 2002). ISBN: 84-96023-01-X. Valencia, España. November 11-12, 2002.
  19. Organizing Committee Member. I Taller Internacional de Modelado de Interfaces de Usuario (TIMIU 2002). Denia, España. March 15, 2002.
  20. Organizing Committee Member. 5to Workshop Iberoamericano de Ingeniería de Requisitos y Ambientes de Software (IDEAS 2002). La Habana, Cuba. April 23-26, 2002.
  21. Organizing Committee Member. First International Workshop on Web-Oriented Software Technology (IWWOST 2001). Valencia, España. June 18-20, 2001.
  22. Organizing Committee Member. IV Jornadas Iberoamericanas de Ingeniería de Requisitos y Ambientes de Software (IDEAS 2001). Heredia, Costa Rica. April 3-6, 2001.
  23. Organizing Committee Member. II Workshop Iberoamericano de Ingeniería de Requisitos y Ambientes de Software (IDEAS 1999). San José, Costa Rica. March 24-26, 1999.