Communication, Smart Technologies and Innovation for Society

Comparative Analysis of the Dispersion Parameters of a Microstrip Antenna for the 57-64, 64-71 and 71-76 GHz Bands.- Data Augmentation Techniques Applied to Improve a Vitiligo Database.- Bacteria Identification in Machangara River Water Capable of Metabolizing Emerging Estrone Pollutant.- Simulation of a Condenser Component of a Thermal System Driven by Solar Energy for Seawater.- Google Classroom as a Mobile and Blended Learning Strategy for Salesian Groups Training.- Model of State Spaces for Estimating the Dynamic Origin- Destination Matrix for a Public Transport Network by Applying the Kalman Filter.- Limitations and Potentialities of Organic or Non-Conventional Milk Production in Ecuador.- A Proposed Model for Electricity Demand Forecasting in Ecuador considering Akaike Criterion.- Sustainable Management Model of an Isolated Rural Electrification Project using Renewable Photovoltaic Energy.- Benchmarking of Supervised Machine Learning Algorithms in the Early Failure Prediction ofa Water Pumping System.- Intelligent White Cane for Visually Impaired People based on an Ultrasonic Sensor.- Design And Implementation of a Software For Solving Wave Equations.- Smart Contracts For User Registration on Ethereum Technology: Systematic Literature Review.- Analysis of the Productivity of Pair Programming vs Solo Programming in a University Classroom.- Vibrations Associated with the Quality of Combustion Derived from Induced Failures in a Spark Ignition Engine.- Modified First Stage of French Vertical Flow Constructed Wetlands for Wastewater Treatment in Highlands: Start-up of the System.

Álvaro Rocha holds the title of Honorary Professor, and holds a D.Sc. in Information Science, Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies, M.Sc. in Information Management, and BCs in Computer Science. He is a professor of Information Systems at the University of Lisbon - ISEG and a researcher at the ADVANCE (the ISEG Centre for Advanced Research in Management. He is also President of AISTI (the Iberian Association for Information Systems and Technologies), Chair of the IEEE Portugal Section Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Chapter, and Editor-in-Chief of both JISEM (Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management) and RISTI (Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies). Moreover, he has served as Vice-Chair of Experts for the European Commission's Horizon 2020 program, and as an Expert at the COST - intergovernmental framework for European Cooperation in Science and Technology, at the Government of Italy's Ministry of Universities and Research, at theGovernment of Latvia's Ministry of Finance, at the Government of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology, and at the Government of Polish's National Science Centre. 

Paulo Carlos López-López is professor and researcher in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), PhD in Communication, journalist and political scientist. He is a member of the International Research Network on Communication Management, the Political Research Team of the USC and the Iberian Association of Information Systems and Technologies. He has published more than sixty scientific papers on topics such as communication, social media and political science. He was director of the group "Media, Applied Technologies and Communication" and director of a postgraduate degree in Political Communication in Ecuador. He was awarded the Drago 2019 research award for his study on transparency. Work experience on electoral campaigns,