Communication and Applied Technologies

Support System to Predict Student Dropout in Universities.- Classification of Electrooculography Signals Using Convolutional Neural Networks for Interaction with a Manipulator Robot.-  Lower Limb Gait Cycle and Foot Plantar Pressure Data Collection for Assistance and Rehabilitation Systems.- Virtual Reality Serious Game Session for Rehabilitation Through Calculation of the Center of Pressure in a Stabilometric Platform.- Development of an Energy Management System for a Microgrid Using Neural Networks. Case Study: San Cristobal Island, Galapagos Archipelago

Paulo Carlos López-López is a Ph.D. assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and Sociology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (USC), Ph.D. in Communication, Journalist, and Political Scientist. He is a member of the International Research Network on Communication Management and the Political Research Team of the USC. He has published more than 60 scientific papers on topics such as communication, technologies, social media, and political science. He was the director of the group "Media, Applied Technologies, and Communication" and the director of a postgraduate degree in Political Communication in Ecuador. He was awarded the Drago 2019 research award for his study on transparency and has work experience on electoral campaigns, organizational communication, press office, and parliament management. He has an H Index 10.
Daniel Barredo is an associate professor in the Journalism and Public Opinion Program of the Universidad del Rosario (Colombia) and the director of the Journalism Laboratory of the same institution. He currently works as Coordinator of the Working Group on Digital Communication, Networks, and Processes of the Latin American Association of Communication Researchers. In addition, he is a visiting researcher at the Fudan Development Institute of the Fudan University (China). His interdisciplinary work explores three lines of research: studies on public opinion and the media, studies on violence in Latin America, and international studies in a comparative key. He has a doctorate in Journalism from the University of Malaga, a master's degree and an expert in Communication, and a degree in Hispanic Philology and Audiovisual Communication from the University of Granada. He has an H index of 17 and is accredited as a senior researcher, the highest qualification granted by the Science Ministry in Colombia.
Ángel Torres-Toukoumidis is a Ph.D. candidate in Communication under the research line Media Literacy at the Universidad de