UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA (UPV) / INSTITUTO DE AUTOMÁTICA E INFORMÁTICA INDUSTRIAL (AI2)

Universitat politécnica de València (UPV) has repeatedly ranked amongst the top 5 European Universities in student exchange figures under the Erasmus+ Programme. UPV has experience in the management of European projects and takes part in different actions: Erasmus+ (Capacity Building in Higher Education, Knowledge Alliances, Strategic Partnerships, etc.), Creative Europe, Horizon2020, etc. and in several international networks such as Magalhaes, Santander Group, CARPE, etc. In this univiersity is the Instituto de Automática e Informática Industrial (AI2), whose researchers make use of systems engineering, automation and computer science to innovate in products or services that increase the quality of life, physical and mental health, education and social well-being: from the design of an intelligent sensor for its integration into clothing, through virtual and augmented reality systems for the rehabilitation of patients with brain damage, or treatment of psychological disorders, until the development of an automatic control system for insulin dosage in diabetics.

RESEARCHERS

José-Antonio Lozano-Quilis has a PhD in Computer Science from the UPV (Universitat Politècnica de València), where he currently works as a Hired Doctor Professor, attached to the DSIC (Department of Computer Systems and Computation). He works as a researcher at the Institute of Automation and Industrial Informatics (AI2) of said university. Since 1996 his research work has specialized in the field of Virtual Reality (VR) applied to the treatment of Psychological Disorders, and Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation. Within the Psychological Disorders, his works on the application of RV to the treatment of various phobias (claustrophobia, phobia to fly, agoraphobia, fear of public speaking) can be cited (his doctoral thesis was based on virtual tele-therapy applied to the latter)), eating disorders (anorexia, bulimia) and emotional disorders (posttraumatic stress and depression). Within the Cognitive and Motor Rehabilitation, his works on the application of RV to the treatment of people with Alzheimer’s principles, and to the treatment of people with Multiple Sclerosis can be cited. This research work has been carried out by participating in more than 20 national and international funding research projects, and also it has produced the publication of more than 10 articles in international journals included in the Journal Citation Report, and in the presentation of more of 40 communications in national and international conferences. He is currently a member of the ai2 (Institute of Automation and Industrial Informatics), where he not only continues to develop the previous mentioned research works, but he is expanding it in the field of psychoeducational intervention of children with autism.

José-Antonio Gil-Gómez is a PhD in Computer Science from the UPV (Polytechnic University of Valencia), and works as a researcher at the Institute of Automation and Industrial Informatics (AI2) of said university. The scientific trajectory of the researcher has been linked for more than 20 years to the application of technologies to the field of health. Within this field, its collaboration in two areas: rehabilitation and psychology. The researcher has participated in 55 R&D projects financed in competitive calls at European, national and regional level, participating well as a researcher, as well as a principal investigator. He has also participated in more than 17 research contracts. Among the publications of the researcher are more than 30 publications in journals indexed in the JCR (most of them in the first or second quartile) and more than 60 contributions in research conferences, all with peer review and ISBN process, and several of them included in quality indices such as CORE.

José-Antonio Gil-Gómez is a PhD in Computer Science from the UPV (Polytechnic University of Valencia), and works as a researcher at the Institute of Automation and Industrial Informatics (AI2) of said university. The scientific trajectory of the researcher has been linked for more than 20 years to the application of technologies to the field of health. Within this field, its collaboration in two areas: rehabilitation and psychology. The researcher has participated in 55 R&D projects financed in competitive calls at European, national and regional level, participating well as a researcher, as well as a principal investigator. He has also participated in more than 17 research contracts. Among the publications of the researcher are more than 30 publications in journals indexed in the JCR (most of them in the first or second quartile) and more than 60 contributions in research conferences, all with peer review and ISBN process, and several of them included in quality indices such as CORE. 

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