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Curriculum

Educational Background

• Computer Engineer from the School of Computer Science at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (2005)
• Ph.D. in Computer Engineering from the University of Castilla-La Mancha (2010)

Professional Experience

• Part time instructor at the School of Computer Science at the University of Castilla-La Mancha (2006-2010)
• Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Cantabria (2010-2011)
• Contracted Doctoral Professor in the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Cantabria (2011-2017)
• Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Sciences at the University of Cantabria (2017 to present)

Teaching

Computer Science Degree for the 2024/25 academic year

• Information Systems (2nd year)
• Human-Computer Interaction (3rd year)

Master's Degree in Computer Science for the 2024/25 academic year

• Design and Evaluation of Interactive Systems
• Management Skills and Professional Certifications

Master's Degree in Information Technology for Smart and Sustainable Mobility for the 2024/25 academic year

• Human Computer Interaction for Sustainable and Mobile Application Spatial Development

Office Hours

• Thursdays from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
• Fridays from 10:30 AM to 1:30 PM

Research

Research Lines

• Development and application of Software Engineering techniques in Human-Computer Interaction
• Computer-Supported Cooperative Work/Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
• m-Health/u-Health

Research Group Affiliation

• M&C:FLAI (Mathematics & Computation: Foundations, Learning and Artificial Intelligence)

Recent Articles

S. Salomón, R. Duque, S. Bringas, K.M de Oliveira. Quality-in-Use in Practice: A Study for Context-Aware Software Systems in Pervasive Environments. Journal of Software: Evolution and Process, 37: e2764, 2025, doi: 10.1002/smr.2764

S. Bringas, R. Duque, C. Lage and J. L. Montaña. CLADSI: Deep Continual Learning for Alzheimer's Disease Stage Identification using accelerometer data. IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics, vol.28, 6, pp. 3401-3410, 2024, doi: 10.1109/JBHI.2024.3392354.

C. Bravo, R. Duque, A. I. Molina and J. Gallardo. Modeling Awareness Requirements in Groupware: From Cards to Diagrams. IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems, vol. 54, no. 1, pp. 56-67, Feb. 2024, doi: 10.1109/THMS.2023.3332592.

R. Duque, C. Bravo, S. Bringas and D. Postigo. Leveraging a visual language for the awareness-based design of interaction requirements in digital twins. Future Generation Computer Systems, vol. 153, pp. 41-51, 2024, doi: 10.1016/j.future.2023.11.018.

M. P. C. Angeloni, R. Duque, K. M. de Oliveira, E. G.-L. Strugeon, and C. Tirnauca. A Tertiary Study on Quality in Use Evaluation of Smart Environment Applications. In: Araújo, J., de la Vara, J.L., Santos, M.Y., Assar, S. (eds) Research Challenges in Information Science. RCIS 2024. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 513. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59465-6_8

C. Vicedo, C. A. Nieto-Reyes, S. Bringas, R.Duque, C. Lage and J.L. Montaña. Automatic apraxia detection using deep convolutional neural networks and similarity methods. Machine Vision and Applications 34, 60, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00138-023-01413-2.

S. Salomón, S. Bringas, R. Duque, J. L. Montaña and A. J. González. Wildlife Species Recognition Using Deep Learning. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC), Honolulu, Oahu, HI, USA, 2023, pp. 221-227, doi: 10.1109/SMC53992.2023.10394465.

M.P.C. Angeloni, K.M. de Oliveira, E. Grislin-Le Strugeon, R. Duque and C. Tirnauca. A Review on Quality in Use Evaluation of Smart Environment Applications: What’s Next? . Companion Proceedings of the 2023 ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems, Association for Computing Machinery, Swansea, United Kingdom, 2023: pp. 9–15

Profiles in Some Publication Databases

• The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
• Google Scholar
• ORCID: 0000-0001-8636-3213
• Web of Science ResearcherID:I-4015-2013

Ongoing Research Projects

• Research on AutoML techniques and algorithms. Funding body: Technological Component Center. Reference: TCNIC 2022. Execution period: 2023 to 2026. Main researcher.
• LIAISON: Lowering transport environmental impact along the whole life cycle of the future transport infrastructure. Execution period: 2023-2025. Funding body: European Commission; Tecnalia Research & Innovation Foundation.
• CIRCUIT: Holistic approach to foster circular and resilient transport infrastructures and support the deployment of green and innovative public procurement and engineering practices. Execution period: 2023-2026. Forum des laboratoires nationaux européens de recherche routière; European Commission.
• HAMELIN: Human-guided Automatic Machine Learning for Clinical Studies. Funding body: Government of Spain (Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities). Reference: PID2023-146243OB-I00. Execution period: 2024-2027. Main researcher.

Supervised PhD Theses

• An approach based on natural user interfaces and deep learning to monitor patients with Alzheimer's disease. Santos Bringas Tejero. University of Cantabria. Defense date: 10/02/2023.
• Data-driven and model-based framework to assess quality in use of software. Sergio Salomón García. University of Cantabria. Defense date: 13/07/2023.

International Collaborators

• Káthia Marcal de Oliveira. Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France (France).
• Carmen Lage. Global Brain Health Institute (USA).
• Ton de Jong. University of Twente (Netherlands).
• Avelino J. Gonzalez. University of Central Florida (USA).

Contact

Address:
Depto. de Matemáticas, Estadística y Computación
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de Cantabria
Avda. Los Castros s/n
E-39071 SANTANDER, Spain.

E-mail:
rafael.duque at unican.es

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