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and the Ph.D. degree (Cum Laude) in telecommunications from Universitat Politecnica de Valencia (UPV), Spain, in 2013 and 2018, respectively. From 2013 to 2018 he was Graduate Research Assistant with the Broadband Internetworking Research Group, UPV. From 2016 to 2017 he was a Research Scholar with the Broadband Wireless Networking Laboratory, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. He is currently an Associate Professor with the College of Engineering, Universidad Nacional de Chimborazo, Ecuador. His research interests include wireless communications, software-defined networks, 5G and beyond cellular systems, Internet of Things, and machine learning. He is a member of the IEEE and ACM. He received the Best Academic Record Award from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación, UPV, in 2013; the IEEE ComSoc Award for attending the IEEE ComSoc Summer School at The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA, in 2017; the Extraordinary Doctoral Thesis Award from the Escuela de Doctorado, UPV, in 2019; and the Best Researcher Award from the Ecuadorian Corporation for the Development of Research and the Academy (CEDIA), in 2021.




Talia Tene holds a Bachelor's degree in Bioscience from the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo (Ecuador), which was awarded in 2013. Additionally, she obtained her Ph.D. in Physics and Quantum Technologies from the Università della Calabria (Italy) in 2017. Currently, she is an Associate Professor at the Universidad Técnica Particular de Loja (UTPL, Ecuador), with over 10 years of experience in research and university teaching. She has more than 20 publications in high-impact journals covering both experimental and theoretical works. Her areas of interest include nanotechnology, quantum biology, and radiation physics. Throughout her career, Talia has received various awards and recognitions. She was a SENESCYT (Ecuador) scholarship holder from 2013 to 2017 to pursue her doctoral studies, received a scholarship from the University of Tor Vergata (Italy) in 2022 for postdoctoral studies, was awarded the merit for best researcher of 2021-2022 by the province of Loja (Ecuador), and has recently been awarded a new postdoctoral scholarship by the University of Calabria as part of the Horizon 2020-2030 program.




Deysi Inca is an Engineer in Electronics and Computing of the Polytechnic School of Chimborazo in 2010. Winner of the First Place in the call for papers made by the National Polytechnic School and Private Technical University of Loja (2010). She obtained the title of Master in Network Communication at the Pontifical Catholic University of Ecuador in 2016. Currently, she is an occasional professor with the Faculty of Engineering of the National University of Chimborazo in Ecuador. Her main research interests are in the field of Antennas, Communication Networks and Nano.




Ivone Santillán has a Bachelor at L/SNT1 - Nursing and midwifery School, Faculty of Medicine at Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy. She has a Family and Community Health Nursing Master Degree, Faculty of Medicine at Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italy. Her research area corresponds to the nano communications at molecular level.




Albert Espinal Santana has a Computer Science Engineer Degree from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral in Ecuador, 1996. He has a Management Information Systems Master Degree from Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, 2001. Also a Business Administration Master Degree from University of Quebec in Montreal, 2007. He has a Ph.D. Degree in Engineering from Universidad Nacional de Cuyo in Argentina, 2021. Albert is an Associate Professor at Escuela Superior Politécnica del Litoral, Ecuador, where he had worked from 1996. His research areas correspond to data networks, traffic patterns and predictive algorithms, mathematical modelling, quality of service, Learning Ontology and engineering education.




Nicolay Samaniego Doctor in Educational Technology: E-learning and Knowledge Management from the Rovira i Virgili University graduated with honors (cum laude), studies carried out by the scholarship granted by SENESCYT. Master's in University Academic Management from the National University of Chimborazo. Master in Communication and Educational Technology: E-learning and Knowledge Management from the Rovira i Virgili University. Electronics and Computing Engineer, full professor with the Faculty of Informatics. and Electronics of the Higher Polytechnic School of Chimborazo and with the Faculty of Education, Human Sciences and Technologies of the National University of Chimborazo in Riobamba, Ecuador. Member of ARGET: Applied Research Group in Education and Technology (Ref. 2009SGR596) of the Rovira i Virgili University.