Researchers
Professor (UNED)
Raquel Dormido received the degree in physics from the Complutense University of Madrid, in 1995, and the Ph.D. degree in science from the National Distance Education University (UNED), in 2001. Since 1995, she has been with the Department of Computer Sciences and Automatic Control, UNED, as an Assistant Professor. Her research interests include the modeling and simulation of industrial processes, machine learning, and the design of systems for control education.
Emeritus Professor (UNED)
Sebastián Dormido (Member, IEEE) received the B.S. degree in physics from the Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 1968, the Ph.D. degree in science from Basque Country University, Bilbao, Spain, in 1971, and the Doctor Honorary degree from Universidad de Huelva and Universidad de Almería. In 1981, he was appointed as a Professor in control engineering with National Distance Education University (UNED), Madrid. He has authored or coauthored more than 250 technical papers in international journals and conferences and has supervised more than 35 Ph.D. theses. His research interests include the computer control of industrial processes, model-based predictive control, hybrid control, and web-based laboratories for distance education. From 2001 to 2006, he was the President of the Spanish Association of Automatic Control, CEA-IFAC. He received the National Automatic Control Prize from the IFAC Spanish Automatic Control Committee.
Professor (UNED)
María Guinaldo received the B.S. degree in computer engineering and the M.S. degree in physics from the University of Salamanca, Salamanca, Spain, in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree in computer engineering from the National Distance Education University (UNED), in 2013. She is currently an Associate Professor with the Department of Computer Sciences and Automatic Control, UNED. Her research interests include networked control systems, event-based control, multi-agent systems, and engineering education.
PhD student
Francisco-José Mañas-Álvarez received the B.S. degree in industrial electronics engineering and the M.S. degree in industrial engineering from the University of Almería, Almería, Spain, in 2019, and the M.S. degree in systems and control engineering from the National Distance Education University (UNED), in 2022, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Computer Sciences and Automatic Control. His research interests include mobile robot control, robot navigation, multi-agent systems, and engineering education.
Assistant Professor
Jacobo Sáenz received the M.Sc. degree in physics from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 2013, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED), Madrid, in 2019.,He is currently an Assistant Professor with the Department of Computer Science and Automatic Control, UNED. His research interests include online laboratory development, control engineering, robotics, and heuristic algorithms.
Rafael Socas received the B.Sc. degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of Las Palmas, Spain, in 1998, and the M.Sc. degree in systems engineering and automatic control from the National Distance Education University, Madrid, Spain, in 2013, where he is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the Department of Computer Sciences and Automatic Control. His research interests are event-based-control, mobile robot navigation, and wireless control systems.