Guillermo vera

More than 20 years of experience in modeling and analysis of dynamical systems, development of technological solutions for health, defense, and university contexts. Focus on complex systems, adaptation/innovation technologies, multi-agent systems, distributed and network operations, and resilient environments.
Journal Articles
Salinas, Á., Nussbaum, M., Herrera, O., Solarte, M., & Aldunate, R. (2016). Factors affecting the adoption of information and communication technologies in teaching. Education and Information Technologies, 1-22.
Caroca, J., Bruno, M. A., & Aldunate, R. G. (2016). Situated Learning based on Virtual Environment for improving Disaster Risk Reduction. Journal of e-Learning and Knowledge Society, 12(4).
Islam, S., Buttlar, W., Aldunate, R., & Vavrik, W. (2014). Measurement of pavement roughness using android-based smartphone application. Transportation Research Record: Journal of the Transportation Research Board, (2457), 30-38.
Bruno, M. A., Aldunate, R. G., & Melendez, J. (2014). Personalization of Serious Video Games for Self Care in Aging. IEEE Latin America Transactions, 12(3), 484-490.
Aldunate, R., & Nussbaum, M. (2013). Teacher adoption of technology. Computers in Human Behavior, 29(3), 519-524.
Aldunate, R. G., Schmidt, K. N., & Herrera, O. (2012). Enabling communication in emergency response environments. Sensors, 12(5), 6380-6394.
Vera, R., Ochoa, S. F., & Aldunate, R. G. (2011). EDIPS: an Easy to Deploy Indoor Positioning System to support loosely coupled mobile work. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, 15(4), 365-376.
Kostoulas, D., Aldunate, R., Mora, F. P., & Lakhera, S. (2008). A nature-inspired decentralized trust model to reduce information unreliability in complex disaster relief operations. Advanced Engineering Informatics, 22(1), 45-58.
Herrera, O., Ochoa, S. F., Neyem, A., Betti, M., Aldunate, R., & Fuller, D. A. (2007). A mobile portfolio to support communities of practice in science education. In International Conference on Online Communities and Social Computing (pp. 416-425). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Kostoulas, D., Aldunate, R., Peña-Mora, F., & Lakhera, S. (2006). A decentralized trust model to reduce information unreliability in complex disaster relief operations. In Intelligent Computing in Engineering and Architecture (pp. 383-407). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Conferences and Talks
Aldunate, R. G., Pena-Mora, F., Nussbaum, M., Valenzuela, A., & Navarro, C. (2016). Self-organizing Connectivity for Mobile Agents in Dynamical Environments. In Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence: 10th International Conference, UCAmI 2016, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, Spain, November 29–December 2, 2016, Part II 10 (pp. 230-241). Springer International Publishing.
Aldunate, R. G., Hidalgo, O., Navarro, C., & Valenzuela, A. (2016). Video Game-Based Early and Quick Safety and Stability Assessment of Critical Physical Infrastructure Affected by Disasters. In Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence: 10th International Conference, UCAmI 2016, San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria, Spain, November 29–December 2, 2016, Part II 10 (pp. 530-535). Springer International Publishing.
Aldunate, R. G., Herrera, O., & Levano, M. (2015). Video Game Script Design for Stability Assessment of Critical Physical Infrastructure Affected by Disasters. In International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (pp. 492-498). Springer International Publishing.
Herrera, O., Levano, M., Aldunate, R., Moreno, M., and Bruno, M. (2014) “Realistic terrain model in a wildfire context for El Yali reserve: serious videogame simulation,” In Proceedings of XXXIII Conferencia Internacional de la Sociedad Chilena de Ciencias de la Computacion, Chile, 8-14 Nov.
Islam, S., Buttlar, W. G., Aldunate, R. G., & Vavrik, W. R. (2014). Use of Cellphone Application to Measure Pavement Roughness. In T&DI Congress 2014: Planes, Trains, and Automobiles (pp. 553-563). ASCE.
Islam S., Buttlar W., Aldunate R., and Vavrik W. (2014) “Measurement of Pavement Roughness Using an Android-Based Smartphone Application,” Transportation Research Board, 93rd Annual Meeting, January 12-16, Washington DC.
Bruno, M. A., Aldunate, R. G., & Meléndez, J. (2013). Personalization of Serious Videogames for Occupational Engagement for Elderly. In International Workshop on Ambient Assisted Living (pp. 55-62). Springer International Publishing.
Aldunate, R. G., Herrera, O. A., & Cordero, J. P. (2013). Early Vehicle Accident Detection and Notification Based on Smartphone Technology. In International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence (pp. 358-365). Springer International Publishing.
Aldunate R., and Schmidt K. (2011) “Enabling Communication through the Environment for Emergency Response Environments,” 5th Symposium of Ubiquitous Computing and Ambient Intelligence, UCAml 2011, Dec.5-9, Riviera Maya, Mexico.
Patents
Multi-modal, geo-tempo communications systems. United States US Patent No: 8,275,834 Issued. September 25, 2012
Multi-modal, geo-tempo communications systems. United States US Patent No: 8,880,606. Issued November 4, 2014
DARPA - Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (USA), “Urban Leader Tactical Response, Awareness & Visualization (Ultra-Vis)” Former Researcher and author for the underlying technology (see patent section)
FONDECYT REGULAR (Chile), 1120791, 2012-2014, "Implementation of a robust physical chemical mechanism for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons into the state-of-the-science deterministic Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling System (CMAQ) and its application to simulating Benzo(a) pyrene", (Co-PI)
FONDEF 2012-2015 (Chile), “Desarrollo y validación de un sistema pericial basado en entomofauna cadavérica destinado a la aplicación forense nacional”, en conjunto con la Policía de investigaciones de Chile (PDI), la Fiscalía Regional de La Araucanía y la Universidad de la Frontera, (Co-Investigador)
FONDEF 2014-2015 (Chile), “Serious Video Games for emergency response decision making”, effort conducted in collaboration with Chilean agencies for forest reserves protection (CONAF), Emergency Management (ONEMI), department of transportation (MOP), (PI)