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Esteban Mauricio Inga Ortega is currently Research Vice-Chancellor at Universidad Politécnica Salesiana. In 2001, he graduated as an Electronic Engineer at the Salesian Polytechnic University—Cuenca Campus and has more than 21 years of experience in university teaching. In 2008, he received his Master's in Education and Social Development from the Universidad Tecnológica Equinoccial-Quito/Ecuador. At the beginning of 2017, he received his Master's in Engineering from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellín - Colombia. In March 2018, he obtained his Ph.D. degree from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana de Medellín - Colombia with honorable mention: Magna Cum Laude awarded when the thesis exceeds the expectations of what was proposed in the project, by the unanimous concept of the jurors and scientific production is demonstrated. He has held positions as Head of the Curricular Area, Director of the Electrical Engineering career, Coordinator of Dual Technical and Technological Training, Coordinator of the Master's Degree in Electricity, mention in Electrical Power Systems. Currently, he is the Director of the Master's Program in ICT for Education offered by the Salesian Polytechnic University, Research Coordinator of the Quito Campus, Coordinator of the Research Group on Smart Grids (GIREI) of the Salesian Polytechnic University at the Quito Campus, mentor and coordinator 2022-2025 of the ""Red-IUS en redes eléctricas y ciudades inteligentes (RECI),"" is Associate Editor of the Ingenius Journal, is a senior member of IEEE (IEEE Communications Society-ComSoc and IEEE Education Society) and accredited researcher by the Senescyt. In terms of scientific publications, he has generated more than 71 articles indexed in ISI Web of Science/Scopus and more than 30 articles indexed by Scielo, latindex, and other indexing; he has coordinated and directed more than ten research projects, his number of citations in scholar google exceeds 1400 citations. He currently directs doctoral and Master's theses in Italy, Colombia, Chile, and Ecuador and has produced more than 20 theses within the Salesian Polytechnic University. Electrical Engineering and Biomedical Engineering professor, where he teaches Research Techniques, Numerical Methods Programming, and Wireless Networks. He is also a professor of the Doctorate Program in Computer Science and Master's programs in Educational Innovation, Special Education, Electricity, and Information and Communication Technologies for Education. Nuria García Herranz is an Associate Professor of Nuclear Engineering at UPM, Department of Energy Engineering, where she has taught in the areas of Nuclear Technology and Nuclear Fission Reactors since 2005. She is an Energy Engineer (1995) and PhD in Nuclear Engineering (2000) from UPM. She has been advisor of 6 PhD theses, four of them awarded or finalists with the European Nuclear Education Network PhD prize. She has graduated about 45 BSc and MSc students. Her main research areas include Reactor Physics (neutronics and multi-physics for both current reactors and Generation-IV fast reactors), Inventory and Criticality Safety, together with Sensitivity and Uncertainty analysis due to Nuclear Data. Innovation in education in Reactor Physics is also one of her active areas of work. Her scientific contributions have been published in 37 papers in indexed journals, 67 peer-reviewed international conference proceedings and around 75 presentations in workshops and national conferences. She has participated in 12 European projects (principal investigator in 3 of them), and in 17 national research projects. She has internationally recognized expertise in Reactor Physics, being Spanish Delegate of the Working Party on Scientific Issues of Reactor Systems (WPRS) of the OECD/NEA Nuclear Science Committee since 2021, and Spanish Delegate of the Expert Group on Physics of Reactor Systems (EGPRS) since 2020. She is member of the Editorial Board of Annals of Nuclear Energy since 2021. Vladimir Espartaco Robles-Bykbaev (Senior Member, IEEE) received the degree in computer science from Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Ecuador, in 2006, the M.S. degree in Artificial Intelligence, Pattern Recognition, and Digital Imaging from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain, in 2008, and the Ph.D. degree in Information and Communication Technologies from the University of Vigo, Spain, in 2016. Since 2012, he has been an Principal Professor with the Computer Science Department, UPS. Since 2016 he collaborates as head of the smart technologies area at the UNESCO Chair on Support Technologies for Educational Inclusion at the UPS. His research interests include the application of artificial intelligence techniques for improving the educational inclusion of children, youth and older adults as well as the rescue, and preservation of cultural heritage of Andean people. Professor Eduardo Gallego Diaz is Full Professor of Nuclear Engineering at UPM in the Department of Energy Engineering of the Technical School of Industrial Engineers, where he has taught in the areas of Radiological Protection and Nuclear Safety since 1985. He is Industrial Engineer specializing in Energy Techniques (1982) and PhD in Industrial Engineering (1990) from the UPM. He has been advisor of 10 PhD Theses and over a hundred Final Degree or Master Theses. He is Director of the University Master's Degree in Nuclear Science and Technology at the UPM since 2011. Currently, his main lines of research are neutron detection, dosimetry and spectrometry, −being responsible for the Neutron Measurement Laboratory of the UPM −, and support for analysis and decision-making in nuclear emergencies, to evaluate protection measures for the population, having been co-founder and member of the Management Board of the European Platform NERIS on Nuclear and Radiological Emergencies since its creation in 2012 until 2022. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Nuclear Society (2020-2024). He has been President of the Spanish Society for Radiological Protection (2013-2015), and previously Vice President (2010-2012) and Treasurer (2000-2004). At the International Radiation Protection Association (IRPA), he has been member of the Executive Council (2008-2016) and Vice President (2016-2020). He belongs to the International Commission on Radiological Protection (ICRP) since 2013, as a member of Committee 4.
