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Dr Anasol Pena Rios

Honorary Senior Lecturer
School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)
Dr Anasol Pena Rios

Profile

Qualifications

  • PhD in Computer Science University of Essex, (2015)

  • MSc in Advanced Web Engineering University of Essex, (2010)

  • BEng in Information Technology Instituto Politecnico Nacional, (2004)

Publications

Journal articles (11)

Peña-Rios, A., Economou, D. and Beck, D., (2024). Guest editorial: Special issue on “disruption, innovation and resiliency in immersive learning”. Education and Information Technologies. 29 (13), 17665-17670

Peña-Rios, A. and Wu, JG., (2023). Guest Editorial The Metaverse and the Future of Education. IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies. 16 (6), 887-891

Mukhopadhyay, A., Reddy, GSR., Saluja, KS., Ghosh, S., Peña-Rios, A., Gopal, G. and Biswas, P., (2022). Virtual-reality-based digital twin of office spaces with social distance measurement feature. Virtual Reality & Intelligent Hardware. 4 (1), 55-75

Peña-Rios, A., Di Cairano-Gilfedder, C., Krug, L., Glover, T., Conway, A. and Owusu, G., (2022). UNCOVERING THE POWER OF DIGITAL TWINS FOR TELCOS. Journal of the Institute of Telecommunications Professionals. 16, 39-44

Leon-Garza, H., Hagras, H., Peña-Rios, A., Conway, A. and Owusu, G., (2022). A type-2 fuzzy system-based approach for image data fusion to create building information models. Information Fusion. 88, 115-125

Pena Rios, A., Economou, D. and Mentzelopoulos, M., (2020). Exploring Immersive Technologies in Learning. J.UCS Special Issue. Journal of Universal Computer Science. 26 (8), 854-857

Peña-Rios, A. and Khosmood, F., (2019). Immersive Learning Technologies: Research and Future Directions J.UCS Special Issue. Journal of Universal Computer Science. 25 (5), 444-445

Pena Rios, AC., Hagras, H., Owusu, G. and Gardner, M., (2018). Furthering Service 4.0: Harnessing Intelligent Immersive Environments and Systems. IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Magazine. 4 (1), 20-31

Felemban, S., Gardner, M., Callaghan, V. and Pena-Rios, A., (2018). Mixed agents virtual observation lenses for immersive learning environments. Journal of Universal Computer Science. 24 (2), 171-191

Wang, M., Callaghan, V., Bernhardt, J., White, K. and Pena-Rios, A., (2017). Augmented reality in education and training: pedagogical approaches and illustrative case studies. Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing. 9 (5), 1-12

Pena Rios, A., Pirker, J., Christian, G. and Gardner, M., (2016). Preface to the Special Issue on Immersive Environments: Challenges, Research and New Developments. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Future Intelligent Educational Environments. 2 (6), e1-e1

Books (7)

Bourguet, ML., Pedrosa, D., Peña-Rios, A., Krüger, JM., Dengel, A. and Richter, J., (2024). Preface

Economou, D., Klippel, A., Dodds, H., Pena Rios, A., Lee, MJW., Beck, D., Pirker, J., Dengel, A., Peres, TM. and Richter, J., (2020). Immersive Learning Research Network. Proceedings of 6th International Conference, iLRN 2020.. Immersive Learning Research Network. 978-1-7348995-0-4

Richter, J., Gardner, M., Gütl, C., Beck, D., Peña-Rios, A. and Ogle, T., (2019). Ilrn 2019 preface

Beck, D., Pena-Rios, A., Ogle, T., Economou, D., Mentzelopoulos, M., Morgado, L., Eckhardt, C., Pirker, J., Koitz-Hristov, R., Richter, J., Gutl, C. and Gardner, M., (2019). Immersive Learning Research Network. Proceedings of 5th International Conference, iLRN 2019.. Springer International Publishing. 978-3-030-23088-3

Beck, D., Pena Rios, A., Ogle, T., Economou, D., Mentzelopoulos, M., Morgado, L., Eckhardt, C., Pirker, J., Koitz-Hristov, R., Richter, J., Gütl, C. and Gardner, M., (2019). Workshop, Long and Short Paper, and Poster Proceedings from the Fifth Immersive Learning Research Network Conference (iLRN 2019 London).. Technischen Universitat Graz

Beck, D., Pena Rios, A., Ogle, T., Allison, C., Morgado, L., Pirker, J., Richter, J. and Guetl, C., (2018). Workshop, Long and Short Paper, and Poster Proceedings from the Fourth Immersive Learning Research Network Conference (iLRN 2018 Montana), 2018.. Technischen Universitat Graz. 978-3-85125-609-3

Beck, D., Allison, C., Morgado, L., Pirker, J., Peña-Rios, A., Ogle, T., Richter, J. and Gütl, C., (2018). Immersive Learning Research Network 4th International Conference, iLRN 2018, Missoula, MT, USA, June 24-29, 2018, Proceedings. Springer. 331993595X. 9783319935959

Book chapters (7)

Callaghan, V., Chin, J., Doctor, F., Kymäläinen, T., Peña-Rios, A., Phengdy, C., Reyes-Munoz, A., Tisan, A., Wang, M., Wu, HY., Zamudio, V., Zhang, S. and Zheng, P., (2021). Journeys in the Age of Smart Cities: Some Fresh Perspectives. In: Handbook of Smart Cities. Editors: . Springer International Publishing. 1- 39. 9783030151454

Callaghan, V., Chin, J., Doctor, F., Kymäläinen, T., Peña-Rios, A., Phengdy, C., Reyes-Munoz, A., Tisan, A., Wang, M., Wu, HY., Zamudio, V., Zhang, S. and Zheng, P., (2021). Journeys in the Age of Smart Cities: Some Fresh Perspectives. In: Handbook of Smart Cities. Springer International Publishing. 1571- 1609. 9783030696979

Pena Rios, AC., Callaghan, V. and Gardner, M., (2018). Multi-User Mixed Reality Environments for Distance Learning. In: Integrating Multi-User Virtual Environments in Modern Classrooms. Editors: Qian, Y., . IGI Global. 208- 239. 1522537201. 9781522537205

Fanoulis, E. and Pena-Rios, A., (2017). EU u-Government: A Solution for More Citizen Participation in EU Policy-Making. In: Euroscepticism, Democracy and the Media. Editors: Caiani, M. and Guerra, S., . Palgrave Macmillan UK. 241- 262. 978-1-137-59643-7

Fanoulis, E. and Peña-Rios, A., (2017). EU u-Government: A Solution for More Citizen Participation in EU Policy-Making. In: Euroscepticism, Democracy and the Media. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 241- 262. 9781137596420

Callaghan, V., Johnson, BD., Egerton, S., Wu, H-Y., Pena Rios, A., Zhang, S., Zheng, P., Graham, G., Greenhill, A., O Connor, J. and others, (2014). Introduction to the Proceedings of CS’14. In: Workshop Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Environments. Editors: Augusto, JC. and Zhang, T., . IOS Press. 221- 222. 978-1-61499-410-7

Pena Rios, AC., Callaghan, V., Davies, M., Sanchez-Lozano, C. and Alrashidi, M., (2014). Introduction to the Proceedings of HyperRealitIE' 14. In: Workshop Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Intelligent Environments. Editors: Augusto, JC. and Zhang, T., . IOS Press. 271- 272. 978-1-61499-410-7

Conferences (38)

Biswas, P., Sharma, VK., Pena-Rios, A., Whitworth, E. and Orero, P., (2024). Intelligent User Interface for Metaverse

Bahceci, O., Pena-Rios, A., Buckingham, G. and Conway, A., (2022). Supervised Machine Learning Hand Gesture Classification in VR for Immersive Training

Leon-Garza, H., Hagras, H., Pena-Rios, A., Bahceci, O. and Conway, A., (2022). A Hand-Gesture Recognition Based Interpretable Type-2 Fuzzy Rule-based System for Extended Reality

Leon-Garza, H., Hagras, H., Pena-Rios, A., Conway, A. and Owusu, G., (2021). An Interval Type-2 Fuzzy-based System to Create Building Information Management Models from 2D Floor Plan Images

Leon-Garza, H., Hagras, H., Pena-Rios, A., Conway, A. and Owusu, G., (2021). A Fuzzy Rule-based System using a Patch-based Approach for Semantic Segmentation in Floor Plans

Bahceci, OC., Pena-Rios, A., Gupta, V., Conway, A. and Owusu, G., (2021). Work-in-Progress-Using Immersive Virtual Reality in Field Service Telecom Engineers Training

Mukhopadhyay, A., Rajshekar Reddy, GS., Mukherjee, I., Kumar Gopa, G., Pena-Rios, A. and Biswas, P., (2021). Generating Synthetic Data for Deep Learning using VR Digital Twin

Pena-Rios, A., Oplatek, T., Hagras, H., Conway, A. and Owusu, G., (2020). Work-in-Progress—Measuring Engagement in Virtual Reality for Talent Attraction Purposes

Pena-Rios, A., Bahceci, OC., Gupta, V., Conway, A. and Owusu, G., (2020). Work-in-Progress—A Web-based Virtual Reality Training Simulator for Field Service Telecommunications Engineers

Leon-Garza, H., Hagras, H., Pena-Rios, A., Conway, A. and Owusu, G., (2020). A Big Bang-Big Crunch Type-2 Fuzzy Logic System for Explainable Semantic Segmentation of Trees in Satellite Images using HSV Color Space

Leon-Garza, H., Hagras, H., Pena-Rios, A., Owusu, G. and Conway, A., (2020). A Fuzzy Logic Based System for Cloud-based Building Information Modelling Rendering Optimization in Augmented Reality

Pena Rios, A., (2019). The Augmented Employee : Immersive Technologies in Field Service Operations

Pena-Rios, A., Hagras, H., Gardner, M. and Owusu, G., (2018). A Type-2 Fuzzy Logic Based System for Augmented Reality Visualisation of Georeferenced Data

Pena-Rios, A., Hagras, H., Gardner, M. and Owusu, G., (2017). A type-2 Fuzzy Logic based System for asset geolocation within augmented reality environments

Pena-Rios, A., Hagras, H., Gardner, M. and Owusu, G., (2017). A fuzzy logic based system for geolocated augmented reality field service support

Felemban, S., Gardner, M., Callaghan, V. and Pena-Rios, A., (2017). Towards Observing and Assessing Collaborative Learning Activities in Immersive Environments

Callaghan, V., Gardner, M., Pena-Rios, A., Beck, D., Gütl, C., Morgado, L., Richter, J. and Wu, H-Y., (2016). Exploring the Future of Immersive Education

Callaghan, V., Chen, CD., Chin, J., O Connor, J., Davies, M., Egerton, S., Graham, G., Hensman, J., Johnson, BD., Kovalchuk, Y. and others, (2016). Creative Science 2016 (CS’16) Cloud-of-Things 2016

Pena-Rios, A., Hagras, H., Gardner, M. and Owusu, G., (2016). A Fuzzy Logic based system for Mixed Reality assistance of remote workforce

Pena-Rios, A., CALLAGHAN, V., GARDNER, M. and ALHADDAD, MJ., (2015). Experiments with collaborative blended-reality laboratory technology for distance learners

Pena-Rios, A., Callaghan, V., Davies, M., Sanchez-Lozano, C. and Alrashidi, M., (2014). Introduction to the proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Hyperrealistic Intelligent Environments 2014 (HyperRealitIE’14)

Pena-Rios, A., Callaghan, V., Gardner, M. and Alhaddad, MJ., (2014). Using Mixed-Reality to Develop Smart Environments

Rios-Pena, A., Callaghan, V., Gardner, M. and Alhaddad, MJ., (2014). Interactions within Distributed Mixed Reality Collaborative Environments

Pena-Rios, A., Callaghan, V., Gardner, M. and Alhaddad, MJ., (2013). Developing xReality objects for mixed-reality environments.

Pena Rios, A., Callaghan, V., Gardner, M. and Alhaddad, MJ., (2013). xReality interactions within a mixed reality learning environments

Pena-Rios, A., FERREYRA-OLIVARES, E. and PENA, A., (2013). Stories of the virtual mind

Pena-Rios, A., CALLAGHAN, V., GARDNER, M. and ALHADDAD, MJ., (2013). xReality objects Demonstration–Collaborative laboratory interactions in Immersive Reality

Pena-Rios, A., CALLAGHAN, V., GARDNER, M. and ALHADDAD, MJ., (2013). xReality interactions within an immersive blended reality learning space

Callaghan, V., Lear, M., Pena-Rios, A., Zamudio, V. and Zheng, P., (2013). Putting the Buzz Back into Computer Science Education

Pena-Rios, A., CALLAGHAN, V., GARDNER, M. and ALHADDAD, MJ., (2012). The InterReality Portal: A Mixed Reality Co-creative Intelligent Learning Environment

Pena-Rios, A., CALLAGHAN, V., GARDNER, M. and ALHADDAD, MJ., (2012). End-user programming & deconstrutionalism for collaborative mixed reality laboratory co-creative activities

Pena-Rios, A., Callaghan, V., Gardner, M. and Alhaddad, MJ., (2012). Remote Mixed Reality Collaborative Laboratory Activities: Learning Activities within the InterReality Portal

Pena-Rios, A., Callaghan, V., Gardner, M. and Alhaddad, MJ., (2012). Towards the Next Generation of Learning Environments: An InterReality Learning Portal and Model

Pena-Rios, A., Callaghan, V., Gardner, M. and Al-Haddad, M., (2012). End-user programming and deconstrutionalism for co-creative laboratory activities in a collaborative mixed-reality environment

Pena-Rios, A., CALLAGHAN, V. and LEAR, M., (2012). BuzzBoards Demonstration-an X-Reality Toolkit for Creating Immersive Reality Educational Laboratories

Pena-RIos, A., Callaghan, V., Gardner, M. and Alhaddad, MJ., (2012). Remote mixed reality collaborative laboratory activities

Pena Rios, AC., Chin, JSY. and Callaghan, VL., (2010). A Web Based Approach to Virtual Appliance Creation, Programming and Management

Pena-Rios, A., Becerril Gamas, CA., Garcia Velásquez, AR., Ferreyra Olivares, E. and López Barajas, GC., (2003). Graphological System

Patents (2)

DiCairano-Gilfedder, C., Pena Rios, A., Hagras, H. and Owusu, G., Method and apparatus for retrieving a data package

Pena-Rios, A., Callaghan, V., Gardner, M., Alwazzawi, D. and Alhaddad, MJ., (2017). Mixed Reality System

Thesis dissertation (2)

Pena Rios, A., (2016). Exploring mixed reality in distributed collaborative learning environments. PhD Thesis

Pena Rios, AC., (2010). Internet-based creation and management of virtual appliances

Other (1)

Pena Rios, A., (2021).Proceedings of 2021 7th International Conference of the Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN)

Contact

acpena@essex.ac.uk

Location:

Colchester Campus

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