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<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Iván Pretel news</title><link>http://morelab.deusto.es/people/members/ivan-pretel/news/</link><description>News about Iván Pretel</description><atom:link href="http://morelab.deusto.es/people/members/ivan-pretel/feeds/news/" rel="self"></atom:link><language>en-EN</language><lastBuildDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 20:27:51 +0000</lastBuildDate><item><title>4th Simpatico General Assembly in Santiago de Compostela</title><link>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/4th-simpatico-general-assembly-in-santiago-de-compostela/</link><description>&lt;p "=""&gt;On the 6th and 7th of February, the Deustotech-Internet team represented by Unai Lopez, Diego López-de-Ipiña, Iván Pretel and Enrique Sanz attended the 4rd plenary meeting of the &lt;a href="http://www.simpatico-project.eu"&gt;Simpatico project&lt;/a&gt; in Santiago de Compostela, Spain. The achieved goals were presented and component demos analysed. Furthermore, the consortium invited the three associations involved in the GALICIA pilot: &lt;a href="http://www.ategal.com"&gt;ATEGAL&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.fegaus.com"&gt;FEGAUS&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.cogami.es"&gt;COGAMI&lt;/a&gt;. Special thanks to Xunta and them for their great engagement and contributions.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p "=""&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="img-responsive" src="/media/redactor/IMG-20170221-WA0004.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/4th-simpatico-general-assembly-in-santiago-de-compostela/</guid></item><item><title>Simpatico General Assembly in Palermo Italy</title><link>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/simpatico-general-assembly-in-palermo-italy/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;On the 4th, 6th and 7th of October, the Deustotech-Internet team represented by Unai Lopez, Iván Pretel and Diego López-de-Ipiña attended the 3rd plenary meeting of the Simpatico project (&lt;a href="http://www.simpatico-project.eu/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=es&amp;q=http://www.simpatico-project.eu/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1476257155782000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGEgOaAZNnW0zWLnfH5W1PGOLvNLQ"&gt;http://www.simpatico-project.&lt;wbr&gt;eu/&lt;/a&gt;) in Palermo, Italy. The meeting was held at the Engineering offices. The integration among all the components of the project was discussed, the achieved goals presented and the organisation for future activities consolidated. Phase 2, we are ready!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;img class='img-responsive' src="/media/redactor/IMG_1541-1030x773_oogDzxI.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;</description><guid>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/simpatico-general-assembly-in-palermo-italy/</guid></item><item><title>Kick-off meeting for the SIMPATICO project in Trento</title><link>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/kick-off-meeting-for-the-simpatico-project-in-trento/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;On the 8th and 9th of March, the Deustotech-Internet team represented by &lt;a href="http://morelab.deusto.es/people/members/ivan-pretel/" target="_blank"&gt;Iván Pretel&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://morelab.deusto.es/people/members/unai-lopez-novoa/" target="_blank"&gt;Unai Lopez&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://morelab.deusto.es/people/members/diego-lopez-de-ipina/" target="_blank"&gt;Diego López-de-Ipiña&lt;/a&gt; attended
 the kick-off meeting of the SIMPATICO project in Trento, Italy. The 
meeting was organized in the headquarters of FBK (Fondazione Bruno 
Kessler). The discussions focused on the organization of the work 
packages and the deployments in Trento, Sheffield and Galicia.&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/kick-off-meeting-for-the-simpatico-project-in-trento/</guid></item><item><title>MORElab participated in the 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing &amp; Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2015)</title><link>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/morelab-participated-in-the-9th-international-conference-on-ubiquitous-computing-ambient-intelligence-ucami-2015/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;MORElab members Diego López-de-Ipiña and Ivan Pretel participated in the &lt;a href="http://mami.uclm.es/ucami-iwaal-amihealth-2015/"&gt;9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Computing &amp; Ambient Intelligence (UCAmI 2015)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="[http://mami.uclm.es/ucami-iwaal-amihealth-2015/"&gt;&lt;/a&gt; held in Puerto Varas, Patagonia, Chile from 1st to 4th December, 2015.
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class="img-responsive" src="/media/redactor/unnamed.jpg" width="776" height="240" style="width: 776px; height: 240px;"&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The main focus of this edition of the UCAmI Conference was "Ambient Intelligence: Sensing, Processing and Using Environmental Information". Where Diego presented the paper entitled "Collaboration-centred Cities through Urban Apps based on Open and User-generated Data". Ivan presented the paper entitled "Facing up social activity recognition using smartphone sensors".&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span class="vpQMGb"&gt;&lt;span class="Lq"&gt;&lt;span class="nu4ufe"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="text-align: center;" rel="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/jM8uhwxskH81PT" width="495" height="385" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" align="center" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen=""&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span id="selection-marker-1" class="redactor-selection-marker" data-verified="redactor"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href="//www.slideshare.net/dipina/collaboration-centred-cities-through-urban-apps-based-on-open-and-usergenerated-data-final" title="Collaboration centred cities through urban apps based on open and user-generated data final" target="_blank"&gt;Collaboration centred cities through urban apps based on open and user-generated data final&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt; from &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="//www.slideshare.net/dipina" target="_blank"&gt;Diego López-de-Ipiña González-de-Artaza&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;&lt;iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/key/qhtV5Ml4UrPd8" width="495" height="385" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" align="center" style="border:1px solid #CCC; border-width:1px; margin-bottom:5px; max-width: 100%;" allowfullscreen=""&gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span id="selection-marker-1" class="redactor-selection-marker" data-verified="redactor"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span id="selection-marker-1" class="redactor-selection-marker" data-verified="redactor"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span id="selection-marker-1" class="redactor-selection-marker" data-verified="redactor"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span id="selection-marker-1" class="redactor-selection-marker" data-verified="redactor"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;span id="selection-marker-1" class="redactor-selection-marker" data-verified="redactor"&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;lt;/span&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;gt;
&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;p style="margin-bottom: 5px; text-align: center;"&gt; &lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href="//www.slideshare.net/ivanPretelGarcia/facing-up-social-activity-recognition-using-smartphone-sensors" title="Facing up social activity recognition using smartphone sensors" target="_blank"&gt;Facing up social activity recognition using smartphone sensors&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt; from &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href="//www.slideshare.net/ivanPretelGarcia" target="_blank"&gt;Ivan Pretel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;
&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/morelab-participated-in-the-9th-international-conference-on-ubiquitous-computing-ambient-intelligence-ucami-2015/</guid></item><item><title>Iván Pretel, the new MORElab's PhD </title><link>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/ivan-pretel-the-new-morelabs-phd/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;On November 10th, 2015, MORElab's member Iván Pretel has been honored 
with the PhD recognition. His dissertation, entitled "Metodología basada en la experiencia para la mejora de la eficiencia de la evaluación de la usabilidad de aplicaciones móviles" was advisored by Dr. Ana Belén Lago.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The VIVA panel was formed by:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Elena Maria Navarro (President, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Asier Aztiria (Mondragon Unibertsitatea)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Aitor Almeida (Universidad de Deusto)&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;Congratulations Iván!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;img class='img-responsive' src="/media/redactor/tesis_ivan.jpg"&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/ivan-pretel-the-new-morelabs-phd/</guid></item><item><title>MORElab at CISTI'14</title><link>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/morelab-at-cisti14/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"&gt;MORElab members Iván Pretel and Pablo Curiel participated in the 9th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI'2014) held in June 18-21, 2014 - Barcelona, Spain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/36085112" width="270" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" style=" border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 1px 1px 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt; &lt;iframe src="//www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/36197448?rel=0" width="270" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen="" style=" border-style: solid; border-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-width: 1px 1px 0px; margin-bottom: 5px; max-width: 100%;"&gt;&lt;/iframe&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</description><guid>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/morelab-at-cisti14/</guid></item><item><title>MORElab members Iván Pretel , Pablo Curiel and Koldo Zabaleta participated in the 8th CISTI'13 Conference</title><link>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/morelab-members-ivan-pretel-pablo-curiel-and-koldo-zabaleta-participated-in-the-8th-cisti13-conference/</link><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.aisti.eu/cisti2013/"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.morelab.deusto.es/morelab/images/news/panoramica_Lisbon.jpg" border="0" width="300" style="border-image: initial; display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; border: 0px initial initial;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;MORElab members Iván Pretel , Pablo Curiel and Koldo Zabaleta participated in the 8th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI'2013) held in June 19-22, 2013 - Lisbon, Portugal.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;td style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.morelab.deusto.es/morelab/images/news/cisti13_pablo.jpg" border="0" alt="Pablo's talk" width="110" style="border-image: initial; display: block; margin-left: NaNpx; margin-right: NaNpx; border: 0;" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.morelab.deusto.es/morelab/images/news/cisti13_ivan.jpg" border="0" alt="Ivan's talk" width="110" style="border-image: initial; display: block; margin-left: NaNpx; margin-right: NaNpx; border: 0;" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
&lt;td style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.morelab.deusto.es/morelab/images/news/cisti13_koldo.jpg" border="0" alt="koldo's talk" width="110" style="border-image: initial; display: block; margin-left: NaNpx; margin-right: NaNpx; border: 0;" /&gt;&lt;/td&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Click in following links to see the presented slides:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/p_curiel/cisti13-simple-nfc-slideshare-version" target="_blank"&gt;SimpleNFC: Simplificación del acceso a servicios del mundo digital mediante NFC&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.slideshare.net/ivanPretelGarcia/ipretel-ablago-cisti13slideshare" target="_blank" style="line-height: 1.3em;"&gt;Sistema de evaluación de la efectividad del usuario sensible al contexto para aplicaciones móviles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 1.3em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://es.slideshare.net/KoldoZabaletaFernandez/cisti-2013-kontatu" target="_blank"&gt;Plataforma para la asistencia en la comunicación con dispositivos móviles sensible al contexto&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;
&lt;p style="text-align: justify;"&gt;For further information about the presented papers, please visit the &lt;a href="index.php/publications-1879995610/2013" target="_blank"&gt;2013 publication section&lt;/a&gt; in this site.&lt;/p&gt;</description><guid>http://morelab.deusto.es/news/view/morelab-members-ivan-pretel-pablo-curiel-and-koldo-zabaleta-participated-in-the-8th-cisti13-conference/</guid></item></channel></rss>