Jose NAVAS-SU
Costa Rica Institute of Technology
Costa Rica

An Instructor at the Department of Computer Science of the Costa Rica Institute of Technology. He is a candidate for Ph.D. in Engineering at the Costa Rica Institute of Technology under the supervision of Dr. Antonio González Torres, he obtained a master’s degree in Computer Science (2017) from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology with the Magna Cum Laude distinction, and obtained a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (1994) from the Costa Rica Institute of Technology. José has worked as Software Engineer for three decades, including working for multinational companies, such as Accenture and GFT.

Antonio GONZALEZ-TORRES
Costa Rica Institute of Technology
Costa Rica

An Assistant Professor at the Department of Computer Engineering of the Costa Rica Institute of Technology. He obtained a Ph.D. in Computer Science and Automation with the Summa Cum Laude and the International Doctorate (2015) distinctions, and a master’s degree in Intelligent Systems (2014) from the University of Salamanca (Spain). As part of his doctorate, he made a research stay at the Open University of the United Kingdom. In addition, he received a master’s degree in Computer Science (2001) and a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (1999) from the University of Costa Rica. Dr. González has more than 20 years of professional experience, during which he has worked for several multinational companies, including Walmart, Intel, Equifax, Global Exchange group (Eurodivisas) and Sykes. In parallel with his professional work, he has worked as a Cisco instructor and university professor and has participated in several research projects. His area of expertise is software engineering, the design of visual analytics methods and techniques, and cybersecurity.