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Professional Experience<\/strong>
\n2018 Universidad Invenio
\nRector
\n\u25aa Reorganization of the University.
\n\u25aa Promoting synergy between the University and sector bodies.
\n\u25aa Fostering research.
\n\u25aa Enhancing the University’s visibility.
\n\u25aa Improvement of study plans.<\/p>\n

2013 to 2018 Universidad Hispanoamericana
\nAcademic Director, School of Computer Engineering
\n\u25aa Redesign of programs and study plan
\n\u25aa Project to formalize gender equality in the study plan, aimed at increasing enrollment and reducing dropout among women in the program.
\n\u25aa Project to formalize accessible systems development in the study plan
\n\u25aa Project of Universidad Hispanoamericana with the Ministry of Science, Technology and Telecommunications: evaluation of government open data portals.<\/p>\n

2009 to 2013 Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
\nAcademic Director, School of Information Technologies for Business
\nManagement
\n\u25aa I designed the curriculum of this program for the bachelor’s and licentiate degrees
\n\u25aa Responsible for launching this program
\nAcademic Director of the Licentiate Program in Information Systems
\nManagement
\nResponsible for launching and directing this program<\/p>\n

2007 to 2009 Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
\nAcademic Coordinator, Information and Communication Technologies area, Centro de Proyecci\u00f3n Universitaria and Centro Internacional de Postgrados
\n\u25aa I achieved a 65% increase in enrollment at the CISCO Academy compared with 2007.
\nI proposed new continuing education programs: Linux, Java, PHP, Databases, Adobe Flex and others.<\/p>\n

2006 to 2007 Universidad Latina de Costa Rica
\nDean of the Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies
\n\u25aa Responsible for the directors of the Computer Systems Engineering programs, the postgraduate programs in information technologies and continuing education in the same area. At the time, the largest Faculty of the University.
\n\u25aa I strengthened relations with companies, thereby launching job fairs for the Faculty.
\n\u25aa I promoted research; we started several groups: automatic summarization, Linux, .Net, etc.
\nWe launched the campaign for the use of Microsoft software with free student\u00a0 licenses.<\/p>\n

2000\u20132002 Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda(ULACIT)
\nAcademic Director of the Computer Engineering program
\n\u25aa I was responsible for 30 professors.
\n\u25aa I worked on improving the study plan and its implementation, through the renewal of the teaching staff and the updating of the syllabi of the<\/p>\n

Courses<\/strong>.
\n\u25aa I worked on the program’s first self-assessment report.
\nDirector of the Technology Management Department
\n\u25aa I led projects to develop new systems: course credit transfers, enrollment and finance.
\n\u25aa I reduced the department’s payroll by half, using these resources to deliver more projects than previously carried out.<\/p>\n

1999\u20132000 Irex de Costa Rica
\nSystems Analyst
\n\u25aa I worked on the BPCS (ERP) implementation project.
\n1998\u20131999 Computadores Profesionales y Suplidora Internacional S.A.
\nDeputy Technical Manager
\n\u25aa In charge of server installation.
\n\u25aa I carried out a number of structured cabling projects in various institutions and companies.<\/p>\n

Teaching Experience<\/strong>
\n2015 \u2013 present Universidad T\u00e9cnica Nacional -Atenas Campus – Bachelor’s
\n\u25aa E-commerce (IC-2015, IIIC-2016, IC-2017, IC-2018, IIIC-2018, IC-2019, IIC-2019)
\n\u25aa Professional ethics (IIIC-2018, IC-2019).<\/p>\n

2019 Universidad de Costa Rica -Main Campus -Master’s
\n\u25aa E-commerce (III-2018 \u2013 summer course)<\/p>\n

2015 \u2013 2018 Universidad Hispanoamericana -Tib\u00e1s\/Heredia Campus \u2013 Bachelor’s\/Master’s
\n\u25aa Informatics I (basic programming)
\n\u25aa Informatics I (office software, master’s in nursing)
\n\u25aa Management information systems (MBA)<\/p>\n

2007 \u2013 2013 Universidad Latina de Costa Rica -San Pedro Campus \u2013 Bachelor’s\/Master’s
\n\u25aa E-commerce
\n\u25aa Data structures<\/p>\n

2000 \u2013 2002 Universidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda \u2013 Bachelor’s
\n\u25aa Operating systems
\n\u25aa Systems analysis and design 1 and 2
\n\u25aa Databases
\n\u25aa Introduction to informatics
\n\u25aa Files and data structures
\n\u25aa Introduction to informatics
\n\u25aa Programming I
\nEducation<\/p>\n

2016 Universidad de Alicante, Spain
\n\u25aa PhD in Computer Science Applications<\/p>\n

2003 to 2006 Universidad de Alicante, Spain
\n\u25aa Diploma of Advanced Studies (DEA), Doctoral Program in Computer Science Applications<\/p>\n

2001 Universidad de Costa Rica
\n\u25aa Master’s in Computer Science and Informatics.<\/p>\n

1998 Universidad de Costa Rica
\n\u25aa Bachelor’s in Computer Science and Informatics Scholarships
\nCompetitive scholarship for Latin America to pursue the Doctorate in\u00a0 Computer Science Applications, specifically in the area of Natural Language Information Retrieval, Universidad de Alicante, Spain. 2002 to<\/p>\n

2006:
\nSponsors: Universidad de Alicante and Banco Santander Central Hispano
\nResearch Activities \u2022 I am a member of the research group of the Universidad de Alicante:<\/p>\n

Procesamiento del Lenguaje y Sistemas de Informaci\u00f3n\u201d (GPLSI, http:\/\/gplsi.dlsi.ua.es\/).<\/p>\n

I conducted research on incorporating natural language to improve traditional information retrieval. It is used in Question Answering and Automatic Text Summarization systems.<\/p>\n

I served as general organizer of the third edition of LACNEM (Latin American Conference on Networked Audiovisual Media 2011), held at Universidad Latina in Costa Rica. I am a member of the conference’s organizing committee.<\/p>\n

I conducted research on the development of natural language interfaces for working
\nwith large amounts of information.<\/p>\n

Coordinator of the Technical Committee of CONCAPAN XXXVI – 2016, a congress organized by the
\nCentral American IEEE sections (http:\/\/concapan2016.com\/#NaN).<\/p>\n

Publications<\/strong>
\nJournals<\/strong>
\n\u25aa Y. Rojas, A. Ferr\u00e1ndez, J. Navarro (2005) Using WordNet to Improve Accuracy in Information
\nRetrieval. In A. Gelbukh, C.Y\u00e1\u00f1ez M\u00e1rquez, O. Camacho (Eds.), Advances in Artificial Intelligence
\nand Computer Science. Research on Computing Science 14, pp 1279-190. ISSN: 1665-9899.<\/p>\n

\u25aa Y. Rojas, A. Ferr\u00e1ndez, J. Peral (2005) Aplicaci\u00f3n del Procesamiento de Lenguaje Natural en la Recuperaci\u00f3n de Informaci\u00f3n. Sociedad Espa\u00f1ola para el Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural. Procesamiento del Lenguaje Natural, Issue no. 34 , pp 17-30. ISSN: 1135-5948,<\/p>\n

\u25aa Rojas-Hern\u00e1ndez, Y., & Rojas-Hernandez, I. (2012, October). Studies on academic performance according to gender in students of information technology faculty at Universidad Latina of Costa Rica. In Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana En (pp. 1-6). IEEE. ISBN: 978-1-4673-0794-9.<\/p>\n

\u25aa Rojas-Hern\u00e1ndez, I., & Rojas-Hern\u00e1ndez, Y. (2015). INCLUSI\u00d3N DE VALORES EN LA FORMACI\u00d3N PROFESIONAL EN INGENIER\u00cdA TELEM\u00c1TICA. Revista Educaci\u00f3n en Ingenier\u00eda, 10(20), 12-22.
\nRetrieved from http:\/\/www.educacioneningenieria.org\/index.php\/edi\/article\/view\/553\/259<\/p>\n

\u25aa Ferrandez, Antonio and Peral, Jesus and De Gregorio, Elisa and Trujillo, Juan and Mat\u00e9, Alejandro and Ferr\u00e1ndez, Luis Jos\u00e9 and Rojas, Yenory (2015) An authoring tool for decision support systems in context questions of ecological knowledge.Ecological Informatics, 30 . pp. 328-344.<\/p>\n

Conferences:<\/strong>
\n\u25aa Y. Rojas, A. Ferr\u00e1ndez, J. Navarro (2005) Using WordNet to Improve Accuracy in Information
\nRetrieval. CIC2005- M\u00e9xico.<\/p>\n

\u25aa Y. Rojas, A. Ferr\u00e1ndez, J. Navarro (2005) Indexing Entities to Improve Information Retrival
\nPerformance. Bhanu Prasad (Ed.): Proceedings of the 2nd Indian International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, IICAI 2005, Pune, India.<\/p>\n

\u25aa Y. Rojas, I. Rojas (2011) Estudio del rendimiento acad\u00e9mico seg\u00fan el g\u00e9nero de los estudiantes de la Facultad de Tecnolog\u00edas de la Informaci\u00f3n. Proceedings of LACNEM 2011, San Jos\u00e9, Costa Rica. ISBN 978-9968-810-07-4.<\/p>\n

\u25aa Rojas-Hernandez, Y.; Rojas-Hernandez, I., “Studies on academic performance according to gender in students of information technology faculty at\u00a0 Universidad Latina of Costa Rica,” Informatica (CLEI), 2012 XXXVIII Conferencia Latinoamericana en Computaci\u00f3n , vol., no., pp.1,6, 1-5 Oct. 2012 doi: 10.1109\/CLEI.2012.6427240<\/p>\n

Presentations at<\/strong>
\nconferences <\/strong><\/p>\n

\u25aa International Conference on Computer Science (CIC 2005), 14th edition. Centro de
\nInvestigaci\u00f3n en Computaci\u00f3n del Instituto Polit\u00e9cnico Nacional de M\u00e9xico. September 2005.
\nPresentation: Using WordNet to Improve Accuracy in Information Retrieval<\/p>\n

\u25aa Indian Internacional Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IICAI), 2nd edition. December 2005.
\nPresentation: Indexing Entities to Improve Information Retrieval Performance.<\/p>\n

\u25aa Latin American Conference on Networked Audiovisual Media (LACNEM 2011), 3rd edition. November 2011.
\nPresentation: Estudio del rendimiento acad\u00e9mico seg\u00fan el g\u00e9nero de los estudiantes de la Facultad de Tecnolog\u00edas de la Informaci\u00f3n (Study of academic performance by gender among students of the Faculty of Information Technologies).<\/p>\n

\u25aa Latin American Conference on Informatics, 38th edition. October 2012. Presentation: Studies on academic performance according to gender in\u00a0 tudents of information technology faculty at Universidad Latina of Costa Rica.<\/p>\n

Affiliations<\/strong>
\nProfessional \u25aa President of the Colegio de Profesionales en Inform\u00e1tica y Computaci\u00f3n (2018-2020).
\n\u25aa Chair of the IEEE Computer Society Chapter, Costa Rica Section (2016-2018).
\n\u25aa Vice President of the Colegio de Profesionales en Inform\u00e1tica y Computaci\u00f3n (2016-2018).
\n\u25aa Chair of IEEE Women in Engineering, Costra Rica Section (2008- 2010 \/2013-2015).
\n\u25aa Chair of the IEEE Costa Rica Section (2011- 2013).
\n\u25aa Chair of the academic committee for CONCAPAN 2016 \u2013 Costa RicaTeaching Experience<\/strong>
\n2015 \u2013 present
\nUniversidad T\u00e9cnica Nacional -Atenas Campus – Bachelor’s
\n\u25aa E-commerce (IC-2015, IIIC-2016, IC-2017, IC-2018, IIIC-2018, IC-2019, IIC-2019)
\n\u25aa Professional ethics (IIIC-2018, IC-2019).
\n2019
\nUniversidad de Costa Rica -Main Campus -Master’s
\n\u25aa E-commerce (III-2018 \u2013 summer course)
\n2015 \u2013 2018
\nUniversidad Hispanoamericana -Tib\u00e1s\/Heredia Campus \u2013 Bachelor’s\/Master’s
\n\u25aa Informatics I (basic programming)
\n\u25aa Informatics I (office software, master’s in nursing)
\n\u25aa Management information systems (MBA)
\n2007 \u2013 2013
\nUniversidad Latina de Costa Rica -San Pedro Campus \u2013 Bachelor’s\/Master’s
\n\u25aa E-commerce
\n\u25aa Data structures
\n2000 \u2013 2002
\nUniversidad Latinoamericana de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda \u2013 Bachelor’s\u25aa Operating systems
\n\u25aa Systems analysis and design 1 and 2
\n\u25aa Databases
\n\u25aa Introduction to informatics
\n\u25aa Files and data structures
\n\u25aa Introduction to informatics
\n\u25aa Programming I<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":6289,"template":"","class_list":["post-118560","cea_person","type-cea_person","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cea_person\/118560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cea_person"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cea_person"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cea_person\/118560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":122617,"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cea_person\/118560\/revisions\/122617"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6289"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ceadigilaw.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}