B e a t r i z     B a r r o s 
Ph.D. on Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science Engineer (UPM, 1999)
Associate Professor on Computer Systems and Languages (UNED, 2000)
Office
Escuela Técnica Superior de Informática (UNED) 
Depart. Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos 
Edificio Interfacultativo, desp 2.07
C/ Juan del Rosal 16 (Ciudad Universitaria) 28040 Madrid Spain 

(phone) +34 91 398 7993
(fax) +34 91 398 6535
(email) bbarros(at)lsi.uned.es 

Research
Teaching

Research

Topics

Analysis and Modelling of Collaboration; Collaborative Learning; Collaborative and Cooperative Systems; Intelligent Tutoring Systems;
AI for Education; Learning Technologies
Web-based Communitites, Virtual Learning Communities
Evaluation of Collaborative Systems
Java and XML technologies 

On-going Projects

ENLACE (CICYT)
KALEIDOSCOPE (IST program,  6th framework)

FINISHED PROJECTS
Divilab  (IST program, 5th framwork)
EA2C2  (CICYT)
COLDEX  (IST program, 5th framwork)

Research Publications

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2006

- Read, T., Barros, B., Barcna, E., Pancorbo, J.: Coalescing Individual and Collaborative Learning to Model User Linguistic Competences.; User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction, Vol. 16, Issue, 3-4, September 2006, 349-376.

- Alvaro,J.L., Miranda, E.R., Barros, B. (2006) "Music Knowledge Analysis: Towards an Efficient Representation for Composition", Current Topics in Artificial Intelligence; LNCS 4177, Springer-Verlag, pp.  331-341

-  Velez, J., Barros, B. & Verdejo M.F. International Journal of Web Based Communities (IJWBC), Vol 2 - Issue 3 - 2006

2005

- Vélez. J.; Mayorga, J.I.; Barros, B.; Verdejo, M.F. (2005) " A Metamodel for defining and managing Web Based Communities" Proc. Web Based Communities 2005

- Mayorga, J.I., Barros, B., Celorrio, C., Verdejo, M.F. (2005) "An Ontology-driven portal for a collaborative learning community" 12th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence in Education, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, vol. 125, pags. 872-874, IOS Press, ISBN  1-58603-530-4

J.L. Mayorga, C. Celorrio, E.J. Lorenzo, J. Vélez, B. Barros, M.F. Verdejo (2005) " Una aplicación semántica de apoyo a Comunidades Virtuales de Aprendizaje        Colaborativo" XI Conferencia de la Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial. Actas del taller "Técnicas de la Inteligencia Artificial Aplicadas a la Educación", Santiago de Compostela 2005

C. Celorrio, M.F. Verdejo, B. Barros (2005) "Una Aproximación a la Distribución de Repositorios de Objetos de Aprendizaje basada en Servicios Web." VI Congreso Nacional de Informática Educativa Simposio Nacional de Tecnologías de la Información y las Comunicaciones en la Educación, SINTICE’2005 (ADIE)

2004

-  Barros, B.,  Vélez, J.  & Verdejo, F. (2004) "Aplicación de la Teoría de la Actividad en el desarrollo de Sistemas Colaborativos de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje
Revista Iberoamericana de Inteligencia Artificial. Nº 24. Vol. 8. pp. 67-76 2004

-  M.F. Verdejo, B. Barros, J.I. Mayorga, T. Read (2004) "Designing a Semantic Portal for Collaborative Learning Communities" R. Conejo et al. (Eds.): CAEPIA-TTIA 2003, LNAI 3040, pp. 251-259, 2004. Springer-Verlag

2003

-  Barros, B.,  Vélez, J.  & Verdejo, F. (2003) " Experiencias de aplicación de la Teoría de la Actividad en el desarrollo de Sistemas Colaborativos de Enseñanza y Aprendizaje".  Congreso CAEPIA, 2003

M.F. Verdejo, B. Barros, J.I. Mayorga & T. Read (2003) "Including collaborative learning designs in a Learning Object Repository"
AIED 2003 Conference Proceedings. Vol 97 in Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and applications, IOS Press


T. Read, M.F. Verdejo, B. Barros (2003) "Incorporating interoperability into a distributed eLearning system", ED-MEDIA 2003 Conference Proceedings

-   M.F. Verdejo, B. Barros, R. Gómez Antón, T. Read (2003) "The design and implementation of experimental collaborative learning in a Distance Learning context"
 ITHET03 "4th international conference on Information Technology Based Higher Education" Conference Proceedings, in cooperation with the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) Education Society and with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

2002

- Read, T. , Bárcena, E.,  Barros, B.& Verdejo, M.F. (2002) “Adaptive modelling of student diagnosis and material selection for on-line language learning"Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems (ISSN 64-1246), Vol. 12,pp. 135-149.

-T. Read, E. Bárcena, B. Barros, M.F. Verdejo (2002) I-PETER: Modelling Personalised Diagnosis and Material Selection for an Online English Course.
IBERAMIA 2002 : 734-744


- B. Barros, M. F. Verdejo, T. Read & R. Mizoguchi (2002). "Applications of a Collaborative Learning Ontology". MICAI’2002 Mexican International Conference on Artificial Inteligence). LNAI, Springer-Verlag pp. 301-310

- M. F. Verdejo, B. Barros, T. Read, M. Rodríguez-Artacho (2002). "A proposal to support the design of experimental learning activities" In New Technologies for Collaborative Learning (Hoppe, Ikeda & Ogata Editors). Kluwer.

- M. F. Verdejo, B. Barros, T. Read, M. Rodríguez-Artacho (2002). "A System for the Specification and Development of an Environment for Distributed CSCL Environments" Intelligent Tutoring Systems, 6th International Conference, ITS 2002(Cerri, S., Gouardères, G., Paraguaçu,F.) LNCS, Springer-Verlag.ITS' 2002. LNCS.

2001

- Barros, B. & Verdejo, M.F. (2001 ) "Entornos para la realización de actividades de aprendizaje colaborativo a distancia" . Revista Iberoamericana de Inteligencia Artificial. ISSN 1137-3601. (Spanish)

- M.F. Verdejo, B. Barros & M. Rodríguez-Artacho (2001). "A proposal to support the design of experimental learning activities" Proceedings European Conference on Collaborative Learning ’2001. Pages 633-640. ISBN 90-5681-097-9. Maastrich McLuhan Institute

- Barros, B., Mizoguchi, R. & Verdejo (2001)."A platform for collaboration analysis in CSCL. An ontological approach" .Proceedings Artificial Intelligence in Education AIIED’2001. Pages 530-532. ISBN 0922-6389. IOS Press.

- M.F. Verdejo, B. Barros, Y, Calero, R. Gomez-Anton, T. Read, & M. Rodríguez-Artacho (2001) "Enfoque, diseño e implementación de un entorno virtual para la enseñanza y el aprendizaje de una materia experimental" Actas VIRTUAL EDUCA 2001. Pages 151-158. ISBN 84-362-4476-1 (Spanish)

2000

- M.F.Verdejo, B.Barros (2000)"Designing support for collaborative virtual laboratories in Distance Learning settings" Proceedings New Technologies for collaborative Learning. Pages 17-24.Japan. 

- B.Barros, M.F.Verdejo (2000).DEGREE: un sistema para la realización y evaluación de experiencias de aprendizaje colaborativo en enseñanza a distancia". Revista Iberoamericana de Inteligencia Artificial Vol 9 ISSN 1137-3601. Pages 27-37.(Spanish) 

- B.Barros, M.F.Verdejo (2000)."Analysing student´s interaction process for improving collaboration: the DEGREE approach". International Journal for Artificial Intelligence in Education. pp. 221-241 ISSN 1560-4292 

1999

- Barros, B. (1999) Aprendizaje Colaborativo en Enseñanza a Distancia: Entorno genérico para configurar, realizar y analizar actividades en grupo. Ph. D. Dissertation. UPM.

- B. Barros, M.F. Verdejo (1999)"An approach to analyse collaboration when shared structured workspaces are used for carrying our group learning processes". AIED'99:Artificial Intelligence Open Learning Environments. ISBN 90 5199452 4. Pages 449-456. IOS Press

- M.F.Verdejo, B.Barros (1999)"Combining user-centered desing and Activity concepts for developing computer-mediated collaborative learning environments: a case example" ED-MEDIA'99. ISBN 1-880094-35-5 

- Barros, B., Verdejo, M.F (1999) "DEGREE: Un sistema para la realización y evaluación de experiencias de aprendizaje colaborativo en enseñanza a distancia", CAEPIA'99. ISBN 931170-0-5.(Spanish)

Until 1998 

- B.Barros, M.F. Verdejo, M.Rodriguez-Artacho (1998).“Towards a model of collaborative support for distance learners to perform joint tasks” ISBN 3-540-64574-8. Pages 155-168. Chapman & Hall 

- B.Barros, M.F.Verdejo (1998)”Designing workspaces to support collaborative learning”. In Tasks and methods in Applied Artificial Intelligence. LNAI 1416. Pages 668-677. Springer-Verlag 

- M.F. Verdejo & B. Barros (1998)“Creating an organizational learning memory for collaborative experiences in distance education” Proceedings Teleteaching´98. The XV. IFIP World Computer Congress. ISBN 3-85403-120-3 

- M.F.Verdejo, M.T. Abad, B. Barros (1998)“Supporting distance learners for collaborative problem solving” Proceedings ED-MEDIA´ 98. Pages 1407-1412. ISBN 1-880094-30-4 

- M.F.Verdejo, M.T.Abad, B.Barros (1996) “Modelling groupware for computer-supported collaborative learning" Proceedings WG 3.6 IFIP Working Conference: Collaborative learning and working with telematics 

- M.F.Verdejo, A.García Serrano y B.Barros (1996)”Soporte cooperativo para enseñanza a distancia” Proceedings l V Congreso Iberoamericano de Inteligencia Artificial. Pages 428-437. ISBN 968-18-5429-2 

- B.Barros y A. García Serrano, M.F.Verdejo “ESCAD: A knowledge-based system for academic consulting in distance learning” Proceedings Fourth European Conference on Computer supported cooperative work. Pages 16-17 

- B.Barros y A. García Serrano, M.F.Verdejo (1994)“ESCAD: Un entorno para soportar consultoría académica a distancia" Proceedings II Congresso ibero-americano de Informática na Educaçao. ISBN 972-614-272-5 

- M.Paulsen, B. Barros, P.Busch, B. Compostela, M.Quesnel, (1994) “A Pedagogical Framework for CMC Programmes” ) Collaborative Dialogue Technologies in Distance Learning, NATO ASI SERIES (Vol F:133), Springer-Verlag (Verdejo & Cerri, Editors), pp. 11-20. 

Teaching

(Spanish)

Topics

- Computer Supported Collaborative Work

- Compilers
 


 
 


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