Biography
Juan Ramón Santana obtained his PhD in Telecommunication Engineering at the University of Cantabria in 2021, and now is an assistant professor at the Computer Science and Electronics Engineering department. Before, he was a research fellow in the Network Planning and Mobile Communications Laboratory, from the same university as well. Prior to his current occupation, he worked on IoT solutions for the cattle industry. Since then, he has been involved in several Smart City international projects, from which we can highlight SmartSantander, carrying out the integration and deployment of the communication infrastructure. Beyond SmartSantander, he has been working as Work Package leader in other EU projects, such as EAR-IT, FIESTA-IoT or FESTIVAL, an EU-Japan collaborative project. He has co-authored more than 30 publications, including conferences, journals and book chapters.
Finally, it is worth mentioning that he is the co-founder of a travel blog (imanesdeviaje.com), with more than 300K unique visitors per month.
Interests
- Internet of Things
- Smart City
- Web design and development
- Travelling
Education
- PhD in Telecommunications Engineering, 2021 Universidad de Cantabria
- MSc in Telecommunication Engineering, 2010 University of Cantabria
- Erasmus grant, 2008-2009 Politecnico di Torino
Languages
- Spanish (Native)
- English (C1 Level)
- Italian (B2 Level)
Courses
- An introduction to interactive programming in Python. Rice University (coursera.org)
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Events
Internet Conference 2018 (Tokyo)
The international conference “Internet Conference 2018” held in Tokyo, Japan, includes speakers from around the world related to the world of Internet. In addition, this conference hosts a poster session with students from different universities in Japan.
Aveiro TechDays 2018
The international conference “Aveiro TechDays 2018” held in Aveiro, Portugal, presented the advances in different fields of engineering and technology both in Portugal and the rest of the world.
Bluestar MVP 2018 Smart Cities (Edinburgh)
The international congress “MVP 2018 Smart Cities” held in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, belongs to the series of annual congresses organized by the international company BlueStar, leader in its field, dedicated to the integration of RFID solutions, Digital Panels, Security, etc.