Fitxa persona

J. Javier Samper Zapater has a bachelor's degree of Computer´s Science from the Polytechnic University of Valencia (1995) and PhD in Computer Engineering from the University of Valencia (2005). Currently, he works as Associate Professor (Senior Lecturer) of the University of the Computer Science Department and the School of Engineering of the University of Valencia (ETSE-UV). He is a member of the LISITT research group belonging to the Institute of Robotics and Information Technology and Communications (IRTIC) since 1996. His areas of research focus on the fields of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Information and Web Systems Semantics In these areas, he has participated in national and international research projects (SERTI, ARTS, EASYWAY ...), with different roles: lead researcher, technical coordinator, consultant and developer. He has published more than 100 publications both in journals and conferences, in which he has participated several times as reviewer, editorial or scientific  committee, keynote speaker or chair. He is currently the secretary and founding member of ESAM Technology Company Ltd., a spin off of the University of Valencia formed in 2007. In addition, having been president from 2012 to 2022, he is currently the vice-president of the international conferences organization EATIS.org (Euro American Association on Telematics and Information Systems), president of the academic coordination commission of the Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering, coordinator of the third course of the Engineering Degree in Telematics, and a member of the Academic Committee of the Doctoral Program "Information Technology, Communications and Computing" at the University of Valencia until December 2020.

Research lines:

• Semantic Web and Linked Open Data 
• ITS systems  (Intelligent Transport Systems).