Francisco J. García holds a PhD in Computer Science (2000, University of Salamanca, Spain). He works as a teacher of the Informatics and Automatic Department of the University of Salamanca. Dr. García is the GRIAL (research GRoup in InterAction and eLearning) director. His main research interests are eLearning, Computer & Education, Adaptive Systems, Web Engineering, Semantic Web, and Software Reuse. He was member of the Member from Technologic and Academic Committee of the White Book for Digital University 2010. Now he is Technology Innovation Vice-Rector of the University of Salamanca and the President of the Technical Committee of the SCOPEO observatory, an observatory for the eLearning activity, innovation and trends. He has more than 100 published papers in international journals and conferences.
Master Degree in Management of Higher Education Institutions.
Computer Science Engineer - Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Senior Project Manager at OCU [Oficina de Cooperación Universitaria] since 2005.
High experienced in IT systems deployment (ERP, Web/Portals, BI, e-learning, integration) in Spain’s Higher Education Institutions: Universidad de Salamanca, Universidad de Alcalá, Universidad de Extremadura, Universidad de Huelva, Universidad Europea de Madrid, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos.
Before OCU: IT professional since 1998 – top international companies – Lucent, IBM, Telefónica, Vodafone, Verizon, Metro de Madrid, Ferrovial, Santander.
The Digital University 2010 White Paper is the result of a collective discussion between eight universities (Alcalá University, Carlos III University, Castilla-La Mancha University, Rey Juan Carlos University, La Rioja University, Salamanca University, Sevilla University & Valladolid University) and four enterprises (Banco Santander, Telefónica, Universia & Oficina de Cooperación Universitaria) about the technological transformation that Spanish (European) University must tackle due to the goals and challenges from the European Space for Higher Education.
The most relevant topics of this book are related to the European Space for Higher Education, the new legal framework for the Spanish boost to Information Society, the internationalization and development of the competition in the university market, and also the effectively using of the Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) setting up a space for promoting and providing a shared field between University and Society.