Miguel-Angel Sicilia

Miguel-Angel Sicilia obtained a degree on Computer Science in 1996 from the Pontifical University of Salamanca, and a PhD in 2003 from Carlos III University.

Professor Miguel-Angel Sicilia (msicilia@uah.es) obtained a University degree in Computer Science from the Pontifical University of Salamanca in Madrid, Spain (1996) and a PhD from Carlos III University in Madrid, Spain (2002). From 1997 to 1999 he worked as assistant professor at the Pontifical University, after which he joined the Computer Science Department of the Carlos III University in Madrid as a lecturer, and being a member of the development team of a personalization engine. Currently, he works as a full-time professor at the Computer Science Department, University of Alcalá (Madrid). He is currently full professor at the Computer Science Department of the University of Alcalá.

Education

 * 1997: Ms.C. Informatics, Pontifical University of Salamanca
 * 2003: Ph.D. at the Informatics Department of Carlos III University
 * 2010: M.S. in Documentation (Library & Information Science), University of Alcalá.

Selected journal publications

 * Sicilia, M.A. & García-Barriocanal, E. Aedo, I. and Díaz, P. (2003). A literature-based approach to annotation and browsing of Web resources. Information Research 8(2) 4(2), pp. 1-10.
 * Sicilia, M. A., García-Barriocanal, E. and Calvo.T. (2004) An Inquiry-Based Method for Choquet Integral-Based Aggregation of Interface Usability Parameters. Kybernetika, 39(5), pp. 601-614.
 * Dodero, J.M., Sicilia, M.A., Fernández, C. (2004) On the Use of the Choquet Integral For the Collaborative Creation of Learning Objects. Computing and Informatics 23(2), pp. 101-113
 * Sicilia, M.A., Cuadrado, J.J., Crespo, J. and García-Barriocanal, E. (2005). Software cost estimation with fuzzy inputs: fuzzy modeling and aggregation of cost drivers. Kybernetika 41, pp. 249-264.
 * García-Barriocanal, E., Sicilia, M.A. and Sánchez-Alonso, S. (2005). Usability Evaluation of Ontology Editors. Knowledge Organization, 32(1), pp. 1-9.
 * Sicilia, M.A. (2006). Semantic learning designs: recording assumptions and guidelines. British Journal of Educational Technology, 37(3), pp. 331-350.
 * Cuadrado-Gallego, J.J., Sicilia, M.A., Garre, M. and Rodríguez, D. (2006). An empirical study of process-related attributes in segmented software cost-estimation relationships. Journal of Systems and Software 79(3), pp.353-361.
 * Rodríguez, D.; Sicilia, M. A.; Cuadrado-Gallego, J. J.; Pfahl, D. (2006) e-Learning in Project Management Using Simulation Models: A Case Study Based on the Replication of an Experiment. IEEE Transactions on Education 49(4), pp. 451-463
 * Cuadrado-Gallego, J., Fernández-Sanz, L. and Sicilia, M.A. (2006) Enhancing input value selection in parametric software cost estimation models through second level cost drivers. Software Quality Journal 14(4), pp. 339-357.
 * Sicilia, M.A. and García-Barriocanal, E. (2006). Extending Object Database Interfaces with Fuzziness through Aspect-Oriented Design. ACM SIGMOD Record 35(2), pp. 4-9.
 * Sicilia, M.A., Lytras. M., Rodríguez, E. García-Barriocanal, E. (2006) Integrating Descriptions of Knowledge Management Learning Activities into Large Ontological Structures: A case Study. Data and Knowledge Engineering 57(2), pp. 111-121
 * Sicilia, M.A., García-Barriocanal, E., and González-Sotos, L. (2006). Introducing fuzziness in object models and database interfaces through aspects. International Journal of Intelligent Systems 21(12), pp. 1199 - 1216
 * Arroyo, S., Duke, A., López-Cobo, J.M., Sicilia, M.A. (2007). A model-driven choreography conceptual framework. Computer Standards & Interfaces, 29(3), pp. 325-334.
 * Sicilia, M.A. and Cuadrado, J.J. (2007). An algorithm for the generation of segmented parametric software development estimation models. Computing and Informatics 26(1), pp. 1-15
 * Arroyo, S., Sicilia, M.A., Dodero, J.M. (2007) Choreography frameworks for business integration: Addressing heterogeneous semantics. Computers in Industry, 58(6), pp. 487-503.
 * García-Barriocanal, E., Sicilia, M.A. and Lytras, M. (2007) Evaluating pedagogical classification frameworks for learning objects: A case study. Computers in Human Behavior 23(6), pp.2641-2655
 * García-Barriocanal, E. and Sicilia, M.A. (2007). Representing evidence about interpersonal relationships of public people in the Semantic Web. ASLIB Proceedings 59(6), pp. 550-564.
 * Cuadrado, J.J., Rodríguez, D., Sicilia, M.A., Garre, M. and Crespo, A. (2007). Software project effort estimation based on multiple parametric models generated through data clustering. Journal of Computer Science and Technology 22(3), pp. 371-378.
 * Sicilia, M.A., García-Barriocanal, E. and Sánchez-Alonso, S. (2008). Empirical assessment of a collaborative filtering algorithm based on OWA operators. International Journal of Intelligent Systems 23(12), pp.1251-1263.
 * Arroyo, S., Sicilia, M.A., López-Cobo, J.M. (2008) Patterns of message interchange in decoupled hypermedia systems. Journal of Network and Computer Applications, 31(2), pp. 75-92.
 * Aroba, J., Cuadrado-Gallego, J.J., Sicilia, M.A., Ramos, I., García-Barriocanal, E. (2008) Segmented software cost estimation models based on fuzzy clustering. Journal of Systems and Software 81(11), pp. 1944-1950.
 * Arroyo, S. and Sicilia, M.A. (2008). SOPHIE: Use case and evaluation. Information and Software Technology 50(12), pp. 1266-1280.
 * Sicilia, J.J., Sicilia, M.A., Sánchez-Alonso, S., García-Barriocanal, E. and Pontikaki, M. (2009). Knowledge representation issues in ontology-based clinical Knowledge Management systems. International Journal of Technology Management 47(1-3), pp. 191-206
 * Sicilia, M.A., García-Barriocanal, E. Sánchez-Alonso, S. and Rodríguez-García, D. (2009). Ontologies of engineering knowledge: general structure and the case of Software Engineering. The Knowledge Engineering Review (2009), 24:309-326
 * Arroyo, S. and Sicilia, M.A. (2010, in press) Architecture and algorithms of the SOPHIE choreography framework. Journal of Intelligent Information Systems 34(2), 34, pp. 193-221.
 * Sanchez-Alonso, S., Sicilia, M.A., Garcia-Barriocanal, E., Pages-Arevalo, C., Lezcano, L. (2010) Social models in open learning object repositories: A simulation approach for sustainable collections, Simulation Modelling Practice and Theory, 19(1), pp. 110-120.
 * Lezcano, L., Sánchez-Alonso, S. and Sicilia, M.A. (2011, en prensa). Associating Clinical Archetypes Through UMLS Metathesaurus Term Clusters. Journal of Medical Systems.
 * Rodríguez, D., Sicilia, M.A., Sanchez-Alonso, S., Lezcano, L. and García-Barriocanal, E.. (2011, in press) Exploring affiliation network models as a collaborative filtering mechanism in e-learning. Interactive Learning Environments
 * Sicilia, M.A., Lytras, M., Sánchez-Alonso, S., García-Barriocanal, E. and Zapata, M. (2011, to appear) Modeling instructional-design theories with ontologies: using methods to check, generate and search learning designs. Computers and Human Behavior.
 * García-Barriocanal, E., Sicilia, M.A., Sánchez-Alonso, S. and Lytras, M. (2011, in press). Semantic annotation of video fragments as learning objects: a case study with YouTube videos and the Gene Ontology. Interactive Learning Environments
 * García-Barriocanal, E., Sicilia, M.A., Sánchez-Alonso, S. (2011, in press). Providing semantic metadata to on-line learning resources on sustainable agriculture and farming: combining values and technical knowledge. Interactive Learning Environments
 * Lezcano, L., Sicilia, M.A., Rodríguez Solano-Nuzzi, C. (2011). Integrating reasoning and clinical archetypes using OWL ontologies and SWRL rules. Journal of Biomedical Informatics.
 * Sicilia, M.A., Sánchez-Alonso, S. and García-Barriocanal, E. (2011, to appear) Comparing impact factors from two different citation databases: the case of computer science. Journal of Informetrics.
 * Valiente, M.C., García-Barriocanal, E. and Sicilia, M.A. (2011, to appear) Applying ontology-based models for supporting integrated software development and IT service processes. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C.