Javier García Guzm

Javier García Guzmán, PhD. holds a BSc in Engineering and a PhD in Computer Science (Carlos III University of Madrid). He has 13 years’ experience as a researcher and consultant in public and private companies. He has participated in numerous research projects related to open and user driven innovation approaches for creating new solutions for software services, collaborative working environment and e-learning technologies, financed by public (European and national) and private funds. He has published several books and international scientific papers related to software engineering and collaborative working environments.His interests on research are related to open and user driven innovation, new methods and approaches for research and innovation, measurement and evaluation of innovation, experimental facilities for research and innovation.Several publications on this area are:Innovative Methods for Rural Living Labs Innovation – Javier García, Hans Schaffers – eChallenges 2008Collaboration Environments Instantiation Process through Interoperable Platforms – Mariano Navarro, Javier García, Tomás Robles – eChallenges 2008Living Labs Fostering Open Innovation and Rural Development: Methodology and Results – Javier Garcia Guzman, Hans Schaffers, Vilmos Bilicki, Christian Merz, Monica Valenzuela – ICE 08 - 14th International Conf. on Concurrent Enterprising