Personal profile
Research Interests
My research interests focus on software process management, project management, and the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in business environments.
Education/Academic qualification
Master, Project Management, Universidad para la Cooperación Internacional, UCI
2014 → 2015
Bachelor, Computer Engineering, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
2002 → 2007
Campus del Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
- CAMPUS TECNOLOGICO LOCAL SAN CARLOS
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 13 Climate Action -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Gestión Transformadora de las PyMEs en la Zona Norte: Generando competencias en la aplicación de herramientas de IA para la mejora de procesos
Lopez Valerio, C. (Institutional academic coordinator), Esquivel Vega, G. (Institutional academic collaborator), Méndez Porras, A. (Institutional academic collaborator), Garita Rodríguez, C. (Institutional academic collaborator), Fernández Mora, L. (Institutional academic coordinator), Barrantes Barrantes, E. (Institutional academic collaborator), Alfaro Velasco, J. (Institutional academic collaborator), Víquez Paniagua, A. G. (Institutional academic collaborator), Campos Agüero, C. (Institutional academic collaborator) & Miranda Fajardo, J. C. (Institutional academic collaborator)
Cámara de Turismo y Comercio de San Vicente (TUSANVI)
1/01/26 → 31/12/28
Project: Other
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DTEC: Desarrollo de Capacidades Tecnológicas en Empresas Rurales de la Zona Norte de Costa Rica mediante la Adopción de Tecnologías Digitales Disruptivas
Méndez Porras, A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Esquivel Vega, G. (Institutional academic collaborator), Alfaro Velasco, J. (Institutional academic collaborator), Delgado, E. J. (Institutional academic collaborator), Miranda Fajardo, J. C. (Institutional academic collaborator), Campos Agüero, C. (Institutional academic collaborator), Barrantes Barrantes, E. (Institutional academic collaborator) & Lopez Valerio, C. (Institutional academic collaborator)
1/01/25 → 31/08/27
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Technological Development
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Sistemas basados en Inteligencia Artificial usando Machine Learning y Deep Learning para reconocimiento facial, categorización automática de casos y predicción de incidentes por ubicación
Méndez Porras, A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Calvo Valverde, L. A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Jiménez Delgado, E. (Institutional academic coordinator), Alfaro Velasco, J. (Institutional academic coordinator), Núñez Solano, A. (External collaborating researcher ), Mata Carpio, L. (External collaborating researcher ), Quesada López, C. (External collaborating researcher ), Bastidas, S. E. C. (Institutional academic coordinator), Alejandro Díaz Toro, A. (Institutional academic coordinator), José Cervelión Bastidas, Á. (Institutional academic coordinator) & Emilio Cabrera, H. (Institutional academic coordinator)
1/01/24 → 31/12/26
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Technological Development
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Aula Inteligente impulsada por Inteligencia Artificial y consciente de las emociones
Méndez Porras, A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Calvo Valverde, L. A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Jiménez Delgado, E. (Institutional academic coordinator), Alfaro Velasco, J. (Institutional academic coordinator), Quesada-López, C. (Institutional academic coordinator), Bastidas, S. E. C. (Institutional academic coordinator), Alejandro Díaz Toro, A. (Institutional academic coordinator), José Cervelión Bastidas, Á. (Institutional academic coordinator), Emilio Cabrera, H. (External collaborating researcher ), Tovar Torres, C. F. (External collaborating researcher ) & Jaramillo Concha, R. (Institutional academic coordinator)
1/01/24 → 31/12/25
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Technological Development
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Identificación de fallas en instalaciones solares fotovoltaicas
Spagnuolo, G. (External collaborating researcher ), Rojas, R. (Institutional academic coordinator), Cardinale Villalobos, L. (Institutional academic coordinator), Méndez Porras, A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Meza Benavides, C. (Institutional academic coordinator), Araya Solano, L. A. (Institutional academic coordinator), Alfaro Velasco, J. (Institutional academic coordinator) & Murillo Soto, L. D. (Institutional academic coordinator)
1/01/20 → 31/12/22
Project: Research Projects Internally funded › Basic and applied research
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A Comparative Study of Transfer Learning Models for Tattoo Detection
Jiménez Delgado, E., Quesada-López, C., Castro Caicedo, F., Cabrera Meza, H., Méndez-Porras, A., Campaña-Bastidas, S., Alfaro-Velasco, J., Murillo-Rojas, N. & Rodríguez-Salas, J., 2026, Emerging Trends in Information Systems and Technologies - WorldCIST 2025 Volume 4. Rocha, A., Adeli, H., Poniszewska-Maranda, A., Moreira, F. & Bianchi, I. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 299-312 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1583 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A Comparative Study on Deep Learning Techniques for Tattoo Localization
Jiménez-Delgado, E., Quesada-López, C., Méndez-Porras, A., Alfaro-Velasco, J. & Murillo-Rojas, N., 2026, Proceedings of 20th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI 2025) - Volume 2. Rocha, A., García Peñalvo, F., Costa, C. J. & Gonçalves, R. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 97-109 13 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1717 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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AI-Based Real-Time Security Monitoring System for Violet Tourism
Méndez-Porras, A., Retschitzegger, W., Proell, B., Alfaro-Velasco, J., Fernández-Mora, L., Esquivel-Vega, G. & Campos-Agüero, C., 2026, Proceedings of 20th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI 2025) - Volume 1. Rocha, A., Costa, C. J., Peñalvo, F. G. & Gonçalves, R. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 135-145 11 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1716 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A Multi-method Active Liveness Detection Approach for Spoofing Detection: Integrating Blink, Head Movement, and Facial Expression Analysis
Méndez-Porras, A., Porras-Rojas, M., Alfaro-Velasco, J., Jiménez-Delgago, E., Jiménez, J. B. & Bastidas, S. C., 2026, Proceedings of the Future Technologies Conference, FTC 2025, Volume 1. Arai, K. (ed.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 698-718 21 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1675 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review
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A Comparative Study of Transfer Learning Models for Industrial and Forensic Applications in Automated Tattoo Detection
Jiménez-Delgado, E., Quesada-Lpez, C., Méndez-Porras, A., Alfaro-Velasco, J., Quesada-Sánchez, J., Mata-Carpio, L. & Núñez-Solano, A., 2025, Intelligent Systems and Applications - Proceedings of the 2025 Intelligent Systems Conference IntelliSys Volume 1. Arai, K. (ed.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 383-396 14 p. (Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems; vol. 1553 LNNS).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review