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Gustavo Zurita

  • Profesor Titular
    Formación Académica

  • Doctor en Ingeniería Civil, mención Ciencia de la Computación, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile.
    Licenciado en Informática, Universidad Mayor de San Simón, Bolivia.

    Biografía

  • Las temáticas de las investigaciones del profesor Zurita se centran en Sistemas de Información colaborativos de apoyo al aprendizaje, tecnologías de apoyo al aprendizaje y la toma de decisiones, enseñanza de la ética, soportada mediante tecnologías, y la gestión de negocios en organizaciones, como la transformación digital.

    Ha sido pionero en la investigación del uso de dispositivos móviles de apoyo al aprendizaje (según JCR, el 2017 fue la investigación N° 43 más citada en el mundo de un total de 10.587 artículos científicos en al área). Tiene 34 artículos publicados en Web of Science Core Collection (WoS), 20 como autor principal, 14 como co-autor; y 13 corresponden a disciplinas en cuartil Q1. Cuenta con más de 100 artículos aceptados en Conferencias Internacionales, las que están publicadas proceedings catalogadas en Scopus, IEEE y ACM. A octubre del 2023, posee un total de 3.370 citas a sus publicaciones, según se registra en Google Scholar.

    Se ha adjudicado 16 proyectos ante bases concursables; 12 nacionales, cuatro internacionales, tres Fondecyt Regular como Investigador responsable (dos como investigador único), y seis en total como investigador y proponente único responsable.

    Del 2008 a 2019, fue Director de Investigación de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios de la Universidad de Chile y, desde el 2004, es director académico de diplomados del área de Tecnologías de Información de la unidad de Educación Ejecutiva.

    Del 2017 al 2022 fue miembro del Comité de Calificación Académica de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios, y desde el 2023 es miembro del Comité de apelación de Calificación Académica. Desde el 2023, es miembro de la Comisión de Evaluación Académica de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios

    Desde el 2020, es Editor Asociado IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies (Revista indexada en WoS); y desde el 2017 ocupa la misma posición en Journal for STEM Education Research (Revista indexada en EBSCO).

    Actualmente viene impulsando la enseñanza de la ética en el ámbito profesional de las ingenierías, ciencias sociales y los negocios. Para ello, ha establecido varias prácticas pedagógicas con estudiantes de diversas carreras y universidades de Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, México y España.

    Cargos Académicos

    -Director del Centro de Gestión de Información para los Negocios, desde el 2022. 
    -Miembro del Comité de Calificación Académica de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios, del 2017 al 2022.
    -Director de Investigación de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios, desde marzo del 2009 a marzo del 2019.
    -Director de Investigación del Departamento de Control de Gestión y Sistemas de Información, desde agosto del 2008 a diciembre del 2019.
    -Director académico de diplomados del área de Sistemas y Tecnologías de Información, desde el 2004.
    -Director de la Unidad de Desarrollo Tecnológico - UDT (ex UCA), de la Facultad de Economía y Negocios, desde agosto del 2006 a agosto del 2008.

    Campos de Investigación
  • Sistemas de Información colaborativos de apoyo al aprendizaje, tecnologías de apoyo al aprendizaje y la toma de decisiones (DSS, EMS, KMS, BPM), enseñanza de la ética soportada mediante el soporte de tecnologías, y la gestión de negocios en organizaciones (transformación digital).
Publicaciones en Revistas con Comité Editorial
● 2024 / Avances en la transformación digital en Chile: ¿Cómo va el sector el sector público? / Revista Economía & administración Mirada FEN - No. 186
● 2024 / Ajustes en nueva versión del índice de Madurez de Transformación Digital 2024 en el sector público / Revista Contabilidad y Sistemas, Universidad de Chile - No. 25
● 2024 / Influence of Learning Style Preferences on Written Communication Skills in a Blended Learning Environment / Profesional de la Informacion - Vol. 33, No. 1
● 2024 / Improving the Learning Experience in Ethics Education with Groupware: A Case Study / LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 14.704
● 2023 / Retail Indicators Forecasting and Planning / JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 29, No. 11
● 2022 / A Bibliometric Overview of the IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies / IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies - Vol. 15, No. 6
● 2022 / Índice de Madurez de Transformación Digital (IMTD) en el sector público / Revista Contabilidad y Sistemas, Universidad de Chile - Vol. 22
● 2022 / Applying the concept of implicit HCI to a groupware environment for teaching ethics / Personal and Ubiquitous Computing - Vol. 26, No. 6
● 2021 / Acciones empresariales frente a la pandemia COVID-19 / Revista Contabilidad y Sistemas, Universidad de Chile - Vol. 19
● 2021 / Leading countries in computer science: A bibliometric overview / JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS - Vol. 40, No. 2
● 2021 / HCI implícita en una aplicación colaborativa de apoyo a la enseñanza de la ética / Revista Contabilidad y Sistemas, Universidad de Chile - Vol. 19
● 2021 / Forecasting key retail performance indicators using interpretable regression / SENSORS - Vol. 21, No. 5
● 2021 / Twenty-five Years of Journal of Universal Computer Science: A Bibliometric Overview / JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 27, No. 1
● 2020 / A bibliometric overview of the Journal of Network and Computer Applications between 1997 and 2019 / Journal of Network and Computer Applications - Vol. 165
● 2020 / Bibliometrics in computer science: An institution ranking / JOURNAL OF INTELLIGENT & FUZZY SYSTEMS - Vol. 38, No. 5
● 2019 / Technology Support for Collaborative Preparation of Emergency Plans / SENSORS - Vol. 19, No. 22
● 2019 / Planning of urban public transportation networks in a smart city / JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 25, No. 8
● 2018 / Sistemas de Localización para Apoyar la Planificación y el Control Estratégico: El Caso de una Corredora de Propiedades / Revista Contabilidad y Sistemas, Universidad de Chile - Vol. 12
● 2018 / Twenty-Five Years of Group Decision and Negotiation: A Bibliometric Overview / GROUP DECISION AND NEGOTIATION - Vol. 27, No. 4
● 2016 / Introducing a Collaborative Tool Supporting a Learning Activity Involving Creativity with Rotation of Group Members / JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 22, No. 10
● 2016 / Understanding student participation in undergraduate course communities: A case study / INFORMATION SYSTEMS FRONTIERS - Vol. 18, No. 1
● 2016 / Achieving better usability of software supporting learning activities of large groups / INFORMATION SYSTEMS FRONTIERS - Vol. 18, No. 1
● 2015 / A Blended Learning Environment for Enhancing Meaningful Learning Using 21st Century Skills / LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE -
● 2015 / An Architecture to Support the Design and Evaluation of Software Platforms for Partially Virtual Communities / COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS - Vol. 34, No. 3
● 2015 / Characterization of an Ad-Hoc Geo-referenced BPM supported by Microblogging / IEEE Latin America Transactions - Vol. 13, No. 6
● 2014 / SmartCity: Public Transportation Network Planning Based on Cloud Services, Crowd Sourcing and Spatial Decision Support Theory / LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 8.867
● 2014 / Developing Distributed Collaborative Applications with HTML5 under the Coupled Objects Paradigm / JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 20, No. 13
● 2014 / Key indicators for assessing the design of geocollaborative applications / INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & DECISION MAKING - Vol. 13, No. 2
● 2014 / An application framework for developing collaborative handheld decision-making tools / BEHAVIOUR & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY - Vol. 33, No. 5
● 2014 / Integrating Decision-Making Support in Geocollaboration Tools / GROUP DECISION AND NEGOTIATION - Vol. 23, No. 2
● 2014 / Using the cloud to develop applications supporting geo-collaborative Situated Learning / Future Generation Computer Systems - Vol. 34
● 2013 / Analyzing two participation strategies in an undergraduate course community / LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 8, No. 224
● 2013 / Multiple views for supporting lifelong, highly contextual and ubiquitous social learning / LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 8.276
● 2012 / Ubiquitous Mobile Knowledge Construction in Collaborative Learning Environments / SENSORS - Vol. 12, No. 6
● 2012 / Mobile, Collaborative Situated Knowledge Creation for Urban Planning / SENSORS - Vol. 12, No. 5
● 2011 / Developing a Mobile Collaborative Tool for Business Continuity Management / JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 17, No. 2
● 2009 / MC-Supporter: Flexible Mobile Computing Supporting Learning though Social Interactions / JOURNAL OF UNIVERSAL COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 15, No. 9
● 2008 / Using PDA in Meetings: Patterns, Architecture and Components / Journal of Universal Computer Science - Vol. 14, No. 1
● 2008 / A collaborative Face-to-Face Design Support System based on Sketching and Gesturing / Advanced Engineering Informatics - Vol. 22, No. 3
● 2007 / Mobile sensemaking: Exploring proximity and mobile applications in the Classroom / Journal of Universal Computer Science - Vol. 13, No. 10
● 2007 / A Conceptual Framework Based on Activity Theory for Mobile Cscl / British Journal of Educational Technology - Vol. 38, No. 2
● 2006 / Estudios Comparativos de Estructuras Financieras para empresas a países Latinoamericanos y de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica / Estudios de información y control de gestión - No. 10
● 2006 / Servicios Móviles de apoyo a la localización y asignación de recursos / Estudios de información y control de gestión -
● 2006 / A Gestures and Freehand Writing Interaction Based Electronic Meeting Support System with Handhelds / LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 4.275
● 2005 / Handheld-Based Electronic Meeting Support / LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE -
● 2005 / Dynamic grouping in collaborative learning supported by wireless handhelds / Educational Technology and Society - Vol. 8, No. 3
● 2004 / A Constructivist Mobile Learning Environment Supported by a Wireless Handheld Network / Journal of Computer Assisted Learning - Vol. 20, No. 4
● 2004 / M-Commerce: la siguiente generación de comercio / No. 148
● 2004 / Computer supported collaborative learning using wirelessly interconnected handheld computers / Computers & Education - Vol. 42, No. 3
● 2003 / Encouraging Face-to-face Collaborative Learning through the use of Handheld Computers in the Classroom / LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 2.795
● 2003 / Valuation of Investment Companies in Chile / Estudios de Administracion, Universidad de Chile - Vol. 10, No. 2
Libros
● 2007 / A Platform For Motivating Collaborative Learning Using Participatory Simulation Applications / Vol. 4.469
Capítulos de libros
● 2021 / Automatic Content Analysis of Student Moral Discourse in a Collaborative Learning Activity
● 2021 / A Social Platform for Fostering Ethical Education through Role-Playing
● 2019 / Developing Hyper-stories in the Context of Cultural Heritage Appreciation / Vol. 11.677
● 2019 / A CSCL Script for Supporting Moral Reasoning in the Ethics Classroom / Vol. 11.677
● 2017 / A location-based service to support collaboration and strategic control in a real estate broker / Vol. 10.586
● 2017 / Practice of Skills for Reading Comprehension in Large Classrooms by Using a Mobile Collaborative Support and Microblogging
● 2017 / Promoting active learning in large classrooms: Going beyond the clicker
● 2016 / Computer science research in artificial intelligence / Vol. 2.223
● 2016 / A bibliometric analysis of journals in educational research / Vol. 2.223
● 2016 / Easing Students' Participation in Class with Hand Gesture Interfaces
● 2016 / Support communication and intercultural adjustment of exchange students based on the AUM theory
● 2015 / Situated Learning Theory and Geo-collaboration for Seamless Learning
● 2015 / Sketchpad: A Learning Tool Supporting Creativity in Collaborative Learning Activities / Vol. 9.334
● 2015 / Supporting Collaborative Decision Making in Geo-Collaboration Scenarios / Vol. 9.334
● 2015 / Supporting Smart Community Decision Making for Self-governance with Multiple Views / Vol. 9.454
● 2015 / Efficient Planning of Urban Public Transportation Networks / Vol. 9.454
● 2014 / Requirements for ad-hoc geo-referenced BPM with microblogging / Vol. 8.658
● 2014 / Cooperative work for spatial decision making: An emergencies management case / Vol. 8.658
● 2013 / Using geo-collaboration and microblogging to support learning: Identifying problems and opportunities for technological business / LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE - Vol. 8.224
● 2012 / Context, patterns and geo-collaboration to support situated learning / Vol. 7.656
● 2011 / Development of a Mobile Situation Awareness Tool Supporting Disaster Recovery of Business Operations / Vol. 13
● 2010 / Evaluating a Prototype for Geo-Referenced Collaborative Psychotherapy with Mobile Devices / Vol. 6.257
● 2009 / Supporting Unstructured Activities in Crisis Management: A Collaboration Model and Prototype to Improve Situation Awareness / Vol. 5.424
● 2008 / Visually- Driven Decision Making Using Handheld Devices
● 2008 / Computer Supported Collaborative Learning
● 2007 / Developing Motivating Collaborative Learning through Participatory Simulations / No. 4.488
Academic/Professional meeting Proceedings
● 2024 (Forthcoming) / Strengthening Teacher Agency: Supporting the Orchestration of Ethical Dilemmas With EthicApp / Vol. 23, No. 1
● 2024 (Forthcoming) / Preface / Vol. 14.890
● 2024 / Active Participation vs. Directed Observation in Collaborative 3D Virtual Museums
● 2024 / Exploring Group Behavior and Discussion Productivity in Anonymous Chatrooms for Ethical Decision-Making
● 2023 / The Mind in Virtual Meetings: Comparing VR and Video Conferencing Environments Through Experiential Impact Assessment and EEG Analysis / Vol. 85
● 2023 / Analyzing Peer Influence in Ethical Judgment: Collaborative Ranking in a Case-Based Scenario
● 2022 / Scaffolding of Intuitionist Ethical Reasoning with Groupware: Do Students’ Stances Change in Different Countries? / Vol. 13.632
● 2022 / Preface
● 2022 / Implicit HCI for Geocollaborative Hyperstories Creation / Vol. 13.632
● 2021 / A collaborative pedagogical activity design for teaching ethics in a business school
● 2018 / The impact of using a computer-based system for collaborative learning on reading tests performance
● 2018 / Facilitating collaborative learning for Japanese language learners using sketchpad
● 2018 / Supporting Collaborative Preparation of Emergency Plans / Vol. 2, No. 19
● 2018 / Findings when converting a summative evaluation instrument to a formative one through collaborative learning activities / Vol. 11.001
● 2018 / Exploring hashtags Collaboratively to Facilitate Learning and Knowledge Construction
● 2018 / Supporting people-driven, dynamic and geo-located work processes
● 2017 / Authentic Assesment Between Peers in Online Courses with a Large Number of Students
● 2016 / Normalization of the article influence score between categories
● 2016 / The (still) unused potential of mobile HTML5 in educational settings
● 2015 / Towards supporting the development of collaboration skills in undergraduate university students
● 2014 / Dealing with incomplete and uncertain context data in geographic information systems
● 2013 / Integrating various cloud computing services in a collaborative geo-referenced learning scenario
● 2013 / Mobile collaboration for business process elicitation from an agile development methodology viewpoint
● 2013 / An architecture for developing distributed collaborative applications using HTML5
● 2012 / Supporting engineering students learning wireless network planning using mobile, positioning and web technologies
● 2010 / Supporting Collaborative Knowledge Creation in Mobile Working Scenarios / Vol. 6.257
● 2010 / Learning with Patterns: an Effective Way to Implement Computer Supported Pervasive Learning
● 2010 / Integrating Spatial Data and Decision Models in a E-Planning Tool / Vol. 6.257
● 2010 / Geo-Referenced Collaborative Psychotherapy: Design and Evaluation of a Low-fidelity Prototype
● 2010 / Collaborative Geo-referenced Knowledge Creation for Designing and Planning
● 2009 / A model for Designing Geocollaborative Artifacts and Applications / No. 5.784
● 2009 / MCPresenter: A Mobile Tool Supporting Various Collaborative Learning Practices in the Classroom
● 2009 / Developing Collaborative peer-to-peer Applications on Mobile Devices
● 2008 / A Platform Supporting the Implementation of Collaborative Learning through Participatory Simulations / Vol. 5.236
● 2008 / Risk Assessment in Healthcare Collaborative Settings: A Case Study Using Shell
● 2008 / Evaluating a Mobile Emergency Response System. Groupware: Design, Implementation, and Use. / Vol. 5.411
● 2008 / Using Mobile Devices to Foster Social Interactions in the Classroom
● 2008 / Supporting Crisis Management Processes by Wirelessly Interconnected Tablet-PCs
● 2008 / Mobile Learning with Patterns / No. 1
● 2008 / Mobile Collaborative Knowledge Management System
● 2008 / Supporting Rich Interaction in the Classroom with Mobile devices
● 2007 / A Framework Like a Tool for Specify Motivating Collaborative Learning Participatory Simulations
● 2007 / A Platform for Motivating Collaborative Learning Using Participatory Simulation Applications / Vol. 4.469
● 2007 / A Flexible, Lightweight Middleware Supporting the Development of Distributed Applications Across Platforms
● 2006 / A Gestures and Freehand Writing Interaction Based Electronic Meeting Support System with Handhelds / Vol. 4.275
● 2006 / Servicios basados en la localización: Características y su Ámbito Aplicación
● 2006 / Mobile Location-Based Services for Facilitating the Meeting of Persons on Request
● 2006 / A face-to-face system for supporting mobile collaborative design using sketches and pen-based gestures / Vol. 22, No. 3
● 2006 / Analyzing the Roles of PDA in Meeting Scenarios / Vol. 4.154
● 2006 / An ad-hoc Wireless Network Architecture for Face-to-Face Mobile Collaborative Applications / Vol. 3.894
● 2006 / A face-to-face System for Supporting Mobile Collaborative Design using Sketches and Pen-Based Gestures / Vol. 22, No. 3
● 2005 / Mobile-Service para favorecer encuentros del tipo cara-cara
● 2005 / E-Services Personalizados
● 2005 / A comparative usability study of two different technologies in a specific domain with children
Columna de Opinión
● 2024 / Puentes tecnológicos: Estrategias transformadoras para municipios y otras instituciones públicas / No. 25
● 2024 / Analytics como catalizador de la Transformación Digital: Refinando la productividad empresarial / No. 24
● 2023 / Capital intelectual: aspecto clave para gestionar proyectos informáticos
● 2015 / ¿Qué falta para que se masifique la banca digital en Chile?
Academic/Professional meeting Presentations
● 2007 / Developing Motivating Collaborative Learning through Participatory Simulations
● 2007 / Mobile Computing to Seamlessly Integrate Formal and Informal Learning
Competitive Research Awards Received
● 2016 / Pedagogical practices to acquire "21st century ICT skills" using microblogging and geocollaboration supported by mobile applications / No. 1.161.200
● 2008 / A Mobile Creativity Support Tool for Knowledge Management / No. 1.085.010
● 2005 / Sistema de apoyo para promover la participación y motivación en salas de clase universitarias mediante el uso de handhelds interconectados inalámbricamente / No. 1.050.601