Alejandro Villar (Ph.D.) works as Assistant Professor at the Department of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, Computer Science Faculty, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
In 2025, he earned his PhD in Computer Engineering with the doctoral thesis entitled “Application of interactive tutoring methods in training in risk situations using virtual reality technologies”. His research focuses on applying interactive tutoring methods and virtual reality technologies to risk-situation training, combining artificial intelligence, data analysis, and immersive environments.
He graduated with a BSc in Video Game Development in 2020 and holds an MSc in Computer Engineering (2022), both from UCM. He has oriented his career toward the convergence of computer science and psychology, exploring how video games and virtual reality can serve as tools for learning, behavior analysis, and user experience enhancement.
Phone: (+34) 91 394 7599
Email: avillarrubio@ucm.es
Address: Office 409
Profesor José García Santesmases s/n
Departamento de Ingeniería del Software e Inteligencia Artificial
Facultad de Informática, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
28040 Madrid (Spain)
Projects
2024 – 2028: DARK NITE – Dialogue Agents Relying on Knowledge-Neural hybrids for Interactive Training Environments.
2023 – 2026: EA-DIGIFOLK – An European and Ibero-American approach for the digital collection, analysis, and dissemination of folk music.
2021 – 2024: ADARVE – Análisis de Datos de Realidad Virtual para formación en Emergencias Radiológicas.
2023 – 2024: (IP) DAREDEVIL – Detección y análisis de los problemas de accesibilidad del software para estudiantes con diversidad funcional en titulaciones.
2023 – 2024: Adaptación de material curricular de herramientas TIC para la diversidad funcional en carreras STEM.
2018 – 2020: InVITAR-IA—Infraestructuras para la Visibilización, Integración y Transferencia de Aplicaciones y Resultados de Inteligencia Artificial.
Publications
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