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  1. Transformer Based Models for Offline Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning

    Article • November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  2. eXplicability AI (XAI) for attack detection toward smart rural applications

    Article • Internet of Things, November 2025, Elsevier

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  3. Trusted wills for digital assets using blockchain: a practical case

    Article • Blockchain Research and Applications, September 2025, Elsevier

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  4. A Novel Method for Virtual Real-Time Cumuliform Fluid Dynamics Simulation Using Deep Recurrent Neural Networks

    Article • Mathematics, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  5. Internet of Things Platform for Assessment and Research on Cybersecurity of Smart Rural Environments

    Article • Future Internet, August 2025, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  6. Cerebral ischemia detection using deep learning techniques

    Article • Health Information Science and Systems, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  7. A Data-Driven Approach to Engineering Instruction: Exploring Learning Styles, Study Habits, and Machine Learning

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  8. Distributed Parallel Hyperspectral Unmixing for Large-Scale Data in Spark Environments via Geometric Distance

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  9. Machine learning models and dimensionality reduction for improving the Android malware detection

    Article • PeerJ Computer Science, December 2024, PeerJ

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  10. A Sustainable Educational Tool for Engineering Education Based on Learning Styles, AI, and Neural Networks Aligning with the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

    Article • Sustainability, October 2024, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  11. Decentralized Mechanism for Edge Node Allocation in Access Network: An Experimental Evaluation

    Article • Future Internet, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  12. BESS Reserve Optimisation in Energy Communities

    Article • Sustainability, September 2024, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  13. Cloud-Based Analysis of Large-Scale Hyperspectral Imagery for Oil Spill Detection

    Article • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  14. Hashing for Retrieving Long-Tailed Distributed Remote Sensing Images

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  15. Hash-Based Remote Sensing Image Retrieval

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, January 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  16. Consumption–Production Profile Categorization in Energy Communities

    Article • Energies, October 2023, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  17. Forensic Analysis Laboratory for Sport Devices: A Practical Use Case

    Article • Electronics, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  18. Smart Contracts for Managing the Chain-of-Custody of Digital Evidence: A Practical Case of Study

    Article • Smart Cities, February 2023, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  19. Vulnerability Assessment of Learning Management Systems

    Article • IT Professional, January 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  20. Cloud Implementation of Extreme Learning Machine for Hyperspectral Image Classification

    Article • IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, January 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  21. Dataset Generation and Study of Deepfake Techniques

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  22. Designing the Chain of Custody Process for Blockchain-Based Digital Evidences

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  23. Traditional Machine Learning Models and Bidirectional Encoder Representations From Transformer (BERT)–Based Automatic Classification of Tweets About Eating Disorders: Algorithm Development and Validation Study

    Article • JMIR Medical Informatics, February 2022, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  24. Deep Reinforcement Learning in Agents’ Training: Unity ML-Agents

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  25. Traditional Machine Learning Models and Bidirectional Encoder Representations From Transformer (BERT)–Based Automatic Classification of Tweets About Eating Disorders: Algorithm Development and Validation Study (Preprint)

    Article • December 2021, JMIR Publications Inc.

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  26. A Recommendation System for Electronic Health Records in the Context of the HOPE Project

    Article • June 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  27. Studying the Students’ Learning in LoT@UNED

    Article • April 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  28. A Cloud Game-Based Educative Platform Architecture: The CyberScratch Project

    Article • Applied Sciences, January 2021, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  29. Analyzing the Users’ Acceptance of an IoT Cloud Platform Using the UTAUT/TAM Model

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  30. SiCoDeF² Net: Siamese Convolution Deconvolution Feature Fusion Network for One-Shot Classification

    Article • IEEE Access, January 2021, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  31. A WoT Platform for Supporting Full-Cycle IoT Solutions from Edge to Cloud Infrastructures: A Practical Case

    Article • Sensors, July 2020, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  32. Emulating and Evaluating Virtual Remote Laboratories for Cybersecurity

    Article • Sensors, May 2020, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  33. Renewable energy remote online laboratories in Jordan universities: Tools for training students in Jordan

    Article • Renewable Energy, April 2020, Elsevier

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  34. Students’ Acceptance and Tracking of a New Container-Based Virtual Laboratory

    Article • Applied Sciences, February 2020, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  35. A Cybersecurity Experience with Cloud Virtual-Remote Laboratories

    Article • November 2019, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  36. Analyzing the Students' Learning within a Container-based Virtual Laboratory for Cybersecurity

    Article • October 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  37. Impact of Online Education in Jordan: Results from the MUREE Project

    Article • April 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  38. Web of Things Platforms for Distance Learning Scenarios in Computer Science Disciplines: A Practical Approach

    Article • Technologies, January 2019, MDPI AG

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  39. Learning analytics trends and challenges in engineering education: SNOLA special session

    Article • April 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  40. Teaching cloud computing using Web of Things devices

    Article • April 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  41. Analyzing Content Structure and Moodle Milestone to Classify Student Learning Behavior in a Basic Desktop Tools Course

    Article • October 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  42. Developing Metacognitive Skills for Training on Information Security

    Article • September 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  43. SNOLA

    Article • November 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  44. An Integrated Example of Laboratories as a Service into Learning Management Systems

    Article • International Journal of Online Engineering (iJOE), September 2016, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  45. Work in progress: On the improvement of STEM education from preschool to elementary school

    Article • April 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  46. Laboratories as a service integrated into learning management systems

    Article • February 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  47. Analysis of integration of remote laboratories for renewable energy courses at Jordan universities

    Article • October 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  48. Creation of Customized Remote Laboratories Using Deconstruction

    Article • IEEE Revista Iberoamericana de Tecnologias del Aprendizaje, May 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  49. UNED OER Experience: From OCW to Open UNED

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Education, November 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  50. Automatic Management Services for Remote/Virtual Laboratories

    Article • International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), October 2014, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  51. On the Creation of Customizable Laboratory Experiments: Deconstruction of Remote Laboratories to Create Laboratories as a Service (LaaS)

    Article • International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), October 2014, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  52. Remote laboratories for renewable energy courses at Jordan universities

    Article • October 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  53. Integrated Analytic dashboard for virtual evaluation laboratories and collaborative forums

    Article • June 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  54. Deconstructing remote laboratories to create Laboratories as a Service (LaaS)

    Article • April 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  55. Integration of management services for remote/virtual laboratories

    Article • April 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  56. Low-cost remote laboratories for renewable energy in distance education

    Article • February 2014, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  57. Integration of Multiple Data Sources for predicting the Engagement of Students in Practical Activities

    Article • International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence, January 2014, IMAI Software - International Journal of Interactive Multimedia and Artificial Intelligence

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  58. Online laboratories as a cloud service developed by students

    Article • October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  59. Towards an adaptive system for the evaluation of network services

    Article • October 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  60. Comparison of LMSs: Which is the Most Suitable LMS for my Needs?

    Article • International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), June 2013, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  61. An XML Modular Approach in the Building of Remote Labs by Students: A Way to Improve Learning

    Article • International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), May 2013, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  62. Practical experiences on building structured remote and virtual laboratories from the student's point of view

    Article • October 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  63. Work in progress: Extending a LMS with social capabilities: Integrating Moodle into Facebook

    Article • October 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  64. An Interactive Tool for Servo Systems Learning

    Article • September 2012, IntechOpen

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  65. Shareable educational architectures for remote laboratories

    Article • June 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  66. Structured remote laboratory development

    Article • June 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  67. Using Virtualization and Automatic Evaluation: Adapting Network Services Management Courses to the EHEA

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Education, May 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  68. A video-message evaluation tool integrated in the UNED e-learning platform

    Article • October 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  69. Automatic assessment for the e-learning of the network services in the context of the EHEA

    Article • October 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  70. Cloud-based e-learning infrastructures with load forecasting mechanism based on Exponential Smoothing: A use case

    Article • October 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  71. A New e-Learning Architecture for the Automatic Assessment of Network Services

    Article • July 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  72. Load Forecasting Mechanism for e-Learning Infrastructures Using Exponential Smoothing

    Article • July 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  73. Deconstructing VLEs to create customized PLEs

    Article • June 2011, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  74. dotLAB: Integrating remote labs in dotLRN

    Article • April 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  75. Harnessing clouds for e-learning: New directions followed by UNED

    Article • April 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  76. Proposal of an auto-evaluation framework for the learning of network services

    Article • April 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  77. The Generation and Exploitation of Open Educational Resources in Virtual Attendance in UNED

    Article • January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  78. A complex tutoring system for e-learning: The new evaluation model

    Article • October 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  79. An effective way to plan a course for EHEA subjects: Translating didactical guides for a planning model

    Article • October 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  80. The UNED's interoperable virtual campus service management architecture

    Article • October 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  81. Use of e-learning functionalities: Results of a survey along Spain

    Article • April 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Manuel Dominguez, Professor Francisco Jurado, Prof. Francisco Falcone, Rafael Pastor Vargas

  82. Practice and research in engineering education: Activities of the CESEI Technical Committee

    Article • April 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Manuel Dominguez, Professor Francisco Jurado, Prof. Francisco Falcone, Rafael Pastor Vargas

  83. Engineering education research in Spain: A review through the education awards of CESEI — IEEE

    Article • April 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Manuel Dominguez, Professor Francisco Jurado, Prof. Francisco Falcone, Rafael Pastor Vargas

  84. An enterprise e-learning solution: The practical case of the UNED in the EHEA

    Article • April 2010, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  85. Limitations of Remote Laboratories in Control Engineering Education

    Article • International Journal of Online and Biomedical Engineering (iJOE), January 2010, International Association of Online Engineering (IAOE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  86. Work in progress - a mobile performance support system for vocational education and training

    Article • October 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  87. Work in progress - new project “Internet-based Performance-centered Learning Environment for Curriculum Support” (IPLECS)

    Article • October 2009, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  88. Virtual Communities Adapted to the EHEA in an Enterprise Distance e-Learning Based Environment

    Article • January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  89. Distributed digital content access in a virtual community based e-Learning platform

    Article • October 2008, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  90. A Java/Matlab-Based Environment for Remote Control System Laboratories: Illustrated With an Inverted Pendulum

    Article • IEEE Transactions on Education, August 2004, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  91. Sintolab: the REPSOL-YPF PID tuning tool

    Article • Control Engineering Practice, December 2003, Elsevier

    Rafael Pastor Vargas

  92. Integrating a Web-Based Laboratory into a Reusabilty-Oriented Framework

    Article • IFAC Proceedings Volumes, June 2003, Elsevier

    Rafael Pastor Vargas