Developments and Advances in Defense and Security: Proceedings of Micrads 2020
暫譯: 國防與安全的發展與進步：2020年微型雷達會議論文集

本書匯集了於2020年5月13日至15日在厄瓜多爾基多的埃洛伊·阿爾法羅軍事學院（ESMIL）舉行的多學科國際防衛與安全應用研究會議（MICRADS）的會議紀錄。內容涵蓋系統、通信與防衛、國防中的策略與政治行政視野，以及應用於防衛的工程與技術等廣泛主題。鑒於其範疇，本書為實務工作者、研究人員及學生提供了寶貴的資源。

Álvaro Rocha holds the title of Honorary Professor, and holds a D.Sc. in Information Science, Ph.D. in Information Systems and Technologies, M.Sc. in Information Management, and Bachelor in Computer Science. He is a Professor of Information Systems at the University of Coimbra, researcher at CISUC (Centre for Informatics and Systems of the University of Coimbra), and a collaborator researcher at both LIACC (Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science) and CINTESIS (Center for Research in Health Technologies and Information Systems). His main research interests are information systems planning and management, maturity models, information systems quality, online service quality, intelligent information systems, software engineering, e-Government, e-Health, and information technology in education. He is also President of AISTI (the Iberian Association for Information Systems and Technologies), Chair of the IEEE Portugal Section Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society Chapter, and Editor-in-Chief of both JISEM (Journal of Information Systems Engineering & Management) and RISTI (Iberian Journal of Information Systems and Technologies). Moreover, he has served as Vice-Chair of Experts for the European Commission's Horizon 2020 program, and as an Expert at the Government of Italy's Ministry of Education, Universities and Research, at the Government of Latvia's Ministry of Finance, and at the Government of Mexico's National Council of Science and Technology.

Manolo Paredes-Calderón was born in Ambato, Ecuador, in September 1978. He went to the "Eloy Alfaro" Military Academy, where he graduated in 2000 as an Army Second Lieutenant with a Bachelor in Military Sciences. Later, he obtained his Engineering degree in Electronics and Telecommunications at the Polytechnic Army School ESPE University. He obtained his Master of Science in Electronic Engineering from the Military Institute of Engineering IME in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. His areas of expertise include digital signal processing and radio signal propagation. He is currently the Director of the CICTE Military Applications Research Center and a Professor at the Department of Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunications, ESPE University of the Armed Forces.

Teresa Guarda received her Ph.D. in Systems and Information Technologies from Minho Universityin 2015. She is currently a researcher at the ALGORITMI Research Centre, Minho University, Portugal, where she is a member of the Intelligent Data Systems (IDS) research team and the Information Systems and Technologies (IST) R&D group. She has published extensively in the following areas: pervasive systems, marketing intelligence, crowdsourcing, data mining and knowledge discovery, Internet of Things, knowledge management, and cyber-security. She has also served as a reviewer for many prominent journals, and as a Professor and researcher at various academic institutions in Portugal since 1991; currently, she is the Director of the CIST Research Center of the Santa Elena Peninsula State University (Ecuador)and a Visiting Professor at the Security and Defense Department of Universidad de lasFuerzas Armadas (Ecuador).

Álvaro Rocha 擔任榮譽教授，擁有資訊科學的博士學位（D.Sc.）、資訊系統與技術的博士學位（Ph.D.）、資訊管理的碩士學位（M.Sc.）以及計算機科學的學士學位。他是科英布拉大學資訊系統的教授，並在科英布拉大學的資訊與系統中心（CISUC）擔任研究員，同時也是人工智慧與計算機科學實驗室（LIACC）及健康技術與資訊系統研究中心（CINTESIS）的合作研究員。他的主要研究興趣包括資訊系統規劃與管理、成熟度模型、資訊系統質量、在線服務質量、智能資訊系統、軟體工程、電子政府、電子健康以及教育中的資訊技術。他還擔任伊比利亞資訊系統與技術協會（AISTI）會長，IEEE 葡萄牙分會系統、人類與控制論學會章的主席，以及《資訊系統工程與管理期刊》（JISEM）和《伊比利亞資訊系統與技術期刊》（RISTI）的主編。此外，他曾擔任歐洲委員會Horizon 2020計畫的專家副主席，並在意大利政府教育、大学与研究部、拉脫維亞政府財政部以及墨西哥政府國家科學與技術委員會擔任專家。

Manolo Paredes-Calderón 於1978年9月出生於厄瓜多爾的安巴托。他就讀於「Eloy Alfaro」軍事學院，並於2000年以軍官二等兵的身份畢業，獲得軍事科學學士學位。之後，他在ESPE大學的多功能軍校獲得電子與電信工程學位。他在巴西里約熱內盧的軍事工程學院（IME）獲得電子工程碩士學位。他的專業領域包括數位信號處理和無線信號傳播。目前，他是CICTE軍事應用研究中心的主任，並在ESPE武裝部隊大學的電氣、電子與電信系擔任教授。

Teresa Guarda 於2015年在米尼奧大學獲得系統與資訊技術的博士學位。她目前是葡萄牙米尼奧大學ALGORITMI研究中心的研究員，並且是智能數據系統（IDS）研究團隊及資訊系統與技術（IST）研發小組的成員。她在以下領域發表了大量的研究成果：普遍系統、市場情報、群眾外包、數據挖掘與知識發現、物聯網、知識管理和網絡安全。自1991年以來，她還擔任多個知名期刊的審稿人，以及葡萄牙各學術機構的教授和研究員；目前，她是厄瓜多爾聖海倫半島國立大學（Santa Elena Peninsula State University）CIST研究中心的主任，並擔任厄瓜多爾武裝部隊大學安全與防衛系的訪問教授。