Home

Biography

Fausto works at UCLM as a Full Professor (Accredited as Full Professor from 2013), Spain, an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Birmingham University, UK, a Lecturer at the Postgraduate European Institute, a Research Fellow at INTI International University&Colleges, Malaysia, and has been Senior Manager in Accenture (2013-2014). He obtained his European PhD with maximum distinction. He has been distinguished with the prices: Runner Prize (2023), Nominate Prize (2022), Gran Maestre (2022), Grand Prize (2021), Runner Prize (2020) and Advancement Prize (2018), Runner (2015), Advancement (2013) and Silver (2012) by the International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM), First International Business Ideas Competition 2017 Award (2017), etc.  He has published more than 290 journal papers (200 JCR: 98-Q1; 52-Q2; 39-Q3; 9-Q4), some recognized as: “Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications” (Q1, IF. 8.49, one of the most downloaded in first 12 months of publications, 2023),  “Applied Energy” (Q1, IF 9.746, as “Best Paper 2020”), “Renewable Energy” (Q1, IF 8.001, as “Best Paper 2014”); “ICMSEM” (as “excellent”), “Int. J. of Automation and Computing” and “IMechE Part F: J. of Rail and Rapid Transit” (most downloaded), etc. He is the author and editor of over 55 books (Elsevier, Springer, Pearson, Mc-GrawHill, Intech, IGI, Marcombo, AlfaOmega,…), >115 international chapters, and 6 patents. He is the Editor of 5 Int. Journals, Committee Member more than 70 Int. Conferences. He has been the Principal Investigator in 5 European Projects, 8 National Projects, and more than 150 projects for Universities, Companies, etc. His main interests are: Artificial Intelligence, Maintenance, Management, Renewable Energy, Transport, Advanced Analytics, and Data Science.

He is being:

  • Expert in the European Union in AI4People (EISMD), and ESF.
  • Director of www.ingeniumgroup.eu.
  • Senior Member at IEEE, 2021-…
  • Honoured Honourary Member of the Research Council of Indian Institute of Finance, 2021-…
  • Committee Chair of The International Society for Management Science and Engineering Management (ISMSEM), 2020-…
  • Research Fellow at INTI International University&Colleges, Malaysia, from 2023-…
  • Visiting Professor at Sheyang University (China) from 2024-2027
  • Advisory Board of the EU Project SunBio (Id: ID 101157493) 2024-2027

Some indexes are:

General Chair at International Conferences: 

  • First International Conference on Technological Innovations & Artificial Intelligence (ICTIAIR), February 5-6, 2025, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain.
  • 6th Mediterranean Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (MedPRAI24), October 18-19, 2024, Istinye University, Istanbul, Turkey
  • 3rd International Conference on Renewable Power (ICRP 2024) (28th – 29th March 2024) Hosted by: Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, MAIT, Delhi, India
  • International Conference on Mathematics and AI for Industries (ICMAII-2024), 25/11/2024 to 26/11/2024. Technically Supported by the University of Rijeka, Faculty of Engineering, Croatia, Universidade Aberta, Portugal & idMEC, Portugal Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, Taiwan
  • International Conference on Emerging Trends and Applications in Artificial Intelligence (ICETAI). The conference is organized by the Al-Farahidi University, Iraq, on September 25-26, 2024.
  • 3rd International Conference on Computing, IoT and Data Analytics (ICCIDA). School of Electrical Engineering, Shenyang University of Technology, Liaoning, China, on July 25-26, 2024
  • 2nd Int. Conf. on Computing, IoT&Data Analytics. (ICCIDA23), 2023, July 20-21. Spain
  • Int. Conf. on Computing, IoT&Data Analytics. (ICCIDA22), 2022, Sept. 16-17. Spain
  • 16th ICIEIM & XXVI CIO2022, Toledo, 2022, July 7-8 Spain
  • Int. Conf. on Int. Emerging Methods of AI&Cloud Comp., (IEMAICLOUD21), India
  • 15th Int. Conf on Mgmt. Science and Eng. Mgmt, (ICMSEM21), 2021, August 2-3, Spain
  • 4th Int. Conf. on Economics and Management (ICEM2017), June 24-25, 2017 in China
  • 3rd Int. Conf. on Economics and Management (ICEM2016), July 02-03, 2016, China
  • 5th Int. Conf. on Economics and Management (ICEM 2016), July 02-03, 2019, Chengdu, China

Keynote Speaker at International Conferences:

  • 2023: CITIS, IGEN, ICSEST, ICRP, ICMSEM, ICICACM, ICETAI, ICCRAME, ICCIDA, ICETEM, -May
  • 2022: ICAN, MET, CIDIER, RIACT, CIO-ICIEM, GWTLCMF, RIACT, SMARTTECH, ICTEM, IEEE-SSD-SAC, GEOHAB, ICUIS, EBT, ICMI, ICCIDA, ICMSEM, ICOISC, ICPCC, UIS, IMDC
  • 2021: 3ICT, aeroEND4, ALSO, CU, DSAI, FTNCT, ICAAID, ICMSEM, IEMAICLOUD, IEMERA-CFP, IEMRE, IIF-IRCAS, INT, ISIBS, Mysurucon, RIACT, SGC, UCIS, WTLCM

Positions

Present/2013Full Professor (Accredited)
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
Present/2012Honorary Senior Research Fellow
University of Birmingham, UK
Present/2023Research Fellow
INTI International University&Colleges, Malaysia
Present/2012Director
Ingenium, Spain
2014/2013Senior Manager
Accenture
2018/2013Senior Lecturer
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
2014/2013Various
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Educations

PhD – 2014Engineering
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
BSc – 2006Business Administration
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
BSc – 1998Engineering
University of Murcia, Spain
BSc – 1995Technical Engineering
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain
MSc – 2001Transports
Madrid Polytechnic University, Spain
MSc – 2000Labour Risks
University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain

Prizes, mentions and distinctions

2024

2024 – Research.com Engineering and Technology in Spain Leader Award.

“A comparative study of preventive maintenance thresholds for deteriorating systems” Alberto Pliego Marugan, Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Jesús María Pinar Pérez, Best Paper of the 17th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management in Cape Town, South Africa (2023 ICMSEM).

2023

Nominated Prize of the 17th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management in Cape Town, South Africa (2023 ICMSEM).

“A comparative study of preventive maintenance thresholds for deteriorating systems” Alberto Pliego Marugan, Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Jesús María Pinar Pérez, Best Paper of the 17th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management in Cape Town, South Africa (2023 ICMSEM).

2023

Progress in Photovoltaic: Research and Applications” (Q1, IF. 8.49, one of the most downloaded in first 12 months of publications, 2023)

“Fault detection and diagnosis in photovoltaic panels by radiometric sensors embedded in unmanned aerial vehicles.” Isaac Segovia Ramírez, Bikramaditya Das, Fausto Pedro García Márquez. Progress in Photovoltaic: Research and Applications” (Q1, IF. 8.49, one of the most downloaded in first 12 months of publications, 2023)

2022

Nominated Prize of the 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management in Toledo, Spain (2022 ICMSEM).

“Enduruns Project: Advancements for a Sustainable Offshore Survey System Using Autonomous Marine Vehicles” Pedro Jose Bernalte Sanchez, Fausto Pedro García Márquez,
Mayorkinos Papaelias, Simone Marini and Shashank Govindaraj, Nominated Prize of the 16th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management in Ankara, Turkey (2022 ICMSEM).

2021

Grand Prize of the 15th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management in Toledo (2021 ICMSEM).

“Engineering Management for Fault Detection System Using Convolutional Neural Networks” Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Diego Ortega Sanz and Carlos Quiterio Gómez Muñoz, Best Paper of the 15th International Conference on Management Science and Engineering Management in Toledo (2021 ICMSEM).

2021

Best Paper of the International Conference on Integrated Emerging Methods of Artificial Intelligence & Cloud Computing (IEMAICLOUD 2021)

“False Alarm Detection in Wind Turbine Management by K-Nearest Neighbors Models” Ana María Peco Chacón, Isaac Segovia and Fausto Pedro García Márquez, Best Paper of the International Conference on Integrated Emerging Methods of Artificial Intelligence & Cloud Computing (IEMAICLOUD 2021)

2020

Top 2020 Highly Cited Paper in Applied Energy (Q1, IF 8.848)

“A survey of neural network in wind energy systems” by Alberto Pliego, Fausto Pedro García et al. has been awarded as the top 2020 highly cited paper of Applied Energy (Q1, IF 8.848)

2020

Runner-up prize for the excellent paper by the ICMSEM

The collaboration between Ingenium Research Group and Universidad Europea developed a new research work for smart farming with drones. Fausto Pedro García Márquez and Carlos Quiterio Gómez Muñoz have been awarded by the Runner-up prize for the excellent paper titled “Smart Farming: Intelligent Management Approach for Crop Inspection and Evaluation Employing Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”.

2018

Advancement Prize for Management Science and Engineering Management Nominated Prize

Advancement Prize for Management Science and Engineering Management Nominated Prize

2017

First International Business Ideas Competition 2017 Award

‘Entrepreneurship 5+5’ Conferencia Ministerial sobre investigación, innovación y educación superior

2015

Runner-up Prize

Runner-up Prize for Management Science and Engineering Management for the excellent paper by the International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management (ICMSEM)

2015

Best Paper Award in the international journal of Renewable Energy (Impact Factor 3.5)

Paper Award in the international journal of Renewable Energy (Impact Factor 3.5)

2013

Advancement Prize for the excellent paper by the ICMSEM

Advancement Prize for the excellent paper by the ICMSEM, International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management

2012

Silver Prize for the excellent paper by the ICMSEM

Silver Prize for the excellent paper by the ICMSEM, International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management

2009

Advancement Prize for MSEM for the excellent paper

Advancement Prize for MSEM for the excellent paper, International Society of Management Science and Engineering Management