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Curriculum Vitae
Date: June 2015
1. Personal Information
Name: Carmen Capilla
Date of birth: 5/07/1963
Country: Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Contact address: Universidad Politécnica, Camino de Vera s/n 46022- Valencia (Spain)
Phone: +34-963877490 (work) Fax +34-963877499 (work)
e-mail:[email protected]
2. Education
 Holds Degree in Agriculture Engineering, from Escuela Técnica Superior de
Ingenieros Agrónomos, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Date: 06/04/1988.
 Ph.D. at Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad
Politécnica de Valencia. Subject: Univariate Control Charts for the Mean.
Date: 14/07/1992.
Statistics specialization courses:
o Ph.D.courses during 1989 Fall semester visit at University of Madison
(Wisconsin, USA).
o An explanation and critique of Taguchi´s contributions to quality improvement,
taught by Professor George E.P. Box, and S. Bisgaard. Date: 11-14
September/1989. Place: Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement,
University of Madison (WI, USA).
o Statistical Methods for Environmental Research, organised by Instituto Vasco
de Estadística and Universidad de Vitoria (Spain), Date: 18-20/October/1993.
o Atmospheric pollution models and their application, organised by Universidad
Internacional Menéndez Pelayo (Spain), Date: 29 November-3 December/1993.
o Structural Equation Modeling with LISREL, organised by Universitat Pompeu
Fabra (Barcelona, Spain), Professor K.G.Jöreskog, Date: 11-12 July/1996.
o Statistical Data Mining: beyond Linear Regression, organised by University of
Oxford (UK), Mathsoft Int, Professor Brian D. Ripley, Date: 15-16
September/1998.
o Generalized Linear Models, organised by Departamento de Matemática
Aplicada II, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña (Spain), Professor Peter
McCullagh, Department of Statistics, University of Chicago (U.S.A.), Date: 35/December/1998.
o Diploma in Spatial Data Analysis in Environmental Sciences, organised by
Department of Applied Mathematics of University of Lancaster (UK), and
Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universitat de Valencia
(Spain), Date: 18 January-25 March/1999.
o Summer School on Sensitivity Analysis of Model Output, organised by Institute
for Systems, Informatics and Safety of the Joint Research Centre of the European
Commission, and the University of Venice (Italy), Date: 25-30 July/1999.
 Language studies:
o English: University of Cambridge Proficiency in English, June 1992 (also
University of Cambridge First Certificate in English, December 1990; English
language courses at Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Valencia, Spain).
o German: Deutches Sprachdiplom, Goethe Institut, Date: 06/September/1993
(also Zertifikat Deutsch als Fremdspache, Goethe Institut, 22/March/1989,
Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung, Goethe Institut, 05/04/1993. Sommer Oberstufe
Sprachintensivkursen am Herder-Institut der Universität Leipzig, 9 August-4
September 1993, und am Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn mit
Stipendium des Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst, 1-25 August/1994.
German language courses at Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Valencia, Spain, years
1984-94).
o Portuguese: 30 hour language curso at Centro de Cursos Livres (University of
Lisbon, Portugal), March-May 2005. Language courses at Escuela Oficial de
Idiomas de Valencia (Spain), years 2005-2009. Centificate of Advanced Level,
30th June 2009.
o French: French language courses at Escuela Oficial de Idiomas de Valencia
(Spain), years 1994-96, 2013 (Intermediate level 1), 2014 (B1 Intermediate level
2), 2015 (B2.1 Advance level). Language courses at the French Institute of
Valencia, levels A1 (2011), A2 (2012).
o Japanese: Language course February-May 2007 at Centro de Lenguas
(Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain).
o Valenciano: Language Courses at Escuela ofical de Idiomas de Valencia, Basic
levels 1 and 2. Certification diplom of basic level.
3. Areas of interest
 Statistics education.
 Statistical methods in environmental research and impact studies: Mining massive
data sets, time series analysis, multivariate analysis, urban air quality.
4. Employment status
 Twenty five years of experience in research and teaching in applied Statistics.
 Current Position: Associate Professor at Departamento de Estadística e Investigación
Operativa, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (Spain). Starting date: 4th August/1994.
 Previous works:
o Research grant. Place: Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos,
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Spain), date: May/1985December/1987.
o Research fellowship, founded by Fundación Banco Bilbao-Vizcaya, place:
Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Universidad Politécnica
de Valencia, date: January-December/1988.
o Research fellowship, founded by Conselleria de Cultura, Educacion y Ciencia,
Generalitat Valenciana, place: Departamento de Estadística e Investigación
Operativa, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, date: January -December/1989.
o Assistant Professor at Departamento de Estadística e Investigación Operativa,
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Date: December 1989-3 August/1994.
 Subjects taught:
o Undergraduate level:
Statistics in Computer Science, years 1988-1996, 2005-2014.
Operations Research in Computer Science, year 1990.
Statistics in Agriculture Engineering, year: 1996.
Statistics in Environmental Science, years 1997-2014.
o Ph.D. level:
Statistical methods in reliability, date: February/1999
Advance statistical process control methods: Integration of engineering and
statistical approaches, date: April/2000.
o Master level:
Statistics and On-line statistical process control, Master de Gestión de Hospitales,
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, date: February/1993.
Introduction to Statistical process control, Master de Turismo, Universidad
Politécnica de Valencia, date: May-June/1993.
Descriptive Statistics, Master de Ingeniería de Sistemas Asistenciales,
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, date: October/1993.
o Invited courses and seminars in other universities
Regression analysis. Place: Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Matemáticas,
Universidad Nacional de El Salvador (UES), dates: May-June/1995, and JanuaryFebruary/1997. (This course was taught as cooperation in a project for training of
university teachers in a developing country, co-ordinated by the NGO
Cooperación Universitaria Española and UES).
Integration of Statistical and Engineering Process Control. Place: Institute of
Statistics. Universidad Louvain-La -Neuve, Bélgica, date: March/1997.
Applied design of experiments for quality improvement. Place: Universidad
Iberoamericana, Lomas de Santa Fe, Mexico, D.F., date: August/1997
Statistical methods in reliability. Place: Universidad Iberoamericana, Puebla,
México, date: August/1997.
Reliability in quality engineering. Place: Universidad Iberoamericana, Lomas de
Santa Fe. México, D.F., dates: August-September/1997.
Regression Analysis. Place: Universidad Nacional San Antonio Abad de Cusco
(UNSAAC), Perú, date: March/2000. (This course was taught as cooperation in a
project for training of university teachers in a developing country, co-ordinated by
the NGO Cooperación Universitaria Española and UNSAAC).
o Specialization and training courses taught in companies:
C programming language. Place: IBM, SAE (Valencia, Spain). Dates: 18-29
January, 9-20 May, 19-20 September/1988; 6-17 February/1989; 17 April- 4 May;
18-22 June/1990.
Training on the job: Statistical process control. Place: Ford España, SA. (Planta
Motores). Date: March-July/1989.
Statistical Process Control. Place: REPSOL Química, S.A. (Complejo
Puertollano, Ciudad Real. Spain). Dates: March 1989, February/1997, and
April/1999.
Statistical process control and introduction to design of experiments. Place:
REPSOL Química (Planta Tarragona, Spain). Dates: May-June/1989, and
May/1996.
Statistical Process Control. Place: Ford España, SA. Dates: February-March/1991;
and March/1992.
Statistical methods for quality improvement. Place: IBM, SAE (Valencia, Spain).
Dates: May-June/1991.
Statistical process control. Place: Sociedad Italiana del Vidrio SA, Puerto de
Sagunto, Valencia (Spain). Date: October/1994.
Statistical process control. Place: Lignotock SL. Date: February-March/1996.
Design of Experiments. Module of Ford Technical Education Programme. Place:
Ford, España SA, Dates: April/1999, and June/1999.
5. Research and development projects
 Optimization of the high density polyethylene manufacturing process. Research
contract between Universidad Politécnica de Valencia and Repsol Química Tarragona,
SA. Dates: January/1992- October/1993.
 Statistical control of continuous and automate industrial processes using ASPC
methodology. Funding institution: Conselleria de Educacion y Ciencia, Generalitat
Valencia. Dates: January 1995- December/1996.
 Modeling the interactions and feedback relationships between oven parameters and
dimensional output characteristics. Research contract between Universidad Politécnica
de Valencia and Gres de Nules SA. Date: January-August/1997.
 Atmospheric Pollution in Valencia urban area: Spatio-temporal prediction models.
Optimization of the monitoring network. Funding institution: Programa Incentivo a la
Investigación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Dates: March/1998-March/1999.
 Innovation project for teaching Statistics in Environmental Science studies. Funding
institution: Vicerrectorado de Coordinación Académica y Alumnado, Instituto de
Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Dates: academic year
1999/2000.
 Analysis of the perception and consciousness of environmental issues in the Spanish
university. Co-ordinated by Oficina Verde, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Date:
2000-2001.
 Multivariate stochastic analysis of dynamic systems. Funding institution: Programa
Incentivo a la Investigación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. Dates: November
2001-2003.
6. Books, papers in refereed journals and conferences
 Books
o Capilla, C. (2004). Trabajos prácticos resueltos para Estadística en la
Licenciatura en Ciencias Ambientales. 66 pp, Servicio de Publicaciones de la
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, referencia V-2395-2004.
o Capilla, C. (2004). Estadística. Licenciatura en Ciencias Ambientales. 154 pp,
Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, referencia
V-2396-2004.
o Capilla, C. (2004). Aportaciones Al Conocimiento De Las Propiedades
Estadísticas De Los Gráficos De Control Para La Media. Servicio de
Publicaciones de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, ISBN 97884688576.
o Boni, S., Lozano, F., Adam ,E., Arnal, M.A., Calabuig, C., Capilla, C. et al.
(2006). La Educación En Valores En La Universidad. Los Dilemas Morales Como Herramienta
De Trabajo En Los Estudios Científico-Técnicos. Editorial: Universidad Politécnica De
Valencia ISBN 84-689-4772-5.
 Papers, books chapters and contributions to scientific conferences (sorted by
date)
o Maqueira, A., Puchades, R., Capilla, C., (1986). Determinación de Fracciones
Nitrogenadas en Tejidos Vegetales por Reflectancia en el Infrarrojo Cercano
(NIRA), XXI Reunión Bienal de la Real Sociedad Española de Química, Santiago
de Compostela (Spain).
o Capilla, C., Aristoy, M.C., Navarro, J.L., Sendra, J.M., Izquierdo, L. (1987).
Detección de Adulteraciones en Zumo de Naranja por Análisis de Correlaciones
Canónicas, VII Congreso Nacional de Química (Química Agrícola y
Alimentaria/2), Sevilla (Spain).
o Capilla, C., Navarro, J.L., Sendra, J.M., Izquierdo, L. (1988). Detection of
Orange Juice Dilution by Canonical Correlation Analysis, Analytica Chimica
Acta, 212, pp 309-315.
o Capilla, C., Romero, R. (1989) Tamaño y Frecuencia de Muestreo en Gráficos
de Control, Qüestiió, 13, pp 95-103.
o Damasio, M.H., Capilla, C., Costell, E., Durán, L. (1990). Influencia de la
Composición en las Propiedades Mecánicas de Geles Mixtos de KappaCarragenato-Goma de Garrofín y Goma de Guar. Resistencia a la Penetración,
Revista de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, 30(1), pp 93-121.
o Damasio, M.H., Capilla, C., Costell, E., Durán, L. (1990). Influencia de la
Composición en las Propiedades Mecánicas de Geles Mixtos de KappaCarragenato-Goma de Garrofín y Goma de Guar. Resistencia al Corte, Revista de
Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos, 30(2), pp 254-265.
o Capilla, C., R. Romero, R. (1991). Aportaciones al Conocimiento del
Comportamiento Estadístico de Gráficos de Control para Medias, XIX Congreso
Nacional de Estadística, I.Operativa e Informática, Segovia (Spain).
o Capilla, C., Ferrer, A., Romero, R. (1991). Some Applications of Time-Series
Modeling for SPC in a Petrochemical Industry (Póster), Gordon Research
Conference on Statistics in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, New Hampton,
NH (USA).
o Capilla, C., Romero, R. (1992). Problemas Relacionados con la Utilización de
Gráficos de Control con Medidas Individuales (Póster), I Congreso
Iberoamericano y XX Reunión Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa,
Cáceres (Spain).
o Capilla, C., Romero, R. (1993) Señales de Falta de Control en Gráficos X ,
Estadística Española, 35 (134), pp 665-682.
o Maroto, C. , Capilla., C., Tormos, P., Esteve, C. (1993). Constrained Resource
Scheduling in Project Management Software (Póster), Decision Making: Towards
the 21st Century, Madrid (Spain).
o Capilla, C., Maroto, C., Vazquez, E. (1993) Operations Research in Computer
Science, IFORS 93-XIII World Conference on Operations Research, Lisbon
(Portugal).
o Capilla, C., Ferrer, A., Romero, R., Zúnica, L. (1994) Aplicación de la
Metodologia ASPC en el Control de un Proceso en una Industria Química, XXI
Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Calella (Spain).
o Maroto, C. Balasch, S., Tormos, P., Capilla, C., Crespo, F. (1994). Project
Management Software: Capabilities and Efficiency in Resource Constrained
Scheduling, 4th International Workshop on Project Management and Scheduling,
Leuven (Bélgica).
o Romero, R., Ferrer, A., Capilla, C., Zúnica, L., Balasch, S., Serra, V., Alcover,
R. (1995). Teaching Statistics to Engineers (An Innovative Pedagogical
Experience),
Journal
of
Statistics
Education,
3
(1).
http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v3n1/romero.
o Romero, R., Alcover, R., Zúnica, L., Ferrer, A., Capilla, C., Balasch, S. (1995),
Reforma de la Asignatura de Estadística en la E.T.S.I. Agrónomos, Facultad de
Informática y Escuela Universitaria de Informática, Symposium de Innovación
Educativa, Barcelona (Spain).
o Ferrer, A., Capilla, C., Zúnica, L., Romero, R. (1995) Using ASPC
Methodology to Control Polymer Viscosity in a Petrochemical Industry, Second
Spring Research Conference on Statistics in Industry and Technology, Waterloo
(Canada).
o Romero, R., Zúnica, L., Capilla, C., Ferrer, A. (1995), Comparación de Diversas
Estrategias SPC/EPC en el Control de un Proceso Industrial, XXII Congreso
Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Sevilla (Spain).
o Capilla, C., Ferrer, A., Romero, R., Zúnica, L. (1996), Integrating SPC and EPC
to Control an Industrial Process, pp 85-90 In The Control of Industrial Processes,
edited by R. Jones, University of Hertfordshire, UK.
o Capilla, C. (1996), Variable Sampling Interval Control Charts with Sampling At
Fixed Times in the Presence of Correlation (Póster), Gordon Research
Conference on Statistics in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Oxford (UK).
o Ferrer, A., Romero, R., Capilla, C. (1997) Monitorización Estadística de
Procesos Regulados, XXIII Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación
Operativa, Valencia (Spain).
o Martín, J., Capilla, C., Ferrer, A., Romero, R. (1997), Aplicación de un
Controlador Bi-Input a un Proceso Industrial, XXIII Congreso Nacional de
Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Valencia (Spain).
o Ferrer, A., Capilla, C., Romero, R., Martin, J. (1998), Developing Optimal
Regulation and Monitoring Strategies to Control a Petrochemical Process, Chapter
6, pp 61-77, in Statistics for Industry and Technology: Quality Improvement
through Statistical Methods, edited by B. Abraham, Birkhäuser Boston, MA
(USA).
o Balasch, S., Montesinos, A., Capilla, C., Crespo, C., Bosch, J.L., Pisón, J.L.
(1998), Descriptive Analysis of Several Pollutants Measured by a Monitoring
Network in an Urban Area, pp 33-41, in Applied Sciences and the Environment.
Environmental Engineering Series, edited by D.Almorza and H.M.Ramos, WIT
Press (U.K).
o Capilla, C., Montesinos, A., Balasch, S., Crespo, F. (1998), Time Series
Analysis of Ozone Concentrations in an Urban Area (Póster), VII International
Congress of Ecology, Florence (Italy).
o Montesinos, A., Balasch, S., Capilla, C., Crespo, F. (1998), Descriptive
Analysis of Pollution in Valencia (Póster), VII International Congress of Ecology,
Florence (Italy).
o Balasch, S., Montesinos, A., Capilla, C., Crespo, F. (1998), Análisis
Multivariante de la Contaminación Ambiental en la Ciudad de Valencia, XXIV
Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Almeria (Spain).
o Martín, J., Ferrer, A., Capilla, C., Romero, R. (1998), Análisis del
Comportamiento de un Controlador Bi-Input en un Proceso Industrial Continuo
cuando se producen Causas Especiales, XXIV Congreso Nacional de Estadística e
Investigación Operativa, Almeria (Spain).
o Capilla, C., Montesinos, A. (1998), A Case Study of Teaching Statistics in
Environmental Science Studies, Fifth International Conference on Teaching of
Statistics, Singapore.
o Alcover, R., Romero, R., Zúnica, L., Capilla, C., Ferrer, A. (1998), Un Proyecto
de Innovación Educativa para la Enseñanza de Estadística en la Escuela
Universitaria de Informática, IV Jornades sobre L´Ensenyament Universitari de la
Informàtica, Sant Julià de Lòria (Principat d´Andorra).
o Capilla, C., Ferrer, A., Romero, R., Hualda, A. (1999), Integration of Statistical
and Engineering Process Control in a Continuous Polymerization Process,
Technometrics, 41(1), pp 14-28.
o Ferrer, A., Romero, R., Capilla, C., (1999), Algorithmic Statistical Process
Control and Inferential Models, Interkama ISA Tech 99, Düsseldorf (Germany).
o Barcelo, S., Capilla, C., Ferrer, A., Hermenegildo, F. (2000), Diseño de un
Sistema de Control ESPC en la Fase de Cocción en Horno en un Proceso de
Fabricación de Azulejos, XXV Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación
Operativa, Vigo (Spain).
o Montesinos, A., Balasch, S.; Capilla, C., Crespo, F. (2000), Estudio de la
Relación Existente entre Contaminación y Parámetros Meteorológicos en la
Ciudad de Valencia, XXV Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación
Operativa, Vigo (Spain).
o Capilla, C., Capilla, R. (2000), Modeling Temperature Data in the Iberian
Peninsula (Póster), Workshop on Hierarchical Modeling in Environmental
Statistics, Columbus, OH (USA).
o Barceló, S., Capilla, C., Zúnica, L. (2000) Experiencia y Desarrollo de la
Asignatura de Estadística en los Planes de Estudio de Ingeniería en Informática,
Ensino e Aprendizagem da Estatistica, University of Lisbon (Portugal).
o Capilla, C. (2001), Teaching a Correlation and Regression Course for
Professional Development of Teachers in a Developing Country, International
Conference on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education for Human
Development (ICSTME-2001), Goa (India).
o Barceló, S., Capilla, C., (2001), Parámetros de Calidad en el Tratamiento de
Aguas Residuales en una Depuradora, XXVI Congreso Nacional de Estadística e
Investigación Operativa, Úbeda, Jaén (Spain).
o Capilla, C., McClean, S., Scotney, B. (2001), Análisis de Observaciones
Sísmicas, XXVI Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa,
Úbeda, Jaén (Spain).
o Capilla, C., Mullor, R., Barceló, S. (2001), Aplicación de los Gráficos Cuscore
para Detección de Cambios en un Proceso Regulado (Poster), XXVI Congreso
Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Úbeda, Jaén (Spain).
o Balasch, S., Montesinos, A., Capilla, C., (2001), Estudio de la Posible
Simplificación en la Toma de Datos de Contaminación en la Ciudad de Valencia,
XXVI Congreso Nacional de Estadística e Investigación Operativa, Úbeda, Jaén
(Spain).
o Capilla, C., Capilla, R. (2001), Interpolation of Heterogeneous Environmental
Fields, EMA2001-International Conference on Statistics in Environmental
Studies, Cádiz (Spain). Published in Chapter 3 Of Aportaciones De La Estadística
A Los Estudios Medioambientales, Editorial University Of Cadiz, ISBN 84-7786881-6
o Montesinos, A., Capilla, C., Balasch, S. (2001), Modelización Temporal de los
Humos Registrados por la Red de Monitoreo en la Ciudad de Valencia,
EMA2001-International Conference on Statistics in Environmental Studies, Cádiz
(Spain).
o Capilla, C., Capilla, R. (2002), Modeling the Heterogeneous Spatial Structure of
Temperature Observations from a Meteorological Network in Spain, Journal of
Geophysical Research-Atmospheres, 107, D2, 9pp. D.O.I. 10.1029/2001JD000860
o Capilla, C., Barceló, S., Prats, J.M. (2002), Developing a Wastewater Treatment
Monitoring Tool, International Conference on Waste Management and the
Environment, Cádiz (Spain).
o Barceló, S., Capilla, C. (2002), A Multivariate Statistical Process Control
System to Monitor a Wastewater Treatment Process, Second Annual European
Network for Business and Industrial Statistics Conference, Rimini (Italy).
o Prats, J.M., Capilla, C. (2003). Propiedades Estadísticas De Procedimientos De
Monitorización De Residuos En Un Proceso Regulado. 27 Congreso Nacional De
Estadística E Investigación Operativa, Lleida (Spain).
o Capilla, C. (2003). Gráfico Shewhart Con Intervalo De Muestreo Variable Y
Datos Correlacionados. 27 Congreso Nacional De Estadística E Investigación
Operativa, Lleida (Spain).
o Balasch, S., Montesinos, A., Capilla, C. (2003). Estudio Del Comportamiento
Temporal De La Contaminación Atmosférica En La Ciudad De Valencia . 27
Congreso Nacional De Estadística E Investigación Operativa, Lleida (Spain).
o Capilla, C. (2005). Change Detection In Ecological Observations. Joint Meeting
IX International Congress Of Ecology And 90th Annual Meeting Of The
Ecological Society Of America, Montreal (Canadá).
o Capilla, C. (2005). A Survey On Ecological Education Of Undergraduate
Students. IX International Congress Of Ecology And 90th Annual Meeting Of The
Ecological Society Of America, Montreal (Canadá).
o Capilla, C. (2005). Educación Estadística En Ciencias Ambientales, V
Congreso Iberoamericano De Educación Matemática, Porto (Portugal).
o Capilla, C., Alpuim, T. (2006). Analysis Of Carbon Monoxide Concentrations
In An Urban Area. 5ª Asamblea Hispano-Portuguesa De Geodesia Y Geofísica.
o Capilla, C. (2006). Spatial And Temporal Variations Of An Atmospheric
Pollutant In An Urban Area. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 8
o Capilla, C. (2006). Trends In Surface Air Temperatures In An Urban Area.
Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 8.
o Capilla, C. (2006). Analysis Of A Microseismic Signal Using A Wavelet
Transform. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 8
o Capilla, C. (2006). Introducing Data Analysis In A Statistics Course In
Environmental Science Studies, Proceedings of the Seventh International
Conference On Teaching Statistics (ICOTS-7), Salvador (Brasil).
o Capilla, C. (2006). Assessing Students Reasoning About Statistical Measures
And Association (Poster). Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference
On Teaching Statistics (ICOTS-7), Salvador (Brasil).
o Capilla, C. (2006). Application Of The Haar Wavelet Transform To Detect
Microseismic Signal Arrivals. Journal Of Applied Geophysics, 59, 36-46.
D.O.I. 10.1016/j.jappgeo.2005.07.005
o Montesinos, A., Capilla, C., Balasch, S. (2006). Modelización Temporal De Los
Contaminantes Registrados Por La Red Automática De Monitoreo En La Ciudad
De Valencia. Proceedings of the XXIX Congreso Nacional de Estadística e
Investigación Operativa, Tenerife (Spain).
o Capilla, C. (2007). Analysis Of The Trend And Seasonal Cycle Of Carbon
Monoxide Concentrations In An Urban Area. Environmental Science And
Pollution Research, 14, 19-22. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1065/espr2007.03.396
o Capilla, C., Aragon, P., Atienza, J. (2007). Detecting Changes In NO2 And NOx
Air Quality In Valencia (Spain). Proceedings of the 6th International Conference
on Urban Air Quality, Limassol (Cyprus).
o Capilla, C. (2007). Prediction Of Ozone Air Quality In An Urban Area Using
The Low-Pass KZ Filter. Geophysical Research Abstracts, vol. 9.
o Capilla, C. (2007). Uso De Software En La Enseñanza Del Análisis De Datos
Ambientales. Sexta Conferencia Iberoamericana en Sistemas, Cibernética e
Informática, Cuarto Simposium Iberoamericano En Educación, Cibernética E
Informática, Orlando, USA. (Invited session)
o Capilla, C. (2007). Assessing Undergraduate Students Of A Statistics Course In
Environmental Science. IASE/ISI Satellite Conference On Assessing Student
Learning In Statistics, Guimaraes, Portugal.
o Capilla, C. (2007). Modern Technologies And Curriculum Development In
Introductory Statistics Courses In Engineering (Invited Discussion). 56th Session
of the International Statistical Institute, Lisboa, Portugal.
o Capilla, C. (2007). Nearest Neighbour Imputation In Trend Analysis. 56th
Session of the International Statistical Institute, Lisboa, Portugal.
o Capilla, C. (2007). Imputation Of Missing Values In An Ozone Air Quality
Trend Analysis. IASC07 Statistics For Data Mining, Learning And Knowledge
Discovery, Aveiro, Portugal.
o Capilla, C. (2008). Time Series Analysis And Identification Of Trends In A
Mediterranean Urban Area. Global and Planetary Change, 63, 275-261.
D.O.I.:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2007.10.001
o Capilla, C. (2008) La enseñanza y evaluación del análisis de datos en la
asignatura Estadística de los estudios de grado en Ciencias Ambientales de la
Universidad Politécnica de Valencia. V Congreso Iberoamericano de Docencia
Universitaria, Valencia, Spain.
o Prats, J.M., Calduch, M.A., Capilla, C., Navarro, J.R., Vázquez, E., Vidal, S.
(2008) . Estudio del efecto de la aplicación del contrato de aprendizaje en las
asignaturas de Estadística y Estadística II de la ETS Informática Aplicada de la
UPV. V Congreso Iberoamericano de Docencia Universitaria, Valencia, Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2009). Application and Simulation Study Of The Hotelling’s T2
Control Chart To Monitor A Wastewater Treatment Process. Environmental
Engineering Science, 26, 333-341. D.O.I.:10.1089/ees.2007.0358.
o Calduch, M.A., Capilla, C. , Navarro, J.R., Vidal S. (2010). Resultados de la
aplicación del contrato de enseñanza-aprendizaje en la asignatura Estadística en
ITIG e ITIS. III Jornada de Innovación Docente de la E.T.S. Ingeniería
Informática, Valencia, Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2012). Modelling Temporal Changes of Nitrogen Dioxide
Concentrations in an Urban Area. Air Pollution 2012, A Coruña, Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2012). Modelling Temporal Changes of Nitrogen Dioxide
Concentrations in an Urban Area. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the
Environment, 157, 71-79, DOI 10.2495/AIR120071.
o Capilla, C. (2012). Temporal Variability of Sulfur Dioxide in an Urban Area.
7th Portuguese-Spanish Assembly of Geodesy and Geophysics, San Sebastián,
Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2012). Enseñanza de la Estadística Aplicada en la Titulación de
Ciencias Ambientales. Jornada de Innovación Educativa 2012, Valencia, Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2012). Application of Statistical Methods to Assess Carbon
Monoxide Pollution Variations Within an Urban Area. International Journal of
Geosciences, 3 (25A), 885-890, DOI: 10.4236/ijg.2012.3250.90.
o Capilla, C. (2012). Application of Neural Network Models to Predict Air
Quality. 5th International Conference of the ERCIM Working Group on
Computing & Statistics, Oviedo, Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2012). Resultados de la Evaluación Continua en el Aprendizaje de
los Alumnos. V Jornada de Innovación Docente de la E.T.S. Ingeniería
Informática, Valencia, Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2013). Analysis of Multivariate Observations from a monitoring
Stations of a River Basin. WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment,
175, 313-324, DOI 10.2495ECO130271.
o Capilla, C. (2013). A Comparison of Artificial Neural Networks to Forecast
Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations. 15th Applied Stochastic Models and Data
Analysis International Conference, Mataró, Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2013). Una Experiencia de Evaluación Continua. XXI Congreso
Universitario de Innovación Educativa en Enseñanzas Técnicas, Valencia, Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2014). Evaluación de la Variabilidad de Parámetros Fiscoquímicos
y Bacteriológicos del Agua de un Río. 8ª Asamblea Hispano Portuguesa de
Geodesia y Geofísica, Evora, Portugal.
o Capilla, C. (2014). Predicción de Óxidos de Nitrógeno Utilizando Redes
Neuronales de Base Radial. 8ª Asamblea Hispano Portuguesa de Geodesia y
Geofísica, Evora, Portugal.
o Capilla, C. (2014) A First Course in Statistics for Computer Engineering
Undergraduate Students. 8th International Technology, Education and
Development Conference, Valencia, Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2014) A Case Study of Applied Statistics Education in an
Environmental Science Degree. 8th International Technology, Education and
Development Conference, Valencia, Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2014) Determining Temporal Variations in Nitrogen Dioxide Air
Quality in an Urban Area. International Journal of Sustainable Development and
Planning, 9 (3), pp 327-336.
o Capilla, C. (2014) Multilayer Perceptron and Regression Modelling to Forecast
Hourly Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations, WIT Transactions on Ecology and the
Environment, 183, 39-48, DOI 10.2495/AIR140041.
o Capilla, C. (2014). A Comparison of Artificial Neural Networks to Forecast
Nitrogen Dioxide Concentrations. Published in Chapter 6 of Theoretical &
Applied Issues in Statistics & Demography, Christos H. Skiadas, Editor,
International Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology, pp
313-324.
o Capilla, C. (2015) Students’ Understanding of Linear Regression. 9th
International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Madrid,
Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2015) The Role of Statistical Software in techaing Data Analysis.
9th International Technology, Education and Development Conference, Madrid,
Spain.
o Capilla, C. (2015) Application of Radial Basis Functions Neural Networks to
Predict Air Pollution, WIT Transactions on Ecology and the Environment, 198,
41-50, DOI 10.2495/AIR150051.
o Capilla, C. (2015) Artificial Neural Network Approach For Forecasting
Nitrogen Oxides Concentrations, Environmental Engineering Science, 32 (9), pp .
DOI.
7. Other information
 Referee in the journals Estadística Española (1995), Statistical Education Research
Journal, edited by International Association of Statistics Education (International
Statistics Institute) (2003, 2004, 2010), Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics (2006),
International Journal of Science Education (2007), Journal of Hazardous Materials
(2007), Journal Atmospheric Environment (2007), Journal Environmental Science and
Pollution Research International (2008, 2012, 2013, 2014), Journal Environmental
Engineering Science (2008, 2013, 2014, 2015), Journal Water Research Environment
(2012, 2015), International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning (2014),
British Journal of Mathematics & Computer Science (2014).
 Member of the Scientific Committee of GeoENV98- Second European Conference on
Geostatistics for Environmental Applications, year 1998, Valencia (Spain).
Co-convener of the special session “Megacities Impact” of the European Geoscience
Union General Assembly (2007).
Co-Chairman of the AIR POLLUTION 2015 23TH International Conference On
Modelling, Monitoring And Management Of Air Pollution, Valencia, España, 1-3 Junio
De 2015. Organised by: Wessex Intitute Of Technology, Universidad Politécnica De
Valencia. Editor of this conference proceedings.
 Visits to scientific centers abroad as research fellow
o Center for Quality and Productivity Improvement, University of Madison, WI
(USA), dates: 1st September-30th November 1989.
o Departamento de Ingenieria Química, Universidad Iberoamericana, Lomas de
Santa Fe, México, DF, dates: August-September 1997.
o Faculty of Informatics, School of Information and Software Engineering,
University of Ulster, Campus at Coleraine, Northern Ireland (UK), Dates: JulySeptember 2000.
o Departamento de Estatistica e Investigaçao Operacional, Universidad de Lisboa,
4th February-4th June 2005.
 Member of Scientific Associations: Sociedad Española de Estadística e Investigación
Operativa, Asociación Española De Climatología, Elected Member Of The International
Statistical Institute Since 22 October 2004 (Section International Association For
Statistical Education. Also Regular Member Of This Section Since 1993), The
International Environmetrics Society (TIES), The International Association For Ecology
(INTECOL), The International Association For Urban Climate, European Geosciences
Union.