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Conference Papers


Democratizing Data Analytics in Education: A Governance Strategy for Non-Profit Educational Organizations

Published in 2025 IEEE 43rd Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XLIII), 2025

Case study of a data engineering and governance framework for Fundación Ayudinga: a cloud-based Dremio Lakehouse plus a formal governance program (roles, semantic layers, six policies) that raised the organization’s TDWI data-literacy maturity from Basic (Stage 3) to Literate (Stage 4).

Recommended citation: Verbel, G., González, K., Muñoz, A. C., López, V., & Sánchez-Galán, J. E. (2025). "Democratizing Data Analytics in Education: A Governance Strategy for Non-Profit Educational Organizations." 2025 IEEE 43rd Central America and Panama Convention (CONCAPAN XLIII). https://doi.org/10.1109/concapan66820.2025.11512483
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Structuring a Geospatial Information System for the Analysis of Food Security, Nutritional Intervention and Human Health Data in Panama

Published in XIX Congreso Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología – APANAC 2023, 2023 · In Spanish

Building a geospatial information system for food security and nutrition data in Panama: web scraping and ETL turned Ministry of Health PDF reports into 96 geo-referenced indicators (2003–2014), mapped by province, and the basis of the PRISM nutrition layer.

Recommended citation: González Ortega, K., Aguilar, E., Aizprúa, A. G., Cedeño, E., & Sánchez-Galán, J. (2023). "Estructuración de un sistema de información geoespacial para el análisis de datos de seguridad alimentaria, intervenciones nutricionales y de salud humana en Panamá [Structuring a geospatial information system for the analysis of food security, nutritional intervention and human health data in Panama]." XIX Congreso Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnología – APANAC 2023, pp. 356–362. https://doi.org/10.33412/apanac.2023.3959
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Design and Implementation of Knowledge Graphs for Building Personalized Learning Paths at Fundación Ayudinga

Published in Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá, 2023 · In Spanish

Design and implementation of knowledge graphs to build personalized learning paths for Fundación Ayudinga (undergraduate thesis).

Recommended citation: González Ortega, K. (2023). "Diseño e implementación de grafos de conocimientos para la construcción de rutas de aprendizajes personalizadas para la Fundación Ayudinga [Design and implementation of knowledge graphs for building personalized learning paths at Fundación Ayudinga]." Undergraduate thesis, Systems and Computing Engineering, Universidad Tecnológica de Panamá.