IIIS - International Institute of Informatics and Systemics

Special Track on Knowledge Integration and Inter-Disciplinary Communication

in the context of WMSCI 2014

July 15 - 18, 2014 ~ Orlando, Florida, USA

A Proposed Model for Tracking the University Interdisciplinary Projects

Mr. Rafael Melgarejo and Mrs. Paulina Cadena, Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador, Ecuador

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	Mr. Rafael Melgarejo Educational Background: 1. Diploma In Physics and Mathematics, Escuela Politécnica Nacional - EPN, Quito 12/89 2. Informatics and Computation Systems Engineer, Cum Laude, EPN, Quito, 08/1992. 3. Governability and Political Management Program, George Washington University-CAF-PUCE, 2002-2003. 4. Master in new technologies for education, IUP-Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2004. 5. Master in Governability and Political Management, PUCE, January 2012. Research and/or Professional Experience: RESEARCH 1. FIELDS a. Systems Theory, Systems Approach. b. Complex Systems Theory c. Information Sytems. d. Community Action. 2. PROJECTS a. Genélisis (unpublished), PUCE 2010. b. Strategic Model for the State (PUCE, Congreso de Innovación Universitaria, 10/2006). c. Proposal of indicators for the Information Society, PUCE, 2005. d. Study of the phone calls bypass methods and the ways to prevent them, PUCE, 2008. e. Study of a virtual communication system for teachers using VoIP, PUCE, 2009. f. Proposal for managing complexity in research projects at PUCE, 2013. JOBS & PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE 1. CTO of CELEC EP (Ecuadorian Corporation of Electrification) (since 10/2010 to 04/2012). 2. CEO of CONSULTSISTEM (01/1994 – 10/2010). Project leader of information systems development using agile technologies (1994-2003). IT Planning Consultant (1998-2014), SOA Designer (2009-2012), Technology Research. 3. IBM Ecuador (01/1992-12/1993). Systems Engineer. 4. Computer Forensics Expert since 1998 to march 2014, many cases handled arranged by Ecuadorian Government Prosecutor. Mrs. Paulina Cadena Educational Background: Ingeniera en Administración de Empresas, PUCE, 1984. Maestría en gestión académica, Chile. MBA, Quito, PUCE. Research and/or Professional Experience: Decana Facultad de Administración, PUCE, 2007-present. Interdisciplinary is the concrete interaction between two or more knowledge fields, leading to a transformation of any of the involved disciplines. It is proposed that the way to measure if an interdisciplinary project is successful is to show the transformation of the key concept(s). The model proposes to establish an initial conceptual basis for each discipline, and a crossing matrix of the same or similar concepts from all disciplines used in a research project. At the conclusion of the project, the reformulated concepts are verified into the matrix.