{Javier Macias-Guarasa} received his Telecommunication Engineering Degree and PhD both from Polytechnic University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain, in 1992 and 2001 respectively. From 1990 to 2007 he was a member of the Speech Technology Group and held different teaching positions at Polytechnic University of Madrid, currently being Associate Professor in the Department of Electronics at University of Alcalá, Madrid, Spain. In 2003 he was a visiting scientist at at the International Computer Science Institute (ICSI). He has authored or coauthored more than 140 referred papers and his current research interests are related to multi-sensor human activity recognition in intelligent spaces, and pattern recognition strategies applied to pipeline monitoring systems. He is also an active member of two teaching innovation groups, devoted to the promotion of environmental sustainabiity in the University curricula and the application of new approaches for a more effective teaching and learning.