INTEC consolidates its research leadership at the VIII Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities
SANTO DOMINGO. - The Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) had a prominent role in the VIII Ibero-American Congress of Smart Cities (ICSC-CITIES 2025), held from November 10 to 12, 2025 in the Capital of Technology and Sustainability, Ciudad Modelo, Puebla, Mexico.
The congress brought together researchers, academics, professionals and authorities from more than 20 Ibero-American countries to discuss advances in smart cities, sustainability, electric mobility, renewable energy, urban analytics and intelligent systems.
INTEC's presence was made possible thanks to the coordinated work between teachers, engineering graduates, master's students, doctoral students y international collaborations with universities in Latin America, and the network RIBIERSE, which strengthened the development and presentation of high regional impact research.
Themes of the ICSC-CITIES 2025 Congress
The event addressed strategic lines for the future of smart cities, including IoT and ubiquitous devices; smart mobility, energy efficiency, smart grid, social governance, urban sustainability, “Smart industry and smart environment” and “Smart economy”.
The topics also covered included real-world experiences of smart cities, smart urban services (security, health, transport, water, waste, environment), urban informatics, Big Data and analytics, artificial intelligence applied to cities, social inclusion in smart cities, and electrical systems and technological developments for smart cities.
INTEC research presented at the Congress
At the event, INTEC presented studies on energy, electric mobility, health, sustainability, and smart systems. These included “Whirlpools as Indicators of Sargassum Flood Risk on the Southern Coast of the Dominican Republic,” authored by Iván Jiménez-Durán, Lodriz Lorenzo-Rodríguez, Miguel Aybar-Mejía, Deyslen Mariano-Hernández, and Carlos Sanlley; and “Bidirectional Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles: A Review of its Impact on the Electrical Grid,” by Miguel Aybar-Mejía, Anyel Guzmán-De Los Santos, Cristhian Medina-Peña, Oscar Pérez-Otáñez, Yendry Estévez-Feliz, Armando J. Taveras-Cruz, and Deyslen Mariano-Hernández.
Also, “Analysis of the impact of the penetration of variable renewable energies on the inertia of the Dominican SENI and mitigation proposals”, carried out by Miguel Aybar-Mejía, Onésimo Ramírez, Deyslen Mariano-Hernández, Roberto Eduardo Quintal Palomo, Máximo Domínguez Garabitos, Rony Montero and Armando Taveras; and “Design of a control strategy to reduce the direct current displacement and the maximum HFT current of a DAB converter under fault conditions”, authored by Kevin Pavez, Francisco Esteban, Federico Serra, Carlos Baier, Eduardo Espinosa, Bruno França and Miguel Aybar-Mejía.
Another of the research projects presented was “Systematic review of methods for flow optimization in photovoltaic pumping systems under irradiance variability,” authored by Manuel González, Félix Santos, Deyslen Mariano-Hernández, Martin Melendez, Armando Taveras, Miguel Aybar, Fabio Andrade Rengifo, and Marcel Castro-Sitiriche; and “Comparative forecasting of cardiovascular emergency demand in the Dominican Republic using time series and machine learning models,” by Navila Leon-Tejeda, Edwin Sánchez Camilo, Miguel Aybar-Mejía, Armando Taveras-Cruz, Iván Jiménez-Durán, and Deyslen Mariano-Hernández.
Likewise, Daniel Aragones-Vargas, Marcel Castro-Sitiriche, Fabio Andrade, and Miguel Aybar-Mejía presented the poster “Application of genetic algorithms to optimize photovoltaic generation in distribution networks in Puerto Rico”
INTEC's participation was supported by partnerships with universities and research centers in Chile, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Mexico, Brazil, Colombia and Spain, reflecting the institutional commitment to knowledge creation and scientific exchange.