Biography:
Javier Matanza received an electrical engineering degree from the Polytechnic University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain, in 2008 and the Ph.D. degree from the Comillas Pontifical University, Madrid, Spain, in 2013. He is a Research Professional at the Institute for Research in Technology (IIT) and an Assistant Professor at the Comillas Pontifical University.rnHis current interests are in powerline communication technologies, in communication network simulations, cosimulation, demand response, communications for medical monitoring and signal processing. rn
Areas of interest:
Signal processing. Communication systems. Power Line Communication. Wireless communications.
J. Jarauta Gastelu, R. Gesteira-Miñarro, J. Matanza, R. Palacios, G. López, "MitM Attack to Electric Vehicle AC Chargers", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 12, nº. 19, pp. 39689 - 39700, October 2025. [Online: July 2025] doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3589219
N. Rodríguez Pérez, J. Matanza, G. López, R. Cossent, J.P. Chaves, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, M.A. Sánchez Fornié, "Measuring the digitalisation of electricity distribution systems in Europe: towards the smart grid", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 159, pp. 110009, August 2024. [Online: April 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110009
M. Monteagudo Honrubia, F.J. Herraiz-Martínez, J. Matanza, "A Machine Learning approach for enhancing permittivity mixing rules of binary liquids with a Gaussian modification and a new interaction factor estimation", Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 399, pp. 124290, April 2024. [Online: February 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2024.124290
S. Huclin, A. Ramos, J.P. Chaves, J. Matanza, M. González-Eguino, "A methodological approach for assessing flexibility and capacity value in renewable-dominated power systems: a Spanish case study in 2030", Energy, Vol. 285, pp. 129491, December 2023. [Online: October 2023] doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.129491
N. Rodríguez Pérez, J. Matanza, L. Sigrist, J.L. Rueda Torres, G. López, "MaDIoT 3.0: Assessment of Attacks to Distributed Energy Resources and Demand in a Power System", IEEE Open Access Journal of Power and Energy, Vol. 12, pp. 552 - 563, 2025. [Online: August 2025] doi: 10.1109/OAJPE.2025.3595631
J. Jarauta Gastelu, R. Gesteira-Miñarro, J. Matanza, R. Palacios, G. López, "MitM Attack to Electric Vehicle AC Chargers", IEEE Internet of Things Journal, Vol. 12, nº. 19, pp. 39689 - 39700, October 2025. [Online: July 2025] doi: 10.1109/JIOT.2025.3589219
M. Monteagudo Honrubia, F.J. Herraiz-Martínez, J. Matanza, "Into the latent space of capacitive sensors: interpolation and synthetic data generation using variational autoencoders", Machine Learning: Science and Technology, Vol. 6, nº. 1, pp. 015031, March 2025. [Online: February 2025] doi: 10.1088/2632-2153/adb009
N. Rodríguez Pérez, J. Matanza, G. López, R. Cossent, J.P. Chaves, C. Mateo, T. Gómez, M.A. Sánchez Fornié, "Measuring the digitalisation of electricity distribution systems in Europe: towards the smart grid", International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Vol. 159, pp. 110009, August 2024. [Online: April 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2024.110009
M. Monteagudo Honrubia, G. Caposciutti, F.J. Herraiz-Martínez, J. Matanza, B. Tellini, R. Giannetti, "Measuring sedimentation profiles for nanoparticle characterization through a square spiral resonator sensor", Sensors, Vol. 24, nº. 9, pp. 2735, May 2024. [Online: April 2024] doi: 10.3390/s24092735
M. Monteagudo Honrubia, F.J. Herraiz-Martínez, J. Matanza, "A Machine Learning approach for enhancing permittivity mixing rules of binary liquids with a Gaussian modification and a new interaction factor estimation", Journal of Molecular Liquids, Vol. 399, pp. 124290, April 2024. [Online: February 2024] doi: 10.1016/j.molliq.2024.124290
N. Rodríguez Pérez, J. Matanza, G. López, "ICT scalability and replicability analysis for smart grids: methodology and application", Energies, Vol. 17, nº. 3, pp. 574, February 2024. [Online: January 2024] doi: 10.3390/en17030574
S. Huclin, A. Ramos, J.P. Chaves, J. Matanza, M. González-Eguino, "A methodological approach for assessing flexibility and capacity value in renewable-dominated power systems: a Spanish case study in 2030", Energy, Vol. 285, pp. 129491, December 2023. [Online: October 2023] doi: 10.1016/j.energy.2023.129491
N. Rodríguez Pérez, J. Matanza, L. Sigrist, J.L. Rueda Torres, G. López, "Confronting the threat: analysis of the impact of MaDIoT attacks in two power system models", Energies, Vol. 16, nº. 23, pp. 7732, December 2023. [Online: November 2023] doi: 10.3390/en16237732
M. Monteagudo Honrubia, J. Matanza, F.J. Herraiz-Martínez, R. Giannetti, "Low-cost electronics for automatic classification and permittivity estimation of glycerin solutions using a dielectric resonator sensor and machine learning techniques", Sensors, Vol. 23, nº. 8, pp. 3940, April 2023. [Online: April 2023] doi: 10.3390/s23083940
E. Alonso, R. Giannetti, C. Rodríguez-Morcillo, J. Matanza, J.D. Muñoz Frías, G. Scandurra, C. Ciofi, L. Vega-Zelaya, J. Pastor, "A quasi-wireless intraoperatory neurophysiological monitoring system", Electronics, Vol. 11, nº. 23, pp. 3918, December 2022. [Online: November 2022] doi: 10.3390/electronics11233918
S. Solera-Cotanilla, M. Vega-Barbas, J. Pérez, G. López, J. Matanza, M. Álvarez-Campana, "Security and privacy analysis of youth-oriented connected devices", Sensors, Vol. 22, nº. 11, pp. 3967, June 2022. [Online: May 2022] doi: 10.3390/s22113967
M. Sanz, J.I. Moreno, G. López, J. Matanza, J.J. Berrocal, "Web-based toolkit for performance simulation and analysis of power line communication networks", Energies, Vol. 14, nº. 20, pp. 6475, October 2021. [Online: October 2021] doi: 10.3390/en14206475
M. Gholami Mayani, F.J. Herraiz-Martínez, J. Matanza, R. Giannetti, C. Rodríguez-Morcillo, "A novel dielectric resonator-based passive sensor for drop-volume binary mixtures classification", IEEE Sensors Journal, Vol. 21, nº. 18, pp. 20156 - 20164, September 2021. [Online: July 2021] doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2021.3094904
E. Alonso, R. Giannetti, C. Rodríguez-Morcillo, J. Matanza, J.D. Muñoz Frías, "A novel passive method for the assessment of skin- electrode contact impedance in intraoperative neurophysiological monitoring systems", Scientific Reports, Vol. 10, pp. 2819, December 2020. [Online: February 2020] doi: 10.1038/s41598-020-59551-w
S. Potenciano Menci, J. Le Baut, J. Matanza, G. López, R. Cossent, M. Pío Silva, "A novel methodology for the scalability analysis of ICT systems for smart grids based on SGAM: the InteGrid project approach", Energies, Vol. 13, nº. 15, pp. 3818, August 2020. [Online: July 2020] doi: 10.3390/en13153818
G. López, J. Matanza, D. Vega, M. Castro, A. Arrinda, J.I. Moreno, A. Sendín, "The role of power line communications in the smart grid revisited: applications, challenges, and research initiatives", IEEE Access, Vol. 7, pp. 117346 - 117368, 2019. [Online: July 2019] doi: 10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2928391
J.I. Moreno, M. Martínez-Ramón, P. S. Moura, J. Matanza, G. López, "Smart grid: ICT control for Distributed Energy Resources [Guest editorial]", International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 12, nº. 5, pp. 1 - 2, May 2016. [Online: May 2016] doi: 10.1155/2016/1329421
M. Seijo, G. López, J. Matanza, J.I. Moreno, "Planning and performance challenges in power line communications networks for smart grids", International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks, Vol. 12, nº. 3, pp. 1 - 17, March 2016. [Online: March 2016] doi: 10.1155/2016/8924081
N. Rodríguez Pérez, J. Matanza, L. Sigrist, J.L. Rueda Torres, G. López, "MaDIoT 3.0: Assessment of Attacks to Distributed Energy Resources and Demand in a Power System", presented at XI Jornadas Nacionales de Investigación en Ciberseguridad - JNIC 2026, Barcelona, Spain, 06-08 May 2026. In: JNIC 2026: Actas de las Jornadas Nacionales de Investigación en Ciberseguridad, Barcelona, del 6 al 8 de mayo de 2026, pp. 184-185
C. Álvarez, J.I. Moreno, G. López, C. Carrillo, I. Ramírez, J. Matanza, S. Valero, A. Gabaldón, M.C. Ruíz, "Methodologies and proposals to facilitate the integration of small and medium consumers in smart grids", presented at 24th International Conference and Exhibition on Electricity Distribution - CIRED 2017, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 12-15 June 2017. In: CIRED - Open Access Proceedings Journal, vol. 2017, nº. 1, pp. 1895-1898, doi: 10.1049/oap-cired.2017.1101
N. Rodríguez Pérez, J. Matanza, L. Sigrist, J.L. Rueda Torres, G. López, "Analysing the Impact of Compromising IoT Consumer Devices in Power Systems", in Technology-Enabled Resilience: Innovations in Critical Infrastructure Protection: From AI-based Situational Awareness to Workforce Upskilling: A Holistic Approach to Critical Infrastructure Protection, J. Soldatos, H. Abie Ed(s). Cham, Switzerland: Ed. Springer Nature BV, 2026, pp. 101-118, doi: 10.1007/978-3-032-25917-2_5
J. Meirinhos, C. Gouveia Aguiar, H. Costa, A. G. Madureira, P. Anagnostopoulos, S. Papathanassiou, N. Hatziargyriou, L. González, J. Matanza, N. Silva, P. Rodrigues, P. Viegas, "Description of pre-prototype of the multitemporal operational management tool for the MV/LV distribution grid". Project: SUSTAINABLE_FP7 / WP3 / D 3.4. Funded by Comisión Europea whitin "FP7-ENERGY". Dec/2014. IIT-14-179I