Pedro César Santana Mancilla es profesor e investigador de tiempo completo en la Facultad de Telemática de la Universidad de Colima. Tiene el grado de doctor en Tecnologías de la Información y Comunicaciones por la Universidad de Vigo en España, es Maestro en Ingeniería por la Universidad Autónoma de Baja California e Ingeniero en Telemática por la Universidad de Colima.
Sus intereses de investigación se centran en la Interacción Humano-Computadora, Sistemas y ambientes inteligentes, Internet de las Cosas y Tecnologías de apoyo a adultos mayores y al aprendizaje. 
Es miembro de la Academia Mexicana de Computación en la que coordina la Sección Académica en Interacción Humano-Computadora. Se desempeña como presidente de la Asociación Mexicana de Interacción Humano-Computadora y líder del cuerpo académico “UCOL-CA-118: Ambientes inteligentes, interactivos y accesibles” de la Facultad de Telemática. 
Ha publicado diversas publicaciones científicas en libros, revistas y congresos, tanto nacionales como internacionales.

Morales-Vanegas, E. A., Álvarez Magallán, B. A., Gaytan-Lugo, L. S. & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2023). Towards the design of personal data protection-aware artificial intelligence applications in ubiquitous smart environments. Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.47756/aihc.y8i1.133

Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Castrejón-Mejía, O. E., Fajardo-Flores, S. B. & Anido-Rifón, L. E. (2023). Predicting Abnormal Respiratory Patterns in Older Adults Using Supervised Machine Learning on Internet of Medical Things Respiratory Frequency Data . Information 14(12), 625. https://doi.org/10.3390/info14120625 

Valladares Ríos, L., Acosta-Diaz, R. & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2023). Enhancing Self-Learning in Higher Education with Virtual and Augmented Reality Role Games: Students’ Perceptions. Virtual Worlds 2(4), 343-358. https://doi.org/10.3390/virtualworlds2040020 

Iniguez-Carrillo, A. L, Venegas-Reynoso, A., Gaytán-Lugo, L. S. & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2023). SOVO: Usability Questionnaire for Voice-Only User Interfaces. IEEE Latin America Transactions 21(11), 1164 - 1170. https://doi.org/10.1109/TLA.2023.10268277 

Romero-Mendez, E. A., Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Garcia-Ruiz, M.A., Montesinos-López, O. A. & Anido-Rifón, L. E. (2023). The Use of Deep Learning to Improve Player Engagement in a Video Game through a Dynamic Difficulty Adjustment Based on Skills Classification. Applied Sciences 13(14), 8249. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13148249

Contreras-Castillo, J., Guerrero-Ibañez, J. A., Santana-Mancilla, P. C. & Anido-Rifón, L. E. (2023). SAgric-IoT: An IoT-Based Platform and Deep Learning for Greenhouse Monitoring. Applied Sciences 13(3), 1961. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13031961 

Buenrostro-Mariscal, R., Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Montesinos-López, O. A., Vazquez-Briseno, M. & Nieto Hipólito, J. I. (2023). Prioritization-Driven Congestion Control in Networks for the Internet of Medical Things: A Cross-Layer Proposal. Sensors 23(2), 923. https://doi.org/10.3390/s23020923 

Garcia-Ruiz, M.A., Santana-Mancilla, P. C. & Gaytan-Lugo, L.S., (2022). Olfactory interfaces: recent trends and challenges of E-noses in Human-Computer Interaction. Engineering Proceedings, 31(1), 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/ASEC2022-13820 

Sánchez Nava, A., Ramos Aguirre, P. A., Gaytan-Lugo, L. S. & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2022). Interactive games for deaf children: An exploratory literature review. Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.47756/aihc.y7i1.123

Díaz-Ontiveros, V-, Mejía, D. A. & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2022). Analysis of the impact on the customer experience due to the integration of interactive technology in a retail space. Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-9-13194

Ramos García, O.I., Vuelvas Alvarado, A.A., Osorio Pérez, N.A., Ruiz Torres, M.A., Estrada-González, F., Gaytan-Lugo, L.S., Fajardo-Flores S.B. & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2022). An IoT Braille display towards assisting visually impaired students in Mexico. Engineering Proceedings, 27(1), 11. https://doi.org/10.3390/ecsa-9-13194 

Garcia-Ruiz, M., Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Gaytán-Lugo, L. S., & Iniguez-Carrillo, A. (2022). Participatory Design of Sonification Development for Learning about Molecular Structures in Virtual Reality. Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 6(10), 89. https://doi.org/10.3390/mti6100089 

Montesinos-López, O. A., Montesinos-López, A., Cano-Paez, B., Hernández-Suárez, C. M., Santana-Mancilla, P. C., & Crossa, J. (2022). A Comparison of Three Machine Learning Methods for Multivariate Genomic Prediction Using the Sparse Kernels Method (SKM) Library. Genes, 13(8), 1494. https://doi.org/10.3390/genes13081494 

Buenrostro-Mariscal, R., Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Montesinos-López, O. A., Nieto Hipólito, J. I. & Anido-Rifón, L. E. (2022). A Review of Deep Learning Applications for the Next Generation of Cognitive Networks. Applied Sciences 12(12), 6262. https://doi.org/10.3390/app12126262 

Guerrero-Ibáñez, J., Contreras-Castillo, J. & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2022). ¿Cómo los coches autónomos "hablarán" con las personas?. Komputer Sapiens, 14(1). 

Paola L. Santollo-Vargas, P. L., Gaytán-Lugo, L. S., Fajardo-Flores, S. B. & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2021). Design of interactive literacy activities for Deaf people on mobile devices. Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora, 6(1), 22-25. https://doi.org/10.47756/aihc.y6i1.81

Castrejon Mejia, O. E., Santana-Mancilla, P. C. & Fajardo-Flores, S. B. (2021). Design and development of a wearable system for the analysis of respiratory patterns for health monitoring in seniors. Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora, 6(1), 91-93. https://doi.org/10.47756/aihc.y6i1.97

Alvarado Villa, D. A., Montesinos Lopez, O. A., & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2021). Training of an intelligent agent to improve the gaming experience for video gamers. Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora, 6(1), 123-125. https://doi.org/10.47756/aihc.y6i1.105

Castro, L.A., Gaytán-Lugo, L.S., Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Herskovic, V. & Valderrama Bahamondez, E. C. (2021). Human computer-interaction in Latin America. Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00779-021-01550-3 

Fajardo-Flores, S. B., Gaytan-Lugo, L. S., Santana-Mancilla, P. C. & Rodriguez-Ortiz, M. A. (2021). Accessibility Assessment for Online Education Tools: Towards Accessible Principles for a Mexican University. EAI Endorsed Transactions on e-Learning. https://doi.org/10.4108/eai.17-2-2021.168720 

Montesinos-López, O. A., Montesinos-López, A., Pérez-Rodríguez, P., Barrón-López, J. A., Martini, J. W. R., Fajardo-Flores, S. B., Gaytan-Lugo, L. S., Santana-Mancilla, P. C. & Crossa, J. (2021). A review of deep learning applications for genomic selection. BMC Genomics 22, 19. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12864-020-07319-x JCR (Q2) Scopus PubMed

García Michel, E., Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Fajardo-Flores, S. B., Gaytan-Lugo, L. S., Pérez Andrade, V. H., Amezcua Cobián, G., Virgen Casillas, O., & Zaizar Fregoso, S. A. (2020). An IoMT system for health monitoring in athletes. Avances en Interacción Humano-Computadora, 5(1), 62-67. https://doi.org/10.47756/aihc.y5i1.68

Fajardo-Flores, S. B., Gaytan-Lugo, L. S., Villagrana-Larios, G., & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2020). Towards an electronic device to facilitate navigation in smartphones to people with motor and visual impairment. Avances En Interacción Humano-Computadora, 5(1), 68-73. https://doi.org/10.47756/aihc.y5i1.69

Santana-Mancilla, P. C. & Valderrama Bahamondez, E. C. (2020). Preface to the CLIHC 2019 Special Issue. CLEI Electronic Journal. https://doi.org/10.19153/cleiej.23.2.0

Contreras-Castillo, J., Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Barón-Ramírez, N. & Morales Vanegas, E. A. (2020). IoET enabled classrooms to foster Education 4.0 in Mexican elementary schools. Asia-Pacific Collaborative education Journal, 16(1), 26-30.

Montesinos-Lopez, O. A., Franco-Perez, E., Luna-Vázquez, F. J., Salinas-Ruiz, J., Sandoval Carrillo, S., Valenzo-Jiménez, M. A., Cuervas, J. & Santana-Mancilla, P. C. (2020). Benchmarking between item based collaborative filtering algorithm and genomic best linear unbiased prediction (GBLUP) model in terms of prediction accuracy for wheat and maize. Biotecnia, 22(2). https://doi.org/10.18633/biotecnia.v22i2.1255. 

Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Anido-Rifón, L. E., Contreras-Castillo, J. & Buenrostro-Mariscal, R. (2020). Heuristic Evaluation of an IoMT System for Remote Health Monitoring in Senior Care . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, 5. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051586 

Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Rodriguez-Ortiz, M. A., Garcia-Ruiz, M. A., Gaytan-Lugo, L. S., Fajardo-Flores, S. B. & Contreras-Castillo, J. (2019). Teaching HCI Skills in Higher Education through Game Design: A Study of Students’ Perceptions. Informatics 6, 22. https://doi.org/10.3390/informatics6020022 

Durán-Vega, L. A., Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Buenrostro-Mariscal, R., Contreras-Castillo, J., Anido-Rifón, L. E., García-Ruiz, M. A., Montesinos-López, O. A. & Estrada-González, F. (2019). An IoT System for Remote Health Monitoring in Elderly Adults Through a Wearable Device and Mobile Application. Geriatrics, 4, 34. https://doi.org/10.3390/geriatrics4020034 

Santana-Mancilla, P. C., Montesinos-López, O. A., Garcia-Ruiz, M. A., Contreras-Castillo, J. J. & Gaytan-Lugo, L. A. (2019). Validation of an instrument for measuring the technology acceptance of a virtual learning environment. Acta Universitaria 29, e1796. https://doi.org/10.15174/au.2019.1796.