Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science at UTEP. She holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Carleton University (Canada), a M.Sc. in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Edinburgh (Scotland, UK) and a B.Eng. in Computer Science from the Panamerican University (Mexico) with a double major in Statistical Methods.

• College of Engineering Excellence in Research Award - Spring 2021 - College of Engineering, UTEP (07/01/2021)
• 2019 Hispanic Engineer National Achievements Awards Conference (HEENAC) Education Award. - Great Minds in STEM (GMiS) (09/26/2019)
• 2019 Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award - National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) (05/14/2019)

• Ph D in Doctor of Philosphy Computer Science, Carleton University (2012)
• MS in Artificial Intelligence, University of Edinburgh (2002)
• Statistical Methods, Center for Mathematical Research (2001)
• BS in Computer Science, Panamerican University Campus Bonaterra (1999)

• Special Issue on Semantic eScience: Methods, tools and applications Semantic Web 11 5 (2020), Daniel Garijo, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Tomi Kauppinen.
• Advanced Methods for Big Data Analytics in Women’s Health BIOCOMPUTING 2021: Proceedings of the Pacific Symposium (2020), Mary R. Boland, Karin Verspoor, Maricel G. Kann, Su Golder, Lisa Levine, Karen O’Conner, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Graciela Gonzalez-Hernandez.
• Smart Mobility for Seniors through the Urban Connector 5th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference (ISC2 2019) (2019), Raul A. Vargas-Acosta, Diana L. Becerra, Okan Gurbuz, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Guillermina Nunez-Mchiri, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Towards SWIM Narratives for Sustainable Water Management In Proceedings of Workshops at the International Semantic Web Conference (2018), Raul A. Vargas-Acosta, Luis Garnica Chavira, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Deana D. Pennington.
• Smart Mobility for Seniors: Challenges and Solutions in El Paso, TX, and New York, NY International Smart Cities Conference (2018), Matthew Vechione, Corina Marrufo, Raul A. Vargas-Alejandro, Maria G. Jimenez-Velasco, Okan Gurbuz, Assel Dmitriyeva, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Guillermina Nunez-Mchiri, Joseph Y. Chow.
• Integrating Heterogeneous Freight Performance Data for Smart Mobility IEEE International Conference on Smart City Innovations (IEEE SCI 2017) (2017), Daniel Mejia, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Ruey Long K. Cheu.

• Helping Students Continue to Progress in STEM Education During the Pandemic (2020), Volume Virtual, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales.
• Towards Enabling Different Perspectives of Scientific Resources through Semantics (2020), Volume MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales.
• Towards Improving Safety in Urban Mobility With Crowdsourcing Incident Data Collection (2019), Volume Morocco, Casa Blanca, Carlos Chavez, Emiliano Ruiz, Adrian Gomez Rodriguez, Itzel Rivas Pena, Victor Manuel Larios, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Oscar Mondragon, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Towards Smart Mobility During Flooding Events in Urban Areas using Crowdsourced Information. (2019), Volume Morocco, Casa Blanca, Ubaldo Castro, Sustaita Cynthia, Manuel Armando Hernandez, Larios Victor Manuel, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Oscar Mondragon, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• Smart Mobility for Seniors through Urban Connector (2019), Volume Morocco, Casa Blanca, Raul Alejandro Vargas-Acosta, Diana Becerra, Okan Gurbuz, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Guillermina Nunez-Mchiri, Ruey Long K. Cheu.
• ADAPP: A Crowdsourcing Approach for Inclusive Public Spaces (2019), Volume Orlando, Florida, US, Daniel Ornelas, Manuel A. Hernandez, Javier Padilla, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales.
• Smart Mobility During Flooding Events utilizing Image Processing and Crowdsourced Data (2019), Volume Orlando, Florida, US, Cinthya Sustaita, Ubaldo Castro, Jonathan Avila, S Fuentes, Manuel A. Hernandez, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Oscar Mondragon, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Victor Manuel Larios, Rocio Maciel.
• Towards a Recommender System for Scientific Model Output Visualization (2019), Volume Orlando, Florida, US, Manuel A. Hernandez, Luis A. Garnica, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales.
• Towards Improving Mobility Safety With Crowdsourcing Data in Smart Cities (2019), Volume Orlando, Florida, Carlos Chavez, Emiliano Ruiz, Itzel Rivas Pena, Sandra Barba, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Oscar Mondragon, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Victor Manuel Larios, Rocio Maciel.
• Towards Understanding the Science Behind Water Sustainability Data (2019), Volume Orlando, Florida, US, Raul Alejandro Vargas Acosta, Luis A. Garnica, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Deana D. Pennington.
• L1. SWIMming Toward a Sustainable Water Future (2019), Volume Webinar, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales.
• Fostering a Scientific-driven Decision Making Process with SWIM Narratives (2019), Volume UTEP, Raul A. Vargas-Acosta, Luis A. Garnica, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Deana D. Pennington.
• Silver Connection: A Smart Solution for Senior Connectedness (2018), Volume Pasadena California, Daniel Ornelas, Daniel Robles, Sara Ponce de Leon, Victor Herrera-Vidales, Oscar Mondragon, JG. Flores, M.F. Orozco, Jose Espinoza, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales.
• Towards Improved Mobility in Urban Areas Under Flooding Conditions Using Image Processing (2018), Volume Pasadena California, Manuel A. Hernandez, Dania Orozco, Elias Castillo, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, L. Orozco, Victor M. Larios Rosillo.
• Talk: Smart Cities Innovations through International, Interdisciplinary Collaborations: Challenges and Opportunities. (2017), Volume Ciudad Juarez, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales.
• L2. Fostering Smart Cities Innovations through an International Collaboration of Government, Industry and Academia. (2017), Volume The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, Texas, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales.
• IEEE International Conference on Smart City Innovations (2017), Volume Silicon Valley, California, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Ruey Long K. Cheu, Daniel Mejia.

• CAHSI Latinas in Computing
• Organizing CSSI PI Meeting - Towards a National Cyberinfrastructure Ecosystem
• IRES: US-MEXICO INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH COLLABORATION FOR SMART CITIES
• IUSE/PFE:RED: Toward a Model of Change for Preparing a New Generation for Professional Practice in Computer Science
• Tier 1 UTC: Connected Cities for Smart Mobility towards Accessible & Resilient Transportation (C2SMART)