Research Interests

Soft computing

  • Evolutionary and heuristic algorithms
  • Data mining and machine learning
  • Application domains: life sciences, logistics and video games

Distributed systems

  • Supercomputing and parallel processing
  • Distributed data storage systems
  • High-performance data mining and evolutionary algorithms

Neuro- / bio-informatics

  • Neuroinformatics information systems
  • Intelligent data analysis for neurociences
  • Image processing
  • Biological simulations

Education

PhD

  • PhD in Computer Sciences
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 2001
  • Title: "Arquitectura Distribuida de Control para Sistemas con Capacidades de Data Mining"

MSc

  • MSc in Computer Sciences
  • Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, 1997

Additional Merits

Awards

  • 2006: Best researcher under 35 (FGUPM research award).

Habilitations

  • 2003:Spanish higher education system associate professor (Profesor Titular de Universidad): Computer Architecture and Technology
  • 2005:French higher education system associate professor (Maître de Conférences)

Administrative responsabilities

Conference and workshop organization

  • AWIC 2003: Local chair (Atlantic Web Intelligence Conference)
  • ECAI 2004: Chair of First Workshop on Data Mining in Functional Genomics and Proteomics Current Trends and Future Directions
  • IDA 2005: Program chair (Intelligent Data Analysis Conference)
  • ECML/PKDD 2007: Chair of Second Workshop on Data Mining in Functional Genomics and Proteomics Current Trends and Future Directions
  • BGRS 2008: Chair of Workshop on Knowledge Discovery in Bioinformatics
  • IEA/AIE 2010: Chair of the Special Session on New Frontiers in Data Analysis, Optimization and Visualization for Bioinfomatics and Neuroscience
  • ECML/PKDD 2011: Chair of Third Workshop on Data Mining in Functional Genomics and Proteomics Current Trends and Future Directions
  • HPCS 2012: Program chair
  • Program committee of more than 25 conferences.

Montegancedo Campus

CEI Montegancedo

International Excellence Campus I2TECH Montegancedo Campus

Montegancedo Campus is part of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and is located in Pozuelo de Alarcón (Madrid, Spain). It obtained the name of Campus of Excellence by the Ministry of Education in the 2010 call. Watch the video

CeSViMa Supercomputing Center

CeSViMa

CeSViMa is the second largest supercomputing center in Spain.

It belongs to the Spanish Supercomputing Network and and it provides supercomputing and visualization services to a wide range of application domains and projects. More info

Cajal Blue Brain

Cajal Blue Brain

The Universidad Politécnica de Madrid and Instituto Cajal from Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas are involved in the Blue Brain Project (BBP) with an initiative named Cajal Blue Brain funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science. More info