Curriculum vitae

 

Education

 

15/10/2012  -   10/10/2013  MSc in Design and Development of computer games (Universidad Politecnica de Cataluyna at the UPC School , Barcelona, Spain).

 

2006  -   07/05/2012  PhD in Computer Science (UC3M Computer Science and Technology programme at the Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain). Summa Cum Laude Distinction.

 

2005   -    2006  MSc in Computer Science and Technology (Artificial Intelligence) at Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain

 

2003   -   2004  Specialist course in Geographic Information Systems at UCLM

 

2000   -   2003  BSc in Computer Science at the UCLM, Albacete, Spain

 

2001  -   2002  Erasmus student (5° course) at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland (UK)

 

1996  -   2000  BEng in Computer Science at the UCLM, Albacete, Spain

 

Research Experience

 

05 / 2012  -   08 / 2012  Research scholarship at the SOCO at UPC with Angela Nebot, Spain (Catalunya).

 

05 / 2010  -   08 / 2010  Research scholarship at the BIG at Minho University with Dr. Paulo Cortez, Portugal.

 

05 / 2009  -   09 / 2009  Research scholarship at the ECML at RMIT University with Dr. Xiaodong Li, Australia.

 

06 / 2008  -   09 / 2008  Research scholarship at the CERCIA at Birmingham University with Professor. Xin Yao, England.

 

Teaching Experience

 

10 / 2012  -   Present   Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.  Teaching Assistant.  Department of Computer Science.

 

10 / 2006  -   2012   Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain.  Teaching Assistant.  Department of Computer Science.

 

09 / 2005  -   07 / 2006   Head of IT Department at Sunny View School. Malaga, Spain

 

Work Experience

 

10 / 2012  -   Present   Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, Spain.  Teaching Assistant.  Department of Computer Science.

 

10 / 2006  -   10 / 2012   Carlos III University, Madrid, Spain.  Teaching Assistant.  Department of Computer Science.

 

09 / 2005  -   07 / 2006   Head of IT Department at Sunny View School. Malaga, Spain

 

12 / 2003  -   07 / 2005   I3A. UCLM, Albacete, Spain

 

Participation in Funded Projects

 

- Sistema de Deteccion de Peatones, Ciclistas y Motoristas - Fusion Sensorial. Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia (TRA2007-67374-C02-02).

 

- Trainutri. Training and Nutrition senior social platform. European Union, Ambient Assisted Living Program (AAL-2009-2-129).

 

- SISTEMA INTELIGENTE DE AYUDA A LA CONDUCCION BASADO EN AGENTES. Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia (TRA2010-21371-C03-03).

 

- DETECCION DE OBJETOS MOVILES EN ENTORNOS DINAMICOS MEDIANTE LA FUSION DE DATOS APLICANDO CONJUNTO DE CLASIFICADORES. Comunidad de Madrid/Universidad Carlos III (CCG10-UC3M/TIC-5174).

 

- SISTEMA INTELIGENTE BASADO EN AGENTES DE SOPORTE AL CONDUCTOR. Ministerio de Educacion (TRA2011-29454-C03-03)

 

- Desafío Botprize: Hacia una nueva generación de personajes virtuales. FECYT (FCT-13-7848).

 

Profesional Activities

 

MSc in Design and Development of computer games specialized in Unity 3D

 

Android Game Published 2013 Crazy circus

 

Android Game Published 2013 Zombie Restaurant

 

IOS Game Published 2013 Zombie Restaurant

 

ANECA acreditation for "Profesor ayudante Doctor", "Profesor contratado Doctor" and "Profesor de universidad privada" positions

 

Subvención concedida por el FECYT de 8000 euros

 

Member of the "Spanish Society of Time Series Forecasting"

 

Organizer and chair of International competition "Desafío BotPrize: Hacia una nueva generación de personajes virtuales"

 

Organizer and chair of sessions:

 

• "Past, present and future of Computacional Intelligence applied to forecast time series I" at ISF 2009 (Hong Kong)

 

• "Past, present and future of Computacional Intelligence applied to forecast time series II" at ISF 2009 (Hong Kong)

 

Organizer and chair of sessions:

 

• "Ensembles & Evolutionary Algorithms for Forecasting" at WCCI-IJCNN 2010 (Barcelona)

 

• "Advances in Fuzzy Logic for Time Series Forecasting" at WCCI-IJCNN 2010 (Barcelona)

 

• "1st Neural Network Grand Competition in Time Series Forecasting" at WCCI-IJCNN 2010 (Barcelona)

 

• "Preprocessing & Feature Selection for Time Series Forecasting" at WCCI-IJCNN 2010 (Barcelona)

 

• "Time Series Forecasting in Financial Applications" at WCCI-IJCNN 2010 (Barcelona)

 

• "Advances in Algorithms for Time Series Forecasting" at WCCI-IJCNN 2010 (Barcelona)

 

Organizer and chair of session:

 

• "Computational Intelligence applied to Forecast Time Series" at IEEE-EAIS 2012 (Madrid)

 

Organizer of international competition:

 

• "1st International Competition of Time Series Forecasting"

 

Talk at AAUGA Barcelona Autodesk

 

Reviewer at WCCI-IJCNN 2010 (Barcelona)

 

Reviewer at IJCNN 2011 (San Jose)

 

Reviewer at CEC 2011 (New Orleans)

 

Reviewer at WCCI-IJCNN 2012 (Brisbane)

 

Reviewer at IJCNN 2013 Dallas

 

Reviewer at GECCO 2012 (Philadelphia)

 

Reviewer at GECCO 2013 (Amsterdam)

 

Reviewer at journal Neural Processing Letters (JCR).

 

Reviewer at journal Neurocomputing (JCR).

 

Reviewer at journal Progress in Artificial Intelligence (JCR).

 

Reviewer at journal Expert Systems (JCR).

 

Reviewer at journal Expert Systems with Applications (JCR).

 

Reviewer at journal Environmental Progress & Sustainable Energy (JCR).

 

Participation at NN3'07 Competition. (Results 33rd position)

 

Participation at NN5'08 Competition. (Results 6th position)

 

Participation at NNGC1'09 Competition. (Results)

 

Participation at CEDI-SICO'10 Competition. (3rd position)

 

Participation at 1st International Competition of Time Series Forecasting. (3rd position)

 

Erasmus grant for a stay carried out at Heriot-Watt University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

Erasmus teaching grant for a stay carried out at University of Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

Predoctoral Carlos III University grant for a stay carried out at Birmingham University.

 

Predoctoral Carlos III University grant for a stay carried out at RMIT.

 

Postdoctoral Carlos III University grant for a stay carried out at UPC.

 

More than 20 final degree projects directed.

 

PAAMS 2011 Award of Scientific Excellence.