Swarm Intelligence - Recent Advances, New Perspectives and Applications, 2019
received his first PhD in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Navarra, Spain, an... more received his first PhD in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Navarra, Spain, and his second PhD in Computational Intelligence from the University of Alcala, Spain. Currently he is a Research Professor in Artificial Intelligence and the leading scientist of the OPTIMA (Optimization, Modeling and Analytics) research area at TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION (www.tecnalia.com). He is also an adjunct professor at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), an invited research fellow at the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), and a senior AI advisor at the technological startup SHERPA.AI. He is also the coordinator of a Joint Research Lab. His research interests include the use of Artificial Intelligence methods for data mining and optimization. He has published more than 280 scientific articles, co-supervised 8 PhD theses (+ 9 ongoing), edited 6 books, co-authored 9 patents, and participated/led more than 40 research projects. He has also been involved in the organization of various national and international conferences. He is a senior member of the IEEE, and a recipient of the Bizkaia Talent prize for his research career. Dr. Esther Villar holds a PhD in Information and Communication Technologies (2015) from the University of Alcalá (Spain). She achieved her Computer Scientist degree (2010) from the University of Deusto, and her MSc (2012) in Computer Languages and Systems from the UNED (National University of Distance Education). Her areas of interest and knowledge include Natural Language Processing (NLP), detection of impersonation in social networks, semantic web and machine learning. She has made several contributions at conferences and has published in various journals in those fields. Currently, she is working within the OPTIMA (Optimization Modeling & Analytics) business of Tecnalia's ICT Division as a data scientist in projects related to the prediction and optimization of management and industrial processes: resource planning, energy efficiency, etc. Dr. Eneko Osaba works at TECNALIA as a researcher in the ICT/ OPTIMA area. He obtained his Ph.D. degree on Artificial Intelligence in 2015 from the University of Deusto. He has participated in the proposal, development, and justification of more than 20 local and European research projects, and in the publication of more than 100 scientific papers (including more than 20 Q1). He has performed several fellowships at universities in the United Kingdom, Italy, and Malta. Eneko has served as the program committee member in more than 30 international conferences and participated in organizing activities in more than 7 international conferences. He is a member of the editorial board of
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