I am the founder of RNASA-IMEDIR multidisciplinary group at University of A Coruña (UDC) from 1991, currently we are 30 members (25 Ph.D.) focused on Artificial Intelligence (AI) grounded in biological processes like Artificial Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, etc. applied to the art, biomedical field, etc.

I have a degree in Medicine and general surgery from the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela; Ms in Knowledge Engineering from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; PhD in Medicine from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid; and PhD in Computer Science from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Since 1999, I am Full Professor in the area of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of UDC.

My google scholar h index of 35 and an i10 index of 104 with 5.740 cites (https://scholar.google.es/citations?user=bPAk6fYAAAAJ&hl=es) including more than 200 publications and 100 presentations in scientific conferences. I had supervised 21 Doctoral Theses and been the principal research of more than 75 research projects (USA, Latin Americans, Europeans, National and Regional) and more than 30 cooperation agreements with companies. I have done more than 25 patents and software registrations, 3 of them actually in operation, 2 of them in USA.

I have recived numerous awards and recognitions: “National Computer and Health Award”, 2015; “Naval Merit Cross with white badge” for his collaboration with Ministry of Defense – Spanish Navy, 2016; “Galician man of the year 2015”; Honorific Member of CPEIG (Professional Assoc. of Computer Science Engineers of Galicia), June 2016; ...

I am member of several scientific societies and scientific committees of many international journals and conferences in the field of Artificial Intelligence. I have collaborateh and I have been invited to visit, punctual or periodically, multiple renowned research centers, including:

Graphics, Visualization & Usability Center. College of Computing. Ga-Tech (USA).

Florida International University (USA).

Research Center CR4, Cerdeña (Italy)

TECNOFOR Smart Business & IT Solutions. Puerto Rico (USA).

University of Southern California. (USA).

IEEETA, University of Aveiro. (Portugal).

Stanford University. (USA).

Harvard University. Boston (USA).

University of Glasgow (UK)

University of Coimbra (Portugal)

University of Porto (Portugal)

University of Hull (UK)

Inria Institut (France);

Università degli Studi di Parma (Italy)

Università degli Studi di Cagliari; (Italy)  

Department of Neuroscience at the University of Minnesota (USA)

University of Melbourne (Australia)

Polytechnic University of Madrid (Spain)

University Pompeu Fabra (Spain)

Open University of Madrid (UDIMA) (Spain)

Institute of Neurobiology Ramón y Cajal-CSIC (Spain)