Autor: Javier Del Ser

Dr. Javier (Javi) Del Ser received his first Ph D degree (cum laude) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Navarra (Spain) in October 2006, and a second Ph D degree (summa cum laude) in Signal Processing from the University of Alcala (Spain) in May 2013. From 2003 to 2005 he was a teaching assistant at TECNUN (University of Navarra, Spain). From August to December 2007 he was a visiting scholar at University of Delaware (USA), and from February to September 2008 he was an associate professor at the University of Mondragon, Spain. In October 2008 he joined Fundacion Robotiker as a senior research scientist at the Telecom Unit. Currently Javier is the leading researcher of the OPTIMA area at TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION, an adjunct lecturer at the University of the Basque Country (EHU/UPV)and an external researcher at Basque Centre of Apllied Mathematics (BCAM). His research interests are focused on artificial intelligence, machine learning and in general, dataanalytics for paradigms arising in diverse fields such as energy, telecommunications, mobility and operations research, among many others. In these fields he has published more than 140 technical papers and conferences, co-supervised 6 Ph D and 13 M.Sc. theses, edited 2 books and invented 4 patents. He has been granted twice with the Torres Quevedo grant from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (2007 & 2009), and is a senior member of the IEEE. Recently he has been awarded the “Talent of Bizkaia” prize for his outstanding professional curriculum.