Research Projects
- AI4Drive
- DataPol
- TAILOR
- PRECOG
- 6city (TIN 2017-88213-R). Principal Investigator
- EXHAURO (PPIT.UMA.B1.2017/07). Principal Investigator.
- MoveON (TIN2014-57341-R). Research Team.
- TABS (University of Malaga). Research Team.
- roadME (TIN2011-28194). Research Team.
- M* (TIN2008-06491-C04-01). Research Team.
- OPLINK (TIN2005-08818-C04-01). Research Team.
- DIRICOM (P07-TIC-03044). Research Team.
- CARLINK (FIT-330210-2006-49, FIT-330225-2007-1). Research Team.
- Metaheurísticas descentralizadas (HA2004-0008). Research Team.
- TRACER (TIC2002-04498-C05-02). Research Team.
Contracts with companies (art. 83 LOU)
- BubbleWall
- FIQARE
- VBS Technical University of Ostrava (8.06/5.47.4142)
- Indra Software Labs S.L.U. (8.06/5.47.4209 CTAN)
- Arelance S.L. (8.06/5.47.3155 CTAN)
- Agencia de Obra Pública de la Junta de Andalucía (8.06/5.47.4356 LICITACION): MaxCT project.
- Málaga City Hall (8.07/5.47.4425)
- Vatia Energía S.L. (8.06/5.47.4792 AEESD)
Member of the Editorial Board of
- ACM Transaction on Evolutionary Learning and Optimization
- Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
- Journal of Systems and Software
- Evolutionary Computation Journal
- Mathematical Problems in Engineering
- Electronics
Past Member of the Editorial Board of
Guest editor of Special Issues in
- Journal of Systems and Software: Special Issue on Search-Based Software Engineering
- Evolutionary Computation Journal: Special Issue on Combinatorial Optimization Problems
- Algorithmica: Special Issue on Theory of Genetic and Evolutionary Computation
- Journal of Heuristics: Special Issue on Metaheuristics for Combinatorial Optimization
Organization in International Events and Conferences
- Track Chair of the SBSE Track in GECCO 2013
- Trach Chair of the Theory Track in GECCO 2015
- Late Breaking Abstract chair in GECCO 2016
- Proceedings Chair of GECCO 2017
- Electronic Media Chair in GECCO 2018
- Track Chair of the ECOM Track in GECCO 2019
- Track Chair of the ECOM Track in GECCO 2020
- Editor-in-Chief of GECCO 2021
- Programme Chair of EvoCOP 2015
- Programme Chair of EvoCOP 2016
- Special Session Chair in CEC 2017: Evolutionary Methods and Machine Learning in Software Engineering, Testing and Software Engineering Repositories
- Chair of Second International Summer School on Search-Based Software Engineering 2017
- Publication Chair in Smart-CT 2016
- Publication Chair in Smart-CT 2017
Organization in National Conferences
- Session Chair in MAEB 2010: special session Methodology ad Software Tools for Metaheuristic Research
- Session Chair in MAEB 2012: special session Methodology ad Software Tools for Metaheuristic Research
- Session Chair in MAEB 2013: special session Methodology ad Software Tools for Metaheuristic Research
- Session Chair in MAEB 2015: special session Methodology ad Software Tools for Metaheuristic Research
- Session Chair in MAEB 2016: special session Methodology ad Software Tools for Metaheuristic Research
- Track Chair in JIBSD 2015: Track on Search-Based Software Engineering
- Track Chair in JIBSD 2016: Track on Search-Based Software Engineering
- Track Chair in JIBSD 2017: Track on Search-Based Software Engineering
- Track Chair in JISBD 2020: Track on Search-Based Software Engineering
- Track Chair of the General Session of CAEPIA 2020 (CEDI 2020)
Research Networks
- Participant in the SEBASENet (Research Network on SBSE in Spain)
Reviewer in Journals (a selecion follows)
- IEEE Transactions in Software Engineering
- IEEE Transactions in Evolutionary Computation
- Evolutionary Computation Journal
- Journal of Heuristics
- Journal of Systemas and Software
- Information and Software Technology
- Soft Computing
- Applied Soft Computing
- Information Sciences
- Algorithmica
- Computers & Operations Research
- Software Testing, Verification and Reliability
- Software Quality Journal
- Theoretical Computer Sciences
- Journal of Software, Maintenance and Evolution
- Information Processing Letters
- Empirical Software Engineering
- Central European Journal of Operations Research
- Swarm Intelligence
- Software: Practice & Experience
Reviewer in the Mathematical Reviews publication (American Mathematical Society) since 2015
Co-advisor of finished PhD Thesis
- Javier Ferrer Urbano (Universtiy of Málaga, January 2016)
- Rodrigo Morales (Polytechnique de Montreal, December 2017)
Co-advisor of PhD Thesis in progress
- Miguel Ángel Domínguez (University of Málaga)
- Christian Cintrano (University of Malaga)
- Houssem Eddine Ben-Smida (University of Málaga/University of Tunisia)
Research Stays
- University of Leipzig (2006) with Martin Middendorf (1+2 months)
- Colorado State University (2013) with Darrell Whitley, as Fullbrigth Scholar (3 months)
Awards and mentions
- Best paper Award in the SBSE Track of GECCO 2008
- Best paper Award in ISDA 2011
- Best paper Award in EvoCOP 2012
- Best paper Award in the ECOM Track of GECCO 2018
- Best paper Award in the GA Track of GECCO 2018
- Best paper Award in EvoCOP 2019
- Best paper Nomination in the SBSE Track of GECCO 2007
- Best paper Nomination in the SBSE Track of GECCO 2011
- Best paper Nomination in the SBSE Track of GECCO 2012
- Best paper Nomination in the ECOM Track of GECCO 2015
- Best paper Nomination in the GA Track of GECCO 2017
Education Research Projects
- Researcher in PIE08-029 (UMA): "La autoevaluación y la co-evaluación como herramientas para la evaluación continua y la evaluación formativa en el marco del espacio europeo de educación superior"
- Researcher in PIE10-080 (UMA): "Aprendizaje basado en proyecto y desarrollo de nuevas competencias en el entorno de un máster profesional"
- Coordinator in PIE13-068 (UMA): "Desarrollo y evaluación de la competencias de pensamiento crítico en un ámbito multidisciplinar"
- Researcher in PIE15-48 (UMA): "Orientación y tutorización en la E.T.S.I. Informática"
- Researcher in PIE15-84 (UMA): "Evaluación cuantitativa de competencias en asignaturas basadas en trabajo en grupo"
- Researcher in PIE17-101 (UMA): "Análisis, despliegue y evaluación de competencias transversales en los grados de ingeniería informática"
- Researcher in PIE17-147 (UMA): "Dinamización de la asignatura de Redes y Sistemas Distribuidos a través de actividades del Aprendizaje basado en Problemas"
Erasmus+ Projects
- Technician in Erasmus Plus KA2 project: ECPlus