is full professor at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. He joined the Computer Science Department of the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid in 1993. He received a degree in Telecommunications Engineering in 1993 and a PhD degree in 1997 both from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Currently he coordinates the Applied Artificial Intelligence Group (GIAA). His current research focuses on the application of soft computing techniques (NN, Evolutionary Computation, Fuzzy Logic and Multiagent Systems) to radar data processing, air traffic management, e-commerce and ambient intelligence. He has authored up to 100 journal papers and 200 conference papers.