JOSÉ
SANTAMARÍA LÓPEZ

José Santamaría is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Jaén, with three six-year research periods (sexenios) recognized by the National Commission for the Evaluation of Research Activity (CNEAI). He leads the Applied Computational Engineering Research Group. With over 20 years of research experience, he has successfully supervised numerous Master's and PhD students. He has also participated as principal investigator and team member in more than 10 research projects funded at the regional, national, and European levels (e.g., the FP7 Program). Since 2003, he has published over 80 scientific contributions, including more than 50 articles in international journals indexed in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database, most of them in the first quartile (Q1). According to data obtained from the Scopus, Google Scholar, and Web of Science platforms, the quality of his scientific output shows H-index values above 30, more than 10,000 accumulated citations, and publications with over 1,000 accumulated citations. He is a co-inventor of an internationally recognized patent (US20120182294A1). Additionally, he has been awarded the IFSA Award for Outstanding Applications of Fuzzy Technology. He actively performs professional duties as a reviewer, guest editor, and member of the editorial board of several internationally renowned journals, such as Computational Intelligence (Wiley), Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine (Elsevier), among others. He is an expert evaluator for the European Commission. The research group he leads has forged several international collaborations with academic and research institutions, including the School of Communication and Information Engineering at Shanghai University and Queensland University of Technology, both ranked among the top 201-300 universities in the Shanghai Academic Ranking of World Universities.