Overall

h-index: 9
g-index: 17
e-index: 14.56

Journals and
Conferences

h-index: 5
g-index: 5
e-index: 12.17
 

  1. • 03-09Ph.D. in Computer Science (Artificial Intelligence), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra, Excellent Cum Laude.

  2. • 01-03Engineer in Informatics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra.

  3. • 98-01Technical Engineer in Computer Systems, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Sabadell, First of Promotion award.

 

Education

  1. • 07-09Research Assistant - Software Engineer, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Bellaterra.

  2. • 04-07Pre-doctoral scholarship, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra.

Vocational Experience

“Normative Regulation of Open Multi-agent Systems”

Supervisors: Pablo Noriega, Juan A. Rodríguez-Aguilar, and Wamberto W. Vasconcelos    PDF  Bib

Abstract:

Open multi-agent systems are populated by self-interested agents, developed by different people, using different languages and architectures. Norms may be used to regulate agent behaviour, i.e. : discourage, prevent and mitigate harmful behaviour and facilitate desirable interaction. To enforce norms, we use Electronic Institution metaphor using Searle’s notion of institution: some brute facts have a special meaning in the institution, and if they are permitted by norms, they count as institutional facts. In this thesis, we propose languages, algorithms, and a formal model included in a distributed architecture in order to enforce norms in activities, propagate them among activities, and resolve possible normative conflicts.

Ph.D. Dissertation

  1. • 07-AT: Agreement Technologies. (CONSOLIDER CSD2007-022 INGENIO 2010), Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Bellaterra.

  2. • 06-09AEI: Autonomic Electronic Institutions. (TIN2006-15662-C02-01), Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Bellaterra.

  3. • 03-06Webi2: Electronic Institutions, extension of the basic notion. (TIC2003-08763-C02-00), Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC), Bellaterra.

Participation in Projects

Currently, technology is as evil as is most evil user. My main research interest is to change this, allowing evil users to make only good use of technology. However, although I might provide the appropriate framework as researcher, it is not my duty to properly define "good" and "evil".