Ramon Lopez de Mantaras

Research Professor of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Director of the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA). Master of Sciences in Computer Science from the University of California Berkeley, PhD in Physics (Automatic Control) from the University of Toulouse, and PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Barcelona. A pioneer of Artificial Intelligence in Spain, with contributions, since 1976, in Pattern Classification, Approximate Reasoning, Expert Systems, Machine Learning, Case-Based Reasoning, Autonomous Robots, and AI & Music. Author of numerous papers and invited plenary speaker at numerous international conferences. Editorial board member of several international journals, including AI Magazine, and former Associate Editor of the Artificial Intelligence Journal. ECCAI Fellow and recipient, among other awards, of the “City of Barcelona” Research Prize in 1981, the “2011 American Association of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) Robert S. Engelmore Memorial Award”, the “2012 Spanish National Computer Science Award” from the Spanish Computer Society, and the Distinguished Award of the European Association of Artificial Intelligence (EurAI) in 2016. President of the Board of Trustees of IJCAI from 2007 to 2009. He serves on a variety of panels and advisory committees for public and private institutions based in the USA and Europe. Presently working on case-based reasoning, machine learning for autonomous robots and AI applications to music. For additional information please visit: http://www.iiia.csic.es/~mantaras.