Luis Raúl Rodríguez began his research stay at our group a few days ago. He will collaborate with us on different projects related to Explainable Artificial Intelligence.

Luis, who comes from Costa Rica, is a Computer Science and Information Technology Engineer. He has a postgraduate degree in systems engineering, with a major in telecommunication systems. Luis Raúl is also a litigator, specializing in computer crimes, criminal and family law.

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He has experience as professor at the University of Costa Rica (UCR) and the National Technical University (UTN), as well as PhD researcher investigating Artificial Intelligence in Information Technology. This makes him an ideal partner in projects involving AI and legal issues.

He is currently working on using semantic networks for knowledge representation, an application that will aid judges in the interpretation and evaluation of the facts and evidence available for a legal case and thus, will facilitate decision-making.

Luis is a good addition to our group and we are sure that he will contribute greatly to the progress of our research.

Welcome Luis Raúl!

 

Posted by Juan M. Corchado

Juan Manuel Corchado (15 May 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca. He has been Vice-Rector for Research from 2013 to 2017 and Director of the Science Park of the University of Salamanca. Elected as Dean of the Faculty of Science twice, he holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. He leads the renowned BISITE (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology) Research Group, created in 2000. Director of the IoT Digital Innovation Hub and President of the AIR Institute, J. M. Corchado is also Visiting Professor at the Osaka Institute of Technology since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Centre (EUROPOL). J. M. Corchado has been president of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society, and academic coordinator of the University Institute for Research in Art and Animation Technology at the University of Salamanca, as well as researcher at the Universities of Paisley (UK), Vigo (Spain) and the Plymouth Marine Laboratory (UK). He currently combines all his activity with the direction of Master programmes in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things, Social Media, 3D Design and Printing, Blockchain, Z System, Industry 4.0, Agile Project Management, and Smart Cities & Intelligent Buildings, at the University of Salamanca and his work as editor-in-chief of the journals ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal), OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology) or Electronics MDPI (Computer Science & Engineering section). J. M. Corchado mainly works on projects related to Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Blockchain, IoT, Fog Computing, Edge Computing, Smart Cities, Smart Grids and Sentiment Analysis. He has recently been included in the board of trustees of the AstraZeneca Foundation, along with other health professionals and researchers recognised for bringing scientific knowledge closer to society.