Highlights

Selected publications and news.

Resources

Indirect social influence (PNAS nexus) data

Data to reproduce results.

Indirect social influence (PNAS nexus) code

Code to reproduce results.

Herding in PGG

Model and simulation data.

Triadic influence (PNAS paper) data

Data to reproduce results.

Triadic influence (PNAS paper) code

Code to reproduce results.

DBQ model

"Decision Biases in Queuing Systems" SIMIO model.

Cooling in simulated annealing

Netlogo model of the Metropolis algorithm.

clusterBip

A Python function to cluster bipartite data sets based on the statistical significance of coincidences.

oTree code

Code for the course Introduction to socio-economic experiments with oTree.

dataset

Competing for congestible goods: experimental evidence on parking choice.

dataset

Large scale and information effects on cooperation in public good games.

dataset

Group size effects and critical mass in public goods games.

CURP model

An agent-based model designed to explore the evolution of cooperation under different resources scenarios that condition individual needs for survival.

WWHW 2.0 model

An agent-based model designed to explore the development of cooperation in hunter-fisher-gatherer societies.

Quality uncertainty and market failure

Interactive simulation game designed to teach the market effects of quality uncertainty.

Teaching

Métodos de Ayuda a la Decisión II

2018 - present. Grado en Ingeniería de Organización. 2023 - present. Grado en Ingeniería y Sistemas de Datos (under the name "TSD").

Complejidad y Redes

2021 - present. Máster en Ingeniería de Organización Industrial. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Organización de la producción

2024 - present. Grado en Ingeniería de Tecnologías Industriales. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Técnicas de Soporte a la decisión

2022 - present. Grado en Ingeniería de Sistemas y Datos. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Métodos Cuantitativos de Organización Industrial II

2018 - 2021. Grado en Ingeniería en Tecnologías Industriales. UPM.

Teoría de la complejidad y las redes

2019 - 2021. MBA Internacional. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Redes de Suministro

2021 - 2024. Máster en Ingeniería Industrial. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

Social Networks

2017 - 2018. Chair for Computational Social Sciences and Humanities. RWTH Aachen University.

About Me

I am a complex systems researcher working as an Associate Professor at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. My research interests are very interdisciplinary, but focused on the study of complex systems and emergent phenomena. Specifically, I work on understanding human behaviour (mainly but not only, related to socio-economic dilemmas) by means of experimentation, modelling and data analysis. My goal as a researcher is to make interesting and high quality contributions as well as to have fun with science.

Research topics and methods

  • Behavioural Economics
  • Game Theory
  • Network Theory
  • Behavioural Operations
  • Modelling and simulation
  • Machine Learning

Education

2010-2014: PhD Process System Engineering, University of Valladolid (Spain). The title of my Thesis is Agent-Based Modelling and Swarm Intelligence in Systems Engineering, graded Sobresaliente Cum Laude (with distinction) on 5th March 2014.

2015. Santa Fe Institute, Complex Systems Summer School 2015.

2009-2010: MSc degree in Research in Process Systems Engineering, University of Valladolid (Spain).

2006-2008: MSc in Industrial Organisation Engineering, University of Burgos (Spain), with distinction.

2003-2006: Bachelor´s degree in Industrial Engineering, specialized in Electronics, University of Burgos (Spain).

Academic positions

September 2021 - now: Associate Professor (Profesor Contradado Doctor) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid (Spain).

September 2018 - July 2021: Assistant Professor (Profesor Ayudante Doctor) at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid (Spain).

Dec 2017 - August 2018: Postdoctoral researcher at RWTH Aachen University (Germany), Computational Social Sciences and Humanities group, HumTec institute.

2016 - November 2017: Postdoctoral researcher at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), in the Mathematics department, working with Anxo Sánchez in the IBSEN project. Member of GISC (Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos) research group.

2014 - 2016: Postdoctoral researcher at University of Burgos (Spain), in the Ingeniería de Organización department, working in the SimulPast project

2010 - 2014: Ayudas para la Formación de Personal Investigador de la Universidad de Valladolid (grant for PhD studies), at the Process Control and Supervision research group.

Scientific Associations Membership

2020 June - present: Member of ADINGOR (Asociación para el Desarrollo de la Ingeniería de Organización).

2017 - 2022: Member of Unidad Mixta Interdisciplinar de Comportamiento y Complejidad Social (UMICCS).

2016 - 2022: Board Member of COMSOTEC association.

2016 - 2018: Member of Complex Systems Society.

2015 - present: Member of SFI (Santa Fe Institute) Alumni Community.

2015 - 2022: Member of COMSOTEC association.

2011 - 2012: Board Member (secretario) of ISA student section Valladolid association.

2010: Board Member (vocal) of ISA student section Valladolid association.

Awards

2024 - Best paper of the conference XXVIII Congreso de Ingeniería de Organización (CIO) – 18th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Industrial Management (ICIEIM).

2009 - Premio Extraordinario Fin de Carrera, titulados en 2008, otorgado por Caja de Burgos.

2008 - Premio Extraordinario Fin de Carrera. Ingeniería de Organización Industrial. Universidad de Burgos.

2007 - 1er Premio al mejor Proyecto Fin de Carrera de Ingeniería Técnica Industrial, otorgado por el Colegio Oficial de Peritos e Ingenieros Técnicos Industriales de Burgos.

Industrial positions

2008 - 2009: Industrial Management Engineer at Instituto Tecnológico de Castilla y León (ITCL) in Burgos (Spain).

2007 - 2008: Internship Industrial Management Engineer at Instituto Tecnológico de Castilla y León (ITCL) in Burgos (Spain).

Referee activity, programme and organising committees

Editorial Board of Socio Physics, part of the journal Frontiers in Physics.

Referee: Physical Review E, Applied Network Science, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment, Complexity. Conferences: SCSC 2013, SSC 2014, , ICEIM-CIO-IIE 2015.

Programm commitee: 9th to 13th International Conference on Social Informatics (SocInfo), 4th Annual International Conference on Computational Social Science (IC2S2 2018).

Organising Committee: 3rd Annual Workshop on Complex Sociotechnical Systems (COMSOTEC 2017).

Get In Touch

Address

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.
Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros Industriales.
Departamento de Ingeniería de Organización, Administración de Empresas, y Estadística.
C/ José Gutiérrez Abascal, 2.
28006 Madrid (Spain)
Ingeniería de Organización y Logística Research Group
Grupo Interdisciplinar de Sistemas Complejos (GISC)





Phone +34 9106 77096 (It will take me a while to call back)

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