{"id":362,"date":"2021-10-28T07:19:59","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T07:19:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/?page_id=362"},"modified":"2026-07-26T22:17:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T22:17:12","slug":"francisco-fernandez-de-vega","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/index.php\/componentes\/francisco-fernandez-de-vega\/","title":{"rendered":"Francisco Fern\u00e1ndez de Vega"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Miserrimi quipe est ingenii semper util inventis et nunquam invendiendis.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fcofdez.wordpress.com\/2021\/12\/06\/el-primer-surrealista\/\">\u00abOf the mean spirit it is proper to employ only stereotypes and never one&#8217;s own ideas\u00bb, from \u00abThe field has eyes, the forest has ears\u00bb<\/a> The Bosch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Evostar 2026 award for Outstanding Contribution to Evolutionary Computation in Europe.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>I am deeply grateful to the <a href=\"https:\/\/species-society.org\">Species Society<\/a> for this award, which was presented to me at the Evostar 2026 conference in Toulouse.  I would also like to thank my colleague Carlos Cotta who presented the <a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/1EuPLZk-owzxwm1pCYonjUQcqNfyX9N1j\/view?usp=sharing\">award<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"854\" height=\"671\" src=\"https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-24-09-04-00.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-742\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-24-09-04-00.jpg 854w, https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-24-09-04-00-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/PHOTO-2026-04-24-09-04-00-768x603.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Francisco Fern\u00e1ndez de Vega is Full Professor of Computer Architectures at the University of Extremadura.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His research in the confluence of Parallel and Distributed Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Arts and Music, has been internationally Awarded:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Parallel Problem Solving from Nature (PPSN) 2002 Conference Best Poster Award, Granada, Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linextremix Educative Videogames Award, M\u00e9rida, Spain. 2006.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Music Information Retrieval and Exchange (Mirex) 2011 competition:  3rd place piano transcription competition, Miami, USA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best Paper EvoHot 2008 (Evostar 2008 conferences), Napoli, Italy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACM Gecco 2013, Evolutionary Art, Design and Creativity Award, Amsterdam, Netherlands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ACM Gecco 2013, Finalist Hummies Award Competition, Amsterdam, Netherlands.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Show Your World International competition Finalist 2017, The Gallery MC, New York, USA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence, Best AI APP Award, 2021 M\u00e1laga, Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sultana&#8217;s Dream &#8211; Goya 2023 Best Animation Film nominated &#8211; Grand Prix Contrechamp, Annecy, France &#8211; European Animated Featured Film, nominated 2024 &#8211;    Collaboration through Investigo program &#8211; Junta de Extremadura.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outstanding student paper nomination. Evostar 2024, Elia Pacioni.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Outstanding student paper nomination Evostar 2026, Elia Pacioni.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/posts\/%F0%9D%97%98%F0%9D%98%83%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%A6%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%BF-%F0%9D%97%94%F0%9D%98%84%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%BF%F0%9D%97%B1-%F0%9D%97%B3%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%BF-%F0%9D%97%A2%F0%9D%98%82%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%98%80%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%97%B1%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%97%BB%F0%9D%97%B4-ugcPost-7464973301291884544-Z_VC\/?utm_source=share&amp;utm_medium=member_desktop&amp;rcm=ACoAAAY1SD4Bm9tKcMad0qbtuPtw1YZechBurYY\">Evostar 2026 award for Outstanding Contribution to Evolutionary Computation in Europe<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He was CETA-CIEMAT Chair 2007-2009,  University of Extremadura CIO from 2005-2007, and Vice-Dean of Research at Centro Universitario de M\u00e9rida, from 2004-2005.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He received the Best PhD Engineering thesis award in 2002, University of Extremadura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is IEEE Senior Member. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He has completed research stays at  international institutions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Lausanne, Switzerland. 1998, 2000, 2002.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michigan State University, USA. 1999.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>UC San Diego, USA. 2003.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cicese, M\u00e9xico. 2002, 2012, 2014.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>MIT, USA. 2026.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He has been invited Speaker:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CERN, Switzerland<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>IEEE New Orleans Section, USA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Universidad de Granada, Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Universidad Mexiquense del Bicentenario, M\u00e9xico.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Universidad del Pa\u00eds Vasco, Spain.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cicese, M\u00e9xico.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>He has also collaborated with U.C. Berkeley Boinc project through the <a href=\"https:\/\/boinc.berkeley.edu\/forum_thread.php?id=5269\">Extremadura@home project<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Scientific Journals: Associate Editor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aicommunications.eu\">AiCommunicatons<\/a>, and Editorial Board Member of<a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/10710\"> Genetic Programming and Evolvable Machines<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mi punto de vista sobre la Inteligencia Artificial.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>En esta entrevista en canal Extremadura tuve la oportunidad de comentar como veo nuestra relaci\u00f3n con la Inteligencia Artificial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.canalextremadura.es\/noticias\/extremadura\/entrevista-la-inteligencia-artificial-puede-tomar-decisiones-por-si-misma\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"479\" src=\"https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Captura-de-pantalla-2023-05-19-a-las-9.15.36-1024x479.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-548\" style=\"width:545px;height:254px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Captura-de-pantalla-2023-05-19-a-las-9.15.36-1024x479.png 1024w, https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Captura-de-pantalla-2023-05-19-a-las-9.15.36-300x140.png 300w, https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Captura-de-pantalla-2023-05-19-a-las-9.15.36-768x359.png 768w, https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Captura-de-pantalla-2023-05-19-a-las-9.15.36.png 1224w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Entrevista de Mayo de 2023 en Canal Extremadura Televisi\u00f3n.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">It is written, <em>Man<\/em>&nbsp;shall&nbsp;<em>not live<\/em>&nbsp;by&nbsp;<em>bread alone<\/em>&#8230; (Mattew 4:4)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Music, the arts, and sciences must be part of a whole.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"720\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 1280 \/ 720;\" width=\"1280\" controls src=\"https:\/\/grupogea.unex.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/video_secret.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong> A Well Known Secret \u00a9, by Fco Fdez de Vega &#8211; Arranged by <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/2JUsMDdnQAT2q5Vp7f0fsf\">Paco Fdez<\/a>. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/almendralejo.hoy.es\/paco-fernandez-jazz-20210904131000-nt.html\"> Intrinsic Jazz Quintet<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miserrimi quipe est ingenii semper util inventis et nunquam invendiendis. \u00abOf the mean spirit it is proper to employ only stereotypes and never one&#8217;s own ideas\u00bb, from \u00abThe field has eyes, the forest has ears\u00bb The Bosch. 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