José M. Cecilia

José M. Cecilia is a Ramón y Cajal research fellow (Associate Professor Tenure track) at the Computer Engineering Department, Universitat Politècnica de València (Spain). He received his B.S. degree in Computer Science from Universidad de Murcia (Spain, 2005), M.S. degree in Computational Software Techniques in Engineering from Cranfield University (United Kingdom, 2007), and PhD degree in Computer Science from the Universidad de Murcia (Spain, 2011). Dr. Cecilia is a well-established researcher in the high-performance computing (HPC) area, specifically for the applications he has developed. His publication portfolio is composed of 50 research papers in JCR-Ranked journals, and 37 contributions on high-quality international conferences in the area (including ParCo, IJCNN, ICPP or GTC). Dr. Cecilia’s research career has been focused on bridging the gaps between hardware and software by developing novel applications that overcome current technological barriers. Particularly, he has developed applications within the convergence between emergent HPC and Artificial Intelligence, following an application-driven approach where hardware and algorithmic innovations have been always considered to offer novel solutions to real problems.