BSc/MSc in Mathematics from the University of Barcelona, Spain and PhD in Sciences from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). Full Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Robotics at UPC. Former Head Director of the Research Centre on Intelligent Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (IDEAI-UPC). He has worked on theoretical aspects on kernel machines, reinforcement learning, computer vision and robotics and on applications on recommender systems, cognitive social robots and assistive technologies. He has authored books in machine learning and robots, and published more than 275 papers in international and national journals and conferences. He has led and participated in 40 R&D competitive projects, 15 of them funded by the European Commission.