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Biography

Manuel Chica Serrano, PhD, is Emergia Senior Researcher (formerly, Ramon y Cajal), granted by the Andalusian and Spanish Government, at the University of Granada (Computer Science and AI Department). He is also Chief AI Officer at ZIO Analytics and Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Newcastle, Australia. 

Current research interests include agent-based modeling, evolutionary game theory, single and multi-objective evolutionary optimization, data science, and complex systems. Dr. Manuel Chica Serrano is focused on applied research, working since 2007 on solving complex problems from a diverse range of fields: marketing, industrial engineering, climate and social dilemmas, healthcare systems, and sustainability.

He has published >100 publications and included in the World's Top 2% of Scientists according to Stanford        

Interests

Education

PhD in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science (cum laude)
University of Granada, 2011

Master in Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems
University of Granada, 2009

MEng in Computer Science
University of Jaen, 2006

BSc in Computing Engineering (Management)
University of Jaen, 2004

currentLY 

Emergia Senior Researcher
University of Granada, from 2023

Adjunct Lecturer
University of Newcastle (Australia), from 2017

Chief AI Officer
ZIO Analytics, from 2016


R&d IN THE INDUSTRY

RESEARCH FIGURES

Publications: +100

JCR-indexed papers: 68

Q1-ranked papers: 56

Scholar citations: + 2.8k

Projects: + 20 

Patents: 2


TASKS & SKILLS

Modeling / programming 30 %

Scientific writing 20 %

Direction & product 20 %

Project management 10 %

Analytics 10 %

UX design 10 %