Author: Vicente Botti

Dr. Emilia Garcia is a researcher of the Department of Computer Systems and Languages at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain. She is member of the research group Grupo de Tecnología Informática – Inteligencia Artificial (GTI-IA) with current research interests encompassing software engineering techniques for multi-agent systems, model-driven technology, formal verification of models, intelligent systems, normative systems and agreement technologies. Dr. Garcia has been working at the Universitat Politècnica de València as a researcher since 2005. During this time, she has been awarded with several grants in competitive calls including the “FPU – Formación para el Profesorado Universitario” from the Ministry of Education of the Spanish government. Dr. Adriana Giret is an Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Systems and Languages at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV), Spain. She is member of the research group Grupo de Tecnología Informática – Inteligencia Artificial (GTI-IA), The Department of Computer Systems and Languages (DSIC) and has teaching responsibilities in twelve UPV centres. Adriana Giret teaches in the School of Industrial Design Engineering and her current research activities include two interdisciplinary areas: Distributed Intelligent Systems and Manufacturing Systems. Vicent J. Botti Navarro received his Ph. D. from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) in 1990. He holds a position of Full Professor of Computer Sciences at the Universitat Politècnica de València where he has been teaching since 1984. Professor Botti is Head of Grupo de Tecnología Informática-Inteligencia Artificial and Vice-Rector for the Development of ITC Technologies at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain. He teaches undergraduate and master courses in Artificial Intelligence at the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Enginyeria Informàtica at the UPV. Professor Botti has worked on different areas of Artificial Intelligence since 1984.