GARCÍA RODRIGUEZ, JOSE

José García Rodríguez is a full professor at the University of Alicante, affiliated with the Higher Polytechnic School and the Department of Informatics and Computing Technology. He earned a BS in Computer Engineering (1994) and PhD in Artificial Vision (2009) from the same institution.

• Current roles: Director of the PhD Program in Computer Science
• Vice Dean of International Relations
• Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Computer Vision and Image Processing
• Associate Editor of Expert Systems Journal
• Senior member of IEEE, INNS, and Eucog networks

His research spans computer vision, deep learning, robotics, and ambient intelligence, with applications in improving autonomy for individuals with acquired brain damage. He has led 20+ regional/national/international projects, including three consecutive national projects funded by Spain's Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (DPI2013-40534-R, TIN2016-76515-R, PID2019-104818RB-I00). International collaborations include research stays at the University of Westminster, Queen Mary University of London, and Griffith University (Australia).

He has organized special sessions at WCCI conferences (2010–2018) and special issues in JCR journals like Neural Processing Letters and Complexity. Professional memberships include European networks Eucog, HIPEAC, ELLIS, and COST Action IC1307.