Carles Sierra

Carles Sierra serves as Research Professor and Director at the Artificial Intelligence Research Institute (IIIA) of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), concurrently holding the presidency of EurAI and an Adjunct Professorship at Western Sydney University.

He obtained his PhD in Computer Science from the Technical University of Barcelona (UPC) in 1989, with visiting research appointments at Queen Mary University of London (1996-1997) and University of Technology Sydney (2004-2012).

Sierra's research pioneered foundational work in Multiagent Systems, specifically developing frameworks for negotiation, argumentation-based protocols, computational trust mechanisms, team formation algorithms, and electronic institutions. His current investigations focus on AI-driven educational tools and socially impactful AI applications, reflecting an evolution toward human-centered technology.

His publication record exceeds 300 scientific contributions spanning theoretical frameworks to applied implementations, demonstrating sustained innovation across three decades in artificial intelligence research.

• EurAI Fellow

Sierra has significantly shaped the AI community through leadership roles including AAMAS General Chair (2009), Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems Editor-in-Chief (2014-2019), and IJCAI Program Chair (2017), while evaluating numerous EU research proposals.

As Director of IIIA-CSIC, he oversees one of Europe's premier AI research institutes, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration on emerging challenges in trustworthy and socially beneficial artificial intelligence.