Maria Jose Serna Iglesias

Maria Jose Serna Iglesias is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Informatics of Barcelona (FIB), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)-BarcelonaTech, where she is affiliated with the Department of Computer Sciences. She is a leading member of the ALBCOM research group, focusing on Algorithmics, Bioinformatics, Complexity, and Formal Methods, and serves as the coordinator of the PhD program in Computing. Her academic leadership and research excellence are central to UPC's contributions in theoretical computer science.

• Licenciado en Ciencias Matemáticas
• Licenciado en Informática
• Doctorat en Informàtica (Doctorate in Computing)

Her research interests lie at the intersection of theoretical computer science and game theory, with a strong focus on algorithmic game theory, social network analysis, and computational complexity. She investigates influence propagation models, cooperative games, weighted voting systems, and graph algorithms. Her work often involves the design and analysis of algorithms for discrete structures, with applications in network science and decision-making systems.

The analysis of her recent publications reveals a consistent trend in studying strategic interactions in networks, particularly through influence models and cooperative game theory. Her work spans both theoretical foundations—such as complexity and dimensionality of games—and practical applications in social networks, education, and synthetic data validation. The keywords across her articles highlight a deep engagement with discrete mathematics, optimization, and algorithmic decision theory.

She has received scientific recognition, including competitive awards and active participation in scientific committees of major international conferences such as the International Conference on Algorithmic Decision Theory and the Discrete Mathematics Days.

• Premiada (Awarded)
• Scientific committee member for multiple international conferences

Maria Jose Serna has led and participated in numerous competitive R+D+i projects, often in collaboration with other prominent researchers in the ALBCOM group. She has advised multiple students and researchers, contributing to the training of the next generation of computer scientists. Her collaborations span institutions in Spain and internationally, particularly in the domains of algorithms and game theory.

She is a core member of the ALBCOM research group (Algorísmia, Bioinformàtica, Complexitat i Mètodes Formals) at UPC, which is a leading force in theoretical computer science in Spain. The group fosters interdisciplinary research in algorithms, complexity, and formal methods, with strong ties to mathematical and computational sciences.