Antonio Ruiz-Cortés is Professor of Software and Service Engineering at the University of Seville and an elected member of the Academy of Europe. He currently heads the Applied Software Engineering Group at the University of Seville and has served as President of the Spanish Society on Software Engineering (SISTEDES) since September 2018. His research spans multiple critical areas of modern software engineering: Service-Oriented Computing Software Architecture Business Process Management Testing methodologies Software Product Lines Automatic Model Analysis Professor Ruiz-Cortés has established himself as a leading researcher in REST API testing and verification, with multiple influential publications in top software engineering conferences. His work bridges traditional software engineering with emerging domains like quantum computing, demonstrating remarkable adaptability. He has developed practical tools including RESTest and AGORA that address real-world testing challenges faced by industry practitioners. His scientific contributions have been recognized with the Most Influential Paper award at SPLC 2017. He serves as associate editor for Springer Computing and has organized major conferences including JCIS 2008, SPLC 2017, SISTEDES 2018 and BPM 2020, demonstrating significant leadership in the academic community. Professor Ruiz-Cortés maintains active research funding supporting his work in service-oriented computing and software testing, though specific grant details aren't provided in the available information. His presidency of SISTEDES reflects his commitment to advancing software engineering research in Spain.

