Biography
Sergio Santander-Jiménez received the Ph.D. degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Extremadura, Spain, in 2016. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Departament of Computer and Communications Technologies, Polytechnic School, University of Extremadura. Dr. Santander-Jiménez's research is focused on the proposal and evaluation of innovative algorithmic approaches for multi-objective optimization (nature-inspired metaheuristics, novel fitness assignment procedures, multi-domain searches) and their integration with parallel and distributed computing (inter-algorithm and intra-algorithm parallelization on multicore multiprocessors, computing clusters, hardware accelerators, etc.) to address time-consuming problems in bioinformatics and biomedicine (namely phylogeny reconstruction, protein encoding, and epistasis detection).
Dr. Santander-Jiménez has authored or co-authored more than 60 publications, also taking part in the organization of multiple international conferences on high-performance computing, computational intelligence, and bioinformatics. He has edited 3 special issues and served as a reviewer for over 30 international JCR-indexed journals, including IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, Transactions on Computers, and Transactions on Cybernetics. He is one of the co-heads of the International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio), one of the reference venues for high-performance bioinformatics research.
Contact Address
Polytechnic School, University of Extremadura
Campus Universitario, s/n
10003 Caceres, Spain
Phone Number: +34-927257251
E-mail:sesaji AT unex.es
ORCID:0000-0002-2862-2026
Teaching
Current Courses at University:
- Estructura de Computadores, Degrees in Computer Engineering (Software / Computers) (2nd year)
- Sistemas Digitales, Degree in Telecommunication Engineering - Sound & Image (3rd year)
Research
- Scientific production :
- More than 60 peer-reviewed publications, namely a) 23 JCR-indexed journal papers, 11 of them being Q1 (10 papers in top-10 journals: IEEE TEVC, IEEE TPDS, InfSci, and ESWA); b) 2 edited books; and c) 38 conference communications in prestigious international venues (IPDPS, CLUSTER, ISPA, etc.) and highly recognized national meetings (JSarteco, MAEB). In addition, he has edited 3 special issues in JCR journals. Full details can be found here.
- Research Interests:
- High Performance Computing: Shared-memory multiprocessors, multicore clusters, heterogeneous platforms.
- Evolutionary and Bioinspired Computing: Evolutionary algorithms, swarm intelligence, and metaheuristics design.
- Multiobjective Optimization: Problem resolution, algorithm adaptations, fitness schemes.
- Bioinformatics: Phylogenetic inference, epistasis detection, protein encoding.
- Participation in Research Projects:
- Multi-HPC-Bio: Advanced Multiobjective Optimization Techniques and High Performance Computing Applied to Bioinformatics, AEI and ERDF (PID2019-107299GB-I00/AEI/10.13039/501100011033)
- Advanced parallel and multi-objective bioinspired methods for numerical optimization: towards the solution of the tree of life problem, FCT (SFRH/BPD/119220/2016, PI)
- HiPeRBio: High Performance and Energy-efficient Processing for Bioinformatics Applications in Emergent Heterogeneous Systems, FCT and ERDF (PTDC/CCI-COM/31901/2017)
- Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, FCT (UID/CEC/50021/2019)
- Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores, Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, FCT (UID/CEC/50021/2013)
- PROTEIN: Paralelismo y Metaheurísticas Multiobjetivo en Problemas Bioinformáticos basados en Proteínas, AEI and ERDF (TIN2016-76259-P)
- BIO: Optimización Multiobjetivo y Paralelismo en Bioinformática, AEI and ERDF (TIN2012-30685)
- Computación para el Análisis y Predicción del Comportamiento y Rendimiento del Usuario de Entornos de Aprendizaje Virtual e Infraestructuras Inalámbricas, Junta de Extremadura (IB16002)
- Ayuda para la realización de actividades de investigación y desarrollo tecnológico, de divulgación y de transferencia de conocimiento por los Grupos de Investigación de Extremadura, Junta de Extremadura (GR15011-TIC015)
- Ayuda del programa propio de la UEx para el grupo "Arquitectura de Computadoras y Diseño Lógico", University of Extremadura (PPGRU15B5)
- Participation in Technology Transfer Contracts:
- Investigación y desarrollo en métricas de compromiso y evaluación para integración en software de neurodidáctica, ASPgems S.L. (IDI-20161039:006/17)
- Implementación de técnicas estadísticas de análisis masivo de datos para la optimización de recursos en agricultura de precisión, NotAnts, S.L. (AA-16-0091-1:038/17)
- Desarrollo e implementación de herramientas digitales de analítica de aprendizaje, ASPgems S.L. (AA-16-0017-1:039/17)
- Creación de una Cátedra en Docencia e Investigación en Herramientas Digitales y Análisis de Datos, ASPgems S.L. (213/15)
- Participation in Organizing, Program, and Reviewer Committees:
- JCR-indexed journals: IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Transactions on Parallel and Distributed Systems, IEEE Transactions on Computers, IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, IEEE Access, IEEE Latin America Transactions, Information Sciences, Expert Systems with Applications, Computers in Biology and Medicine, Genomics, Applied Soft Computing, Parallel Computing, Journal of Systems Architecture, Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, Journal of Computational Biology, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, International Journal of High Performance Computing Applications, Neural Processing Letters, Cluster Computing, Journal of Supercomputing, Soft Computing, Journal of Universal Computer Science, Applied Sciences, Electronics, Energies, Entropy, International Journal of Molecular Sciences, Genes, Medicina, Molecules, Sustainability.
- International Conferences: 27th International European Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (Euro-Par 2021), 11th International Conference on Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization (EMO2021), 2020 IEEE International Conference on Smart Data Services (IEEE SmartDataServices 2020), 2019 IEEE International Congress on Big Data (IEEE BigData Congress 2019), 26th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing, Data, and Analytics (HiPC 2019), 13th International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics (PPAM 2019), 2018 IEEE International Congress on Big Data (IEEE BigData Congress 2018), Sixth International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio2018, EuroMPI 2018), 24th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing (EuroPar 2018), 22nd International Workshop on Job Scheduling Strategies for Parallel Processing (JSSPP 2018), Fifth International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio2017, ICA3PP 2017), Fourth International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio2016, EuroPar 2016), Third International Conference on Algorithms for Computational Biology (AlCoB 2016), Third International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio2015, IEEE ISPA 2015), Second Congress on Multicore and GPU Programming (PPMG2015), Second International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio2014, IEEE Cluster 2014), International Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Bioinformatics (BIO2013, GECCO 2013), First International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio2013, EuroMPI 2013), 2nd International Conference on the Theory and Practice of Natural Computing (TPNC 2013).
- National Conferences: Jornadas Sarteco 2019 (JSarteco 2019), XII Congreso Español de Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB 2017), Sesión especial sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados en Bioinformática (MAEB 2016), Sesión especial sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados en Bioinformática (MAEB 2015), Sesión especial sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados en Bioinformática (MAEB 2013).
- R&D project calls: FONDECYT Regular 2017 grant competition, Chilean National Science and Technology Commission
- Membership in Scientific Networks and Working Groups:
- EWG EU/ME, the EURO Working Group on Metaheuristics
- TECDIS, Red Iberoamericana de Investigación en Tecnologías Concurrentes, Distribuidas y Paralelas
- IEEE Member, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
- SEIO.RedHEUR, Red de Excelencia en Métodos Inteligentes en Optimización Heurística (TIN2017-90844-REDT)
- Participation as Session Chair in Conferences:
- Aplicaciones de la Computación de Altas Prestaciones II (Jornadas Sarteco 2019)
- Sixth International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio2018, EuroMPI 2018)
- Fourth International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio2016, EuroPar 2016)
- Third International Conference on Algorithms for Computational Biology (AlCoB 2016)
- Second International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio2014, IEEE Cluster 2014)
- First International Workshop on Parallelism in Bioinformatics (PBio2013, EuroMPI 2013)
- Sesión especial sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados en Bioinformática (MAEB 2016)
- Sesión especial sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados en Bioinformática (MAEB 2013)
- Awards:
- Best INESC-ID Young Researcher of the Year, INESC-ID, 2019
- Prémio de Estímulo à Excelência, INESC-ID, 2018 and 2019
- Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for the Journal Computers in Biology and Medicine, Elsevier, 2018
- Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing for the Journal Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier, 2016
- Outstanding Ph.D. Thesis Award (Premio Extraordinario de Doctorado), UNEX, 2017
- Best Ph.D. Thesis in the II Spanish Contest for the Divulgation of Doctoral Research on Computer Technologies and Architectures ("T3M: Tu Tesis en 3 Minutos"), Sarteco, CEDI 2016.
- Spanish Parallel Programming Contest: Record for the Problem "Optimal assignation of resources to attention centers with OpenMP", Jornadas Sarteco 2015
- Best academic record in Computer Engineering (Alumno Distinguido de la Universidad de Extremadura y de la Escuela Politécnica de Cáceres), UNEX, 2011
- Premio Fin de Carrera Caja de Extremadura 2010, Caja de Extremadura and UNEX, 2010
- Best Paper Award Nominee, 29th IEEE International Symposium on Field-Programmable Custom Computing Machines, FCCM 2021
- Best Paper Award Nominee, 34th IEEE International Parallel & Distributed Processing Symposium, IPDPS 2020
- Best Paper Award Nominee, 10th European Conference on Evolutionary Computation, Machine Learning and Data Mining in Computational Biology (EVOBIO), EVO* 2012