PhD in Computer Science from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2006, PhD Special Prize). Began at UAB’s Computer Engineering Dept. in 1998; awarded an FPI scholarship in 1999 and spent a year at Imperial College London (ICParc). Joined Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in 2005 as Associate Professor. Co-founded and co-directed the Master in Bioinformatics and Biostatistics (2006–2015). Appointed Director of the Computer Engineering degree in 2007 and Dean of the Computing, Multimedia and Telecommunications Dept. from 2019. Research focuses on AI and Operations Research for combinatorial optimization, and gamification in education. Author of 14 JCR-indexed papers, with an h-index of 16 (Scopus). Leads ICSO-UOC research group, has supervised 5 PhDs, and currently supervises 2 more. Accredited as Associate Professor by AQU (2014); now Senior Professor at UOC and Senior ACM member. Served on thesis committees across Spain and Europe, and evaluates research and academic programs for agencies like AQUA (Andorra) and DIPAE (Cyprus).