Dr. José Luis Guisado is an Associate Professor of the Department of Computer Architecture and Technology at the University of Seville, Spain. He has a PhD with "European Doctorate" mention in physics and computer science from the University of Seville, Spain. Previously he held positions at the University of Cordoba and the University of Extremadura, Spain. He hold research fellowships at the Niels Bohr Institute (University of Copenhaguen, Denmark), the University of Seville, and the Computing Department of the Regional Government of Andalusia, Spain. He also worked in the Computing Department of the University of Seville. He is author/co-author of more than 30 papers in refereed international journals, conferences or international book chapters and has participated in around 10 research projects and contracts. His current research interests include parallel and distributed computing, modelling and simulation of complex systems and biologically inspired algorithms. He is an IEEE Senior Member.