Javier Palanca

Dr. Javier Palanca

Universitat Politècnica de València, Spain
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Biography

Javier Palanca Cámara is an associate professor of Computer Science at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), Spain. His institutional record lists over 100 research publications, including 36 journal articles and 69 conference contributions.His research focuses on multi-agent artificial intelligence for real-world applications, including agent architectures, coordination mechanisms and middleware combining reactive and deliberative behaviour. He leads SPADE, an open-source multi-agent platform used in research, teaching and applied projects, with recent extensions integrating large language models (LLMs). He has also played a key role in developing SimFleet, a multi-agent urban mobility simulator for testing coordination policies before deployment.His current interests include hierarchical and compositional agent architectures, disinformation detection, cognitive and algorithmic bias, and LLM-based agents for responsible, explainable and trustworthy AI. His work connects fundamental AI research with open-source software and technology transfer in smart mobility, robotics and complex systems.He has supervised two PhD theses awarded cum laude and currently supervises five more. He has also led several industry technology-transfer contracts.

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