Jose F. Vicent holds a degree in Physics from the Complutense University of Madrid, specializing in Automatic Computing, and a PhD in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Alicante. He is currently a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Alicante. He is the director of the Master's Degree in Data Science and the Data Analysis and Visualization in Complex Networks (ANVIDA) research group. His research has focused primarily on the selection, analysis, and visualization of information in a complex network, the application of Artificial Intelligence in the field of urban networks, and systems modeling and simulation, with a special focus on evolutionary algorithms. He has participated in numerous research projects, is the author of numerous scientific articles and specialized books, has served on numerous scientific program committees, and is the editor of one of the most widely circulated journals in the world.