Short C.V.

Short C.V.

Personal data

I was born in LLeida (Catalonia), in 1968.

Degrees

In 1991, I received a (five years) degree ("llicenciatura", equivalent to degree + MSc) in Computer Sciences from the Faculty of Computer Sciences of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, with the best mark of my class.

In 1995, I received a Ph.D. in Computer Sciences (subject area: Mathematical Programming) from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Positions

During the academic year 1995-96, I was a part-time assistant professor at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

From January to June 1996, I worked in the Computing Services of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

In July 1996, I joined the Statistics and Operations Research unit of the Universitat Rovira i Virgili with a tenure track position. In February 1998 I was appointed associate professor.

In February 1999, I joined the Statistics and Operations Research Dept. of the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya as associate professor.

In October 2018, I was appointed full professor.

Accreditations

Full professor accreditation by AQU (Catalan Agency for Quality of Catalan Universities, September 2010).
Full professor accreditation by ANECA (Spanish Agency for Quality Evaluation and Accreditation, May 2011).

Competitively funded projects

2023-2026. "Modelling and Optimization of StruCtured problems and Applications (MOSCA)". Project PID2022-139219OB-I00, granted by the National Research Agency. Leading researcher.
2019-2022. "Modelling and optimization of structured large-scale problems and applications". Project RTI2018-097580-B-I00, granted by the National Research Agency. Leading researcher.
2016-2019. "Very large-scale optimization: methods and applications". Project MTM2015-65362-R, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Leading researcher.
2014-2017. "Optimization methods for the design of progressive lenses". Industrial Doctorate 2014-DI-023, Government of Catalonia. PhD supervisor and leading researcher.
2014-2016. GNOM recognized research group. SGR-2014-542, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya. Coordinator.

2013-2015. "Optimization of large-scale structured problems. Applications to data confidentiality". Project MTM2012-31440, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness. Leading researcher.
2011-2015."Data without Boundaries (DwB)" Project FP7 INFRA-2010-262608, granted by the European Union. Leading researcher of the UPC partner.

2010-2012. ``Very large-scale optimization for data privacy". MICINN Project MTM2009-08747, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. Leading researcher.

2009-2013. GNOM recognized and funded research group. SGR-2009-1122, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya. Coordinator.

2006-2008. `` Interior-point Methods for Large-Scale Optimization. Application to Statistical Data Protection". MEC Project MTM2006-05550, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education. Leading researcher.

2004-2006. ``Thematic Network of Inference Control" 2004/XT/00004, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya. Leading researcher at UPC.

2003-2006. ``Optimization Techniques for Statistical Data Protection". MCyT Project TIC2003-00997, granted by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology. Leading researcher.

2002-2004. ``Thematic Network of Inference Control'' 2002/XT/00111, granted by the Generalitat de Catalunya. Leading researcher at UPC.

2001-2004. ``Computational Aspects of Statistical Confidentiality (CASC)''. Project IST-2000-25069, granted by the European Union. Leading researcher of the UPC partner.

1999-2002. ``Interior-point algorithms for network and nonlinear problems. Applications to electricity generation planning and telecommunications networks''. CICYT Project TAP1999-1075-C02-02, granted by the Spanish Council for Research and Technology. Leading researcher.

1996-1999. ``Short-term large-scale planning of hydrothermal energy production''. CICYT Project TAP96-1044-J02-93, granted by the Spanish Council for Research and Technology. Researcher.

1996-1999. ``Short and long-term optimization of electricity generation and trading in a competitive market (SLOEGAT)''. ESPRIT Project 22652, granted by the European Community. Researcher.

1995-1997. ``Network flow interior-point algorithms for the short-term and long-term hydrothermal coordination''. Iberdrola Project 95-005 Project, granted by the Spanish power utility Iberdrola S.A. Leading researcher.

1992-1995. ``Efficient methods for the solution of multicommodity network flow problems''. PhD thesis. Supported by a grant from the Generalitat de Catalunya. Leading researcher.

Contracts

Contract C10636 with PUNTO-FA (MANGO). Optimization models for MANGO. 2016. Leading researcher.
Contract C08517 with IDESCAT (National Statistical Institute of Catalonia) for safe configuration of tabular data (2, using CTA). 2011. Leading researcher.
Contract C08516 with Statistics Netherlands (to work on a project funded by Eurostat) for improving an implementation of a CTA code for structural business statistics (EURO SBS3). 2011. Leading researcher.
Contract C08182 with IDESCAT (National Statistical Institute of Catalonia) for safe configuration of tabular data (using cell suppression). 2010. Leading researcher.
Contract C07809 with Statistics Netherlands (in collaboration with Statistics Germany and to work on a project funded by Eurostat) for extension of a CTA code for statistical confidentiality of European aggregates for animal production statistics. 2009-2010. Leading researcher.
Contract Y00121 with eWater Ltd (Canberra, Australia) for license agreement of the PPRN package (only linear capabilities), including maintenance support. 2009. Leading researcher.
Contract C07305 with IDESCAT (National Statistical Institute of Catalonia) for consultation and technical assistance in statistical confidentiality of tabular data. 2008. Leading researcher.
Contract C07254 with Statistics Netherlands (in collaboration with Statistics Germany and to work on a project funded by Eurostat) for implementation of a CTA code for statistical confidentiality of European aggregates for structural business statistics. 2008. Leading researcher.
Contract C07120 with Statistics Netherlands (in collaboration with Statistics Germany and to work on a project funded by Eurostat) for consultation and technical assistance in statistical confidentiality of European aggregates for structural business statistics. 2007. Leading researcher.

Publications and conference presentations

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Others

Referee for SIAM Review, SIAM J. on Optimization , Computational Optimization and Applications, Management Science, Computers & Operations Research, TOP, European J. of Operational Research, Mathematical Programming, INFORMS J. on Computing, Operations Research, Optimization Methods and Software, Optimization Letters, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Mathematical Programming Computation, Transactions on Data Privacy, Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Statistics and Operations Research Transactions.

Associate editor of TOP. 2019-.
Associate editor of Transactions on Data Privacy. 2008-
Technical editor of Mathematical Programming Computation. 2008-
Editor of EURO Journal on Computational Optimization. 2011-2020.
Leading researcher of the UPC Research group GNOM (Group of Numerical Optimization and Modelling), recognized and funded as consolidated research group SGR-2009-1122 by the Generalitat de Catalunya.

Several courses of Statistics and Operations Research taught at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili and Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Member of MPS (Mathematical Programming Society). Member of SEIO (Statistics and Operations Research Spanish Society).