TAILOR (EU H2020-ICT-2019-3). Research Team.
ECO-IoT: Development of an intelligent waste management system based on IoT and machine learning (RTC-2017-6714-5). Research Collaborator.
fiQare: Future Intelligent Quality Assurance for Release Enhancement EUREKA Celtic-Plus (C2017/2-2). Research Team.
6city: Cross-Intelligence for Smart Cities (TIN2017-88213-R). Research Team.
MoveON: Metaheuristics, Holistic Intelligence, and Smart Mobility (TIN2014-57341-R). Research Team.
CellCar: Advanced Cellular Technologies for Connected Cars (NRP. 5-1080-1-186, Qatar National Research Fund). Research Team.
TABS: Teoría, Algoritmos Bioinspirados y Software (University of Malaga). Research Team.
roadME: Fundamentals for Real World Applications of Metaheuristics: The vehicular case (TIN2011-28194). Research Team.
DIRICOM: Diseño Inteligente de Redes Inalámbricas de Comunicación (P07-TIC-03044). Research Team.
CARLINK: Wireless Traffic Service Platform for Linking Cars EUREKA Celtic (FIT-330210-2006-49, FIT-330225-2007-1). Research Team.
MaxCT project. - Agencia de Obra Pública de la Junta de Andalucía (8.06/5.47.4356 LICITACION).
Malaga City Hall (8.07/5.47.4425).
Vatia Energia S.L. (8.06/5.47.4792 AEESD)
2018 Best Spanish PhD Thesis in Smart Cities: During the CAEPIA 2018 conference the Thesis was awarded with the 2018 Best Spanish PhD Thesis in Smart Cities< sponsored by the Spanish network on research for Smart Cities CI-RTI and the Sensors Journal.
Best PhD Thesis Award of University of Malaga (2016/2017): The PhD Thesis was awarded with the Best PhD Thesis Award among all the dissertations defended at University of Malaga during the course 2016/2017.
The award was given by the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence (Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial - AEPIA).Spin-Off 2014. Financiado y otorgado por la Universidad de Málaga y el Ayuntamiento de Málaga.
Doctoral Consortium AEPIA 2013. Best working hypothesis entitled “Natural Computing for Vehicular Networks”.
Research Thematic Network on Smart Cities (Ref.: TIN2016-81766-REDT).
European Innovation Partnership on Smart Cities and Communities (Ref.: 6904).
COST Action - Improving Applicability of Nature-Inspired Optimisation by Joining Theory and Practice (Ref.: CA15140).
Working Group on Heuristics of the Statistics and Operations Research Spanish Society (Refs.: TIC2002-10886E and TIN2004-20061E).
Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC) with Fethi Filali (3 months).
Centria University of Applied Sciences (Finland) with Joni Jämsa (1 month).
Summer School on Search Based Software Engineering 2017. Organizing committee.
International Conference on Smart Cities: Smart-CT 2017. Organizing and program committees.
Session Chair in MIC 2017: special session Metaheuristics for Smart Cities
GECCO 2016. Program committee.
International Conference on Smart Cities: Smart-CT 2016. Organizing and program committees.
Session Chair in MIC 2015: special session Metaheuristics for Smart Cities.