Fernando De la Prieta Pintado Ph.D

Fernando de la Prieta Pintado is Full Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Automation of the University of Salamanca, where he currently is Rector’s Delegate for Digital Transformation of the University.

He is currently a member of the BISITE Research Group (Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology). He has been Deputy Secretary-General of the University for 2 years, Coordinator of the Degree in Computer Engineering for 6 academic years and has implemented the Double Degree in Statistics and Computer Engineering and coordinated it for the following two years.

Regarding his teaching activity, he has taught at the Universities of Salamanca, the International University of La Rioja and the Pontifical University of Salamanca. He has been a professor in different degrees and official masters, teaching computer engineering, mathematics, statistics, audiovisual communication, tourism, industry 4.0, etc. His teaching activity has been enhanced by his participation as a professor in different degrees (e-commerce, Internet of Things, Big Data Science, and online marketing) at the Universities of Salamanca and Valladolid; and he has carried out international teaching stays as part of the Erasmus+ program.
As researcher, he has followed a clear line of research, focused on the integration of organizational multi-agent systems, machine learning and advanced architectures in numerous fields. The results of his research are reflected in his international thesis (which received the extraordinary PhD award) and in the projects in which he has been involved. He has carried out several stays abroad (pre- and post-doctoral) in Portugal, Japan and South Korea. He has more than 50 publications in international journals (many of them indexed according to the JCR index). Additionally, he has published more than 100 articles in books and international conferences (some of them indexed in the CORE ranking). He has worked in more than 100 research projects (12 as Principal Investigator), 16 of them were international. Finally, it should also be noted that he has participated in more than 30 research contracts, in 6 of them as principal investigator. As a result of his work, 38 intellectual properties have been registered. He has also taken an active part in the organization of international conferences, some of them included in the CORE ranking: IEEE-GLOBECOM (core B), ICCBR (Core B), CEDI, PAAMS (core C), ACM-SAC (core B), IEEE-FUSION (core C), and others.

h-index: 35 (Google Scholar) - 24 (Scopus) - 20 (WoS) – Date: 15/01/2025