Dr. Francisco J. Vico

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Contact Information

Severo Ochoa, 4 - 107
Parque Tecnologico de Andalucia
E-29590 Campanillas - Malaga - Spain

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Scientific Interests
After dedicating the first 15 years of my research activity to brain function  modeling, my interests moved to the understanding of life's complexity. Topics like the emergence of living matter, and the evolution of complex forms and behaviors have always been in my mind. Now we approach them with computer modeling and simulation.

Position
Full professor in Computer Science. School of Computer Science of Universidad de Málaga.

I am reachable from 09:30 to 13:30 and from 15:30 to 19:30, mostly by email, phoning me is hopeless

 

Teaching

    • Master in Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence.  Course on "Neural and Neuro-Fuzzy Systems", 1999-2008.  Universidad de Málaga.

    • Lecturer in Theory of Automata and Formal Languages, 1996-present.  ETSI Informatica.  Universidad de Malaga.

    • 5 PhD Thesis supervised (2 PhD Thesis now running).

    • > 40 MSc Thesis supervised. 

 

Awards

    • Second Prize Award of the XIII Academic Spin-Offs Call. Universidad de Malaga (2010). Melomics.

    • Second Prize Award of the XI Academic Spin-Offs Call. Universidad de Malaga (2008). Brain Dynamics.

    • First Prize Award of the III Academic Spin-Offs Call. Universidad de Malaga (2000). Linceo Visión Artificial.

    • 1992-1995 Fellowship from Ministerio de Educacion y Ciencia (Formacion del Personal Investigador).


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Manifest

    • NO ILIKEITS: do not have a facebook’s account; the very few persons that are my friends quite know that they are my friends, cause we have lived something special together, and if I need them they will be there (and that’s what friendship is all about).

    • NO FOLLOWERS: have never used twitter, buzz and the like, cause my privacy and intimacy really matters to me; don’t want “others” to get to know what I’m actually doing, or plan to do.

    • NO RINGTONES: got ride of the cellular, cause I like to think, read, walk... with no interruptions; cause typing thoughts in such keyboards is awful, and because it hasn’t been shown enough times that their use might not be carcinogenic.

    • NO BUGGIES: don’t have a car, cause I prefer to walk among people, instead of feeling like an urgent delivery; and, of course, because they poison the air we breathe. (Update: EVs have changed a little bit my mind, just a little...)

 

Really, get a good book (not just any, a good one), take a walk, share your time, and forget what they expect from you to be up-to-date.