Luis Iribarne is a Full Professor at the Department of Informatics, University of Almeria (Spain). He received the BS and MS degrees in Computer Science from the University of Granada, and the PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of Almeria, and conducted from the University of Málaga (Spain). From 1991 to 1993, he worked as a Lecturer at the University of Granada, and collaborated as IT Service Analyst at the University School of Almeria. Since 1993, he has served as a Lecturer in the Advanced College of Engineering at the University of Almeria. From 1993 to 1999, he worked in several national and international research projects on distributed simulation and geographic information systems. Since 2006, he has served as the principal of seven R&D projects and sexteen R&D contracts founded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Technology, the Andalusian Ministry ST, the Council of Almeria and the University of Almería (>1M€). In 2007, he has founded the Applied Computing Group (ACG). He has also acted as evaluator for funding agencies in Spain and Argentina. He has published in referred JCR scientific international journals (ISO Abbrev): “Comput. J.”, “Comput. Stand. Interfaces”, “J. Log. Algebr. Methods Program”, “Softw.-Pract. Exp.”, “Simul. Model. Pract. Theory”, “IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote”, “J. Neurosci. Methods”, “Inf. Syst. Manage.”, “Behav. Brain Res.”, “Comput. Ind.”, "IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Paart A-Syst. Hum. or “J. Vis. Lang. Comput.” (among others). He has also published in refereed scientific international conferences (ICMT, ICSOC, ICSOFT, SOFSEM, ICAART, PAAMS, SEAA, EUROMICRO, among others) and book chapters. His main research interests include simulation & modeling, model-driven engineering, machine learning, and software technologies and engineering.