Francisco Herrera

Francisco Herrera Triguero (born 1966) is a Spanish computer scientist and professor whose research focuses on artificial intelligence, particularly soft computing techniques such as evolutionary algorithms and fuzzy logic, with applications in data mining and decision-making.

He is a full professor in the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Granada and has held senior leadership roles at the Andalusian inter-university institute DaSCI (Data Science and Computational Intelligence).

Early life and education Herrera was born in Jódar (Jaén) in 1966 and studied at the University of Granada, where he later completed doctoral work in artificial intelligence.

Academic career He joined the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at the University of Granada, where he later became a full professor.

Since 2018, he has been associated with the leadership of DaSCI, a research institute established by the universities of Granada and Jaén to promote research in data science and computational intelligence.