Mario Gerardo Piattini Velthuis

Mario Gerardo Piattini Velthuis (Buenos Aires, Argentina March 28, 1966). He is a computer scientist with diverse research in the field of systems and software engineering, founder of the Alarcos Research Group.

Biography Piattini was born as the first child of three brothers, in Buenos Aires (Argentina) whose parents are Carlos Piattini and Ans Velthuis. He later moved to Rome (Italy) and studied at the Liceo Cervantes Secondary School in Rome, where he finished in 1983.

In 1989, he finished his bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Polytechnic University of Madrid, where he obtained his PhD in Computer Science in 1994. After working in several companies and being associate professor at the Complutense University, and at the Universidad Carlos III (UC3M) in Madrid, in 1997 he joined the university of Castilla la Mancha (UCLM). The same year he founded and managed Alarcos Research Group.

In 2010, he received the Award "Gabriel Alonso de Herrera" for his research career (2010), awarded by the Regional Government of Castilla-La Mancha.

In 2012, he received the National Award to the Professional Career of the Computer Engineer (2012). Federation of Associations of Computer Engineers of Spain.

In 2016, he received the Spanish National Award on Computing Science 'ARITMEL' 2016, for having made outstanding scientific contributions in the area of computer engineering.

He has worked as a consultant in the Ministry of Industry and Energy, and in the Ministry of Public Administration.

Career

Research His career began in the field of the database design and advanced databases, and later, in the field of the quality of information systems, where he has led and participated in various research projects. He is the director and founder of the Alarcos Research Group, Mario Piattini interview by ABC magazine after the global cyberattack of the WannaCry virus in May 2017. Piattini Mario, Digital Bibliography & Library Project Mario Piattini, Google Scholars Mario Piattini, Directorio U.C.L.M.