José Santos Reyes

Associate Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence


Versión en español

Computer Science Department
University of A Coruña
Campus de Elviña
15071 A Coruña
Telephone: +34 81 167000 (Ext 1257,  Ext 1276)
Fax: +34 81 167160
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Research
Neural Computation
Evolutionary Computing
Autonomous Robotics
      
Publications
Conferences

Teaching
Operating Systems
Doctorate Programme

Research

  • Neural Computing. Our work is focused on new learning algorithms for “higher order” neural networks, with suitable neural structures for spatial and temporal processing. Main works:
  •  DTB algorithm in neural networks with variable synaptic connection temporal delays. Aplications in chaotic time series prediction and dynamic reconstruction , QRS complex detection in ECG, ....
  • Gaussian Synapse Networks for pattern recognition.
  • Hybrid connectionism symbolic systems (NETTOOL).
  • Bioinformatics. Protein secondary structure prediction and 3D structure prediction.
  • Evolutionary Computing. Main works:
    • Evolution of recurrent neural architectures.
    • Evolution of cognitive models for autonomous robots.
    • New models of evolution (macroevolution).
    • Paralelization and distribution of evaluation in evolutive algorithms.
    • Combination of learning and evolution. Baldwin Effect study.
    • Use in artificial life models.
  • Autonomous robotics. The fact that a robot is autonomous means that it cannot be totally preprogrammed and it must react adequately in situations not foreseen in its previous programming. Thus, the adaptation capability is essential in autonomous robotics. We follow the behaviour based robotics trend, and within that, up to a great extent, the evolutionary robotics line, particularly when we use simulated evolution as a method of generating the robotic behaviours -what implies sharing lines of artificial life-. We work with our robots (Pioneer DX, Pioneer 2-AT, Hermes II, Rug Warrior and Aibo) mainly in:
    • Incorporation of neural controllers with temporal information treatment.
    • Methodological and practical development of generation and interconnection of behaviour controllers.
    • Models of control cognitive mechanisms.
    • Visual processing systems for autonomous robots.
    • Reinforcement learning.
    Publications

Books                       

Part of our work can be followed in Biologically Inspired Behavior Engineering.

Our book, in Spanish, Evolución Artificial y Robótica Autónoma, details the evolutionary robotics discipline.

Conferences

These are links to some of the events in which we collaborate or have collaborated, as members of the organizing committee or the scientific committee:
  • European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, ESANN 2010, Bruges (Belgium), April 2010.
  • International Work conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2009, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), June 2009.
  • International Work conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2007, Murcia (Spain), June 2007.
  • 12th Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence, CAEPIA 2007, Salamanca (Spain), November 2007.
  • 11th Conference of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence, CAEPIA 2005, Santiago de Compostela (Spain), November 2005.
  • International Work conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation, IWINAC 2005, Las palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain), June 2005.
  • International Work Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks, IWANN 2003, Menorca-Balearic Islands (Spain), June 2003.
  • European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, ESANN 2001-2009 Bruges (Belgium).
  • Frontiers in Evolutionary Algorithms, FEA 2003, FEA 2002, Research Triangle Park, North Caroline.
  • Special Session Higher Order Neural Networks organized in the International Work Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks 
  • Special Session Artificial Neural Networks and Robotics, in the European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks ESANN 2000.

Teaching

Computer Science Department - Ph.D Program

Course: “Artificial Life and Autonomous Robotics”