I conduct my research at the Logistics and Aeronautics Unit of the Department of Telecommunications and Systems Engineering, focusing on applied modeling, simulation, and optimization methods that address real industrial and societal challenges.
My work targets complex logistical systems where improved decision-making can enhance operational efficiency, competitiveness, safety, and sustainability, delivering solutions with direct impact on industry and public services.
My research focuses on modelling, simulation, and optimisation of complex socio-technical systems, with a strong emphasis on transportation, logistics, and air traffic management (ATM/UTM). I am particularly interested in the development of decision-support systems that integrate mathematical optimisation, constraint programming, agent-based modelling, and data-driven methods to improve the efficiency, safety, and resilience of large-scale operational systems.
A central theme of my work is the translation of advanced optimization and simulation techniques into operational tools capable of supporting real-world decision-making under uncertainty. My recent research addresses U-space and unmanned traffic management, including strategic deconfliction, contingency management, and safety and performance assessment of U-space services, contributing to the evolution of future airspace operations.
My research has resulted in both scientific contributions and operational solutions adopted in real industrial and institutional contexts. On the scientific side, I have published extensively in international journals and conferences in the areas of transportation systems, optimisation, simulation, and air traffic management, contributing novel models for scheduling, conflict resolution, and system performance assessment.
From an applied perspective, my work has produced decision-support tools combining optimisation algorithms and causal analysis, successfully deployed in sectors such as airport operations, air traffic management, healthcare logistics, and emergency services. Several of these results could not be fully disseminated due to industrial confidentiality, but their impact has been validated by industrial partners and public institutions.
My research outcomes include award-winning papers, a granted European patent, registered software assets, and the supervision of multiple doctoral theses addressing real-world optimization and simulation problems.
Technology transfer has been a core component of my career. I am the co-founder of two spin-off companies, including Aslogic, a technology-based spin-off of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, through which I have actively contributed to the transfer of research results into market-ready solutions.
I have participated as researcher, scientific advisor, or principal investigator in numerous national and European technology transfer projects, particularly within the SESAR, H2020, and Horizon Europe frameworks. These activities include the development of optimisation and simulation platforms, licensed software solutions, and patented technologies currently exploited in operational environments such as airport security screening and unmanned aviation services.
My technology transfer portfolio includes licensed software, long-term exploitation agreements, public–private contracts, and close collaboration with major stakeholders such as aviation authorities, airports, industrial partners, and European institutions.
My teaching interests are closely aligned with my research activity and focus on operations research, optimisation, simulation, logistics, and air transport management. I am particularly motivated by teaching model-based thinking and decision-making skills, bridging theory with real industrial and operational problems.
I have extensive experience in curriculum design and academic leadership, having coordinated undergraduate and master’s programmes in Aeronautical Management and Logistics, including international and joint European degrees. I have also supervised multiple doctoral theses and final projects on optimisation, simulation, and decision-support systems.
In the classroom, I aim to promote an applied, systems-oriented learning approach, encouraging students to understand complex systems holistically while developing rigorous analytical and computational skills.
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