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Philosophy, Emotions, Cognition, computer science, AI, Machine Learning, Causality, Deep Learning, Epistemology, Heuristics, Science, Generative AI, Prompting, Statistics

Biography

Jordi Vallverdú, Ph.D., M.Sci., B.Mus, B.Phil is ICREA Acadèmia Tenure Professor at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (Catalonia), where he teaches Philosophy and History of Science and Computing. His research is dedicated to the epistemological, cognitive, ethical and educational aspects of Philosophy of Computing and Science and AI. He lads his own research group (MICINN funded) on Innovation and Medicine, is reseach of AppPhil project (funded by Caixabank), is research member of the TECNOCOG (Philosophy, Technology and Cognition Research Group), and is head of UAB team of the consortium that has obtained the CSI-COP H2020 EU project. He has written nearly 20 books as author or editor: (2009) Bioética computacional, México: FCE.;(2009) Handbook of Research on Synthetic Emotions and Sociable Robotics: New Applications in Affective Computing and Artificial Intelligence, coedited with D. Casacuberta, USA: IGI Global Group; (2009) Proceedings of the VIIth European Conference on Philosophy and Computing, Editor, UAB: Bellaterra; (2010) Thinking Machines and the Philosophy of Computer Science: Concepts and Principles, Editor & author, USA: IGI Global Group; (2011) ¡Hasta la vista Baby! Un ensayo sobre los tecnopensamientos, BCN: Anthropos; (2012) Creating Synthetic Emotions through Technological and Robotic Advancements, Editor & author, USA: IGI Global Group; (2014) Bayesian vs. Frequentist Statistics, Springer, (2019). In 2011 he won a prestigious japanese JSPS fellowship to make his research on computational HRI interfaces at Kyoto University. He was keynote at ECAP09 (TUM, München, Germany), EBICC2012 (UNESP, Brazil) and SLACTIONS 2013 (Portugal).

In 2020 Prof. Vallverdú has awarded with a ICREA Acadèmia prize/grant (200.000 €) for the study of the Causality of Deep Learning in Epidemiological Scenarios. During the period 2020-2025 his researches will be mainly devoted to this topic.

His Coursera courses have more than 200.000 engaged students.

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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Bellaterra, Catalunya, ES

1998-09-15 to present | Associate Professor (Full Accredited) (Philosophy)
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Education and qualifications (4)

ESCOLA SUPERIOR DE MÚSICA DE CATALUNYA: Barcelona, Catalunya, ES

2011 to present | Bachelor of Music (Música Tradicional)
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Bellaterra, Catalunya, ES

2002 to present | Ph.D. (Philosophy)
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Bellaterra, Catalunya, ES

1999 to present | Master in History of Sciences (CEHIC)
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Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona: Bellaterra, Catalunya, ES

1996 to present | Bachelor of Philosphy (Philosophy)
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