Ongoing projects

FINDHR: Developing methods, tools, and training for anti-discrimination algorithmic hiring (EU H2020, 2023-present).

This projects aims to create anti-discrimination procedures for software development, monitoring and training in the context of algorithmic hiring. Areas of Research: Algorithms, Recommendation Systems, Machine Learning

Past projects

P2P models: Studying the potentials, limitations, and risks of blockchain-based technologies for collaborative communities (EU ERC Starting Grant, 2021-2022).

This project aims at modeling, designing, and implementing blockchain-based solutions to improve the inclusiveness and democratization of collaborative communities. Areas of Research: Blockchain, Collaborative Economy.

RRSSalud: Dynamics diffusion of health-related fake news on social media (Fundación BBVA, 2020).

This project aims at studying mechanisms of dissemination of health-related fake news in Spain to develop guidelines that can serve to counteract disinformation. Areas of Research: Disinformation

SmartTraffic: Addressing urban mobility problems through mobile crowdsensing approaches (CONACYT Paraguay, 2018).

This project aims at developing technology-based solutions to improve the urban mobility conditions of the city of Asuncion, Paraguay. Areas of Research: Mobile Crowdsensing, Hybrid Collective Adaptive Systems

Participa: Promoting civic participation in the innovation of public services and policies (CONACYT Paraguay, 2016-2018)

This project aims to build tools that allow citizens and public institutions to work together in the co-creation of innovative solutions for public services. Areas of Research: Democratic Innovation, Civic Technology, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence, Idea Management

The California Report Card: Enhance communication between elected authorities and the public (CITRIS Data and Democracy Initiative at UC Berkeley and the Office of Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, 2014)

In this project the goal was to explore how technology can streamline and structure input from the public to elected leaders, to provide them with timely feedback on the changing opinions and priorities of their constituents. Areas of Research: Democratic Innovation, Civic Technology, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence

BPM4People: Business Process Modeling for Participatory Enterprises, Organizations, and Public Administration Bodies (EU FP7 Research, 2010-2013)

This project aimed at developing a social BPM paradigm able to bring together the structured world of BPM with the unstructured world of social networks. Also, in the project, it was studied how to integrate BPM tools with crowdsourcing platforms, so as to be able to seamlessly integrate crowd workforce into business processes. Areas of Research: Business Process Management, Crowdsourcing, Collective Intelligence, Social Networks

Ianus: Platform for the Simplification, Re-organization and Improvement of Business Processes (Provincia Autonoma di Trento, Applied Research, Law 6/99, 2010-2012)

The goal of this research project was to design, implement, and test business process discovery algorithms that do not start from nicely correlated event logs but from a snapshot of an operational database filled with data by a process-aware information system. Areas of Research: Business Process Management