Leadership Team
Vicent Botti Navarro | Director
Strategic direction and overall research vision of the institute.
María José Ramírez Quintana | Secretary General
Institutional governance and coordination of institute activities.
Oscar Pastor López | Director of Internationalisation and Technology Transfer
International collaborations, technology transfer, and partnerships with industry and research organisations.
Jose María Sempere Luna | Scientific Director
Scientific strategy, research quality, and academic standards.
Management Unit
Lucía Ivana Bernad Palomares | Research, Innovation and Transfer Management
Aída Gil Pérez | Research Support and Coordination
Ana Cidad Vila | Administrative Operations
The management unit supports VRAIN's research groups in project execution, innovation activities, and technology transfer operations.
Governance Structure
VRAIN operates under a governance framework designed to ensure research quality and institutional accountability:
Institute Council: The primary governing body, responsible for strategic decisions and institutional policies.
Scientific-Technical Committee: A delegated body of the Institute Council, responsible for scientific strategy and research quality assurance.
Administrative Unit: Supporting administrative operations, financial management, and institutional logistics.
These bodies, together with the Research, Innovation and Transfer Management Unit, provide the necessary support for VRAIN's eight research groups to carry out their activities.
Eight Research Groups
VRAIN's research activities are organised into eight groups, each led by recognised experts in their field:
ALFA — Automata, Formal Languages and its Applications
ELiRF — Language Engineering and Pattern Recognition
ELP — Extensions of Logic Programming
MLLP — Machine Learning and Language Processing
PROS — Software Production Methods
GTI-IA — Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence
MiST — Multi-paradigm Software Technology
VertexLit — Interactive Technologies Lab
Research Areas
The research activity of VRAIN focuses on nine main areas:
Natural Language Processing · Planning and Reasoning · Software Analysis, Verification and Testing · Machine Learning and Deep Learning · Natural Computing · Computational Logic and Automatic Reasoning · Intelligent Agents and Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence · Artificial Intelligence, Privacy and Security · Software Production Methods
Locations
Main campus: Department of Computer Systems and Computation (DSIC), VERA Campus, Universitat Politècnica de València.
Alcoy campus: VertexLit group facilities.