Since 2010 Rafael Ramirez is an Associate Professor at our Department. He was born in Mexico. He obtained his BSc in Mathematics form the National Autonomous University of Mexico, and his MSc in Artificial Intelligence and Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Bristol, UK. For five years, he was a Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the School of Computing of the National University of Singapore. His research interests include Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Data Mining and their application to cognition, music technology, creative processes, and brain-computer Interfaces. He has published more than 100 research articles in peer-reviewed international Journals and Conferences. He currently act as chair and program committee member for several artificial intelligence and machine learning related conferences, and as a reviewer for several international journals. He has given invited seminars across Europe, Asia and America.