Manuel Alfonseca
Manuel Alfonseca was born in Madrid in 1946.
He has been a faculty member at the Universidad Politecnica (1971-72, 1974-75 and 1977-93), Complutense (1972-73) and Autonoma of Madrid (since 1993), where he is a member of the Department of Computer Engineering and was director of the Escuela Politécnica Superior between 2001 and 2004. He worked at the U.A.M.-I.B.M. Scientific Center (1972-94), where he reached in 1986 the I.B.M. professional category of Senior Technical Staff Member.
His research work has been devoted to the following themes:
- Digital Continuous Simulation
- Complex systems
- Artificial life
- Fractals and Parallel Development Grammars
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Artificial Intelligence
- Efficient Methods to Build Interpreters
- Data and Graphics
- User Interfaces
He has collaborated with scientists from the I.B.M. Scientific and Research Centers in Winchester (U.K.), Yorktown Heights, Hawthorn, San Jose and Santa Teresa (U.S.A.), and Tokyo (Japan).
His research has appeared in prestigious specialized journals and books like the I.B.M. Journal of Research and Development, the I.B.M. Systems Journal and A.C.M publications. He has also published five textbooks, several books of science for the layman and many articles of this kind in a major Spanish newspaper. He has been the technical leader of diverse international projects that have generated sixteen international I.B.M. products, plus another five for internal I.B.M. use. He is principal investigator in a project from the Spanish National Research Plan and has directed seven Ph.D. thesis. He has dictated conferences about his research work in prestigious institutions in U.S.A., Japan, and the European I.B.M. user conferences.
He has published several books on popular science and 32 novels in different genres: historical, science fiction, mystery and fantasy. He obtained in 1988 the Lazarillo Award, and in 2012 the IV La Brújula Award.
More information in https://sites.google.com/view/manuelalfonseca/home?authuser=0Last publications registered in ORCID :
Blind audio watermarking technique based on two dimensional cellular automata, 2016, International Journal of Security and its Applications. DOI: 10.14257/ijsia.2016.10.9.18
A MODEL OF QUANTUM-VON NEUMANN HYBRID CELLULAR AUTOMATA: PRINCIPLES AND SIMULATION OF QUANTUM COHERENT SUPERPOSITION AND DECOHERENCE IN CYTOSKELETAL MICROTUBULES, 2015, Quantum Information and Computation
Evolving a predator-prey ecosystem of mathematical expressions with grammatical evolution, 2015, Complexity. DOI: 10.1002/cplx.21507
A model of quantum-von neumann hybrid cellular automata: Principles and simulation of quantum coherent superposition and decoherence in cytoskeletal microtubules, 2014, Quantum Information and Computation
About the infinite repetition of histories in space, 2014, Theoria (Spain). DOI: 10.1387/theoria.9951
Is Turing Test enough to define artificial intelligence?,¿Basta la prueba de Turing para definir la "inteligencia artificial"?, 2014, Scientia et Fides. DOI: 10.12775/setf.2014.018
Materialistic mythology of science, 2014, Arbor-ciencia Pensamiento Y Cultura
Fine tuning explained? Multiverses and cellular automata, 2013, Journal for General Philosophy of Science. DOI: 10.1007/s10838-013-9215-7
Life’s intelligible design, 2013, Intelligible Design: A Realistic Approach to the Philosophy and History of Science
The limits of science, 2013, Intelligible Design: A Realistic Approach to the Philosophy and History of Science
Utilizing an enhanced cellular automata model for data mining, 2013, International Review on Computers and Software
Audio Scrambling Technique Based on Cellular Automata, 2012, Multimedia Tools and Applications. DOI: 10.1007/s11042-012-1306-7
Enhancing QuickSort Algorithm using a Dynamic Pivot Selection Technique, 2012, Wulfenia Journal
Evolving Interesting Initial Conditions for Cellular Automata of the Game of Life Type, 2012, Complex Systems. DOI: 10.25088/complexsystems.21.1.57
Digital Image Scrambling Using 2D Cellular Automata, 2012
Digital image scrambling using 2D cellular automata, 2012, IEEE Multimedia. DOI: 10.1109/mmul.2011.54
Evolving Interesting Initial Conditions for Cellular Automata of the Game of Life Type, 2012
Evolving interesting initial conditions for cellular automata of the game of life type, 2012, Complex Systems
Use of computer tools to analyze the authorship and mutual influences of the books of the Greek New Testament,Uso de herramientas informáticas para analizar la autoría e influencias mutuas de los libros del Nuevo Testamento griego, 2012, Estudios Biblicos
An interactive platform for IA Games, 2011, Research in Engineering Education Symposium 2011, REES 2011
An interactive platform for IA Games, 2011, Research in Engineering Education Symposium
Enhanced Cellular Automata for Image Noise Removal, 2011, GAME-ON'ASIA
Enhanced Cellular Automata for image noise removal, 2011, 3rd Asian Conference on Intelligent Games and Simulation, GAME-ON ASIA 2011 - 3rd Asian Simulation Technology Conference, ASTEC 2011
A threaded Java concurrent implementation of the Monte-Carlo Metropolis Ising model, 2009
A threaded Java concurrent implementation of the Monte-Carlo Metropolis Ising model, 2009, 7th International Industrial Simulation Conference 2009, ISC 2009
A threaded Java concurrent implementation of the Monte-Carlo Metropolis Ising model, 2009, International Work-Conference on the Interplay Between Natural and Artificial Computation
AN ALTERNATIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE ENTROPY EVOLUTION OF A GENETIC ALGORITHM, 2009
AN ALTERNATIVE MEASUREMENT OF THE ENTROPY EVOLUTION OF A GENETIC ALGORITHM, 2009, EUROPEAN SIMULATION AND MODELLING CONFERENCE
An alternative measurement of the entropy evolution of a genetic algorithm, 2009, ESM 2009 - 2009 European Simulation and Modelling Conference: Modelling and Simulation 2009
Langevin simulation of rf collisional multipactor breakdown of gases, 2009. DOI: 10.1103/physreve.79.066403
PNEPs, NEPs for Context Free Parsing: Application to Natural Language Processing, 2009
PNEPs, NEPs for context free parsing: Application to natural language processing, 2009, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-02478-8_59
Towards the Validation of Plagiarism Detection Tools by Means of Grammar Evolution, 2009. DOI: 10.1109/tevc.2008.2008797
CEST and MEST: Tools for the simulation of radio frequency electric discharges in waveguides, 2008. DOI: 10.1016/j.simpat.2008.08.002
COMPUTER-GENERATED MUSIC USING GRAMMATICAL EVOLUTION, 2008
COMPUTER-GENERATED MUSIC USING GRAMMATICAL EVOLUTION, 2008, MESM '2006: 9TH MIDDLE EASTERN SIMULATION MULTICONFERENCE
Computer-generated music using grammatical evolution, 2008, MESM 2008 - 9th Middle Eastern Simulation Multiconference
Network Intrusion Detection Using Genetic Algorithm to find Best DNA Signature, 2008
Network Intrusion Detection Using Genetic Algorithm to find Best DNA Signature, 2008, New Aspects of Systems, Pts I and Ii
Network intrusion detection using genetic algorithm to find best DNA signature, 2008, WSEAS Transactions on Systems
Parallel Metropolis-Montecarlo simulation for Potts model using an adaptable network topology based on dynamic graph partitioning, 2008. DOI: 10.1109/ispdc.2008.51
A simple genetic algorithm for music generation by means of algorithmic information theory, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/cec.2007.4424858
Automatic Generation of Benchmarks for Plagiarism Detection Tools using Grammatical Evolution, 2007
Automatic generation of benchmarks for plagiarism detection tools using grammatical evolution, 2007, Proceedings of GECCO 2007: Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference. DOI: 10.1145/1276958.1277388
Christiansen Grammar Evolution for the modelling of psychological processes, 2007
Christiansen Grammar Evolution for the modelling of psychological processes, 2007, 5TH INDUSTRIAL SIMULATION CONFERENCE
Christiansen Grammar evolution for the modelling of psychological processes, 2007, 5th International Industrial Simulation Conference 2007, ISC 2007
Christiansen grammar evolution: Grammatical evolution with semantics, 2007. DOI: 10.1109/tevc.2006.880327
Multi-agent simulation of an educational collaborative web system, 2007
Multi-agent simulation of an educational collaborative web system, 2007, ESM 2007 - 2007 European Simulation and Modelling Conference: Modelling and Simulation 2007
Multi-agent simulation of an educational collaborative web system, 2007, EUROPEAN SIMULATION AND MODELLING CONFERENCE
A fitness function for computer-generated music using genetic algorithms, 2006, WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications
Multipactor prediction for on-board spacecraft RF equipment with the MEST software tool, 2006. DOI: 10.1109/tps.2006.872450
Optimizing ecology-friendly drawing of plans of buildings by means of grammatical evolution, 2006
Optimizing ecology-friendly drawing of plans of buildings by means of grammatical evolution, 2006, 4th International Industrial Simulation Conference 2006, ISC 2006
Optimizing ecology-friendly drawing of plans of buildings by means of grammatical evolution, 2006, Industrial Simulation Conference
Simulating structural change in adaptive organizations, 2006. DOI: 10.1080/019697206008870112
Simulating structural change in adaptive organizations, 2006, Cybernetics and Systems. DOI: 10.1080/01969720600887012
A genetic algorithm for solving the P-median problem, 2005
A genetic algorithm for solving the P-median problem, 2005, MODELLING AND SIMULATION
A genetic algorithm for solving the p-median problem, 2005, 2005 European Simulation and Modelling Conference, ESM 2005 - Proceedings
Attribute grammar evolution, 2005
Attribute grammar evolution, 2005, Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Attribute grammar evolution, 2005, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS: A BIOINSPIRED APPROACH, PT 2, PROCEEDINGS. DOI: 10.1007/11499305_19
COMMON PITFALLS USING THE NORMALIZED COMPRESSION DISTANCE: WHAT TO WATCH OUT FOR IN A COMPRESSOR, 2005, Communications in Information and Systems
Evolving computer-generated music by means of the normalized compression distance, 2005, WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications
Towards a proof of the decidability of the momentary stagnation of the growth function of D0L systems, 2005. DOI: 10.1016/j.tcs.2005.05.002
Towards an agent-based model of adaptive organisations, 2005, WSEAS Transactions on Information Science and Applications
Multipactor electron simulation tool (MEST), 2004
Multipactor electron simulation tool (MEST), 2004, Conference Record of the International Power Modulator Symposium and High Voltage Workshop
Multipactor electron simulation tool (MEST), 2004, Proceedings of the International Power Modulator Symposium and High Voltage Workshop, Conference Record
Computer aided multi-paradigm modelling of hybrid systems with atom3, 2003, Simulation Series
Grammatical evolution to design fractal curves with a given dimension, 2003
Grammatical evolution to design fractal curves with a given dimension, 2003, IBM Journal of Research and Development. DOI: 10.1147/rd.474.0483
On some properties of artificial foraging ant communities, 2003
On some properties of artificial foraging ant communities, 2003, ESM 2003: 17TH EUROPEAN SIMULATION MULTICONFERENCE
Using grammatical evolution to design curves with a given fractal dimension, 2003, ICEIS 2003 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
Visual interactive simulation for distance education, 2003. DOI: 10.1177/0037549703253455
Complex systems in APL: Fractals, evolving cellular automata and artificial life, 2002, Proceedings of the 2002 Conference on APL: Array Processing Languages: Lore, Problems, and Applications, APL-LPA 2002. DOI: 10.1145/602231.602233
Distributed simulation of ecosystems for the Internet, 2002, Systems Analysis Modelling Simulation. DOI: 10.1080/716067191
Hierarchical visualization in a simulation-based educational multimedia web system, 2002, ICEIS 2002 - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems
Parametric 2-dimensional L systems and recursive fractal images: Mandelbrot set, Julia sets and biomorphs, 2002. DOI: 10.1016/s0097-8493(01)00162-5
Simulating evolutionary agent communities with OOCSMP, 2002, Proceedings of the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing
Teaching partial differential equations through the Internet: An interactive approach, 2002
Teaching partial differential equations through the Internet: An interactive approach, 2002, MODELLING AND SIMULATION
The role of oblivion, memory size and spatial separation in dynamic language games, 2002
The role of oblivion, memory size and spatial separation in dynamic language games, 2002, JASSS
The role of oblivion, memory size and spatial separation in dynamic language games, 2002, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
Agent oriented simulation with OOCSMP. An example in evolutionary ant colonies, 2001, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Constructing simulation-based Web documents, 2001, IEEE Multimedia. DOI: 10.1109/93.923952
Determination of fractal dimensions from equivalent L systems, 2001
Determination of fractal dimensions from equivalent L systems, 2001, IBM Journal of Research and Development. DOI: 10.1147/rd.456.0797
Using simulation and virtual reality for distance education, 2001
Using simulation and virtual reality for distance education, 2001, Computers and Education: Towards an Interconnected Society. DOI: 10.1007/0-306-47533-2_19
Web-based simulation activities of the technical school of computer science in the Universidad Autonoma of Madrid, 2001. DOI: 10.1177/003754970107600208
Web-based simulation of systems described by partial differential equations, 2001
Web-based simulation of systems described by partial differential equations, 2001, Winter Simulation Conference Proceedings. DOI: 10.1109/wsc.2001.977348
Artificial life evolution in a simplified APL2 environment, 2000, Proceedings of the APL Berlin 2000 Conference
Automatic generation of simulation-based web courses and model documentation, 2000
Automatic generation of simulation-based web courses and model documentation, 2000, Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation
Automatic generation of simulation-based web courses and model documentation, 2000, Transactions of the Society for Computer Simulation International
Mathematical models for the analysis of hepatitis B and AIDS epidemics, 2000. DOI: 10.1177/003754970007400403
Representation of some cellular automata by means of equivalent L Systems, 2000, Complexity International
Some strategies for the simulation of vocabulary agreement in multi-agent communities, 2000
Some strategies for the simulation of vocabulary agreement in multi-agent communities, 2000, JASSS
Some strategies for the simulation of vocabulary agreement in multi-agent communities, 2000, Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation
Using APL2 to compute the dimension of a fractal represented as a grammar, 2000, Proceedings of the APL Berlin 2000 Conference
Output visualization modes in it Java generating continuous simulation compiler, 1999
Output visualization modes in it Java generating continuous simulation compiler, 1999, SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY'99: 11TH EUROPEAN SIMULATION SYMPOSIUM
Semiautomatic generation of Web courses by means of an object-oriented simulation language, 1999. DOI: 10.1177/003754979907300102
Compiling a simulation language in APL, 1998, Proceedings of the APL98 Conference
Educational simulation of complex ecosystems in the World-Wide Web, 1998
Educational simulation of complex ecosystems in the World-Wide Web, 1998, ESS - SIMULATION TECHNOLOGY: SCIENCE AND ART
Semiautomatic generation of educational courses in the Internet by means of an object-oriented continuous simulation language, 1998
Semiautomatic generation of educational courses in the Internet by means of an object-oriented continuous simulation language, 1998, Simulation: Past, Present and Future
Using APL to build science tutors for the high school level, 1998, Proceedings of the APL98 Conference
Using APL to build science tutors for the high school level, 1998, APL 1998 - Proceedings of the APL 1998 Conference on Array Processing Languages. DOI: 10.1145/327559.327644
A study of the representation of fractal curves by L systems and their equivalences, 1997
A study of the representation of fractal curves by L systems and their equivalences, 1997, IBM Journal of Research and Development. DOI: 10.1147/rd.416.0727
OOCSMP: An object-oriented simulation language, 1997
OOCSMP: An object-oriented simulation language, 1997, SIMULATION IN INDUSTRY: 9TH EUROPEAN SIMULATION SYMPOSIUM
Representation of fractal curves by means of L systems, 1996, APL 1996 - Proceedings of the Conference on Designing the Future. DOI: 10.1145/253341.253348
The evolution of creationism, 1996
The evolution of creationism, 1996, GSA Today. DOI: 10.1130/gsatg158a.1
User interfaces with object-oriented programming in APL2, 1996, APL 1996 - Proceedings of the Conference on Designing the Future. DOI: 10.1145/253341.253346
Object oriented graphics in APL2, 1992, International Conference on APL
ADVANCED APPLICATIONS OF APL - LOGIC PROGRAMMING, NEURAL NETWORKS, AND HYPERTEXT, 1991
ADVANCED APPLICATIONS OF APL - LOGIC PROGRAMMING, NEURAL NETWORKS, AND HYPERTEXT, 1991, IBM Systems Journal. DOI: 10.1147/sj.304.0543
Genetic algorithms, 1991, APL 1991 - Proceedings of the International Conference on APL. DOI: 10.1145/114054.114056
OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING IN APL2, 1991
THE APL IL INTERPRETER GENERATOR, 1991
THE APL IL INTERPRETER GENERATOR, 1991, IBM Systems Journal. DOI: 10.1147/sj.304.0490
Neural networks in APL, 1990, Conference Proceedings on APL 1990: For the Future. DOI: 10.1145/97808.97816
AN EXPERT SYSTEM IN CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS WRITTEN IN APL2/PC, 1989, APL 89 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS. DOI: 10.1145/75145.75185
APL2 and PS/2: The language, the systems, the Peripherals, 1989, Conference Proceedings on APL as a Tool of Thought, APL 1989. DOI: 10.1145/75144.75146
An expert system in chemical synthesis written in APL2/PC, 1989, Conference Proceedings on APL as a Tool of Thought, APL 1989. DOI: 10.1145/75144.75185
FRAMES, SEMANTIC NETWORKS, AND OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING IN APL2, 1989
Object-oriented programming in APL2, 1989, Conference Proceedings on APL as a Tool of Thought, APL 1989. DOI: 10.1145/75144.75147
APL2-a RISC business, 1987, Proceedings of the International Conference on APL, APL 1988. DOI: 10.1145/55626.55627
Solutions to logic problems in APL2, 1987, Proceedings of the International Conference on APL, APL 1987
EXTENDING APL TO LOGIC PROGRAMMING., 1986
JAPANESE APL LANGUAGE SYSTEM ON IBM MULTISTATION 5550., 1986
AN APL SYSTEM FOR THE IBM PERSONAL-COMPUTER, 1985
APL SYSTEM FOR THE IBM PERSONAL COMPUTER., 1985, IBM Systems Journal. DOI: 10.1147/sj.241.0061
APL/PC VERSUS VS APL AND APL2., 1984
The IBM personal computer APL system, 1984, Proceedings of the International Conference on APL, APL 1984. DOI: 10.1145/800058.801117
AUTOMATIC SOLUTION OF SORITES, 1980. DOI: 10.1108/eb005540
APL continuous system modelling program: an interactive simulation language, 1979, Advances in Engineering Software (1978). DOI: 10.1016/0141-1195(79)90004-4
MACHINE-INDEPENDENT APL INTERPRETER, 1978
MACHINE-INDEPENDENT APL INTERPRETER., 1978, IBM Journal of Research and Development. DOI: 10.1147/rd.224.0413
APL INTERPRETER AND SYSTEM FOR A SMALL COMPUTER, 1977
APL INTERPRETER AND SYSTEM FOR A SMALL COMPUTER., 1977, IBM Systems Journal. DOI: 10.1147/sj.161.0018
Design and application of an interactive simulation language, 1976, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). DOI: 10.1007/3-540-07622-0_509
Extension of APL to tree-structured information, 1976, Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on APL, APL 1976. DOI: 10.1145/800114.803655
Simulation of neuronal networks,SIMULACION DE REDES NEURONALES, 1976, Gaceta Medica de Bilbao
SIAL/74 - AN APLSV analog-logical block-diagram simulator, 1975, Proceedings of 7th International Conference on APL, APL 1975`. DOI: 10.1145/800117.803778
A boundless compression algorithm in APL2. DOI: 10.1145/1127556.1127561
Automatic generation of APL programs. DOI: 10.1145/1354923.1354926
Compiling a simulation language in APL. DOI: 10.1145/327600.327625
Distributed Simulation of Ecosystems for the Internet. DOI: 10.1080/716067180
Evolving an ecology of mathematical expressions with grammatical evolution. DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystems.2012.12.004
Frames, semantic networks, and object-oriented programming in APL2. DOI: 10.1147/rd.335.0502
Genetic algorithms. DOI: 10.1145/114055.114056
Meta-modelling and graph grammars for multi-paradigm modelling in AToM3. DOI: 10.1007/s10270-003-0047-5
Neural networks in APL. DOI: 10.1145/97811.97816
Object oriented graphics in APL2. DOI: 10.1145/144052.144062
Object oriented programming in APL2. DOI: 10.1145/75145.75146
Object oriented programming, tutorial. DOI: 10.1145/97811.97817
Programming cellular automata in APL2. DOI: 10.1145/347194.347206
Representation of fractal curves by means of L systems. DOI: 10.1145/253417.253348
Solutions to logic problems in APL2. DOI: 10.1145/384282.28359
The Normalized Compression Distance Is Resistant to Noise. DOI: 10.1109/tit.2007.894669
Two-level evolution of foraging agent communities. DOI: 10.1016/s0303-2647(02)00018-7
User interfaces with object-oriented programming in APL2. DOI: 10.1145/253417.253346
Using APL to build science tutors for the high school level. DOI: 10.1145/327600.327644
Visual Interactive Simulation for Distance Education. DOI: 10.1177/0037549703079001002