!!Josep Díaz - Curriculum Vitae
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Josep Díaz ([http://www.lsi.upc.edu/ diaz/ diaz@lsi.upc.edu])\\
Born:  March 15,1950\\
PhD (Doctor en Ciencias) from  Universidad de Valencia, 1982\\
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__Present and Previous Positions:__
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*1984 -today Full Professor in Computer Science at the Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (UPC)\\
*1979-1984 Lecturer at the UPC\\
*1977-1979 Instructor of Mathematics at the Riverside City College \\
*1975-1977 Scholarship at the Computer Science Lab. in the Mathematics Department of the University of California Riverside.\\
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__Fields of Scholarship:__
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*Theoretical Computer Science\\
*Randomized Techniques in Combinatorics and Graph Theory\\
*Complexity Theory\\
*Algorithms for Data Spreading in Large Dynamic Networks\\
*Approximation Algorithms\\
*Game Theory\\
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__Honours and Awards:__
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*Member of Academia Europaea 2012
*Spanish National Prize in Computer Science, Jose Garca Santesmases (2011)\\
*Senior Distinction for the promotion of the research given by the Catalan Government (2002)\\
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__Positions in International Scientific Organizations:__
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*2010 - 2013: Member of the Gödel Award Committee\\
*2005 - 2008: One of the four external members in the Advisory Committee for the Japanese initiative New Horizonts in Computing\\
*1999-2003: Member of the advisory body of the Inamory Foundation, for the Kyoto Prize\\
*1997-2002: President of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science\\
*1997-2002: Member of the executive committee of ACM-SIGACT\\
*1995-1997: Vice-president of the European Association for Theoretical Computer Science\\
*1998-2008: Spanish representative in the TC-1 of IFIP\\
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__Also:__
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*2006-today:  Editor-in-Chief, of Computer Science Reviews (Elsevier).\\
*1998-today: Member of the editorial board of Theoretical Computer Science (Elsevier).\\
*1986-1990: Member of the editorial board of Theoretical Informatics and Applications (Dunod).\\
*1991-2001: Member of the editorial board of Journal of Universal Computer Science.\\
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__Conference organization and/or Chair of the PC:__
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ICALP, ESA, RANDOM, CIAC, CAAP, TAP-SOFT.
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__EC Research Projects:__
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Josep Diaz has been the General Coordinator of a large European Project COMBSTRU (2002-2006), and the main local researcher/leader in the EC projects: WISEBED (2008-2011), FRONTS (2008-2011), DELIS (2004-2008) COMBSTRU (2002-2006) (in this one General Coordinator), FLAGS (2002-2004), ALCOM-FT (1999-2003), ALCOM-IT (1995-1998), ALCOM-II (1992-1994), ALCOM(1989-1992).