Dr. Juan M. Corchado (May 15, 1971, Salamanca, Spain) is Professor at the University of Salamanca in the area of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. He was Vice-Rector for Research from December 2013 to December 2017 and Director of the Scientific Park of the University of Salamanca. Moreover, he has been elected twice as Dean of the School of Sciences of the University of Salamanca. He holds a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Salamanca and is also a Doctor in Artificial Intelligence from the University of the West of Scotland. Juan M. Corchado is Visiting Professor at the Technological Institute of Osaka since January 2015, Visiting Professor at the Universiti Malaysia Kelantan and a Member of the Advisory Group on Online Terrorist Propaganda of the European Counter Terrorism Center (EUROPOL).

1. M. Corchado is the Director of the Bioinformatics, Intelligent Systems and Educational Technology (BISITE) Research Group (https://bisite.usal.es/es) at the University of Salamanca, President of the AIR Institute (https://air-institute.org/) and Director of the IoT European Digital Innovation Hub (https://www.innovationhub.es/) and has been President of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics association, Spanish Chapter. He also directs Master's programs in Security, Digital Animation, Mobile Telephony, Information Systems Management, Internet of Things and Social Media at the University of Salamanca. He is also Editor-in-Chief of ADCAIJ (Advances in Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence Journal) and OJCST (Oriental Journal of Computer Science and Technology).

Juan M. Corchado has been a Full Professor at the University of Vigo, where he was Deputy Director at the School of Computer Engineering. He has also been a  professor at the University of Paisley (UK) and worked at the Oceanographic Laboratory of Plymouth (UK). Author of more than 200 articles published in specialized international journals and more than 350 works published in the proceedings of scientific congresses, he has given more than 70 invited papers and has been president of the scientific or research committees at more than 60 international congresses.