Máximo Méndez Babey received a M.Sc. degree in industrial engineering from the School of Industrial Engineering of Las Palmas, Spain, and the Ph.D. degree in computer sciences from the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (ULPGC), Spain. He is actually an Associate Professor at the Department of Informatics and Systems of the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and he is member of SIANI (Instituto de Sistemas Inteligentes y Aplicaciones Numéricas en Ingeniería) of the ULPGC as research fellow.

His research interest includes genetic algorithms, metaheuristics for multi-objective optimization, decision analysis, machine learning and real applications in mechanical engineering, renewable energies, transportation planning and weather prediction. He has published more than 50 technical papers in international journals, conferences, and book chapters.

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