Academic
activities
- A considerable number of Seminars between 1960 and 1982 were conducted under his direction at the University of Barcelona.
- He has given classes to the Doctorate Courses at the University of Barcelona since 1967.
- Appointed to form a part of several Competitive Examination Tribunals both for Chairs at the University and at University Schools as well as at other provincial and local institutions.
- Dean of the "Higher Business Management" branch of the Business Administration School of Barcelona from the academic year 1969/70 to 1982/83.
- Direction and Organisation of the Seminar conducted by Professor A. Kaufmann on the subject of : "Initiation to the Theory of fuzzy sub-sets and their application to business management". Faculty of Economic Science, University of Barcelona, June 7 and 8, 1983.
- Direction and Organisation of the Data Processing Seminar "Methode Meurice" at the Abad Oliba Foundation. Conducted in conjunction with Professors M. Pannetrat of S.E.M.A. and M. Othman from the Centre d'Etudes Practiques d'Informatique et d'Automatique (CEPIA). Barcelona December 8-13, 1985.
- Direction and Organisation of the Seminar conducted by Professor A. Kaufmann on the subject of : "Application of the Theory of fuzzy sub-sets to business management" Faculty of Economic Science. University of Barcelona, April 9 and 10, 1986.
- Organisation of the Seminar on : "Artificial Intelligence and expert systems", at the Abad Oliba Foundation. Carried out with Professors from CEPIA. Barcelona, November, 1986.
- Organisation and Direction of the Seminar on: "Autoedition". Computer Assisted Publication, in charge of Professors from the Sophie Antipolis Foundations, at the Abad Oliba Foundation, November 29 and 30, and December 1, 1989.
- Member of the Organising Committee for the IV Congress of the Spanish Association for Business Management and Economy (AEDEM). Reus May 30 and 31, and June 1, 1990.
- Deputy Chairman of the Organising Committee for the II European Congress of AEDEM. Minsk, September 20 -22, 1993.
- Director of the Scientific Committee of the "Symposium on Fuzzy Systems & Neural Networks" of AMSE. Lyon (France). July 4-6, 1994.
- Member of the Committee of Honour of the III European Congress of AEDEM. Bucharest, September 5-7, 1994.
- Member of the Advisory Committee and Chairman of the Fuzzy Systems in Economy section of the 3rd International Conference on Fuzzy Logic and Artificial Intelligence. Bucharest, October 28-30, 1994.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the 1st International Congress on Fuzzy Management and Economy. Reus, November 16-18, 1994.
- Member of the "Evaluation Plan on Scientific Research" of the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). April 24-29, 1995.
- Chairman of the Symposium and Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Systems Analysis, Control and Design SYS'95. Brno (Check Republic), July 3-5, 1995.
- Member of the Committee of Honour of the Fourth International Congress of AEDEM. Sofia, September 18-20, 1995.
- Member of the Scientific Board of the Xth National Congress and VI Spanish-French Congress of AEDEM. Granada, June 11-14, 1996.
- Co-Chairman of the Scientific Committee and Member of the Referees Board of the International Conference on Intelligent Technologies in Human-Related Sciences (ITHURS'96) León (Spain), July 5-7, 1996.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Vth International Congress of AEDEM. Prague, September 9-11, 1996.
- General Chairman of the International Conference on Communications, Signals and Systems CSS'96 and Chairman of the Plenary Meeting. Brno (Check Republic), September 10-12, 1996.
- Member of the International Scientific Committee of the III International Inventics Conference, "Inventica'96", Iasi (Rumania), October 9-13, 1996.
- Member of the Scientific Committee and Chairman of the Section on "Diagnostic et Typologies" of the IIIème Rencontre Internationale des Approches Connexionistes en Sciences. Nantes (France), October 25, 1996.
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the III Congress of the International Society of Fuzzy Management and Economics. Buenos Aires (Argentina) November 10-13, 1996.
- Chairman Of Financial Markets and Portfolio Theory of the 19th Meeting of the Euro Working Group on Financial Modelling. Chania, Crete (Greece) November 28-30, 1996.
- Member of the International Scientific Committee of the IV International Conference on Patterns Recognition and Information Processing. Minsk, May 20-22, 1997.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the XI National Congress and VII Spanish-French Congress of AEDEM. Lérida, June 18-20, 1997.
- Chairman of the International Symposium on Intelligent Systems ISIS'97. Reggio Calabria (Italy), September 11-13, 1997.
- Member of the Scientific Board and Section Chairman of the VI International Conference of AEDEM. Chania (Greece) September 15-17, 1997.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the VII Spanish Congress on Fuzzy Technology and Logic. Tarragona (Spain). September 15-18, 1997.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the IV Rencontre Internationale "Approches Connexionistes en Sciences Economiques et en Gestion". Tours (France), October 24, 1997.
- Member of the International Programme Committee of the "Third International Conference on Modelling and Simulation MS'97". Melbourne (Australia) October 29-31, 1997.
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the IV Congress of the International Society for Fuzzy Management and Economics. Santiago de Cuba (Cuba), November 17-19, 1997.
- Chairman of the International Conference on Contribution of Cognition to Modelling CCM'98. Lyon (France) July 6-8, 1998.
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the VII Spanish Congress on Fuzzy Technologies and Logic. Pamplona (Spain) September 8-10, 1998.
- Member of the Scientific Board and Chairman of the VII International Conference of the European Association of Management and Business Economics (AEDEM). Istambul (Turkey) September 8-10, 1998.
- Member of the International Programme Committee of the "International Conference on Systems, Signals, Control, Computers (SSCC'98). Durban (South Africa), September 22-24, 1998.
- Chairman of the International Conference on Systems and Signals in Intelligent Technologies. Minsk (Bielorussia), September 28-30, 1998.
- Member of Scientific Comittee of the V Rencontre Internationale ACSEG “Données Complexes. Modélisation et Analyse”. Lovain-la-Neuve (Bélgica). November 20, 1998.
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the SIGEF Congress on Uncertainty Logics. Applications to Economics and Management. Lausanne (Switzerland) November 24-27, 1998.
- Chairman of the International Committee and member of the Scientific Committee of the MS'99 International Conference on Modelling and Simulation. Santiago de Compostela (Spain), May 17-19, 1999.
- Member of the Scientific Committe of Joint Conference EUSFLAT-ESTYL-1999. Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 22-25 September 1999.
- Chairman and member of the International Committe of Congress ICAI´99 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence. Durban (South Africa) 24-26 September 1999.
- President of Scientific Committe of the VI Congress of International Society for Fuzzy Management and Economy. Morelia (Mexic) 15-17 November 1999.
- Member of Advisory International Committe de CMSC´99 International AMSE Conference on Computer Modelling, Simulation and Communication. Jaipur (India) 1-3 December 1999.
- Member of Scientific Committe of the VI Rencontre Internationale ACSEG “Advances in Computational Management”. Reus (Spain) 10 December 1999.
- Chairman of the Internationl Conference on Modelling and Simulation MS´2000. El Cairo (Egipt) 11-14 April 2000.
- Member of the Scientific Committe of the XIV National Congress and X Spanic French Congress of AEDEM. Jaén (Spain), 7-9 Juny 2000.
- Coordinator of the course on “Financial and Commercial Management of Sporting Entities” University of Barcelona, (Spain), July 17-21, 2000.
Member of the Scientific Conseil of the IX Internation Congress AEDEM. (European Association of Management and Business Economics) Temuco (Chile) 5-7 September 2000.
- President of the Scientific Committe of the VII Congress SIGEF.” Decision Marketing under uncertainty in the global environment of the 21st Century”. Chania, Creta (Greece) 18-20 September 2000.
- Member of the Scientific Committe of the X Spanish Congress about Technologies and Logic Fuzzy (V Journeys aobut Trasnference of Fuzzy Tecnology) ESTYLF 2000. Sevilla (Spain) 20-22 September 2000.
- Chairman of the International Committe of MS´2000. International Conference on Modelling and Simulation. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) 25-27 September 2000.
- Chairman of the International Committe of the MSNN´2000 International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Neural Networks. Merida (Venezuela) 22-24 October 2000.
- Member of the Scientific Committe of the VII International Meeting ACSEG (Connectionist Approaches in Economics and Management Sciences). Paris (France) 14-15 December 2000.
- Member of the Scientific Committe and the Organization Committe of the International Congress CSS´01. Communications Signaux et Systemes. Rabat (Maroc) 19-21 March 2001.
- Member of Scientific Committe of the X IFORS Conference “New Trends in Banking Management. Athenes (Greece) 1-3 April 2001.
- Chairman de la International Conference on Mondeling & Simulation MS´2001.Lviv ( Ucrania ) May 23-26 ,2001.
- Member of the International Scientific Comittee of CSBC 2001. International Conference. Lipetsk (Russia June 4-6, 2001).
- Member of the Scientific Committe of the XV International Congress and XI Spanish-Frech Congress of AEDEM “La empresa deslocalizada” (Delocalised busines) University of las Palmas de Gran Canaria (Spain) June 13-15, 2001.
- Member of the Scientific Committe of the VII Congress of International Institute of Couts and II Congress of the Spanish Asociation of Directive Contability” Cruzando Fronteras: Tendencias de Contabilidad Directiva para el siglo XXI” (Crossing Borders: Tendences of Directive Contability for the XXI Century). León (Spain), 4-6 July 2001.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the X International Congress of AEDEM New economy, old problems” Universitá degli Studi de Reggio Calabria. Reggio di Calabria, (Italy) September 4-6, 2001.
- President of Scientific Committe of the VIII Congress of SIGEF “New Logics for the New Economy”. Università di Napoli Frederico II. Nàpols (Italy) 20-21 September 2001.
- Honorary Chairman of the “International Conference on Modelling and Simulation in Distributed Applications” of AMSE. National University of Defense Technology. Changsha, Hunan (China) 25-27 September 2001.
- Member of the Scientific Committe of the International Congress “Les defins du sport professionel”. Giussepe ESCP-EAP. Paris, 4-5 October 2001.
- Member of the Scientific Committe of the XV International Meeting of ACSEG. Rennes, November 22-23, 2001.
- Member of Organizator Committe of “International Conference On Business Decision and Technology B.D.T.´02. Kuwait City (Kuwait) 18-20 March 2002.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of XVI National Congress and XII Spain-French Congress of AEDEM “La empresa intangible”. University of Alicante ( Spain ) june 5-7, 2002.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Modelling and Simulation in Technical and Social Sciences (MS´2002), University of Girona. Girona (Spain) 25-27 juny 2002.
- Member of Scientific Council of XI International Congress of AEDEM “The limits of the enterprise”. University Paris IX “Dauphine”. Paris ( France ) September 2-4, 2002.
- Member of Scientific Committee of XI Spanish Congress about Tecnology and Fuzzy Logic ESTYLF 2002. León ( Spain ) 17-20 September 2002.
- Member of the International Scientific Committee of the VIII Bienal National of Vietnam Conference on Radio and Electronics (REV´02). Hanoi, 2-4 November 2002.
- Member of International Committee of IV International Congres on Modelling and Simulation. Victoria University. Melbourne ( Australia ) 11-13 November 2002.
- Member of Scientific Committee of IX Rencontre Internationale ACSEG. University of Littoral. Boulougne-sur-Mer ( France ) 21-22 November 2002.
- President of Scientific Committee of International Conference IX SIGEF “Alternatives emergents for solution to economic problems”. Mérida ( Venezuela ), 25-27 November 2002.
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the World Congress on Economic Management of Sport, Sport Congress 2003, “Los nuevos enfoques económicos y sociales del deporte para un escenario mundial diferente” [New economic and social approaches to sport for a different world scenario]. World Trade Centre. Barcelona (Spain), May 14-16, 2003.
- Member of the Scientifi Board of the XVII Annual Congress and XIII Spanish-French Congress of AEDEM, “Evolución, Resolución y Saber en las Organisaciones” [Evolution, revolution and Knowledge in Organisations].Montesquieu University, Bordeaux (France) June 4-6, 2003.
- Member of the Honour Committee of the Virtual International Congress, “Intangibles Psicología, Contabilidad, Derecho, Economía” [Intangibles, Psychology, Accounting, Law, Economy] . University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain) June 2003.
- Chairman of the Mediterranean Conference on Modelling and Simulation MCMS’03. University of Reggio Calabria (Italy) June 25-27, 2003.
- Member of the Scientific Board of the XII International AEDEM Conference, “El gobierno equilibrado de las empresas” [Balanced government of businesses]. Santiago de los Caballeros (Dominican Republic). September 2-4, 2003.
Chairman of the Terminology Section of the Congress ”Penser l’Europe” organised by the Rumanian Academy and UNESCO. Brasov (Rumania). October 2-5, 2003.
- Co-Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the Xth SIGEF Congress “Emergent solutions for the information and Knowledge economy” León (Spain),October 9-11, 2003.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the X Recontre Internationale ACSEG. University of Nantes. Nantes (France). November 20-21, 2003.
- Chairman of the MS’2004 Internationa Conference on Modelling and Simulation. Belarussian State University. Minsk (Bielorussia). April 27-29, 2004.
- Member of the Scientific Committee and Session Chairman of the XVIII Annual Congress and XVI Hispano-French Congress. University of Vigo Orense Campus. Orense June 2-4, 2004
- Presidente of the Scientific Committee for MS’2004 – France Congress. “Claude Bernard – Lyon I” University. Lyon (France). 5 – 7 July 2004.
- Member of the Scientific Committee for the XIII International AEDEM Congress “El Espíritu emprendedor en ambientes complejos”[The enterprising spirit in complex environments]. Bolivar Technological Universoty. Cartagena de Indias (Colombia). 8 – 10 September 2004.
- President of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Modeling & Simulation ICMS´04. Valladolid University (Spain). 22-24 September 2004.
- Member of the International Committee for the Scientific Conference “Higher Education Perspectivas: The Role of Inter.-University Consortia (HEP´04). Regional Inter.- University Center Mikolaiev (Ukraine) 30 September.-2 October 2004.
- President of the Scientific Committee for the XI Congress of the International Internation Association for Fuzzy Set Management and Economy. Engineering Faculty of the University of Reggio Calabria and of Economy of the University of Messina (Italy). 8 – 10 November 2004.
- Chairman of the International Conference on Modelling and Simulation (AMSE – 2005). Michoacana University of San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Morelia (Mexico) 27 – 29 April 2005.
- Honorary Chairman an Member of the International Scientific Committee for the SASM – 2005 Conference. Technical University “Gh. Asachi”. Iasi (Rumanía) 5 – 7 May 2005.
- Member of the Scientific Committee and Chairman of the work sessions for the XIX Annual Congress and XV Spanish-French Congress of AEDEM. Basque Country University. Victoria (Spain) 8 – 10 June 2005.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the XIV International Congress of AEDEM. University of Michoacana of San Nicolás de Hidalgo. Morelia (Mexico) September 8 – 10, 2005.
- Member of the Programming Committee for the Symposium on Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing University of Granada (Spain) September 14 –16, 2005.
- Co – Chairman of the Second Session of the Congress “Penser l’Europe” [Think Europe]. Sinaia Rumanian Academy (Rumania) September 29 – 30, 2005.
- President of the Scientific Committee of the XII Congress of the International Association of Management and Fuzzy Economy (SIGEF). National University of the South. Bahía Blanca (Argentina) October 26 – 28, 2005.
- Member of the Committee of Honour and President of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference ICMS 2005 “General Applications and Models in Engineering Science”. Marrakech (Moroco) November 22 –24, 2005.
- Member of the International Committee for the Modeling and Simulation MS 2006 Congress. University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur (Malasia) April 3 – 5, 2006.
- Member of the Honour Committee of the International Conference on Modelling and Simulation. Selcuk University. Konya (Turkey) August 28 – 30, 2006.
- Member of the Honour Committee and the Scientific Committee of the XV International AEDEM Congress “The Limits of the social responsibility of business”. Buenos Aires (Argentina) September 4 – 6, 2006.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the Spanish Congress on Fuzzy Technologies and Logic ESTYLF’06. Ciudad Real (Spain) September 20 – 22, 2006.
- President of the Scientific Committee of the International Conference on Modelling and Simulation in Economics and Management, MSEM’06. Universidad Nacional del Sur. Bahia Blanca (Argentina) September 27 – 29, 2006.
- Chairman of the Scientific Committee of the XIII SIGEF Congress “Optimization Techniques: Fuzzyness and Nonlinearity for Management and Economy” The Higher Institute of Management. Hammamet (Tunisia) November 30 - December 2, 2006.
- Member of the Scientific Council of the XXI Annual AEDEM Congress “Empresa Global y Mercados Locales” [Global Busines and Local Markets]. Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Madrid (Spain) Junio 6-8 Junio, 2007.
- Co – Président of the Symposium “Economie et Culture”. Rumanian Academy. Sibiu (Rumania) June 9, 2007.
- Member of the Honour Committee of the International Conference on Modelling and Simulation MS’07 Algiers. Alegeria July 2-4, 2007.
- Member of the Scientific Committee of the XVI International Conference “Society and University. Business in a Colaborative World”. European Academy of Management and Business Economics. Cracow (Poland) September 3-5, 2007.
- Member of the Programme Committee for the Symposium on Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing LFSC’2007. EUSFLAT. Zaragoza September 11-14, 2007.
- President of the Scientific Committee and Chairman of the Plenary 2 Session of the XIV Congress of the International Association for Fuzzy – Set Management and Economy. University “Transilvania of Brasov” (Rumania) November 1-3, 2007.
- Co-Chairman of the First International Conference on Soft Computing Technologies in Economy. Azerbaijan State Economic University. Baku (Azerbaijan) November 19-21, 2007.
- Presidente of the Scientific Committee of the MS’08 Jordan International Conference on Modelling and Simulation. Al-Hussein Bin Talal University Petra (Jordania) November 18-20, 2008.