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Nuria Oliver

Spanish computer scientist

Nuria Oliver is a computer scientist. She is the director of the ELLIS Alicante Foundation, Chief Data Scientist at DataPop Alliance, and president of the board of trustees of UNED. Previously, she was an independent director on the board of directors of Bankia, Commissioner of the Presidency of Valencia for AI and COVID-19, Director of Data Science Research at Vodafone, Scientific Director at Telefónica and researcher at Microsoft Research.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Nuria Oliver (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born 1970.¹

About

She holds a PhD from the Media Lab at MIT, and is an IEEE Fellow, ACM Fellow, a member of the board of ELLIS, and elected permanent member of the Royal Academy of Engineering of Spain. She is one of the most cited female computer scientists in Spain, with her research having been cited by more than 24,000 publications. She is well known for her work in computational models of human behavior, human computer-interaction, mobile computing and big data for social good.

From Wikipedia’s article on Nuria Oliver, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

VodafoneBoard member 2017 to 2019²⁶
Telefonica Research and DevelopmentBoard member 2007 to Sep 30, 2016²⁷

Early life and education

1990 to 1994Technical University of Madrid telecommunications engineering degree³
1995 to 2000Massachusetts Institute of Technology Doctor of Philosophy³

Career

Occupation: computer scientist, director.¹⁰

Since 2020Director, ELLIS Alicante⁴
2020 to 2021Board member, Bankia^{8 9}
2017 to 2024Adviser, Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications⁴
2017 to 2019Director, Vodafone^{4 6}
2007 to 2016Director, Telefonica Research and Development⁴
2000 to 2007Researcher, Microsoft Research^{4 5}
2000 to 2007Researcher, Microsoft⁴
Date not recordedBoard member, European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems⁷

Personal life

Born1970, Alicante¹¹
CitizenshipSpain¹²
ResidenceSpain¹³

Awards

2023Hypatia European Science Prize^{14 23}
2021Rey Jaime I Award for New Technologies^{14 22}
2019CHI Academy^{14 21}
2018honorary doctor of the Miguel Hernández University of Elche^{14 20}
2017ACM Fellow^{14 19}
2016IEEE Fellow^{14 17}
2016Salvà and Campillo award for outstanding person^{14 18}
2015DonaTIC Awards^{14 16}
2004Innovators Under 35^{14 15}

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Wikimedia CommonsNuria Oliver photo by ester perez broto, CC BY-SA 2.0