Miguel A. Vega-Rodríguez received the PhD degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Extremadura, Spain, in 2003. He is currently a Full Professor (Catedrático de Universidad) of computer architecture in the Department of Computer and Communications Technologies, University of Extremadura. He has authored or coauthored more than 750 publications including journal papers (more than 180 JCR-indexed journal papers), book chapters, and peer-reviewed conference proceedings, for which he got several awards (such as best paper awards). He has contributed to the organization of more than 20 international conferences and workshops, namely as general chair or co-chair. He has edited more than 20 special issues of international JCR-indexed journals. In addition, he is an editor and a reviewer of diverse international JCR-indexed journals. His main research interests include parallel and distributed computing, multiobjective optimization, evolutionary and bio-inspired computation, bioinformatics, and reconfi