I am a  Ramón y Cajal Research Fellow in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence within the Information Technologies Research Center (CITIUS). My current research interests are evolutionary algorithms, genetic fuzzy systems, motion planning and control in robotics, visual SLAM (Simultaneous Localization and Mapping), web services and process mining.

• Automata Theory and Formal Languages (B.Sc. in Computer Science Engineering)
  


• Intelligent Systems (M.Sc. in Information Technologies)
  

• SoftLearn: Soft computing for process mining in e-learning
  


• New scheduling models of production processes in the naval industry
  


• PROMARES - VACCA: environmental protection of the coast and the marine environment - development of an autonomous vehicle for the control of the quality of waters
  


• Intelligent and social platform for the integration, management and diffusion of e-learning contents
  


• DARBO: automated non-conventional fuzzy rules discovery: fuzzy temporal and TSK of variable structure knowledge bases
  


• Learning of self-adaptive behaviors in robotics using 3D perception in non-structured and populated environments
  

• J.C. Vidal, M. Mucientes, A. Bugarín, and M. Lama. Machine Scheduling in Custom Furniture Industry through Neuro-Evolutionary Hybridization. Applied Soft Computing, 11:1600-1613, 2011. [Bibtex]
  


• P. Rodríguez-Mier, M. Mucientes, M. Lama and M.I. Couto. Composition of web services through genetic programming. Evolutionary Intelligence, 3:171-186, 2010. [Bibtex]
  


• C. Gamallo, C.V. Regueiro, P. Quintía, and M. Mucientes. Omnivision based KLD-Monte Carlo localization. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 58:295-305, 2010. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes and A. Bugarín. People detection through quantified fuzzy temporal rules. Pattern Recognition, 43:1441-1453, 2010. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, J. Alcalá-Fdez, R. Alcalá, and J. Casillas. A case study for learning behaviors in mobile robotics by evolutionary fuzzy systems. Expert Systems With Applications, 37:1471–1493, 2010. [Bibtex] [Videos: simulated robot, real robot]
  


• F. Díaz-Hermida, A. Bugarín, P. Cariñena, M. Mucientes, and D.E. Losada. Fuzzy quantification in two real scenarios: information retrieval and mobile robotics. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 24:572–586, 2009. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, R. Alcalá, J. Alcalá-Fdez, and J. Casillas. Learning weighted linguistic rules to control an autonomous robot. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 24:226–251, 2009. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, J.C. Vidal, A. Bugarín, and M. Lama. Processing time estimations by variable structure TSK rules learned through genetic programming. Soft Computing, 13:497–509, 2009. [Bibtex]
  


• C. Gamallo, P. Quintía, C.V. Regueiro, and M. Mucientes. Localization through omnivision for a tour-guide robot. Journal of Physical Agents, 3:25–34, 2009. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes and J. Casillas. Quick design of fuzzy controllers with good interpretability in mobile robotics. IEEE Transactions on Fuzzy Systems, 15(4):636–651, 2007. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, D.L. Moreno, A. Bugarín, and S. Barro. Design of a fuzzy controller in mobile robotics using genetic algorithms. Applied Soft Computing, 7:540–546, 2007. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, D.L. Moreno, A. Bugarín, and S. Barro. Evolutionary learning of a fuzzy controller for wall-following behavior in mobile robotics. Soft Computing, 10(10):881–889, 2006. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, R. Iglesias, C.V. Regueiro, A. Bugarín, and S. Barro. A fuzzy temporal rule-based velocity controller for mobile robotics. Fuzzy Sets and Systems, 134:83–99, 2003. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, R. Iglesias, C.V. Regueiro, A. Bugarín, P.Cariñena, and S. Barro. Fuzzy temporal rules for mobile robot guidance in dynamic environments. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics-Part C: Applications and Reviews, 31(3):391–398, 2001. [Bibtex]
  


• P. Cariñena, A. Bugarín, M. Mucientes, and S. Barro. A language for expressing fuzzy temporal rules. Mathware and Soft Computing, 7(2-3):213–227, 2000. [Bibtex]
  

• I. Rodríguez-Fdez, M. Mucientes, and A. Bugarín. Photons detection in positron emission tomography through iterative rule learning of tsk rules. In Actas del VIII Español sobre Metaheurísticas, Algoritmos Evolutivos y Bioinspirados (MAEB), pages 251-258, Albacete (Spain), 2012. [Bibtex]

• F.J. Marín, J. Casillas, M. Mucientes, A.A. Transeth, S.A. Fjerdingen, and I. Schjølberg. Learning intelligent controllers for path-following skills on snake-like robots. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA) - Part II, number 7102 in Lecture Notes in Articial Intelligence, pages 525-535, Aachen (Germany), 2011. Springer-Verlag. [Bibtex]

• F.J. Marín, J. Casillas, M. Mucientes, A.A. Transeth, S.A. Fjerdingen, and I. Schjølberg. Aprendizaje de Controladores Difusos para Seguimiento de Trayectorias en Robots Multiarticulados. In Actas de ROBOT, pages 397–403, Sevilla (Spain), 2011. [Bibtex]

• P. Rodríguez-Mier, M. Mucientes, and M. Lama. An optimal and fast algorithm for web service composition. In Actas de las VII Jornadas de Ciencia e Ingeniería de Servicios (JCIS), pages 3–8, A Coruña (Spain), 2011. [Bibtex] [Web application]

• P. Rodríguez-Mier, M. Mucientes, and M. Lama. Automatic web service composition with a heuristic-based search algorithm. In Proceedings of IEEE 9th International Conference on Web Services (ICWS), pages 81–88, Washington DC (USA), 2011. [Bibtex] [Web application]

• I. Rodríguez-Fdez, M. Mucientes, and A. Bugarín. Iterative rule learning of quantified fuzzy rules for control in mobile robotics. In Proceedings of IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), pages 111–118, Paris (France), 2011. [Bibtex]
  

• J.C. Vidal, M. Lama, A. Bugarín and M. Mucientes. Knowledge-Based Framework for Workflow Modelling: Application to the Furniture Industry. In Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems (IEA/AIE), pages 175–184, Córdoba (Spain), 2010. [Bibtex]
  

• M. Mucientes, M. Lama, and M.I. Couto. A genetic programming-based algorithm for composing web services. In Proceedings of the 2009
  Ninth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, pages 379–384, Pisa (Italy), 2009. [Bibtex]
  


• C. Gamallo, M. Mucientes, and C.V. Regueiro. Visual FastSLAM through omnivision. In Proceedings of TAROS, pages 128–135, Londonderry (UK), 2009. [Bibtex] [Video]
  


• M. Mucientes, I. Rodríguez-Fdez, and A. Bugarín. Evolutionary learning of quantified fuzzy rules for hierarchical grouping of laser sensor data in intelligent control. In Proceedings of the IFSA-EUSFLAT 2009 conference, pages 1559–1564, Lisbon (Portugal), 2009. [Bibtex]
  


• S. Barro, A. Bugarín, P. Cariñena, F. Díaz-Hermida, and M. Mucientes. Fuzzy temporal rule-based systems: New challenges. In Actas del XIV Congreso Español sobre Tecnologías y Lógica Fuzzy (ESTYLF), pages 507–514, Langreo (Spain), 2008. [Bibtex]
  


• C. Gamallo, P. Quintía, C.V. Regueiro, and M. Mucientes. Global localization based on omnivision sensor for a guide mobile robot. In Proceedings of IX Workshop en Agentes Físicos (WAF), pages 61–68, Vigo (Spain), 2008. [Bibtex]
  


• J.C. Vidal, M. Mucientes, A. Bugarín, M. Lama, and R.S. Balay. Hybrid approach for machine scheduling optimization in custom furniture industry. In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Hybrid Intelligent Systems (HIS), pages 849–854, Barcelona (Spain), 2008. [Bibtex]
  
• Industry best paper application award


• C. Gamallo, C.V. Regueiro, P. Quintía, and M. Mucientes. MonteCarlo localization for a guide mobile robot in a crowded environment based on omnivision. In Proceedings of TAROS, pages 1–8, Edinburgh (UK), 2008. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, J.C. Vidal, A. Bugarín, and M. Lama. Processing times estimation in a manufacturing industry through genetic programming. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Genetic and Evolving Fuzzy Systems (GEFS), pages 95–100, Witten-Bommerholz (Germany), 2008. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes and A. Bugarín. People detection with quantified fuzzy temporal rules. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), pages 1149–1154, London (UK), 2007. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes and W. Burgard. Multiple hypothesis tracking of clusters of people. In Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), pages 692–697, Beijing (China), 2006. [Bibtex]
  


• J.C. Vidal, M. Mucientes, M. Lama, and A. Bugarín. A fuzzy evolutionary algorithm for scheduling in wood-based furniture manufacturing. In XIII Congreso Español sobre Tecnologías y Lógica Fuzzy (ESTYLF), pages 217–222, Ciudad Real (Spain), 2006. [Bibtex]
  


• J.C. Vidal, M. Mucientes, A. Bugarín, and M. Lama. An adaptive evolutionary algorithm for production planning in wood furniture industry. In Proceedings of the International Symposium on Evolving Fuzzy Systems (EFS), pages 267–273, Ambleside (UK), 2006. [Bibtex]
  
• Runner-up best industry-oriented paper award


• M. Mucientes and J. Casillas. Learning fuzzy robot controllers to follow a mobile object. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Machine Intelligence (ACIDCA-ICMI), pages 566–573, Tozeur (Tunisia), 2005. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, R. Alcalá, J. Alcalá-Fdez, and J. Casillas. Learning weighted linguistic rules for mobile robotics. In Proceedings of the 11th IFSA World Congress, pages 1279–1285, Beijing (China), 2005. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, A. Bugarín, and S. Barro. Online tuning of a fuzzy controller in mobile robotics. In Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Genetic Fuzzy Systems, pages 30–36, Granada (Spain), 2005. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes and J. Casillas. Generación eficiente de un controlador difuso con alta interpretabilidad para la navegación de robots móviles. In Actas del XII Congreso Español de Tecnologías y Lógica Fuzzy (ESTYLF), pages 401–406, Jaén (Spain), 2004. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes and J. Casillas. Obtaining a fuzzy controller with high interpretability in mobile robots navigation. In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (FUZZ-IEEE), pages 1637–1642, Budapest (Hungary), 2004. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, D.L. Moreno, C.V. Regueiro, A. Bugarín, and S.Barro. Design of a fuzzy controller for the wall-following behavior in mobile robotics with evolutionary algorithms. In Proceedings of the International Conference of Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-based Systems (IPMU), pages 175–182, Perugia (Italy), 2004. [Bibtex]
  


• F. Díaz-Hermida, A. Bugarín, P. Cariñena, M. Mucientes, D.E. Losada, and S. Barro. Modelling fuzzy quantified statements under a voting model interpretation of fuzzy sets. In Fuzzy Sets and Systems -IFSA 2003, pages 151–158, Istanbul (Turkey), 2003. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, M. Rodríguez, C.V. Regueiro, R. Iglesias, A. Bugarín, and S. Barro. Avoidance of mobile obstacles in real environments. In D. Fox and A. Saffiotti, editors, Proceedings of the IJCAI Workshop on Reasoning with Uncertainty in Robotics, pages 69–76, Seattle (USA), 2001. [Bibtex]
  


• E. Sánchez, M. Mucientes, and S. Barro. A cuneate-based network and its application as a spatio-temporal filter in mobile robotics. In J. Mira and A. Prieto, editors, Bio-Inspired Applications of Connectionism. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks (IWANN), number 2085 in Lecture notes in computer science, pages 418–425, Granada (Spain), 2001. Springer-Verlag. [Bibtex]
  


• S. Fraga, D. Castro, A. Bugarín, M. Mucientes, S. Barro, F. Seoane, and T. Lucas. Entorno basado en tecnologías web para el manejo de la información técnica en centrales térmicas. In Actas del Simposio Español de Informática Distribuida (SEID), pages 171–177, Ourense (Spain), 2000. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, R. Iglesias, C.V. Regueiro, A. Bugarín, and S. Barro. Control de la velocidad de un robot móvil mediante reglas temporales borrosas. In Actas del X Congreso Español sobre Tecnologías y Lógica Fuzzy (ESTYLF), pages 127–132, Sevilla (Spain), 2000. [Bibtex]
  


• P. Cariñena, A. Bugarín, M. Mucientes, F. Díaz-Hermida, and S. Barro. A model of fuzzy temporal rules for knowledge representation and reasoning. In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference of Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-based Systems (IPMU), volume 2, pages 1239–1246, Madrid (Spain), 2000. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, R. Iglesias, C.V. Regueiro, A. Bugarín, P. Cariñena, and S. Barro. Use of fuzzy temporal rules for avoidance of moving obstacles in mobile robotics. In Proceedings of the Eusflat-Estylf Joint Conference, pages 167–170, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 1999. [Bibtex]
  


• P. Cariñena, A. Bugarín, M. Mucientes, and S. Barro. A language for expressing expert knowledge using fuzzy temporal rules. In Proceedings of the Eusflat-Estylf Joint Conference, pages 171–174, Palma de Mallorca (Spain), 1999. [Bibtex]
  

• M. Mucientes, D.L. Moreno, A. Bugarín, and S. Barro. Soft Computing: Methodologies and Applications, chapter Evolutionary learning of a fuzzy controller for mobile robotics, pages 311–321. Advances in Soft Computing. Springer-Verlag, 2005. [Bibtex]
  


• M. Mucientes, R. Iglesias, C.V. Regueiro, A. Bugarín, and S. Barro. Intelligent Systems: Technology and Applications, volume 2. Fuzzy Systems, Neural Networks and Expert Systems of CRC Press International Volumes on Intelligent Systems Techniques and Applications, chapter A fuzzy temporal rule-based approach for the design of behaviors in mobile robotics, pages 373–408. CRC Press, 2003. [Bibtex]
  


• P. Cariñena, A. Bugarín, M. Mucientes, F. Díaz-Hermida, and S. Barro. Technologies for Constructing Intelligent Systems 2: Tools, volume 90 of Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, chapter Fuzzy Temporal Rules: A Rule-based Approach for Fuzzy Temporal Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, pages 237–250. Physica-Verlag, 2002. [Bibtex]