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Asunción Gómez Pérez
Born (1967-09-03) 3 September 1967 (age 57)
Azuaga (Badajoz), Spain
Alma mater Technical University of Madrid
Known for Significant Contributions to the Semantic Web and Ontology Engineering
Awards Fellow of the European Academy of Sciences, Ada Byron Prize
Scientific career
Institutions Technical University of Madrid
Seat q of the Real Academia Española
Assumed office
21 May 2023
Preceded by Gregorio Salvador Caja

Asunción Gómez Pérez is a Spanish computer scientist. She is a professor at the Technical University of Madrid. She also helps lead the university's research and innovation.

In 2015, she won the National Prize of Informatics. This is a big award from the Scientific Society of Informatics of Spain. She also received the Ada Byron Prize.

Asunción Gómez Pérez works in artificial intelligence. This field teaches computers to think like humans. She focuses on two special areas:

  • Semantic Web: This is about making the internet smarter. It helps computers understand the meaning of information.
  • Ontology Engineering: This involves creating clear ways to organize knowledge. It helps computers use information better.

Early Life and Education

Asunción Gómez Pérez was born in Azuaga, Spain. She loved learning about computers.

She earned her PhD in Computer Science in 1993. She got this degree from the Technical University of Madrid. She also studied business. She has a Masters in Business Administration (MBA). She earned this from the Comillas Pontifical University.

In 1994, she worked at Stanford University in the USA. She was a researcher there. She learned even more about how computers can "think."

Career and Research

Asunción Gómez Pérez has held many important roles. Most of her career has been at the Technical University of Madrid.

Between 1995 and 1998, she led the Artificial Intelligence Lab. This lab was part of the university's computer science faculty. From 2008 to 2016, she directed the Department of Artificial Intelligence. She also guided students studying for their Masters and PhD degrees in AI.

Since 2008, she has been a full professor. This means she is a top expert in her field. She has written over 300 scientific papers. Her work has been cited by other scientists more than 20,000 times. This shows how important her research is.

Her work helps computers understand information better. This is useful for many things. It can help with search engines and smart assistants. It also helps organize large amounts of data.

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