PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Alicia Troncoso Lora

Alicia Troncoso Lora's AI work spans electricity-price forecasting and a green machine-learning project for water and climate change. She earned a computer science PhD at the University of Seville in 2005 and coauthored a 2007 paper on weighted-nearest-neighbor forecasts for electricity prices. She held university vice-rector roles from 2009 to 2020, became president of Spain's AI association in 2021, and received the 2024 Aritmel award for AI research. As of October 2026, she is a full professor at Pablo de Olavide, directs its computer-science master's program, and leads the Data Science and Big Data Research Lab.

Now at
Universidad Pablo de Olavide and Spanish Association of Artificial Intelligence
Works
189
Citations
5,371
h-index
37
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 2005

    A PhD in computer science

    She earns a PhD in computer science at the University of Seville in 2005.

  2. 2007

    Forecasting electricity prices

    She coauthors a 2007 IEEE paper that uses weighted nearest neighbors to forecast next-day electricity market prices.

  3. 2009–2020

    UPO vice-rector roles

    She serves as vice-rector for Quality from 2009 to 2012 and for ICT, Quality and Innovation from 2013 to 2016. She holds the Information Technology and Digital Innovation portfolio from 2017 to 2020.

  4. Since 2021

    President of Spain's AI association

    She becomes president of the Spanish Association of Artificial Intelligence in 2021.

  5. 2024

    Aritmel award for AI

    She receives the 2024 Premio Aritmel for contributions to artificial intelligence, especially machine-learning and deep-learning methods.

  6. 2024–2027

    Green machine learning for water

    She is a principal investigator with Francisco Martínez-Álvarez on Green machine learning for water and climate change, a project that runs from 2024 to 2027.

  7. As of October 2026

    Professor and lab director

    As of October 2026, she is a full professor in UPO's Computer Science Division and leads the Data Science and Big Data Research Lab. She directs the university's Master's Degree in Computer Science.

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Career

  1. Since 2021Spanish Association of Artificial IntelligencePresident
  2. Since 2009Universidad Pablo de OlavideVice-Rector for Quality, Vice-Rector for ICT, Quality and Innovation
  3. 2009–2015Universidad de Sevilla

Education

  1. 2005University of SevillePhD

From the biography and OpenAlex affiliations (the years of papers that list the organization), so some years are approximate.

Most-cited works

  1. Deep Learning for Time Series Forecasting: A Survey2020 · Big Data · 824 citations
  2. Energy Time Series Forecasting Based on Pattern Sequence Similarity2010 · IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering · 271 citations
  3. Multi-step forecasting for big data time series based on ensemble learning2018 · Knowledge-Based Systems · 241 citations
  4. Electricity Market Price Forecasting Based on Weighted Nearest Neighbors Techniques2007 · IEEE Transactions on Power Systems · 228 citations
  5. A deep LSTM network for the Spanish electricity consumption forecasting2022 · Neural Computing and Applications · 170 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

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Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Alicia Troncoso Lora cientificasinnovadoras.fecyt.es. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Alicia Troncoso - Data Science & Big Data Research Lab datalab.upo.es. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Alicia Troncoso Lora - Fundación BBVA fbbva.es. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. La catedrática de la UPO Alicia Troncoso, Premio Nacional de Informática SCIE-FBBVA upo.es. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. TRONCOSO LORA, ALICIA upo.es. Checked 18 October 2026.