PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Amparo Alonso Betanzos

Amparo Alonso Betanzos is a computer scientist whose work runs from early AI for prenatal monitoring to current research on machine learning and frugal AI. She earned degrees in chemistry and physics at the University of Santiago de Compostela and joined biomedical informatics research there. From 2013 to 2021, she led Spain’s AI association, and in 2023 she became a corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences. In 2026, she received Spain’s National Prize for Informatics José García Santesmases for her AI research and teaching. As of October 2026, she is a full professor at A Coruña and Professor II at NTNU, and she directs LIDIA.

Now at
University of A Coruña and Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Works
302
Citations
8,957
h-index
40
Badges

Publication numbers from OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

Timeline

  1. 1984–1988

    AI for prenatal monitoring

    At the University of Santiago de Compostela, she earns a chemistry degree in 1984 and joins a biomedical informatics group working on intelligent algorithms for prenatal monitoring. She completes a physics doctorate there in 1988.

  2. 1990

    LIDIA's AI research

    LIDIA researchers at the University of A Coruña begin developing and applying AI models in 1990.

  3. 2013–2021

    Presiding over AEPIA

    From 2013 to 2021, she serves as president of the Spanish Association of Artificial Intelligence.

  4. 2023

    Joining the Royal Academy

    In 2023, she becomes a corresponding member of the Royal Spanish Academy of Exact, Physical and Natural Sciences.

  5. 2026

    A national informatics prize

    The SCIE and Fundación BBVA award her the National Prize for Informatics José García Santesmases in 2026 for her research and teaching in AI.

  6. As of October 2026

    Professorships in Spain and Norway

    She is a full professor of computer science and artificial intelligence at UDC and a Professor II in NTNU’s Department of Psychology. She directs LIDIA, where her group works on machine learning, sustainable or frugal AI, data science, and intelligent systems.

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Career

  1. NowUniversity of A CoruñaFull Professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence
  2. NowNorwegian University of Science and TechnologyProfessor II
  3. 2013–2021Spanish Association of Artificial IntelligencePresident
  4. 1991–2026Universidade da Coruña
  5. 1989–1991Augusta University
  6. 1988–1990Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
  7. 1984–1988University of Santiago de Compostela

Education

  1. 1988University of Santiago de CompostelaDoctorate in Physics
  2. 1984University of Santiago de CompostelaChemistry degree

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

Most-cited works

  1. A review of feature selection methods on synthetic data2012 · Knowledge and Information Systems · 829 citations
  2. A review of microarray datasets and applied feature selection methods2014 · Information Sciences · 666 citationsWith Francisco Herrera
  3. Ensembles for feature selection: A review and future trends2018 · Information Fusion · 540 citations
  4. A review of green artificial intelligence: Towards a more sustainable future2024 · Neurocomputing · 468 citations
  5. Filter Methods for Feature Selection – A Comparative Study2007 · Springer eBooks · 425 citations

From OpenAlex, as of 18 October 2026.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers rose from 2% to 32%Includes Norwegian University of Science and Technology. We estimate where leading AI researchers worked when their most-cited papers appeared. The company share rose from 2% in 1975–1979 to 32% in 2020–2024.
  2. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI from 1962 to 2025, with a year-by-year chart.
  3. The United States employs an estimated 53% of people in our data with a known employment countryOur estimates of where AI careers are concentrated now and how countries’ shares of dated positions changed over time.
  4. 47% of living people in our data with known birth and employment countries work outside their birth countryOur estimate of cross-border careers in AI, from country of birth and the country of each current organization.

Colleagues

People with dated positions at the same organization in the same years.

Sources and credits

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  1. Amparo Alonso Betanzos cientificasinnovadoras.fecyt.es. Checked 18 October 2026.
  2. Amparo Alonso: “Las capacidades actuales de la inteligencia artificial eran los grandes sueños de sus inicios” cadenaser.com. Checked 18 October 2026.
  3. Grupo de investigación LIDIA udc.gal. Checked 18 October 2026.
  4. Amparo - NTNU ntnu.edu. Checked 18 October 2026.
  5. A investigadora do CITIC da Universidade da Coruña Amparo Alonso, Premio Nacional de Informática José García Santesmases udc.gal. Checked 18 October 2026.