PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Jose Antonio Lozano

Also known as José Antonio Lozano Alonso

Jose Antonio Lozano is a computer scientist whose artificial intelligence research connects statistical machine learning and combinatorial optimization with medicine, bioinformatics and ecological modeling. Born in Barakaldo in 1968, he earned degrees in mathematics and computer science and a 1998 doctorate at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), where he became a full professor in February 2008. From 2004, he led UPV/EHU's Intelligent Systems Group, joined the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) in 2016 to establish its Data Science and Artificial Intelligence area, and became BCAM's Scientific Director in January 2019. Named an IEEE Fellow in 2021 and recipient of the 2024 Euskadi Research Award, he is a full professor in the UPV/EHU Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence and the Scientific Director of BCAM.

Born
1968
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Timeline

  1. 1968–1998

    Degrees and a doctorate

    Born in Barakaldo in 1968, he earns a mathematics degree in 1991 and a computer science degree in 1992 at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU). He completes a computer science doctorate there in 1998 and takes a tenure position.

  2. 2004–2016

    Leading AI research groups

    From 2004, he leads UPV/EHU's Intelligent Systems Group, and the university appoints him a full professor in February 2008. Since 2014, he heads the Machine Learning research line at the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM), and in 2016 he joins BCAM to establish and lead its Data Science and Artificial Intelligence area.

  3. January 2019

    Scientific Director at BCAM

    In January 2019, after an international selection, an evaluation committee formed by members of BCAM's Scientific Committee and Ikerbasque appoints him Scientific Director of BCAM. In this role, he leads the center's medium- and long-term strategy and research program.

  4. 2021

    Fellow of the IEEE

    In 2021, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) names Lozano a Fellow.

  5. 2024

    Euskadi Research Award

    He receives the 2024 Euskadi Research Award for his work in artificial intelligence and data science, announced in May 2025. His research spans machine learning and combinatorial optimization, with methods applied in medicine, bioinformatics and ecological modeling. In July 2025, Basque president Imanol Pradales presents the award to him.

  6. June–September 2025

    Fairness in AI and recourse

    In June 2025, he argues that AI systems should behave equally across gender, race and religion, and warns that biased training data can make systems reproduce social bias. In September 2025, he coauthors Revisiting (Un)Fairness in Recourse by Minimizing Worst-Case Social Burden, a preprint introducing a social-burden fairness framework and the MISOB algorithm.

  7. March 2026

    Fourier methods for assignments

    In March 2026, he coauthors Fourier Transform-based instance decomposition for k-adic Assignment Problems with X. Benavides, L. Hernando and J. Ceberio. The paper uses the Fourier transform on the symmetric group to analyze and optimize permutation-based problems.

  8. As of October 2026

    Professor and BCAM director

    In May 2026 and as of October 2026, he is the Scientific Director of BCAM and a full professor in the UPV/EHU Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence.

Career

  1. Since 2014Basque Center for Applied MathematicsHead of Machine Learning research line, Lead of the Data Science and AI area
  2. Since 1998University of the Basque CountryTenure position, Leader of the Intelligent Systems Group

Education

  1. 1998University of the Basque CountryDoctorate
  2. 1992University of the Basque CountryComputer science degree
  3. 1991University of the Basque CountryMathematics degree

From the biography.

  1. 11% of AI doctorate holders from 2010 to 2016 founded or led a company or lab by 10 years after graduationIncludes Jose Antonio Lozano. We estimate how often AI doctorate holders founded or led a company or lab by 10 years after graduation, how waiting times compare between founders and top jobs, and which universities trained the most.
  2. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of the Basque Country. We estimate where the people shaping AI studied and where their careers led. Massachusetts Institute of Technology leads with 467 former students, including 291 recorded doctorates.
  3. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of the Basque Country. We estimate where the people shaping AI worked when their most-cited papers appeared: the company share was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974, and Google led all organizations in 2020–2024.
  4. Google had the most people shaping AI every year from 2014 to 2025Our estimates of which organizations employed the most people shaping AI each year from 1955 to 2025, tracing the shift from university labs to companies.

Colleagues

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Sources and credits

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  1. Prof. José Antonio Lozano, new Scientific Director of the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics - BCAM bcamath.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  2. El Director Científico de BCAM José Antonio Lozano, Premio Euskadi de Investigación 2024 bcamath.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  3. BOE-A-2008-5077 Resolución de 14 de febrero de 2008, de la Universidad del País Vasco, por la que se nombra Catedrático de Universidad a don José Antonio Lozano Alonso. boe.es. Checked 22 October 2026.
  4. Jose Antonio Lozano se convierte en el primer Fellow IEEE en Euskadi | BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics bcamath.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  5. El matemático José Antonio Lozano recoge el premio Euskadi de Investigación del año pasado - Campusa - EHU ehu.eus. Checked 22 October 2026.
  6. José Antonio Lozano defiende una Inteligencia Artificial justa: “El reto es que no tenga sesgos, aunque vivamos en una sociedad sesgada” | Ciencia y tecnología | Cadena SER cadenaser.com. Checked 22 October 2026.
  7. [2509.04128] Revisiting (Un)Fairness in Recourse by Minimizing Worst-Case Social Burden arxiv.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  8. Jose Antonio Lozano Alonso | BCAM - Basque Center for Applied Mathematics bcamath.org. Checked 22 October 2026.
  9. Profesorado - Doctorado - EHU ehu.eus. Checked 22 October 2026.
  10. Junta Directiva aprueba Plan Estratégico 2026-2030 innobasque.eus. Checked 22 October 2026.