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Mario de Jesús Pérez Jiménez

Also known as Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez

Professor Mario de Jesús Pérez Jiménez was a mathematician whose work connected computational complexity with natural computing and membrane computing. He earned mathematics degrees in Barcelona and Seville, held university posts in Barcelona, Seville and Wuhan, and became a full professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Seville in 2009. At Seville, he founded the Research Group on Natural Computing, received an award for membrane computing and the FAMA research prize, and joined Academia Europaea. He became an emeritus professor and honorary researcher, coauthored work on virus machines, and died in 2025.

Born
1948
Died
2025
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Timeline

  1. 1971–2009

    Academic posts in Spain and China

    At the University of Barcelona, he earns a mathematics degree in 1971 and serves as an assistant professor in its Department of Theory of Functions from 1971 to 1983; he also serves as a mathematics professor at INEM Barcelona from 1975 to 1983 and at INEM Sevilla from 1984 to 1988. At the University of Seville, he joins the Department of Algebra, Computation, Geometry and Topology as an assistant professor in 1989, earns a doctorate in mathematics in 1992, receives a Professor Titular appointment in 1994, and becomes a full professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence in 2009. From 2005 to 2007, he is a guest professor at Huazhong University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, China.

  2. 2004–2020

    Founding Natural Computing

    He founds the Research Group on Natural Computing at the University of Seville in 2004 and leads it until February 2020. His research covers computational complexity, natural computing and membrane computing, which provides an abstraction of the living eukaryotic cell.

  3. 2008–2014

    Membrane and FAMA awards

    He receives the European Molecular Computing Consortium award for “Important Contributions to Membrane Computing” in 2008. The University of Seville gives him the FAMA award for research trajectory in Engineering and Architecture in 2014.

  4. 2011

    Academia Europaea election

    In 2011, Academia Europaea elects him as an ordinary member of its Informatics section.

  5. 2019–2024

    Emeritus and honorary roles

    He becomes an emeritus professor of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at Seville in 2019. In 2024, the university names him an honorary researcher in that department.

  6. 2023

    A virus-machines paper

    He coauthors “Generating, computing and recognizing with virus machines” in 2023, published in Theoretical Computer Science.

  7. January 2025

    Virus Machines at Work

    In January 2025, he coauthors “Virus Machines at Work: Computations of Workflow Patterns.”

  8. 2025

    Death in 2025

    He dies in 2025.

Career

  1. 2005–2007Huazhong University of Science and TechnologyGuest Professor
  2. 1989–2020University of SevilleAssistant Professor, Professor Titular
  3. 1984–1988INEM SevillaMathematics Professor
  4. 1975–1983INEM BarcelonaMathematics Professor
  5. 1971–1983University of BarcelonaAssistant Professor

Education

  1. 1992University of SevilleDoctorate in mathematics
  2. 1971University of BarcelonaMathematics degree

From the biography.

  1. More people shaping AI studied at Massachusetts Institute of Technology than at any other institutionIncludes University of Seville. 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.
  2. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes University of Barcelona. 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.
  3. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other universityIncludes Huazhong University of Science and Technology. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology trained or employed 44 of the 187 AI major-prize winners, more than any other university. We compare doctorate and 5+ year employment links, career timing and current workplaces for 187 major-prize and 1,111 best-paper winners.
  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.

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Sources and credits

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  1. Mario de Jesús Pérez-Jiménez | Research Group on Natural Computing gcn.us.es. Checked 21 October 2026.
  2. Academy of Europe: Pérez-Jiménez Mario ae-info.org. Checked 21 October 2026.
  3. BOE-A-1994-17007 Resolución de 29 de junio de 1994 boe.es. Checked 21 October 2026.
  4. Welcome | Research Group on Natural Computing gcn.us.es. Checked 21 October 2026.
  5. Highlights: Press Appearances and Citations | Research Group on Natural Computing gcn.us.es. Checked 21 October 2026.
  6. Acuerdo 11.1/CG 23-7-24, por el que se nombran Investigadores Honorarios | Universidad de Sevilla us.es. Checked 21 October 2026.
  7. Novedades ResearchGate del Profesorado de la ETSII bib.us.es. Checked 21 October 2026.
  8. News | Research Group on Natural Computing gcn.us.es. Checked 21 October 2026.