PeopleofSuperintelligence

Researcher

Vicent Botti

Vicent Botti is a professor of computer science at the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV) who works on multi-agent systems, intelligent manufacturing and agreement technologies. He began teaching at UPV in 1984 and in 2008 published the book ANEMONA, a methodology for holonic manufacturing systems, with Adriana Giret Boggino. After serving as UPV's vice-rector for ICT from 2008 to 2017, he became a Fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence in 2017 and won a Spanish Premio Nacional de Informática in 2018. In 2021 he became scientific director of the ValgrAI foundation, and in 2025 he received a Premio Magno a la Excelencia. He is director of VRAIN, the Valencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and director general of ValgrAI.

Now at
ValgrAI Foundation and Valencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Badges

Timeline

  1. 1984

    Teaching at UPV

    He starts teaching at the Universitat Politècnica de València in 1984 and becomes a full professor of computer languages and systems there.

  2. 2005–2008

    AEPIA and UPV research prizes

    He wins the 2005 Research Prize of the Spanish Association for Artificial Intelligence (AEPIA). In 2008 he receives the prize of the UPV Social Council for best researcher.

  3. 2008

    The ANEMONA methodology

    He and Adriana Giret Boggino publish the book ANEMONA in 2008, a multi-agent methodology for analyzing and designing holonic manufacturing systems. His other results include ARTIS, a real-time intelligent agent architecture, and THOMAS, an architecture for virtual organizations.

  4. 2008–2017

    Vice-rector for ICT at UPV

    He serves as UPV's vice-rector for ICT development from 2008 to 2017 and leads the university's UPValenciaX and UPV[X] MOOC initiatives. He also heads the Grupo de Tecnología Informática–Inteligencia Artificial (GTI-IA).

  5. 2017–2018

    EurAI Fellow and national prize

    He becomes a Fellow of the European Association for Artificial Intelligence in 2017. In 2018 he is one of the winners of the Premios Nacionales de Informática of the Sociedad Científica Informática de España and the BBVA Foundation, for three decades of work in AI.

  6. 2021

    ValgrAI's scientific director

    In November 2021 the board of the ValgrAI foundation elects him scientific director of its graduate school and research network in AI. He also directs VRAIN, the Valencian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, and the GTI-IA group at UPV.

  7. 2025

    Premio Magno a la Excelencia

    In 2025 he receives a Premio Magno a la Excelencia from the Asociación Profesional de Doctores de la Comunitat Valenciana for his career and contribution as a researcher in AI, multi-agent systems and agreement technologies. His work has focused on multi-agent systems, intelligent manufacturing systems, real-time intelligent agents, agreement technologies and affective computing.

  8. As of October 2026

    Directing VRAIN and ValgrAI

    He is a full professor at UPV, director of VRAIN and director general of ValgrAI. In June 2026 he speaks at the presentation of the LTD manifesto of the European LTD Toolbox project, calling on EU countries to combine efforts and resources to reach technological sovereignty.

Career

  1. Since 2021ValgrAI FoundationScientific Director
  2. Since 1984Polytechnic University of ValenciaFull Professor of Computer Languages and Systems
  3. NowValencian Research Institute for Artificial IntelligenceDirector

From the biography.

  1. The company share of AI researchers’ top papers was 31% in 2020–2024 and 8% in 1970–1974Includes Polytechnic University of Valencia. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. The United States employs an estimated 48% of people shaping AIWe estimate where the people shaping AI work today, how universities, companies and research institutes split across countries, and how country shares have changed since the 1960s.
  4. 43% of living people shaping AI work outside their country of birthWe estimate that 43% of living people shaping AI work outside their country of birth (520 of 1,198 people with known birth and employment countries).

Colleagues

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

Sources and credits

Photo: We have no published photo of Vicent Botti yet. Send us a free-licensed photo.

  1. Vicent Botti Navarro edx.org. Checked 20 October 2026.
  2. ValgrAI, una institución para la excelencia de másteres en IA, da inicio con el primer patronato | Alicante Plaza alicanteplaza.es. Checked 20 October 2026.
  3. Vicent Botti - AINIA Formación formacion.ainia.es. Checked 20 October 2026.
  4. ANEMONA: A Multi-agent Methodology for Holonic Manufacturing Systems, ISBN 9781849967785 - Better Read Than Dead Bookstore Newtown betterread.com.au. Checked 20 October 2026.
  5. Premios de Investigación Sociedad Científica Informática de España (SCIE)-Fundación BBVA bbva.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  6. El director de VRAIN de la UPV, Vicent Botti, recibe un Premio Magno a la Excelencia 2025 por su contribución e investigación en IA - VRAIN vrain.upv.es. Checked 20 October 2026.
  7. Investigadores que dejan huella en la sociedad, Vicent Botti Revista NUVE revistanuve.com. Checked 20 October 2026.
  8. VRAIN de la UPV destaca la necesidad de combinar esfuerzos y recursos de todos los países de la UE para alcanzar la soberanía tecnológica - VRAIN vrain.upv.es. Checked 20 October 2026.
  9. Organization - VRAIN vrain.upv.es. Checked 20 October 2026.