Francisco Botana (Ordes, A Coruña, Spain). B.Sc., University of Santiago (Spain); Ph.D. (1992), University of A Coruña (Spain). Professor of applied mathematics at University of Vigo (Spain). Main interests: computer algebra and geometry, automatics reasoning in geometry, dynamic geometry, and mathematics education.
Tomas Recio, Prof. Dr. Magistral Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (2020- ). B. Sc., M.Sc. (1972), Ph. D. Mathematics, Universidad Complutense de Madrid (1976). Chair of Algebra, Universidad de Granada 1981, Universidad de Cantabria 1982-2020. General Secretary (1982-83), ViceProvost for Research, (1983-84). Director of the Institute of Educational Sciences (ICE), (1984-86), Universidad de Cantabria. President of the Consejo Escolar de Cantabria (1999-2008). President of the Education Commission of the Real Sociedad Matemática Española (1999-2006). President of the national (i.e., Spanish representative to the) ICMI (International Commission on Mathematics Instruction) sub-commission (2002-2007). Member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Symbolic Computation (2001- ). General Chair of the ACM-International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC) 2000 (St. Andrews, UK). Founder of the Spanish Network on Computer Algebra and Applications (EACA), 1995. Ph.D. Advisor of 16 students, 79 scientific descendants. Author of over 250 research publications and over 400 communications and lectures at scientific conferences. Awards: Placa de Honor de la Asociación Española de Científicos (2004), Encomienda de la Orden de Alfonso X El Sabio (2008), Distinguished Software Demonstration Award (ISSAC 2016, 2024), Medalla de Plata de la Universidad de Cantabria (2020), Medalla de la Real Sociedad Matemática Española (2021). More info at www.recio.tk
M. Pilar Vélez is a mathematics professor and head of the research group mathematics and its applications at the Universidad Antonio de Nebrija (Madrid, Spain). She was Rector of Universidad Antonio de Nebrija from 2010 to 2014. She has authored several scientific papers and many scientific communications and conferences on topics such as real algebraic geometry, computer algebra, automatic reasoning in dynamic geometry, and mathematics education. Now, her research interest is focused on automatic reasoning in geometry, as well as algorithms, their implementation, and their applications. She has been the organizer of international workshops, special sessions, and conferences, as well as program committees (ACA, CAGDME, ATCM, Maple Conference, Bienal RSME, and RAAG). She has been a guest researcher at Università di Pisa, Louisiana State University, Johannes Kepler University, and the University of Montreal. She has been invited to deliver lectures at the IHP of Paris, the University of Trento, the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Louisiana State University, and the University of Pisa.
