Vicenç Gaitán obtained his degree in Physics at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona in 1989 with Honors, and his Ph.D. in Physics at the Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona in 1993

He was research Fellow at the High Energy Physics Institute, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (1987-1989). When he finished his Bachelores Degree he taught at the la Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona and became a member of the High Energy Physics Laboratory. In 1990 he joined the collaboration project between the Laboratory and the CERN, ALEPH.

Vicenç has taught courses on mathematical methods for Physics, Quantitative Mechanics and Experimental techniques. His research activity centered on processes of parameter measuring and coupling constants in the ALEPH research work, as well as on the neural network study and its application to High Energy Physics and related fields. He collaborated in more than eighty research papers about the ALEPH experiment.

In 1993 he joined the Innovation Area of Aplicaciones en Informática Avanzada. He has given an important drive to the development of forecasting systems based on neural network techniques, which are the foundation of a series of products currently commercialized by AIA. He has developed a steady task of new computation and optimization algorithm developments for a broad product range within the electric sector and for resource allocation within the railroad sector. He has also developed, for the energy daily market, computational algorithms based on Game Theory and on classical optimization techniques. In the finance sector he has collaborated with the optimization projects for cash distribution management and investment fund portfolios. In the Internet and Telecommunication area he has developed new user profile classification techniques based on navigation patterns, new algorithms for optimized content delivery and WWW simulation models. Now, he is involved in defining the next generation of tools for the incoming unwired-broadband Internet. He actively collaborates in sales and management activities in the Innovation Business Unit, being currently its Director. He is also member of the Board of Directors of AIA

Carlos López Ullod obtained his PhD Degree at the Theoretical Physics Departament of the University of Zaragoza, where He was research fellow (1994-1998). His research interests focused in the development of parallel computation for calculations in physics: He was involved in the design, construction and utilization of dedicated hardware for the simulation of several models of Statistical Mechanics and Quantum Field Theories in the lattice. He is author of 12 research papers concerning numerical simulation techniques, optimization algorithms and parallel computation.

In 1998 He was working in the European Laboratory for Particle Physics (CERN), developing control software for the data acquisition of the ATLAS project. He also participated in the development of high speed network devices and switches for the future Large Hadron Collider (LHC) under construction at CERN. Those devices have been used later for the construction of High Performance Parallel Computers.

In 1999 He joined the Innovation Area of Aplicaciones en Informática Avanzada, as a place where to exploit his skills in problem solving, open mind and algorithms understanding in order to solve complex problems in the industry. He has developed solutions for optimization problems in logistics, management and optimal operation of electrical networks, modeling of markets and financial risk management among others. Actually He is the Director of the Algorithmic Technology Group of AIA which is in charge of the benchmark, upgrade and development of the algorithmic cores of the solutions offered to the AIA costumers.