He is chair of the IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics-Spanish Chapter; member of the IEEE Spanish Section Board and member of the IEEE R8 PA subcommittee. He is or was member of some European networks of Excellence as Nature-inspired Smart Information Systems (NiSIS) and COST Action IC0806: Intelligent Monitoring, Control and Security of Critical Infrastructure Systems (IntelliCIS). He is reviewer and evaluator for the European Commission for the 7FP since 2007.