Author: F. Javier Fernández Herrero
Bio: F. Javier Fernández Herrero was born in León, Spain in 1968. He received his degree in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 1994, and a degree in Physical Sciences from UNED in 2000.   

In association with other architects, Javier F. has received several awards for architectural design and urban planning.   

After receiving a graduate scholarship from the Ministry of Education and Science in 1997, he worked as a researcher with the Department of Projects at the Superior Technical School of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, collaborating on research projects and teaching. In 2000 he was invited to the Center for Computer Design at the Harvard Design School as a visiting researcher.   

Javier F. was awarded his doctorate in architecture by the Polytechnic University of Madrid in 2003. His research area is related to the use and programming of automatic classification and recognition tools, computation design systems and multimedia systems.   

Currently, he works for the Spanish Government’s Department of Advanced Systems and Information Technologies.