David Fernández Llorca
Scholar

David Fernández Llorca

Google Scholar ID: A4_gQGgAAAAJ
European Commission - Joint Research Centre and University of Alcalá
Artificial IntelligenceTrustworthy AIAutonomous VehiclesIntelligent Transportation Systems
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Citations & Impact
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Citations
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Publications
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Aligning Trustworthy AI with Democracy: A Dual Taxonomy of Opportunities and Risks
2025
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Resume
Academic Achievements
  • Author of over 200 publications in international journals and conferences.
  • Co-inventor of more than 12 patents, including the Surewash system.
  • Recipient of the IEEE ITS Society Young Researcher Award 2018 (for researchers under 40).
  • Young Research Medal from the Real Academía de Ingeniería (Spain, under 40).
  • Social Transfer Council Award 2018.
  • Best National Patent Award and PCT Extension 2017.
  • Prize for the Best Team with Full Automation at GCDC 2016.
  • 2013 IEEE ITSS Outstanding Application Award.
  • Best Young Researcher Award from UAH in 2013.
  • Best PhD Award by UAH in 2008.
  • Best Research Award in Automotive and Vehicle Applications in Spain in 2008.
  • 3M Foundation Award in eSafety category in 2009.
  • Master Thesis Award in eSafety from ADA Lectureship, Technical University of Madrid, 2004.
  • Best Telecommunication Engineering Student Award by IVECO in 2004.
  • Editor-in-Chief of IET Intelligent Transport Systems since 2020.
  • Section Editor-in-Chief of Applied Sciences journal since 2023.
  • Associate Editor of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2012–2020).
  • Associate Editor of Journal of Advanced Transportation (2016–2020).
  • Served on Program/Organizing Committees of over 20 international conferences.
Research Experience
  • Currently Scientific Officer at the European Commission, Joint Research Centre (JRC), working with the HUMAINT team and the European Centre of Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT).
  • Full Professor at the Computer Engineering Department, University of Alcalá (UAH); former lead of the INVETT research group.
  • Research visitor at the School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin (Ireland), 2005–2006, under the supervision of Dr. Gerard Lacey.
  • Research visitor at the Department of Environment Perception, Daimler Research and Development (Ulm, Germany), 2008, under the supervision of Dr. Dariu Gavrila.
  • Research visitor at the Active and Attentive Vision Lab, York University (Toronto, Canada), 2019, collaborating with Dr. John Tsotsos.
  • Co-founder of Vision Safety Technologies Ltd since 2009, a spin-off commercializing computer vision systems for road infrastructure inspection.
  • Vice-Director, Director of International & Companies Relations, and Director of Internship Programs of the Polytechnic School at UAH (2017–2019).
  • Head of the Systems Engineering and Automation Teaching Area (2012–2018).
  • Vice-Director of the Computer Engineering Department at UAH (2012–2017).