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Current professional situation
Employing entity: Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS) Type of entity: Research Center
Department: Computer Applications in Science and Engineering (CASE)
Professional category: Established Researcher in Digital Ethics for Dual-Use Technologies
Start date: 16/10/2024
Type of contract: Fixed-term duration linked to funding programs
Previous positions and activities
Employing entity: Università degli Studi di Pavia Type of entity: University
Department: Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici
City employing entity: Pavia, Italy
Professional category: Postdoctoral Fellow
Educational Management (Yes/No): Yes
Email: alger.sanspinillos@unipv.it
Start-End date: 01/02/2020 – 15/10/2024 Duration: 4 years – 7 months – 15 days
Type of contract: Assegno di ricerca (Postdoctoral researcher)
Dedication regime: Full time
Field of management activity: University
Employing entity: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Type of entity: University
Department: Filosofia, Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres
City employing entity: Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
Professional category: Teaching and Researching Staff
Educational Management (Yes/No): Yes
Email: alger.sans@uab.cat
Start-End date: 16/09/2016 – 29/02/2020 Duration: 3 years – 5 months – 13 days
Type of contract: Grant-assisted student (predoctoral)
Dedication regime: Full time
Field of management activity: University
Projects
Current Research Projects
2024-2029. [Member]. “AI4S”.
2025-2027. [Workteam]. “APLICACIONES FILOSOFICAS Y SUS LIMITES EN LA TECNOLOGIA DE IA GENERATIVA”, PID2023-148336NB-I00 (PI: Jordi Vallverdú, UAB).
14/09/2023-2026 [Workteam] “El giro digital en las artes: etnografías de prácticas artísticas,” PID2022-140814NB-I00 (PI: Dafne Muntanyola, UAB).
2020-2024. [Workteam] “CHRONOS: Rethinking and communicating time” (PI: Giuliano Torrengo & Silvia De Bianchi, UAB).
Labs and centers for studies
Since 2020. [Member] Computational Philosophy Laboratory (CPL).
Since 2021. [International Research Collaborator] Center for Studies in Philosophy, Logic, and Epistemology, CEFILOE (for its acronym in Spanish, Centro de Estudios en Filosofía, Lógica y Epistemología), is the center for advanced studies in Philosophy, Logic and Epistemology of the Instituto de Filosofía, Universidad de Valparaíso (UV), Chile.
Current Seminars & Reading Groups
Since 2016. [Member] “TecnoCog Seminar,” Autonomous University of Barcelona, Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain.
Finished Research Projects
29/12/2019-29/06/2024. [Member] “Understanding the Limits of Cognition: Uncertainty, Abduction, Creativity, Naturalization of Irrationality and Ordinary Reasoning, Computational Domestication of Ignorant Entities,” PRIN 2017 Research 20173YP4N3—MIUR (PI: Prof. Dr. Lorenzo Magnani, UNIPV).
2016-2021 [Member] “GEHUCT (Grup d’Estudis Humanístics sobre la Ciència i la Tecnologia; Humanistic Studies Group on Science and Technology),” Consolidated Group status (SGR) (PI: Prof. Dr. Angel Puyol, UAB).
01/01/2018-31/12/2021. [Member] “MICINN: Epistemological innovation: the case of biomedical sciences,” FFI2017-85711-P (PI: David Casacuberta & Jordi Vallverdú, UAB).
01/01/2015-31/12/2017. [Member] “Creativity, revolutions and innovation in the processes of scientific change,” FFI2014-52214-P (PI: Prof. Dr. Anna Estany, UAB).
Doctorate
Doctorate programme: PhD Programm in Cognitive Science and Language
Degree awarding entity: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Type of entity: University
City degree awarding entity: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Date of degree: 10/09/2020
European doctorate: Yes Date of certificate: 29/09/2020
Thesis title: Argumentum in Absentia. The Role of Abduction in Philosophy of Science and its Prescriptive Value Dependency
Thesis director: Prof. Dr. Anna Estany Profitós
Thesis co-director: Prof. Dr. David Casacuberta Sevilla
Thesis tutor: Prof. Dr. Olga Fernández Prat
Thesis Tribunal: Prof. Dr. Atocha Aliseda Llera (UNAM); Prof. Dr. Paula Olmos Gómez (UAM); Prof. Dr. Mónica Delgado Carreira (UAB)
Obtained qualification: A
1st and 2nd cycle studies
1. – University degree: Higher degree
Name of qualification: Master’s Degree in Theoretical and Practical Philosophy – Speciality in Logic, History, and Philosophy of Science
Degree awarding entity: Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia Type of entity: University
Date of qualification: 2014
2. – University degree: Higher degree
Name of qualification: Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy
Degree awarding entity: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Type of entity: University
Date of qualification: 2013
Grants
2016-2020 – Training Program for University Teachers (FPU-2015)
Prizes, mentions and distinctions
1. – Type: Award
Description: International Doctoral Research Component
Awarding entity: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Type of entity: University
City awarding entity: Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
Conferral date: 10/09/2020
2. – Type: PhD’s Distinction
Description: Cum Laude (with highest honor)
Awarding entity: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Type of entity: University
City awarding entity: Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
Conferral date: 10/09/2020
3. – Type: Award
Description: Extraordinary Prize of Degree in Philosophy
Awarding entity: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Type of entity: University
City awarding entity: Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain
Conferral date: 20/03/2014
4. – Type: Bachelor’s Distinction
Description: Applied Philosophy Component
Awarding entity: Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Type of entity: University
City awarding entity: Bellaterra, Catalonia, Spain
Conferral date: 2013
Journal referee
Pro-Fil
Revista de Humanidades de Valparaíso
Membership of Scientific Societies
Since 2020 – Spanish Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science Society (SLMFC)
Since 2020 – Òmnium Cultural (website)
Since 2016 – Catalan Philosophical Society (SCF)