- Metaheuristics and soft-computing
GOAL research group is an interdisciplinary group composed by researchers with different backgrounds as Computer Science, Telecomunications, Agricultural Engineering, and Physicists. The main research lines in GOAL are the optimization of complex problems, machine learning, data science, multifractal analysis, dynamic networks, Internet of Things, Cybersecurity, the design of methods based on graphical representations, sustainable computing, as well as the synergies among those fields. GOAL has a high international impact thanks to the 30 research projects in which GOAL members have been involved in the last 5 years, the various books they published, and the more than 100 published journal papers with high impact factor. Moreover, GOAL members keep active collaborations with other research groups from worldwide recognized institutions.