Summary
J Garcia is a Full Professor and academic leader at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid with over a decade of professional experience and a career in computing that spans research, teaching and institutional strategy. He directs multiple programs including the Bachelor in Applied Mathematics and Computing and the Master in Informatics Engineering, and serves as Deputy Director for Institutional Relations and Internationalization of the Higher Polytechnic School. An experienced C++ standards advocate, he leads Spain’s national C++ committee and represents the country at ISO, blending language-level influence with practical HPC and software-performance research demonstrated during a visiting professorship at Texas A&M. His background ranges from early systems and R&D work in industry to senior academic roles, giving him a rare mix of hands-on C++ implementation knowledge and high-level program management. Based in Leganés, Spain, he holds a PhD in Computing Engineering and is known for championing maintainable yet high-performance C++ practices that have informed both teaching and collaborative international projects.
10 years of coding experience
20 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at IES Sierra Blanca (Marbella)
Charles III University of Madrid (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid)
BSc and MSc, Computer Science, BSc and MSc, Computer Science at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spanish, English, German