Summary
Joaquín Arias is an architect-turned-computer scientist who blends 20+ years of hands-on building design with an academic career in constraint- and rule-based reasoning to modernize the engineering and construction lifecycle. As an Associate Professor and former PhD researcher at IMDEA, he researches constraint logic programming and tabled CLP to make BIM models verifiable, automatable and amenable to smart contracts. He has led construction projects across Europe and prototyped a BIM-Spatial reasoner, giving him uncommon practical insight into how formal models map to on-site realities. Based in Madrid, he teaches and publishes on non-monotonic reasoning while steering applied research that connects formal methods with construction workflows. His profile uniquely combines licensed architect experience, advanced formal methods, and entrepreneurial R&D in digital transformation for the built environment.
8 years of coding experience
21 years of employment as a software developer
Innovation and Entrepreneurship (EIT Doctoral School), Organizational Leadership, Innovation and Entrepreneurship (EIT Doctoral School), Organizational Leadership at EIT Digital Alumni
Expert on Property Project Management, Expert on Property Project Management at Instituto de Práctica Empresarial
Architecture (ERASMUS Grant), Architecture (ERASMUS Grant) at RWTH Aachen University
Ph.D. Software, System and Computation, Ph.D. Software, System and Computation at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Spanish, English, German, Italian