Research Lines Emblematic projects Data for the study of multidimensional social problems Development of new query languages for graphs Efficient data extraction to answer high demanding requirements Development of robust information structures Research Areas Acquisition, Modeling, and Knowledge Extraction Development of new techniques to improve the ability to obtain and interpret complex data, integrating its multiple formats and standardizing tools to extract information from them. Storage, Retrieval, and Privacy Study of new algorithms, data structures and heuristics to efficiently and securely implement storage systems for large volumes of complex data. Mining, Learning and Visualization Research on artificial intelligence systems, data mining and visualization, in order to extract and undertsand patterns present in data and to show results in an efficient and intuitive manner. Governmental Data Infrastructure Development of the basis for a robust information infrastructure that takes advantage of public data to make it available on platforms that guarantee transparency and accountability. Sociopolitical Effects of Data We seek to better comprehend the generation, uses and impact of data in the society, thanks to the interdisciplinary work political science, communications and computer science researchers. Our publications