Jesús Carretero is Full Professor of Computer Architecture and Tecnology at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (Spain), where he is responsible for that knowledge area since 2000. He is also Director of the Master in Administration and Management of Computer Systems, that he founded in 2004. He also serves and has served as a Tecnology Advisor in several companies.
He was teaching in Facultad de Informática of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (Spain) since 1989 until 1997. In 1997 and 1998 he was a visiting scholar at the NorthWestern University of Chicago (Ill, USA), where he was researching with Prof. Alok Choudhary. He works currently at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where he has been teaching sice 2000.
His research activity is centered on high-performance computing systems, distributed systems and real-time systems. He has participated and leaded several national and international research projects in this areas, founded by Madrid Regional Government, Spanish Education Ministry and the European union.
As a result of his research activity, he has got the following awards and grants: The 2007 World Congress in Computer Science, Computer Engineering and Applied Computing. WorldComp ‘ 07 Achievement Award for Organization Contributions. Les Vegas, USA. 2007. International Symposium on Computers and Communication 2005. Award in Recognition for the Tutotial Session Success. IEEE 2005. Beca de la OTAN para Investigación en el Extranjero. OTAN. Bélgica, Bruselas. Enero a Junio de 1998. Beca de la SGEUI para Investigación en el Extranjero. Secretría general de Estado para Universidades e Investigación. MEC. España.Mayo a Diciembre de 1997. Premio Extraordinario de Tesis. Facultad de Informática de Madrid. UPM.Año 1996 Jesús Carretero got his MsC in Informatics from Universidad Politecnica de Madrid in 1989, and the PhD in Informatics from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in 1995.
Since 1989 he has colaborated with several companies, such as INDRA and EADS
