His research interests include computer vision applications, pattern recognition, biometrics, and soft computing techniques. He has published more than 30 papers in international journals and participated in more than 20 research projects and contracts supported by the European Commission, the Spanish Government, and various private companies. Sánchez has a PhD in computer science from the Technical University of Madrid. He is a member of IEEE Computer Society and the Spanish Association of Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis. Contact him at angel.sanchez@urjc.es.