In 2013 he won a European Research Council Advanced Grant to carry out the RoMoL project on new techniques to build multicore chips and the supercomputers of the future. Individual:  2020: AUTELSI 2020 annual award. Organised by the Asociación Española de Usuarios de Telecomunicaciones y Sociedad de la Información (AUTELSI). The award recognises the excellence for being the technological benchmarks of the sector, and given their contributions and commitment to information technology.  2019: Cénits Award for Research Excellence. Press release The award is given by Extremadura Center for Research, Technological Innovation and Supercomputing during the commemoration of its 10th Anniversary.   2018: Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle. This is the highest prize given by Mexican government to a non Mexican person.  2017: MareNostrum 4, chosen as the most beautiful data centre in the world. The award, organised by DCDnews, has been granted by popular vote.  2017: Charles Babbage Award (IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Computer Society)  2017: Recognition for his outstanding career in scientific and technological development, given by the University of Guadalajara in Mexico and by the national committee of the ISUM international congress.  2016: Creu de Sant Jordi award  (Catalan Government)  2015: Seymour Cray Award (IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - Computer Society)  2015: Innovative Businesses Forum Award in the Innovative Researcher category  2014: Award of Honour (Catalan Telecommunication Engineers Association)  2013: Distinguished Service Award (ACM -Association for Computing Machinery)  2009: Goode Award (IEEE - Computer Society)  2008: Featured in Hall of Fame (Innovate, Connect, Transform -ICT conference)  2007: Eckert-Mauchly Award (IEEE/ACM)  2006: National Research Award for contributions to scientific and technological progress in Catalonia (Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation  2006: Leonardo Torres Quevedo Spanish National Research Award for engineering research (Spanish Ministry for Education and Science)  2005: Research Achievements Career Award (National Polytechnic Institute, Mexico)  2005: Aritmel National Award –Spanish IT Engineer (Spanish Scientific and IT Society)  2004: Engineer of the Year Award (Spanish Telecommunication Engineers Association)  2001: Julio Rey Pastor Spanish National Research Award in Mathematics, Information and Communication Technology (Spanish Ministry for Education and Science)  1997: Rey Jaime I Award for fundamental research (Rey Jaime I Awards Foundation)  1996: Salvà i Campillo Award (Catalan Telecommunication Engineers Association)  1994: Narcís Monturiol Award (Government of Catalonia)  Joint:  2011: First national award for partnership between research centres and businesses, awarded to BSC and IBM for their long and fruitful research collaboration (Catalan Foundation for Research and Innovation).  2011 and 2015: Severo Ochoa Centre of Excellence Award given to Barcelona Supercomputing Center (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation)  1994: Barcelona City Award in Technology for the work of CEPBA (Barcelona City Council)  1992: Fundación Universidad-Empresa Award for the university department with the best European research projects (Fundación Universidad-Empresa)  Valero is a founding academician of the Spanish Royal Academy of Engineering, academician of the Barcelona Royal Academy of Sciences and Arts, academician of Academia Europaea and corresponding member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Pure Sciences, Physics and Natural Sciences and of the Mexican Academy of Science.