Jose Camacho-Collados is a Spanish chess player and professor at Cardiff University in the School of Computer Science and Informatics,[1] an International Master of chess[2] and the reigning Welsh Chess Champion.[3], winning in 2022, 2025, and 2026.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | November 21, 1988 |
| Chess career | |
| Country | Spain (until 2011) South Korea (2011–2022) Wales (since 2022) |
| Title | International Master (2013) |
| Peak rating | 2419 (December 2019) |
Education and research
editIn 2017 Collados would publish his doctoral thesis, which he subsequently defended early into 2018 and received a Ph.D in Computer Science from Sapienza, University of Rome.[4]
In 2018, Collados would form part of a team of researchers from Cardiff University and the Charles III University of Madrid that provided software known as Veripol to Spanish police.[5] The software used LLM techniques to analyse text to determine the likelihood of a burglary police report being true or false. Though it had its flaws, it was rolled out for nationwide use in 2018 after a successful pilot in 2017. Following changes in EU law, in particular with regard to "high-risk AI" and a lack of transparency, the program ceased use in 2025.[6]
In 2023, Collados became a Professor at Cardiff University.
Chess career
editIn 2007, Collados was awarded the FIDE Master title, and subsequently achieved the International Master title in 2013.[2] His title norms were achieved through two Swiss events in 2006 and 2008,[7][8] and one Round Robin event in 2013.[9]
He has represented several federations over his career, including Spain, South Korea and Wales.
Collados has won the Welsh Chess Championship twice, in 2022 with 5.5/7, and in 2025 with 6.5/7.
References
edit- ↑ Science, Professor Jose Camacho Collados Professor School of Computer; Informatics. "Professor Jose Camacho Collados - People". Cardiff University. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- 1 2 "Camacho Collados, Jose FIDE Chess Profile". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "WCU Champs 2025". www.welshchessunion.uk. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ Camacho-Collados, José (2018). "Semantic Vector Representations of Word Senses, Concepts and Entities and their Applications in Natural Language Processing". doi:10.13140/RG.2.2.26492.44168.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Goldhill, Olivia (31 October 2018). "This AI can spot fake robbery reports". World Economic Forum.
- ↑ "Spanish National Police stop using Veripol, its star AI for detecting false reports". Civio. 2025-03-25. Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "XXVIII Open Internacional Villa de Benasque October 2008 Spain FIDE Chess Tournament details FIDE Tournament Database". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "14". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-06-12.
- ↑ "I Cerrado Internacional U.E.Montcada-Pastisseria Alex Tarzan May 2013 Spain FIDE Chess Tournament details FIDE Tournament Database". International Chess Federation (FIDE). Retrieved 2025-06-12.