Tiago Simas is a Research Associate at Telefonica I+D since November 2014.

His main research at Telefonica I+D has been applying the theory of complex networks towards a better understanding of computational gastronomy and Football.

He received his Ph.D in Cognitive Science (Major) and Computer Science (Minor) from Indiana University, USA in 2012 From Jan. 2012 to Aug. 2013 he was a postdoc in Brain Mapping Unit at University of Cambridge, UK.

From Nov. 2013- Oct. 2014 he was a postdoc at the Department of Fundamental Physics, University of Barcelona, Spain, in a joint collaboration between UB and Telefonica I+D.

He has published 21 research papers.