Carlos León, Ph. D. works as an Associate Professor at the Department of Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence, Facultad de Informática, Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
- ORCID: 0000-0002-6768-1766
- Phone: (+34) 91 394 7643
- Fax: (+34) 91 394 7529
- Email: cleon@ucm.es
- Address: Office 444
Profesor José García Santesmases s/n
Departamento de Ingeniería del Software e Inteligencia Artificial
Facultad de Informática, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
28040 Madrid (Spain)
Current projects
- DARK NITE (Dialogue Agents Relying on Knowledge-Neural hybrids for Interactive Training Environments), PI
- EA-DIGIFOLK (An European and Ibero-American approach for the digital collection, analysis and dissemination of folk music), PI
Research lines
I study how narrative works in the mind—and what changes in us when we engage with stories. My research looks at the cognitive processes behind narrative structure, memory, learning, attention, and emotion, and how these processes shape understanding and decision-making. The goal is to turn insights from cognitive science into computational models that explain (and can predict) the impact a story has on people.
From there, I build and test interactive systems that put these models to work: adaptive storytelling experiences, educational tools, and immersive simulations where information, guidance, and feedback are designed around how people actually perceive and learn. A key part of my work is evaluation with users—measuring not just whether a system “works,” but what it changes in comprehension, recall, engagement, and performance, and why. Over time, I aim to connect theory and practice: models that are cognitively grounded, and applications that make those models useful in real settings.
You can read more on my research blog.
Previous projects
- ADARVE (PI)
- DAREDEVIL (PI)
- Developing applications for learning Spanish in India using artificial intelligence and
- digital media (Co-PI)
- CANTOR
- Idylico
- ComunicARTE
- WHIM
- PROSECCO
- ConCreTe
- Percepción
- What makes stories similar?
- MILES: Models of Interaction centred on Language, spacE and computational Semantics
- IVERNAO: Instrucciones VERbales para la NAvegación basadas en Ontologías
- GALANTE: GenerAción del LenguAje Natural para Textos con Emociones