The researcher of the IMDEA Software Institute, José Francisco Morales, has been elected to the Executive Board of the Association for Logic Programming - ALP.

The Association for Logic Programming (ALP) was founded in 1986, with the mission to contribute to the development of Logic Programming, relating it to other areas, and to promote its uses in academia and industry worldwide.

The ALP Board is the governing body of the association and is in charge of defining priorities, supervising the journal (TPLP), organizing conferences and Summer schools, etc., and in particular proposing General and Program Committee Chairs for the different conferences organized by the Association.

ALP Executive Board members are elected by a popular vote within the community among candidates proposed for their contributions and recognition within logic programming.