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Postdoctoral Researcher · University Lecturer

Dr. Alberto Robles Enciso Ph.D. in Computer Science

I research the intelligent orchestration of the Computing Continuum: how to deploy and coordinate active IoT and edge nodes with machine learning so the infrastructure itself decides where to run, how much energy to use and how to protect itself.

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Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering · University of Murcia Murcia, Spain
Portrait of Alberto Robles Enciso
Indexed publications
9
Doctoral thesis
Cum Laude
Honours distinctions
32
Research projects
4

About me

Science, code and teaching

  • PositionPostdoctoral researcher and university lecturer
  • DepartmentInformation and Communications Engineering, University of Murcia
  • Ph.D.Computer Science, Cum Laude (2025)
  • Thesis supervisorProf. Antonio F. Skarmeta
  • Pre-doctoral fundingFPI contract · Séneca Foundation
  • ProjectsAgentic6G (current) · PHOENIX · ONOFRE · FLUIDOS

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Information and Communications Engineering of the University of Murcia, where I also earned my B.Sc. (2019), M.Sc. (2020) and Ph.D. in Computer Science (2025), the latter with Cum Laude distinction. My doctoral thesis focused on the analysis and design of solutions for deploying active IoT and edge nodes within the Computing Continuum. I tackled the NP-hard Task Assignment Problem with reinforcement learning so that even lightweight devices can solve it, dynamically selecting the solving method according to the problem size, and I adapted Kubernetes modules so that pod-to-node scheduling takes the specific features of the Continuum into account.

From 2021 to 2025 I was a pre-doctoral researcher funded by an FPI contract from the Séneca Foundation, taking part in the research projects PHOENIX, ONOFRE and FLUIDOS. My research interests include intelligent orchestration, machine learning, the Internet of Things, edge computing, the computing continuum and energy optimization.

I currently work on the Agentic6G project, applying large language models (LLMs) to network management: LLM-based multi-agent systems, their orchestration, and the security of LLMs themselves against attacks such as prompt injection and jailbreaking.

Before focusing on research, I spent over a decade managing servers and cloud services and developing applications at ServerMurcia. That experience drives me to build solutions that work on real infrastructure, not just in simulation.

I am passionate about computing, programming and physics, and I enjoy teaching them: from programming workshops for children during Science Week to university engineering courses.

Research

Research lines

Systems that decide for themselves where to run, how much energy to use and how to protect themselves, across the whole IoT–edge–cloud continuum.

LLMs and multi-agent systems Agentic6G

Language-model-based agents that collaborate to manage and orchestrate networks, and LLM security: robustness against prompt injection, jailbreaking and data leakage.

Computing Continuum

Task offloading and adaptation of containerized workloads across edge and cloud devices.

Reinforcement learning

Multi-layer, collaborative and multi-agent RL for distributed real-time decision making.

Energy in cyber-physical systems

Adaptive energy orchestrators and open simulation with Sim-PowerCS.

Intent-based security

Security orchestration, security profiles for IoT and DLT/SDN architectures.

Internet of ThingsEdge computing Reinforcement learningDNN SDNBlockchain / DLT Cyber-physical systemsContainers Energy optimizationMachine learning LLMLLM securityLLM multi-agent systems

Projects I have worked on: Agentic6GPHOENIXONOFREFLUIDOS

Publications

Scientific output

Doctoral thesis and papers in international journals and conferences (2020–2025).

  1. 2025

    Análisis y diseño de soluciones para el despliegue de nodos IoT y Edge activos en el Computing Continuum

    Robles Enciso, A. Supervisor: Skarmeta Gómez, A.F.

    Doctoral thesis (in Spanish), University of Murcia. Defended on 31 January 2025 Thesis

    HDL
  2. 2025

    Dynamic Multi-Method Allocation for Intent-based Security Orchestration

    Robles-Enciso, A., Bernabé Murcia, J.M., Molina Zarca, A., Skarmeta Gómez, A.

    Journal of Network and Systems Management, 33:21 Journal

    DOI
  3. 2024

    An Adaptive Energy Orchestrator for Cyberphysical Systems Using Multiagent Reinforcement Learning

    Robles-Enciso, A., Robles-Enciso, R., Skarmeta, A.F.

    Smart Cities (MDPI), 7:3210–3240 Journal

    DOI
  4. 2024

    Adapting Containerized Workloads for the Continuum Computing

    Robles-Enciso, A., Skarmeta, A.F.

    IEEE Access, 12:104102–104114 Journal

    DOI
  5. 2023

    Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning-Based Energy Orchestrator for Cyber-Physical Systems

    Robles-Enciso, A., Robles-Enciso, R., Skarmeta, A.F.

    ALGOCLOUD 2023 Conference

    DOI
  6. 2023

    Sim-PowerCS: An extensible and simplified open-source energy simulator

    Robles-Enciso, A., Robles-Enciso, R., Skarmeta, A.F.

    SoftwareX, 23:101467 Journal

    DOI
  7. 2023

    A multi-layer guided reinforcement learning-based tasks offloading in edge computing

    Robles-Enciso, A., Skarmeta, A.F.

    Computer Networks, 220:109476 Journal

    DOI
  8. 2023

    Task Offloading in Computing Continuum Using Collaborative Reinforcement Learning

    Robles-Enciso, A., Skarmeta, A.F.

    GIoTS 2022 Conference

    DOI
  9. 2021

    Architecture for Orchestrating Dynamic DNN-Powered Image Processing Tasks in Edge and Cloud Devices

    Gonzalez-Gil, P., Robles-Enciso, A., Martínez, J.A., Skarmeta, A.F.

    IEEE Access, 9:107137–107148 Journal

    DOI
  10. 2020

    Security architecture for defining and enforcing security profiles in DLT/SDN-based IoT systems

    Matheu, S.N., Robles Enciso, A., Molina Zarca, A., García-Carrillo, D., Hernández-Ramos, J.L., Bernal Bernabé, J., Skarmeta, A.F.

    Sensors (MDPI), 20(7):1882 Journal

    DOI

Teaching

Teaching engineering

I bring into the classroom what I research and what I have built in industry: networks, distributed systems and programming with a hands-on approach.

B.Sc. in Computer Science

Networks and distributed systems

Network architectures, Internet services and computing across the edge–cloud continuum.

B.Sc. in Computer Science

Programming

C/C++, Java and Python: from the fundamentals to parallel programming with OpenMP/MPI.

Supervision and outreach

Theses and outreach

Supervision of bachelor's and master's theses on IoT, edge computing and RL. Programming workshops during Science Week.

Background

Education and experience

Education

  1. 2021 – 2025

    Ph.D. in Computer Science

    University of Murcia. Thesis «Análisis y diseño de soluciones para el despliegue de nodos IoT y Edge activos en el Computing Continuum» (Analysis and design of solutions for deploying active IoT and Edge nodes in the Computing Continuum), supervised by Prof. Antonio F. Skarmeta and defended on 31 January 2025. Outstanding Cum Laude. Read the thesis

  2. 2019 – 2020

    M.Sc. in New Technologies in Computer Science

    University of Murcia. Intelligent and knowledge technologies with applications in medicine. GPA 9.64/10; master's thesis 9.7.

    3 Honours distinctions (Matrícula de Honor)
    • Current Web Trends
    • Advanced Techniques for Intelligent Systems
    • Semantic Web
  3. 2015 – 2019

    B.Sc. in Computer Engineering

    University of Murcia. Software Engineering track, GPA 9.33/10. Bachelor's thesis «Security middleware for Blockchain in IoT scenarios» (9.9).

    29 Honours distinctions (Matrícula de Honor)
    • Software Architecture
    • Web Application Development
    • Multimedia Systems
    • Parallel Programming Methodology
    • Distributed Applications
    • Software Quality
    • Computer Graphics
    • Industrial Information Systems
    • Software Development Project Management
    • Software Development Processes
    • Telematic Services
    • Specific Technologies in Computer Engineering
    • Advanced Operating Systems
    • Software Development Technologies
    • Algorithms and Data Structures I
    • Algorithms and Data Structures II
    • Automata and Formal Languages
    • Introduction to Operating Systems
    • Object-Oriented Programming
    • Compilers
    • Concurrent and Distributed Programming
    • Algebra and Discrete Mathematics
    • Calculus
    • Statistics
    • Computer Structure and Technology
    • Computer Fundamentals
    • Logic
    • Introduction to Programming
    • Programming Technology

    Plus Outstanding (Sobresaliente) in Networks.

Experience

  1. 2025 – present

    Postdoctoral researcher and lecturer

    Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering, University of Murcia. Agentic6G project: LLMs, multi-agent systems and LLM security.

  2. 2021 – 2025

    Séneca pre-doctoral researcher (FPI)

    Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering, University of Murcia. PHOENIX, ONOFRE and FLUIDOS projects.

  3. 2016 – 2017

    Undergraduate research assistant

    Dept. of Applied Mathematics (2016) and Dept. of Information and Communications Engineering (2017).

  4. 2011 – 2021

    ServerMurcia

    Server administration, hosting, cloud services and application development.

  5. 2013 – 2021

    Freelance developer

    Custom software development.

Awards and recognition

  • 1st prize, 8th Murcia Computer Science OlympiadJune 2015
  • 1st prize, 4th UPCT Telecommunication Technologies ContestApril 2015
  • 2nd prize, Murcia Programming OlympiadOctober 2017
  • Participant in SWERC'17Télécom ParisTech · November 2017
  • 3rd prize, Murcia Programming OlympiadOctober 2018
  • 3rd prize, 7th Murcia Computer Science OlympiadJune 2014

Contact

Let's collaborate

I am open to research collaborations, industry projects, thesis supervision and outreach talks.