About me
I am Senior Researcher at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain and Full Professor of Computer Science at the Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia. My fields of expertise are in the areas of artificial intelligence, machine learning and signal processing, mainly applied to healthcare and computer-aided diagnostic system.
News
9/11/2023 I was invited as panelist to the forum Inteligencia Artificial - Usos, Potencialidades y Limitaciones organised by the Colombian Academy of Science and Sapiencia.
19/07/2022 I have been accepted as member by the ELLIS Society, the European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems.
29/09/2021 I was invited to give a talk on Introduction to Bayesian optimization at the School of Economics, Universidad de Antioquia.
30/07/2021 X-Rays and artificial intelligence to reduce false negatives in the diagnosis of COVID-19 The Conversation echoed the work developed in our research group about X-Rays and artificial intelligence to reduce false negatives in the diagnosis of COVID-19. More info…
Brief biography
I was born in Manizales, Colombia. I received the B.S. degree in Electronic engineering and MEng. degree in Engineering - Industrial Automation from the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Manizales, Colombia, in 2005 and 2007 respectively. In 2010 I completed a dual PhD degree in Computer Science and Automatics from both the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia. I also received the European Doctorate Mention from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. From 2010 to 2011 I was Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Biomedical Engineering, Universidad Antonio Nariño, Bogotá, Colombia. Since 2012 I am part of the Dpt. of Systems Engineering, Universidad de Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia; in December 2020 I was appointed as Full Professor. From March 2022, I joined the Dpt. of Signals, Systems and Radiocommunications at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain as Senior Researcher under a María Zambrano grant. I am part of the Applications of signal processing research group, of the same University. I am Senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).