My name is Andrés Segura-Tinoco. I was born in Colombia and grew up in Venezuela, and have more than 13 years of experience working on data analysis projects and creating intelligent and high-impact software solutions in global teams in the USA, Mexico, Spain, and Malaysia.
I earned my bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela, and in 2019, I received a master’s degree in Information Engineering from Universidad de los Andes, Colombia.
Currently, I am a 2nd-year Computer Science PhD student in the IRG at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. My thesis is focused on the potential intersection between argument mining and recommender systems areas.
Research interests
- Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
- Recommender Systems
- Machine Learning and Deep Learning
- NLP and Argument Mining
- Data Science
- Big Data
- Data Compression
- Data Viz
Favorite programming languages
- Python
- Java
- [C#, VB].NET
- JavaScript
- R - Certificates: Promidat
- SQL - Certificates: Microsoft and HackerRank
Education
- 2nd-year Computer Science PhD student at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain
- MSc, Information Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia
- BSc, Computer Engineering, Universidad de Oriente, Venezuela
Work experience
- 2021 - current: Research Student at UAM
- 2021: Lecturer of the course “Introduction to Programming”, Department of Systems and Computing Engineering, at Universidad de los Andes. Spring and Fall
- 2018 - current: Senior Software Developer at OVS Group (part time)
- 2009 - 2018: Senior Engineering Consultant at OVS Group
Awards and fellowships
- PhD: FPI 2021 Fellowship (Research Personnel Training)
- MSc: Graduated 1st in class and graduation student speaker
- BSc: Graduated 1st in class