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Cognitive Systems Laboratory, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

July 2014 - Present

Graduate Research Assistant
  • Designing a temporal dependent model for the RSVPKeyboard™ and P300 speller
  • Implementing auditory ERP-based detection systems for binary communication
  • Working on the development of a multimodal fusion system that combines facial expression and EEG signals for classification of affective states
  • Analyzed EEG data related to affect states, detection of ERP and SSAEP for different stimulus and paradigms

Intel Labs, Santa Clara, CA, USA

September 2014 - December 2014

Research Intern
  • Worked in EEG-based Brain Computer Interfaces (BCI) to enable people with disabilities to access the full capabilities of a computer
  • Performed experiments with different presentation layouts to design an optimal paradigm for a suitable BCI
  • Developed an ERP-based classification algorithm to detect the user's intended selection. Designed the model, performed data collection on different subjects and analyzed the results

The Mamasú Agency, Barcelona, Spain

January 2014 - June 2014

iOS Developer
  • Built mobile applications for iPhone and iPad using iOS SDK, Cocoa Touch and XCode IDE
  • Implemented in-app purchases in iOS applications
  • Integrated Cocos 2D games in iOS applications
  • Contributed on the design of APIs in PHP and MySQL
  • Integrated frontend and backend using PHP and MySQL in LAMP environment

Mathworks SMART Laboratory, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

October 2012 - September 2013

Research Scholar
  • Developed KiFall, a fall detection system using smartphones and wireless camera sensors
  • Implemented Kinect-based applications for detection of movement and gesture recognition
  • Created Android applications using sensor fusion (accelerometer, gyroscope, compass, INS, GPS) for indoor positioning and navigation
  • Implemented a PHP server and a transmission protocol for communication of the Kinect sensor and Android devices using wifi and cellular networks

Terrassa-TSC Department, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

February 2010 - June 2010

Student Intern
  • Developed a VoD service for the iPhone that enables live video streaming with adaptive bitrate
  • Analyzed client-server architecture systems for streaming of videos to mobile devices
  • Implementen and HTP streaming video server in Linux
  • Built and iOS client app for playing streaming videos in real time and with adaptive bandwidth

Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

PhD Student in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Relevant courses: Applied Probability, Machine Learning, Numerical Optimization, Affective Computing

July 2014 - Present

Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), Barcelona, Spain

MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Overall GPA: 7.9/10
  • Relevant courses: Signal Processing, Image Processing, Data Transmission, Telecommunication Systems, Multimedia Mobile Communications

December 2013

BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Overall GPA: 8.35/10
  • Relevant courses: Audiovisual Communications, Systems and Signals, Speech and Audio Processing, Digital Image Processing, Multimedia Signals Transmission for Mobile Devices

July 2010

Complementary formation

  • Machine Learning, Andrew Ng, Coursera, 2015
  • Building Mobile Applications (E-76), Harvard Extension School (6-week online course), 2013
  • Kinect Experiences: Kinect + Windows Phone Development, Microsoft workshops, MIT, 2013
  • Object Recognition and Scene Understanding, Prof Antonio Torralba, MIT-UPC, 2012
  • Advanced Mobile Data and Multimedia Communications, UPC, 2011
  • iPhone Application Programming (CS193P), Standford University (10-week online course), 2010
  • Dean's Fellowship, Northeastern University, 2014
  • MS Thesis "KiFall: Privacy Preserving Fall Detection using Smartphone and Wireless Camera Sensors" graded with Highest Honors (10/10), 2013
  • Google EMEA travel and conference grant for 6th European Congress of Mathematics, 2012
  • Ranked 2nd best student in BS Electrical and Computer Engineering, specialization in Audiovisual Systems and 3rd best student of the UPC School of Engineering (8.35/10), 2010
  • BS Thesis "Development of a Video on Demand service for the iPhone" graded with Highest Honors (10/10), 2010
  • Graduated with Highest Honors for Baccalaureate Degree, 2007
  • Among Catalonia's 5% best marks in Cangur Mathematical Exam, 2007
Operating Systems

Windows, Mac OS, Linux

Languages

C, C++, C#, Java, Objective C, HTML5, MySQL

SDKs

iOS, Android, Kinect

IDEs

Eclipse, XCode, Visual Studio, Matlab

General Software

LaTex, Photoshop, 3Ds Max, AutoCad, Flash

Catalan

Native Speaker

Spanish

Native Speaker

English

Full professional proficiency