Who am I?

I am an active, sport-lover, self-taught and a passionate about technology millenial who was born in 1995. I graduated in Telecommunication Engineering at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in 2017 and then I completed the consequent M.Sc in Telecommunication Engineering in 2019.

During my time at college, I was part of Formula Student Bizkaia where I was in charge of the control and telemetry group (2015-2017) where my duty took on programming all the control and car communication systems (mainly in C and LabVIEW). Additionally, I pursued an internship in cybersecurity, researching Post-Quantum algorithms to ensure the privacy and pseudonymization of personal data.

In 2019, I embarked on my PhD journey at TECNALIA, diving deep into the complexities of Reinforcement Learning (RL). My research specifically focused on sparse reward problems, emphasizing the importance of exploration in environments where feedback signals are limited. This challenge led me to explore various approaches, including Intrinsic Motivation and Imitation Learning techniques. My PhD work not only deepened my expertise in RL but also expanded my interests into broader Artificial Intelligence domains, such as Explainable AI, Metaheuristic Optimization, Generative Models, and Language Models.

To further enhance my understanding and broaden my horizons in these domains, I undertook a research stay at the University of Edinburgh within the Autonomous Agents Research Group. Under the supervision of Dr. Stefano V. Albrecht, I had the privilege of collaborating with esteemed researchers. A special mention is needed for Lukas Schäfer, whose expertise, mentorship, and shared passion for the subject were instrumental in my research journey, and I deeply value the insights and guidance he provided.