Enrique Frias-Martinez

Work Experience

Telefónica Investigación y Desarrollo, Madrid, Spain                        April 2008-To date

Researcher (Jefe de División), Data Mining and User Modeling Research Group

Activities: Coordinator of the Scientific Group in Madrid.  Lead research and prototyping in a variety of areas including user modelling, visualization of information, mobility applications, prediction, social networks and churn. Transfer of the results to the engineering groups of TID. Patenting the new methods and technologies developed.

University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)                              Sep. 2006-March 2008

Biomedical Engineering Department, UCLA Medical Center

Researcher. Activities: Research leader for a personalization tool for medical patients. Keywords: Pattern Recognition and Data Modeling techniques.

Brunel University, London, UK                                                                            Sep. 2003-Sep. 2006

Department of Information Systems & Computing

Research Fellow. Activities:  Research leader in a project that studied and evaluated user behavior when interacting with the web. Key words: User Modeling, Machine Learning, Data Mining, Personalization.

New York University (NYU), New York City, NY, USA                             Sep. 2001-Aug. 2003

Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Department of Computer Science.

 MEC-Fullbright Postdoctoral Researcher. Activities: Leading research in data mining and user modeling for improving user experience when interacting with the Web. Keywords: Data Mining, Personalization.

Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA                                         May 1999-Aug. 1999

Center for Fuzzy Logic, Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CFL)

Visiting Researcher. Activities: Applications of fuzzy logic and deployement of programmable fuzzy logic processors.

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain                                  Sep. 1997-Aug. 2001

School of Computer Science

PhD Fellow. Activities:  Ph.D. Thesis in pattern recognition,  fuzzy logic, and fuzzy logic applications.

EADS-ASTRIUM-CRISA, Madrid, Spain                                                             Dec.1996-Jun. 1997

Aerospace Technology. Quality Engineer.

Activities: Software quality/configuration control, Responsible for the design of a configuration control system.

Awards

Best Ph.D. Thesis Award - “Premio Extraordinario de Tesis Doctoral de la UPM”

Ph.D. Fellowship -  Spanish Commission for Scientific Research.  Feb. 97- Dec. 00.

Post-Doctoral MEC-Fulbright Fellowship -  Sep. 01 – Sep. 03

Ramon y Cajal Postdoctoral Fellowship (5 Years - Declined)

Education

Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM)

School of Computer Science . Ph.D. (Doctor) Computer Science  “ Cum Laude”

 Brunel University, London, UK                                                                            

Dep. of Information Systems & Computing. Ph.D. Information Systems with Honors

Finalist for the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award.

 University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)                       

Biomedical Engineering Department. M.Sc. Biomedical Engineering.

University of Valladolid (UVA) , Valladolid, Spain

B.Sc. in Computer Engineering, June 1996, School of Sciences, ‘A’ with honors