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He is Telecom Engineer with honours (2003) and Ph. D. (2009), both by the “Universidad Politécnica de Madrid”. He is working as a Full Professor in UPM, in the area of media communications and applied AI. He is the head of the Visual Telecommunications Applications group (GATV) in UPM. He funded 3 startups in the last 10 years in the area of media technologies and AI for health. He was visiting researcher in the Institut für Rundfunktechnik (Munich) in 2006. Prof. Álvarez has a long track record in the EU research, especially in the areas of AI applied to media and health sectors. He is nowadays the coordinator in the EU programme Horizon 2020 of GenoMED4ALL (AI for Genomics and personalized medicine), RESCUER (AI for situation awareness of first responders), EU4Child (AI for Childhood Cancer research) and TeNDER (AI oriented to cognitive diseases care). He has been in the last 10 years also leading the UPM participation in more than 20 EU funded projects in such areas. He worked as expert for different national research funding agencies worldwide including the European Commission, and for the European Institute for Prospective Technological Studies. He had taken part in standardisation bodies such as DVB-ETSI or CENELEC. He is author and co-author of (110+) papers in journals, congresses and books in the field of ICT and AI technologies. He is serving in the Programme Committee of several congresses and as reviewer of scientific journals.

He obtained the title of Telecommunications Engineer from the Higher Technical School of Telecommunication Engineers (ETSIT) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid in April 2010. He is a member of the GATV research group of the Department of Signals, Systems and Radiocommunications of the ETSIT since the end of 2006, where he has been developing his activity in national and international projects in relation to Intelligent Transportation Systems, Cooperative Systems, and currently in the application of 5G advanced communications network concepts to transportation solutions, a subject on which he is doing his doctoral work. Some of the most outstanding projects in which he has been involved are CENIT OASIS, FOTsis (FP7) and OPTICITIES (FP7), both providing experience and knowledge in the specification of communications and data architectures and contributing to technical and scientific coordination tasks. He is an active member of the HUMANIST network of excellence and of various technical work groups in ECTRI, as well as a member of standardization groups in ISO TC204, CEN TC278 and AENOR CTN 159 related to Cooperative ITS, Urban ITS and Electronic Toll. He has numerous publications on road solution architectures in magazines and at national and international conferences and has been invited on numerous occasions to give presentations on these topics.

She is a Telecommunications Technical Engineer from the UPM, specializing in Sound and Image. From 1996 to 2003 he worked in a private company, dedicated to training, computer support and systems administration. In 2003 he joined the Department of Signals, Systems and Radiocommunications (SSR) of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación (ETSIT), as a laboratory technician. In addition, since 2004 she collaborate with GATV as a Systems Administrator.

He holds a degree in Natural Environment Engineering from ETSIMFMN (UPM) and a degree in Computer Engineering from ETSI Informática (UNED), and a master's degree in Engineering and Data Science from ETSI Informática (UNED). He is currently developing his thesis in the context of machine learning in federated environments. He also works as a software developer/architect at GATV.

Miguel Antonio Barbero-Álvarez is a postdoctoral researcher in GATV-SSR at ETSI Telecomunicación of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) since 2019. He got the bachelor's degree in 2016 with a thesis about synthesizing contents for UHD television via super-resolution; the mastger's degree in 2019 with a thesis about the exploration of machine learning techniques for person re-identification, and his doctor's degree in 2022 with a research about digital cultural heritage conservation using colorimetric analysis and deep learning. Additionally, he has worked on emotion recognition and sleep apnea detection with audio processing and data science for 3-D point cloud real-world representations. His main field of interest is image and colour analysis for technical and social purposes. He has worked in successful national and European projects in collaboration with entities such as CSIC (Spain), TU Wien (Austria) and CERTH (Greece), and has various articles published in prestigious JCR-indexed journals.

Biomedical Engeneering Degree in "Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación" (ETSIT) of "Universidad Politécnica de Madrid" (UPM), with specialty in Bio-devices and studies in coding and data science. Practices done in "Centro de Automática y Robótica (CAR)", belonging to CSIC and UPM, working on "CPWalker" project and Final Degree Project in the same center developing a medical device prototype (Automated Functional Electric Stimulation for the rehabilitation of paralysis). Investigator in european projects related to heralth, software and app/web-app developing.

He obtained the Master in Telecommunication Engineering in 2020 and finished his PhD in Communication Technologies and Systems with honors both from the Polytechnic University of Madrid. Since 2019 he is assistant professor at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación where he collaborates in different degree and master subjects. His scientific interest is mainly focused on artificial intelligence applied to different types of multimedia data and sensors. The current topics in which he works are object detection, classification and regression with Deep Learning models with tabular data, images, audio and text and biological, genomic data. Since 2016 he has participated in 11 national and European research projects collaborating in the development and creation of different technologies framed in the use of pensors and devices for data collection and analysis using artificial intelligence. The projects are mainly focused on different areas such as health and security. Within the health projects, the main contribution is the development of systems based on sensors for data collection and data analysis through learning techniques for the prediction of different patterns or events. As for other projects, the main focus is on the development of Deep Learning solutions on multimedia data where most of the solutions are based on data from cameras. All the research work carried out in the projects is reflected in a total of 9 publications in scientific journals, 7 of them Q1, 5 articles in international conferences and 1 book chapter.

He holds a degree in Software Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM). He completed his final degree project within the Visual Telecommunications Applications Group (GATV), focusing on the development of software solutions linked to research into rare diseases, bioinformatics and the healthcare sector, in collaboration with Spanish health institutions. Within the GATV, he works as a software engineer, complementing this work with technical coordination and management of European projects related to artificial intelligence applied to health and clinical data management, collaborating with institutions in Europe and Africa. His professional interests focus on the intersection between software engineering and technology management, with the aim of integrating technical and organisational vision into the development and coordination of innovation projects in the field of health and artificial intelligence.

He is a Telecommunications Engineer (B.Sc. 3-year degree) by UPM, Sound and Image Specialist, but he has developed his professional carrer as System Administrator at UPM: he worked for 5 years in the laboratories of the Department of Telematics (DIATEL) of the School of Telecommunications Technical Engineering (Escuela Universitaria de Ingeniería Técnica de Telecomunicación), and since 2002, at the Laboratory of Signal Processing, at the Department of Signals, Systems and Radiocommunications (SSR) of the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering (Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación). Moreover, since 2005 he collaborates with GATV, as System Administrator, setting high performance video processing equipment, and advising on technical buying for research projects.

Alessandro holds a degree in Physics from UNIBO (Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna) and a master's degree in Applied Physics from the same institution. During his career he has worked on several projects on statistical data analysis and on the application of artificial intelligence in the health field, particularly in the medical sector. He developed his Master's Thesis on survival analysis and identification of prognostic factors in medical image data, at the UPM, within the GATV (Group of Visual Telecommunications Applications), where he currently works as a researcher participating in several European projects focused on health issues.

Guillermo Cisneros (Madrid, 1960) is a Full Professor, Telecommunications Engineer since 1983 and Doctor of Telecommunications Engineering cum laude since 1986, both from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). He started at UPM as a Professor of Physics and later of Telecommunications Systems, Multimedia Systems, Remote Sensing and Computer Graphics. He worked at Telefónica Spain in the technical, management and international areas in applied research and mobile communications. He was a Spanish representative in different international organizations such as the IWP (Interim Working Party) 11/4 of the then called CCIR (now called ITU-R, International Telecommunication Union - Radio), ETSI-GSM (European Telecommunications Standard Institute - Global System for Mobile Communications ) and CEPT-MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) for the implementation of the GSM service. It has also been actively participating in European projects with important management responsibilities, in areas such as Networked Electronic Media, Digital Television, Ubiquitous Broadcast and Interactive Services, Systems and Services for applications in the Humanities and Tele-education, and Future Internet. He has also acted as an expert in evaluations and technical audits of European Commission projects as well as projects in National Programs. He was also a member of the Steering Committee of the European Technology Platform NEM (Networked Electronic Media) and Vice President of the Spanish Technology Platforms for Networked Electronic Media and Internet del Futuro (Future Internet). His research activities include participation in more than twenty international Research Projects (mainly European Commission Programs) and forty national Research Projects, being Project Director or Principal Investigator in more than ten international and twenty national Projects. He has published more than one hundred and twenty articles in magazines and congresses, of which more than seventy are in International Conferences. He has been Director of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, implementing the adaptation changes to the European Higher Education Area, and being a pioneer in the international accreditation process ABET-EAC (Accreditation Board for Engineering Technology- Engineering Accreditation Committee) as MSc (Master of Science) for the Telecommunication Engineering title, being also the President of the Spanish Conference of Directors of Telecommunication Engineering Schools. During this period, he represented ANECA (National Agency for Quality Assessment and Accreditation) for a pilot project for the International Accreditation of Telecommunications Engineering Studies at a European level. He subsequently held the position of General Director of the Foundation for the International Projection of Spanish Universities (Universidad.es), whose Board of Trustees was made up at the highest level by the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports (Minister, Secretary of State, Secretary General of Universities, General Director of University Policy), the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation (Secretary of State for Cooperation and for Latin America), and the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (Secretary of State for Research and Innovation), in addition to other organizations such as the Instituto Cervantes. Since April 2016 he has been the Rector of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.

He obtained his degree in Electronic Engineering in February 2008 from the Universidad Politecnico di Torino, developing his final degree project at the San Pablo CEU University in Madrid entitled "PROGETTO DI FRONT - END RF NELLA BANDA ISM DA 433 MHZ" (project of a Front - end in the 433 MHz RF ISM band), a project of a military nature focused on the development of hardware for the reception of biomedical data. He currently works as a researcher in the Grupo de Aplicación de Telecomunicaciones Visuales (GATV) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. He develops his activity as a researcher participating in different research projects internal to the department and external collaborating with companies. His work has focused on the design of Hardware for bimedical and telecommunication systems. His main professional interests are based on design of systems on FPGA, microcontroller programming, circuit and PCB design, system prototyping as electrical and with sensors.

Received the Bachelor's degree in Sound and Image in Telecommunication Engineering in Universidad de Alicante (UA) in 2020. During that period, she performed several internships focused on data analysis and computer vision. Afterwards, she obtained the Master of Science in Telecommunication Engineering with Data Science specialization in the Higher Technical School of Engineers in Telecommunication (ETSIT) of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), receiving honours for her Master Thesis “Implementation of artificial intelligence models for extracting meaningful oncologic information from genomics and radiomics data” in 2022. The development of the Thesis was performed during an internship with the Visual Telecommunications Applications Group” (GATV) of UPM, in which nowadays she is actively working as an Artificial Intelligence (AI) specialized researcher.

He is a Technical Computer Engineer specializing in business management from the Technical University of Madrid. He is passionate about new technologies, he is always at the forefront of them, but with an eye on the market. That is why he has founded more than 5 companies in different sectors, mainly the audiovisual one. He supports entrepreneurship as a mentor in several startup acceleration programs, helping these companies find a business model for the technologies they have. Currently his interests are focused on the metaverse, mixed reality and the new web3 paradigm.

Graduated in Veterinary Medicine from the Complutense University of Madrid, she also obtained a Master's degree in Teacher Training for Compulsory Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, Vocational Training and Language Teaching at UNIE. She has multidisciplinary knowledge and skills, from human team management to AI quality control. Since 2024 he is part of the administration and management staff of GATV.

He obtained a Bachelor's degree in Telecommunications Technology and Services Engineering from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación (ETSIT) of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Before continuing his studies, he worked as a research fellow in the network innovation department of Telefónica I+D. He continued his studies with a double M.Sc. from the Kungliga Tekniska högskolan (KTH) in Stockholm and TU Delft, specializing in visual analytics and pattern recognition. He worked as a fellow at the Erasmus MC hospital in Rotterdam in the neuroscience department, doing his TFM "Mice Tracking Using Infrared Subcutaneous Implants for Error Detection" there. He has now returned to Madrid and works at GATV as a researcher specialized in data analysis.

Professor Gustavo Hernández Peñaloza is currently a Permanent Lecturer in the Department of Computer Systems at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), where he is also part of the Visual Telecommunications Application Group (GATV). His research career has focused on the application of artificial intelligence techniques to health systems, behavioural analysis in social networks, and multimodal environments. He holds a PhD from the UPM, and has developed innovative solutions for monitoring neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's or Alzheimer's, as well as tools for the detection of bots and misinformation on Twitter using deep learning models and transformers. He has more than 20 publications in high impact journals and conferences, and a relevant h-index (Scopus h=11). In addition to his research work, he is committed to university teaching, actively participating in the training of computer engineers and in educational innovation projects in the ETS of Computer Systems Engineering. His profile combines technical expertise, solid scientific production and a strong interest in knowledge transfer towards real applications in the field of health and social intelligence.

Graduated in Telecommunications Technology and Services Engineering from the Higher Technical School of Telecommunications Engineering (ETSIT) at the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) in 2023. During the last semester of his degree, he completed a six-month academic stay at the Krakow University of Technology (PK). He then went on to study a Master's Degree in Telecommunications Engineering at the UPM, specialising in Telematics. He began his career at the Visual Telecommunications Applications Group (GATV) at the UPM as an intern, developing his Master's Thesis. He is currently part of the group as a researcher, participating in European projects related to health, software development and data management.

David holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering (Honours, 2004) and a PhD in Telecommunications Engineering (cum laude) from the School of Telecommunications Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Madrid since 2012. He currently holds the position of Permanent Professor in the area of Electrical Engineering at the same school within the Department of Physical Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics (EFIEFA) and is part of the Visual Telecommunications Application Group (GATV), attached to the Information Processing and Telecommunications Centre (IPTC). His research activity focuses on energy-efficient networks, digital energy and decarbonisation, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence and data processing applied to energy management. He also works on next-generation communications networks, network media and the evaluation of quality and quality of experience (QoE) in multimedia services. He is a lecturer on the GITST, GISD and MUESF degree courses and is an active member of the Joint Committee of the RTVE and VideoMOS Chairs at the UPM. He has actively participated in various projects in these areas of work: eNeuron, Codeco, Nemo (as technical manager for the UPM) and CyberNemo. At an institutional level, he has experience in coordinating and participating in technical and standardisation groups related to digital television and high definition. He has supervised four doctoral theses, is the founder of several technology-based companies and was awarded a prize at ActúaUPM 2025 for his Enterion business proposal, focused on energy efficiency in communications networks. He is the author of numerous scientific publications in international journals and conferences, as well as holding patents and software registrations that reflect his contribution to the field of research and innovation.

He got the Bachelor of Engineering in Telecommunication Technologies and Services in 2016, the Master in Telecommunication Engineering in 2018, and the PhD degree (Cum Laude) in Communication Technologies and Systems in 2025 from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). Since 2015 he collaborates with the Visual Telecommunications Applications Group (GATV) in different national and international research projects and with the Chair of RTVE in UPM. His professional interests include the broadcast of digital television, accessibility services, interactive TV, new video and audio formats and technologies, and quality of experience in audiovisual signal.

Trained in Administration and Finance and with a degree in Information and Documentation, has been with GATV since 2016.

She holds a degree in Data Engineering from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M) and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Artificial Intelligence at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). She is a member of GATV, where she works as a data scientist. Her work focuses on data preprocessing, the development and training of artificial intelligence models, as well as their validation. Additionally, she contributes to the coordination of the work package related to artificial intelligence within the projects she is involved in.

She graduated in Industrial Design Engineering and Product Development from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) in 2022. During her degree, she completed internships as a designer. She later specialized in UX/UI Design through the Master’s in User Experience Design at Barcelona Technology School (associated with the University of Barcelona), complemented by a Full Stack Development bootcamp. During the master’s program, she worked in startups, taking on roles as a UX/UI Designer and Frontend Developer for web and mobile platforms. In 2024, she joined the Visual Telecommunications Applications Group, where she is currently focused on the design, usability and development of technological platforms interfaces for EU research projects.

He received the title of Technical Engineer of Computer Management in 2008 at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. In 2007 he did his final degree project at the University of Roskilde (Denmark) entitled "Information retrieval in email fields". From 2007 to 2012 he worked in various companies in the area of ​​web development, even becoming the head of the development department at the SrBurns company. In 2012 he moved to the UK where he worked for two and a half years as a mobile developer for the company Psycle, making native apps for both iOS and Android. In October 2015, he started in the Grupo de Aplicación de Telecomunicaciones Visuales belonging to the Departamento de Señales, Sistemas y Radiodifusión of the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación of the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, where he is carrying out mobile development work for different research projects.

He holds a Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Sciences from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) and holds a Master's degree in Computer Science from Leiden University (Netherlands) with a specialization in Bioinformatics. He has completed internships at the Computational Medicine Laboratory of the UAB and at the Biosemantics group in the Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC). In the latter, he also worked for a year on data FAIRification and drug repurposing using graphs and Artificial Intelligence (AI). He is currently continuing his work on drug repurposing using various AI methods.

He is a Software Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Distributed and Embedded Systems Software at the same university. His interests focus on distributed systems and on developing ingenious solutions to address real-world problems. He has experience collaborating with medical institutions related to rare diseases and is currently involved in technology projects in the healthcare sector, where technology has a strong potential to generate a positive impact on society.

Graduated in Software Engineering and in Information Society Technologies (TSI) from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM). Completed both bachelor’s theses in collaboration with members of GATV, focusing on the deployment and validation of a framework for decentralized container orchestration. Currently interested in distributed systems and automation.

Alberto del Río completed his PhD in Communication Technologies and Systems at the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), building on a strong academic foundation that includes a Bachelor’s Degree in Mobile and Space Communications Engineering from the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid (UC3M) and a Master’s Degree in Signal Processing and Machine Learning for Big Data from UPM. As a researcher at UPM, he focuses on innovative projects in 5G networks and artificial intelligence, applying techniques like Reinforcement Learning to optimize network efficiency and enhance Quality of Experience (QoE) in multimedia communication systems. He has published extensively in leading journals advancing the integration of AI and telecommunications.

He obtained the title of Telecommunications Engineer in 2007, the Master's Degree in Communications Technologies and Systems in 2010 and the Doctorate (Cum Laude) in Communications Technologies and Systems in 2016 from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, with his thesis entitled : "Obtaining and adapting depth maps in stereoscopic video: influence on encoding and three-dimensional visual behavior in real time". Since February 2007 he is a member of the Grupo de Aplicación de Telecomunicaciones Visuales (GATV) in the Departmento de Señales, Sistemas y Radiodifusión of the E.T.S.I.T. During these years he has focused his professional work on the collaboration of R+D+i projects in different research areas that include real-time video processing, encoding for high-definition television (HDTV) and 3D television (3DTV), video streaming, quality of experience, image and video analysis applied to artificial vision, machine learning, embedded programming for real-time video processing and process automation. Various publications in journals and international conferences endorse his research work.

Graduated in Telecommunication Technologies and Services Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM), she defended her Bachelor's Thesis entitled "Design and evaluation of a system for recognizing physical activities using inertial signals." Subsequently, she obtained the Master's Degree in Telecommunication Engineering from UPM, where she defended her Master's Thesis entitled "Design and evaluation of a freezing of gait detection system in Parkinson's disease using anomaly detection algorithms." During the two years of the master's program, she worked as a research assistant at the Data Processing, Simulation, and Intelligent Spaces Group of UPM, receiving a Collaboration Grant from the Ministry of Education and Vocational Training in her second year. Currently, she is a researcher at the Visual Telecommunications Application Group of UPM, participating in European projects related to health and safety.

He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), earned at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Sistemas Informáticos (ETSISI), and is currently pursuing a Master’s Degree in Distributed and Embedded Systems Software. His Bachelor’s Thesis, focused on the development of a bionic hand using Webots and ROS, was nominated for honors distinction (Matrícula de Honor). Within GATV, he is dedicated to the development of hardware solutions addressing challenges related to the healthcare environment.

Javier holds a PhD (cum laude) in Technologies and Communication Systems from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM). He earned a Bachelor's degree in Sound and Image Engineering from UPM and a Master's degree in Signal, Image, Speech, and Telecommunications Processing from the Institut Polytechnique de Grenoble (INP) in France. Currently, he is a Lecturer at the School of Computer Systems Engineering at UPM and a researcher at the Visual Telecommunications Application Group (GATV). His work focuses on service virtualization in next-generation networks and artificial intelligence applications for network optimization. Throughout his career, he has participated in over a dozen European research projects, including MOTIVATEXR, CODECO, NEMO, CyberNEMO, DAFNEplus, GenoMed4ALL, TeNDER, COVID-X, 5G EVE, and 5G-MEDIA, taking on key roles in technical coordination, use case development, and innovation in telecommunications and networking. He has led management tasks in international projects and collaborated with companies such as Telefónica and Cellnex on network optimization and energy efficiency initiatives. In academia, he has taught courses such as Distributed Systems, Advanced Networks, Network Administration and Management, and Project and Risk Management and is the coordinator of the Distributed Systems course at UPM. He is also a member of the Educational Innovation Group on Communication Networks and Services at the School of Computer Systems Engineering. He has published numerous articles in international journals and conferences, covering topics such as network optimization through deep learning, 5G networks, and digital twins. His research experience spans from network function virtualization (NFV) to security and privacy in federated learning.

She received the Telecom Engineering degree (Hons.), the master’s degree in Communications Technologies and Systems, the master’s degree in Telecommunication Management, and the Ph.D. degree (cum laude) from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, in February 2008, September 2010, 2013, and 2016, respectively. She has been a member of the Visual Telecommunication Application Group (GATV) since 2006. She is the author and the coauthor of several papers and scientific contributions in international conferences and journals. Her professional research interests include interactivity technologies, content personalization technologies, and big data. Related to this, she has been participating with technical responsibilities in some national (Buscamedia, Ciudad2020, LPS-BIGGER, Repara 2.0) and European projects (COVID-X, GenoMed4All, eASLA, LASIE, EasyTV, etc.). Since March 2021, she works as Assitant Prof. at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Ingeniería de Sistemas Informáticos at UPM. She is part of the Eelisa Data4Good Community, of the Networks and Communication Services Educational Innovation Group and, since Spet. 2022, also a member of theHuman Machine Interaction and User Experience Technical Comitee of the IEEE Consumer Technology Society (CTSoc).