Brief bio

I am a 2nd year PhD candidate in CSE at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. My research is focused on improving the reliability of multimodal learning using model robustness and uncertainty quantification of AI-assisted clinical decision-making applications. I am part of the Clinical AI Laboratory at NYU Abu Dhabi, led by my advisor Professor Farah Shamout.

I have a double masters in Mathematics and Informatics Data Science MIDS from Université de Paris Cité and obtained my B.Sc in Mechatronics Engineering from the Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey ITESM in Mexico.

I was born and raised in Mexico, and so far I have lived in France, Germany, Latvia, Japan, Belgium, the United Arab Emirates and the United States. All these places have given me invaluable experiences, reinforcing my desire to learn more about the world, science, culture and different languages. I speak Spanish, English and French fluently and I continue to study and improve my German and Japanese (I recently started learning Arabic :D).

If you stumbled upon my profile, feel free to reach out to me if you want to chat or discuss about my background or anything that you are curious about. I am no expert and I consider myself as a always chasing knowledge, but I do have some experience that may be useful for anyone navigating moving to another country, applying to gradschool, research, or life in general!

“The mystery of life isn’t a problem to solve, but a reality to experience.” - Frank Herbert

Other interests

• AI policy: Starting in Fall 2023, I got more involved in topics regarding AI regulation and policy, with a special focus on developing countries. Got very inspired by an amazing course by Prof Sunoo Park & Prof Kyunghyun Cho and continued with the Responsible AI course from Prof Julia Stoyanovich.
• Graph data networks: I find graph theory fascinating, I think there is huge potential in the applications of graph databases.
• Gastronomy: I will eventually have my own restaurant in which people can enjoy the combination of delicious food and the marvels of AI. I wonder how can AI can be merged with gastronomy to improve and create new culinary experiences? I worked in a taqueria for 1 beautiful day!
• Culture: I am interested in art, AI and mechatronic systems working together to create new ways of artistic expression and immersive experiences. I was able to develop this interest in 2022 by being part of CreARTathon 2022: Project Réseaunance. This summer school was led by Professor Wendy Mackay.