Brief bio

I am a 1st year PhD student 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 now in the USA. 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, Dune

Other interests

• AI policy: Slowly but surely I am starting get more involved in topics regarding the implications of regulation in this space, specially focusing on developing countries. Got very inspired by an amazing course by Prof Sunoo Park & Prof Kyunghyun Cho.
• Graph data networks: I find graph theory fascinating, I think there is huge potential in the applications of graph databases. I developed a project for analyzing historical F1 data using graph databases.
• Gastronomy: How can AI and data improve and create new culinary experiences? I will eventually have my own restaurant in which people can enjoy the combination of delicious food and the marvels of AI. I worked in a taqueria for 1 beautiful day!
• Finance: I am interested in learning about finance and the dynamics of investments and economy in general.
• Culture: Art, AI and mechatronic systems working together as new ways of artistic expression and experiences. I was able to develop this interest being part of CreARTathon 2022: Project Réseaunance. This summer school was led by Professor Wendy Mackay.