Research
My research has two complementary sides: the methods and systems I work on, and the projects, funding and transfer activities where those ideas are developed and applied.
Research directions
Competitive research
Industry R&D
Transfer & innovation
Methods & systems
Research directions
Three connected areas, from models and inverse problems to sound-producing systems and advanced sensing.
Signal Processing & System Modeling
Methods for learning, characterizing and controlling systems from observed signals.
System modeling and identification Inverse problems Nonlinear systems Analysis-by-synthesis
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Audio & Speech
Speech, voice and sound-producing systems, from physical models to generative methods.
Physical and differentiable sound-producing models Speech and voice processing Generative audio Audio synthesis
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Communications & Sensing
Signal processing for radio, radar, arrays and sensing systems.
RF systems Radar Beamforming Large-scale antenna arrays
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Physical and differentiable system models
Model-based and differentiable descriptions of signal-generating systems, with emphasis on interpretable inversion and parameter estimation.
Nonlinear characterization and compensation
Identification, assessment and compensation of nonlinear systems, including Volterra/Wiener formulations and amplifier characterization.
System modeling and identification Inverse problems Nonlinear systems Analysis-by-synthesis Optimization and homotopy-based approaches
Articulatory and vocal-system modeling
Analysis-by-synthesis and physical modeling for vocal production, inversion and copy-synthesis.
Generative audio and speech
Neural and model-informed generation, synthesis and representation learning for audio and speech.
Physical and differentiable sound-producing models Speech and voice processing Generative audio Audio synthesis Acoustic analysis Bioacoustics
Advanced communications
Beamforming, RFSoC signal processing, cognitive communications and large-scale array design.
Sensing and characterization
Signal-based measurement and characterization across RF, ultrasound, industrial and biomedical systems.
RF systems Radar Beamforming Large-scale antenna arrays System characterization and compensation Multimodal sensing
Application contexts
Biomedical Industrial Multimodal Sensing
Research in practice
Projects, Funding & Transfer
Selected funded research, industry R&D and technology-transfer activity.
2024–2029 CDTI · Programa de Tecnologías Espaciales
Responsive Electronic Attack for Cooperation Tasks II (REACT II)
UPM research team
Cooperative electronic-attack technologies involving advanced communications, sensing and signal processing.
2024–2026 CDTI · Programa de Tecnologías Espaciales
Tecnologías avanzadas para líneas de producción en serie de cargas de pago y plataformas espaciales (LINCE)
UPM research team
Advanced technologies for serial production of payloads and space platforms, in collaboration with INDRA.
2022–2025 PID2021-128469OB-I00
Diagnóstico y evaluación del párkinson usando biometrías motoras y no motoras (DEPIA)
Co-Principal Investigator
Voice, speech and multimodal biomarkers for diagnosis and assessment of Parkinson’s disease.
2021–2025 Horizon 2020 · GA 101003750
DigiEcoQuarry
UPM AI team
AI, sensing and data integration for digitalization and sustainability in aggregates and quarry operations.
Selected previous projects
2014–2016
HORFI — Radar MIMO de banda ultra ancha
TEC2012-38402-C04-01
Ultra-wideband MIMO radar and advanced signal processing.
2013
Caracterización, modelado y compensación en la señal de voz
TEC2012-37585-C02-02
Voice signal characterization, modeling and compensation.
2009–2012
PriorSpeech
TEC2009-14719-C02-02
Bayesian and contextual prior knowledge for interactive speech-recognition systems.
2007–2011
MARTA — Movilidad y Automoción en Redes de Transporte Avanzadas
Plan AVANZA
Advanced transport-network technologies and intelligent mobility.
INDRA SISTEMAS 2025–2026
Advanced signal processing: DBF and RFSoC
Principal Investigator
Advanced training and applied R&D in digital beamforming and RFSoC signal processing.
Red.es / SigmaCognition 2021–2024
HADA — AI-assisted data annotation
Principal Investigator
Research on AI-based tools for multimedia-data annotation and analysis.
Shazura, Inc. 2019–2023
Project 4i / Shazura–ETSIT-UPM Chair
Principal Investigator
Content-based retrieval, computer vision and AI-assisted data analysis.
INDRA SISTEMAS 2019–2021
Cognitive-radio communication systems
Research team
Technical and regulatory feasibility of licensed-band point-to-multipoint cognitive-radio systems.
Telefónica I+D 2016–2017
PhoneDrive / Insurance Telematics
Principal Investigator / coordinator
Risk modeling and data analytics using vehicular telematics.
2024– Venture & technology transfer
AcopiaLab / acopIA
Technology-transfer initiative originating from UPM innovation programmes; AcopiaLab S.L. founded in 2025.
ActúaUPM first prize 2024 DeTech award 2025
2016–2021 Spin-off / product
PhoneDrive / Drivies
Insurance-telematics product and spin-off activity using risk analytics and vehicular data.
South Summit finalist 2017 e-volución award 2017
2019– Productization & industry collaboration
Shazura
AI, data-analysis and product-development activities associated with the Shazura–ETSIT-UPM collaboration.
2011– Patents
Intellectual property
Includes a UPM patent on analysis of sleep disorders from images and additional transferred IP related to PhoneDrive.