CV

Academic Background

• Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 13 Dec. 2022
• M.Sc. in Cibersecurity, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2020
• B.Sc. in Telematics Engineering, Universitat de les Illes Balears, 2019

Professional History

• Visiting Researcher: Sept 2023 - Oct 2023
  • Where: KTH, SciLifeLab, AICell Lab, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Field: Bioimage analysis
  • PI: Dr. Wei Ouyang
  • Projects: AI4Life, Bioimage Model Zoo
• Post-doctoral Researcher: Jan 2023 - present
  • Where: UC3M, Bioengineering Department
  • Field: Bioimage analysis
  • PI: Dra. Arrate Muñoz Barrutia
  • Projects: AI4Life, Bioimage Model Zoo, deepImageJ
• PhD Candidate: Sept 2020 - Dec 2022
  • Where: UC3M, Computer Science and Technology
  • Field: Deep Learning applied to Biometrics
  • Supervisors: Dr. Pedro Peris-López and Dra. Carmen Cámara
  • Project: CYNAMON-CM
• Research Assistant: October 2019 - Dec 2022
  • Where: UC3M, COSEC Laboratory
  • Field: Cibersecurity
  • Supervisors: Dr. Pedro Peris-López and Dra. Carmen Cámara
• Security and DevOps Systems Technician: June 2019 - September 2019
  • Where: Air Europa, S.L.
  • Field: Server and infraestructure mantainance and cibersecurity management
  • Supervisor: Bernat Mut González

Publications

BioImage.IO Chatbot: A Personalized Assistant for BioImage Analysis Augmented by Community Knowledge Base

Wanlu Lei, Caterina Fuster-Barceló, Arrate Muñoz-Barrutia, Wei Ouyang. "BioImage.IO Chatbot: A Personalized Assistant for BioImage Analysis Augmented by Community Knowledge Base." Arxiv preprint. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2310.18351

Estimación de la proporción de hidrops endolinfático en pacientes con la enfermedad de Mèniére

G.R. Delicado-Correa, C. Fuster-Barceló, V.M. Suárez-Vega, N. Pérez-Fernández, G. Bastarrika, A. Muñoz-Barrutia "Estimación de la proporción de hidrops endolinfático en pacientes con la enfermedad de Mèniére" CASEIB (2023).

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Unveiling Hidden Patterns: Harnessing the Power of Short PPG-Traces for Atrial Fibrillation Detection

Pedro Peris-Lopez, Caterina Fuster-Barceló, Carmen Camara, and Honorio Martin. "Unveiling Hidden Patterns: Harnessing the Power of Short PPG-Traces for Atrial Fibrillation Detection"

Exploring the Power of Ppg Matrix for Atrial Fibrillation Detection with Integrated Explainability

Caterina Fuster-Barceló, Alejandro Guerrero-López, Carmen Camara, and Pedro Peris-Lopez. "Exploring the Power of Ppg Matrix for Atrial Fibrillation Detection with Integrated Explainability." Preprint (2023)

Unleashing the Power of Electrocardiograms: A novel approach for Patient Identification in Healthcare Systems with ECG Signals

Caterina Fuster-Barceló, Carmen Camara, and Pedro Peris-Lopez. "Unleashing the Power of Electrocardiograms: A novel approach for Patient Identification in Healthcare Systems with ECG Signals" Arxiv 2023

ELEKTRA: ELEKTRokardiomatrix Application to biometric identification with Convolutional Neural Networks

Fuster-Barceló, Caterina, Pedro Peris-Lopez, and Carmen Camara. "ELEKTRA: ELEKTRokardiomatrix application to biometric identification with convolutional neural networks." Neurocomputing 506 (2022): 37-49.

Featured in: https://www.20minutos.es/salud/actualidad/5084580/

Talks

¿Quién me lo habría dicho?

June 02, 2023

talk at Unidreams, online

GitHub Copilot, what is it and how can I get it?

May 29, 2023

Seminar at UC3M, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Departamento de Bioingeniería

IDOVEN - Protegiendo el oro con tu corazón

November 23, 2022

Talk at Idoven, Gran Vía, Madrid

Skype A Scientist

November 08, 2022

Talk at SkypeAScientist, Linz, Austria

Protegiendo el oro con tu corazón y un poco de Python

October 01, 2022

Talk at PyconES, Granada, Andalucía

Protegiendo el oro con tu corazón

April 23, 2022

Talk at Women Techmakers Madrid 2022, Puerta de Toledo, Madrid

Teaching

Trainings and Hackathons

• AI4Life Hackathon and Solvathon:
  • What: Hackathon and Solvathon of AI4Life
  • When: 09/10/2023-13/10/2023
  • Where: EMBL Heidelberg, Germany
  • Supported by: AI4Life
• Cloud Based and AI Hackathon:
  • What: Hackathon on Web and Cloud Infrastructure for AI-Powered BioImage Analysis
  • When: 05/06/2023-09/06/2023
  • Where: SciLifeLab, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Supported by: AI4Life
• Microscopy data analysis Course:
  • What: EMBL Course on Microscopy data analysis: machine learning and the BioImage Archive
  • When: 22/05/2023-26/06/2023
  • Where: EMBL-EBI Training
  • Certificate: here
• Microscopy and Applications Course:
  • What: Computational Microscopy, Fluorescence Microscopy, Superresolution, High Content Screening and others. Program.
  • When: 19/04/2023-21/04/2023
  • Where: CSIC
  • Certificate: here
• Accessibility of DL models from Java Hackathon:
  • Summary: Deep Learning in Java - AI4Life
  • When: 05/02/2023-10/02/2023
  • Where: Human Technopole, Milan, Italy
  • Supported by: AI4Life

Conferences Attendance

• PyConES 2022, Granada, Sept-Oct 2022
• VII Jornadas Nacionales de Investigación en Ciberseguridad, Bilbao, June 2022
• Women Techmakers, Madrid, April 2022
• VIII Jornades TIC Salut i Social, Tecnologia i humanisme: Teràpies digitals, Vic, Sept 2018

Dissertations

• Biopotential Signals and their Applicability to Cybersecurity, cum laude
  • Ph.D. Thesis Dissertation, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Dec. 2022
  • Under the supervision of Dr. Pedro Peris-López and Dra. Carmen Cámara
• A Novel Biometrics Technique based on Electrocardiomatrix
  • M.Sc. Thesis Dissertation, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, 2020, July. 2020
  • Under the supervision of Dr. Pedro Peris-López and Dra. Carmen Cámara
• Event Management and Safety Information
  • B.Sc. Thesis Dissertation, Universitat de les Illes Balears, July 2019
  • Under the supervision of Dra. María Francisca Hinarejos Campos

Certifications

• Microscopy data analysis: machine learning and the BioImage Archive - EMBL
• Microscopy and Application Course - CSIC
• Autopsy Software for Forensic Analysis
• Ethical Hacking
• English Level C1 (MECR)
• French Level A2
• Machine Learning with Python (edX)
• Deep Learning (UC3M)

Others

• Finalist for the Thesis Talks 2021, video available here, 2021
• Collaborator student maintaining a the University webpage for online courses, 2018
• Trainee at Fundació Bit, Parc Bit, May to September 2018
• Waitress at Restaurant Es Port, Portocolom, 2017
• Volunteer instructor at the Science Fair at the UIB , 2016 and 2017
• Linear Algebra and Discrete Mathematics with honours in the B.Sc. in Telemmatics Engineering, 2016
• Award-winning for the short-story contest in Setmanari Felanitx, 2016
• Waitress at Sa Cova Dets Ases, Portocolom, 2015 and 2016