I'm Maria, welcome to my website! I am a researcher in computer science with a passion for machine learning, AI and science dissemination. I am currently a postdoctoral research fellow at University College London (UK).
Contact me:I'm a statistically rare mix of science and literature trying to embrace my juxtapositions. I was brought up between logic puzzles, chess and poetry. I'm also a trained health coach that knows the theory but sometimes struggles with the practice. I enjoy decorating/remodeling houses and reading science fiction. Writing makes me happy and I'm actively looking for a project to devote myself to. Dancing has been with me since I was little and you can tell when I'm truly happy because I will show it singing and dancing. I just learnt the importance of down time for creativity and I'm working hard on it. I'm made out of silliness and bizarre life experiences. My childhood dream was to become a wild life photographer traveling through Africa. My fascination for animals has shown in different many ways, for example now I have kind of adopted three alpacas. I'm obsessed with editing my life ruthlessly, it's my masterpiece after all.
Use of synthetic data to complement real one, active sampling, semi-supervised learning...
Models that can process and relate data from different modalities (e.g. imaging and text).
Priors, priors and priors. And imitation learning.
More data but less labels, or labels with high uncertainty.
Systems that adapt to the environment, reinforcement learning.
How to create memory from datasets to guide the automated statistician.
Automatisation, changing job market, ethics...
I love writing and I try to contribute to science dissemination in press.
I have been dancing since I was little. I have completed the first part of the dance conservatoire, focusing on Ballet and flamenco. Now I am interested in the use of dancing as a mean of meditation and mindfulness.
I love nutrition! I also hold a master on health coaching from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition in the US.
I am very interested in the use of humour, mindfulness, coaching and gaming in teaching environments. Also, on how to bring transversal topics to the classroom, such as nutrition.
