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Rafael Martínez García Peña

Rafael
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Rafael Martinez Garcia Pena
🇲🇽 Developing a computer-aided diagnosis system for hyperkinetic movement disorders using video analysis, in collaboration with the Movement Disorders department at UMCG. Affiliations: UMCG
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Hi all! I’m Rafael, I do computer vision :)

I specialize in data science, particularly when it comes to unstructured data like images and video. My specialty is in using machine- and deep-learning for classification. I’ve done some work in face recognition, moleculary dynamics, and medicine. Currently, I’m the PhD in charge of the Filming NEMO project (see below).

I also manage this webpage! If something breaks, panic!! (and send me an email)

I’m proud to be involved in multi-disciplinary projects. Data is ultimately human, and human understanding is what drives my work. Currently, I’m using pose estimation software for the recognition of movement disorders through patient videos in a collaboration with the UMCG’s Neurology team.

If you’re at RUG, you can find me at office 413 in the Bernoulliborg. If you’re at the UMCG, it’s complicated – contact me first!

Highlights
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  • Taught the Machine Learning courses for the Data Analysis specialization at Tec de Monterrey in 2023
  • Presented a novel shape-aware loss function at the LXAI Workshop @ CVPR 2023
  • Working at the Next Move in Movement Disorders (NEMO) team at the UMCG and RUG in 2024 - now!

Research Interests
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I love computer vision, complex data, and problems where data volume isn’t the solution.

Core
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  • Image and Video Classification
  • Data Analysis
  • Applied Machine Learning

Applications
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  • Medicine and biology
  • Manufacturing

Career
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  1. Bachelors' Degree

    ITESM - Physics Engineering

    My alma mater is the Technology Institute of Monterrey, where I graduated as a Physics Engineer. I was closely involved with the robotics and astronomy groups, and was particulary interested in practical work with real-world implications.

    I worked closely with industry partners during the later parts of my degree, including a 3D manufacturing project with Siemens. I also performed some moleculary dynamics simulations of cell membranes for the cardiology department of the Zambrano Hospital, our university's medical center.

  2. Masters' Degree

    ITEMS - Computer Science

    I received a CONACYT scholarship to study my masters' in my alma mater. After some work with deep learning models, I wanted to further my knowledge of computer vision. I joined Dr. Gilberto Ochoa's research group, where I had the opportunity to work on multi-modal medical image classification in a project using endoscopy images.

    During this time, I was TA for the Data Analysis specialization, and had the opportunity to attent two international conferences: ISBI 2023 in Colombia, and CVPR 2023 in Canada.

  3. PhD

    RUG and UMCG

    Today, I work as a PhD candidate employed by the UMCG in a multidiscplinary project involving the RUG and the InfoSys group. I'm part of the PRISMA research group, lead by Prof. George Azzopardi, and the NEMO team, lead by Dr. Marina AJ de Konig-Tijssen. We're working on data-driven technologies for the diagnosis of movement disorders using 2D and 3D video.

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Learn more about my project:

Filming the Next Move in Movement Disorders
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