Biography:

Luis Fco. Sánchez holds a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from UPM and furthered his academic training with a Master’s degree in Multimedia and Communications from UC3M, as well as a PhD in Information Technologies, specializing in Machine Learning, from the University of Technology of Compiègne. He taught at university level for six years at UCLM and has more than 12 years of experience in the private sector in the fields of technology and analytics. Throughout his professional career, he has specialized in advanced analytics on Big Data platforms for leading companies in their respective sectors, such as Amadeus, Bankia, and Alstom. His expertise focuses on the application of artificial intelligence to the development of consumption propensity models, the use of machine learning algorithms in the field of smart cities, and the research of new supervised and unsupervised mechanisms applied to the transport sector. Since 2019, he has been a lecturer and researcher at Comillas Pontifical University. In his teaching activity, he has taught in the double degree programs in Business Analytics and Law, and Business Administration and Business Analytics, at ICADE, as well as in the Master’s in Big Data, Technology and Advanced Analytics and in the undergraduate degrees in Telecommunications Engineering and Industrial Engineering at ICAI. His research activity is carried out in the field of AI applied to smart cities, where he also serves as coordinator of the Kapsch Chair for Sustainable and Intelligent Mobility, and in the field of AI applied to health, as a researcher at Mobios, the Mobility, Biomechanics and Health laboratory affiliated with the university.