My research is focused on: Neuromorphic Engineering, co-design HW/SW embedded systems; microcontrollers & real-time OS; FPGAs; Event-driven Neuro-inspired systems (AER) and interfaces; Neuro-robotics; event-driven vision/audio processing; deep learning. I started my research in the European project CAVIAR in 2002 with the development of chip-to-chip / chip-to-computer interfaces for neuromorphic AER systems (PCB, VHDL, FPGA, microcontrollers, Java) and simulation tools for theoretical studies on the transformation of static images to AER format, the central focus of my doctoral thesis. This allowed me to perform several visits abroad, which resulted in numerous publications both in JCR-Q1 journals (IEEE, IEE, ELSEVIER, SPRINGER, …) and in multiple high-impact conferences (CORE & GRIIN databases). To date, the neuromorphic line has allowed me to serve as IP atan European project (SMALL), four projects of the Spanish R+D+i plan (VULCANO, BIOSENSE, COFNET, and MINDROB, mostly in partnership with IMSE), two Excellence projects of the Andalusian Government (MINERVA, DAFNE), two industrial transfer project (PROMETEO, NASSAI) and two international projects with private funding (Samsung Ltd.) from 2015 to 2020 (NPP and NPP2). These participations as IP (as well as others as a researcher) have allowed me to accumulate the publications and research merits accesible in this site. The PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE I had in SAINCO-ABENGOA in 1999-2000 (design of digital circuits in VHDL for FPGA and ASIC for Power Line communications stage) gave me perspective and experience for the development of my current research. In 2014 we created a Spinoff company of the Univ. of Seville (EBT COBER SL - www.t-cober.es) of which I am a founder-partner and with which we manufacture robotic biomedical analysis instruments for VITRO SL, among other clients/activities. I have taught in the second cycle of computer engineering of the 1997 syllabuses, in the current degrees of Computer Engineering and Industrial Electronics Engineering (2010 syllabuses); master degrees of Computing, Computer and Network Engineering (until 2017), Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Digital Health, and Teaching Staff (MAES); and in the PhD programs of Industrial Informatics, Systems and Installations for Industry and at other universities such as UZH/ETHZ, Univ. Cádiz, Univ. Politécnica de Cartagena. I’ve done several research visits (three months or longer periods) to Bielefeld U., Ulster U. and Zurich U. I have supervised more than 80 PFC, TFG, DEA, TFM, and 9 doctoral theses to 2021, where some of these students work at important companies in Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and others remain at Academia. Regarding MANAGEMENT in my university, I belong to several commissions of both the School and Department, including the quality of several degrees. I have served as SECRETARY of my dept (2013-2017) and as DIRECTOR (2017-2021). I am secretary of the doctoral program of Installations and Systems for the Industry since 2017. I have also served as IP at several collaboration agreements between several companies (national and foreign) and the Fidetia foundation, based in my School of Computer Engineering in Seville. These agreements have been oriented to internships in companies in some cases, to training of companies’ personnel in others and to the transfer of knowledge with software and hardware applications for FPGA and microcontrollers, currently being exploited by third companies (for example Samsung, Intel, AERTEC, VITRO, McPuarsa, Synsense, Rexen, among others). As well as the production and tutoring of on-line training courses approved by the Junta de Andalucía and oriented to teachers. The Junta de Andalucía has recognized five research tranches for the “Complementos Autonómicos” in 2019.
My research is focused on: Neuromorphic Engineering, co-design HW/SW embedded systems; microcontrollers & real-time OS; FPGAs; Event-driven Neuro-inspired systems (AER) and interfaces; Neuro-robotics; event-driven vision/audio processing; deep learning. I started my research in the European project CAVIAR in 2002 with the development of chip-to-chip / chip-to-computer interfaces for neuromorphic AER systems (PCB, VHDL, FPGA, microcontrollers, Java) and simulation tools for theoretical studies on the transformation of static images to AER format, the central focus of my doctoral thesis. This allowed me to perform several visits abroad, which resulted in numerous publications both in JCR-Q1 journals (IEEE, IEE, ELSEVIER, SPRINGER, …) and in multiple high-impact conferences (CORE & GRIIN databases). To date, the neuromorphic line has allowed me to serve as IP atan European project (SMALL), four projects of the Spanish R+D+i plan (VULCANO, BIOSENSE, COFNET, and MINDROB, mostly in partnership with IMSE), two Excellence projects of the Andalusian Government (MINERVA, DAFNE), two industrial transfer project (PROMETEO, NASSAI) and two international projects with private funding (Samsung Ltd.) from 2015 to 2020 (NPP and NPP2). These participations as IP (as well as others as a researcher) have allowed me to accumulate the publications and research merits accesible in this site. The PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE I had in SAINCO-ABENGOA in 1999-2000 (design of digital circuits in VHDL for FPGA and ASIC for Power Line communications stage) gave me perspective and experience for the development of my current research. In 2014 we created a Spinoff company of the Univ. of Seville (EBT COBER SL - www.t-cober.es) of which I am a founder-partner and with which we manufacture robotic biomedical analysis instruments for VITRO SL, among other clients/activities. I have taught in the second cycle of computer engineering of the 1997 syllabuses, in the current degrees of Computer Engineering and Industrial Electronics Engineering (2010 syllabuses); master degrees of Computing, Computer and Network Engineering (until 2017), Computer Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and Digital Health, and Teaching Staff (MAES); and in the PhD programs of Industrial Informatics, Systems and Installations for Industry and at other universities such as UZH/ETHZ, Univ. Cádiz, Univ. Politécnica de Cartagena. I’ve done several research visits (three months or longer periods) to Bielefeld U., Ulster U. and Zurich U. I have supervised more than 80 PFC, TFG, DEA, TFM, and 9 doctoral theses to 2021, where some of these students work at important companies in Germany, Switzerland and Italy, and others remain at Academia. Regarding MANAGEMENT in my university, I belong to several commissions of both the School and Department, including the quality of several degrees. I have served as SECRETARY of my dept (2013-2017) and as DIRECTOR (2017-2021). I am secretary of the doctoral program of Installations and Systems for the Industry since 2017. I have also served as IP at several collaboration agreements between several companies (national and foreign) and the Fidetia foundation, based in my School of Computer Engineering in Seville. These agreements have been oriented to internships in companies in some cases, to training of companies’ personnel in others and to the transfer of knowledge with software and hardware applications for FPGA and microcontrollers, currently being exploited by third companies (for example Samsung, Intel, AERTEC, VITRO, McPuarsa, Synsense, Rexen, among others). As well as the production and tutoring of on-line training courses approved by the Junta de Andalucía and oriented to teachers. The Junta de Andalucía has recognized five research tranches for the “Complementos Autonómicos” in 2019.
