Javier Serrano

Javier Serrano is Associate Professor at Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona (UAB). He teaches and researches at the Dep of Telecommunications and System Engineering in the area of Medical Data Analytics. He graduated in Computer Science in 1988, and received a Ph.D. (1994) degree in Automatic Control (Computer Science Program) at UAB. He was the Educational Director and Project Manager in Speech Technologies at Center for Ambient Intelligence and Accessibility of Catalonia (CaiaC), a research center and a technology transfer node from the Catalan IT network. He also was the Director of the Infoaccessibility Service at UAB. Dr. Serrano has expertise in model predictive control, speech technologies and medical data analytics, publishing in recognized international journals and conference proceedings, and participating in national and international projects. He volunteers for Academics Without Borders (AWB) and was involved in projects with Karatina University and Aga Khan University in Kenya.