Francisco Cruz

Francisco Cruz, PhD, serves as the New Capabilities Team Lead at iProov, focusing on defense against identity-spoofing attacks utilizing deepfakes and other AI-generated imagery. Previous roles include Machine Learning Research Engineer at La Rochelle Université, where responsibilities included topic classification and text complexity analysis, and Computer Vision - Postdoctoral Research Fellow, leading efforts in document forensics and algorithm development for image tampering detection. Early career experience at the Computer Vision Center involved research on image segmentation and automatic meter reading solutions. Francisco's work at Uppsala University incorporated Neural Network model development for cell nuclei detection in medical images. Francisco holds a PhD in Computer Vision from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and has degrees in Artificial Intelligence and Computer Science from Universitat Politècnica de València and Uppsala University.