Agustín Pérez Castro

Principal Data Scientist - Head of R&D at Turing Challenge

Agustín Pérez Castro has extensive work experience in the field of data science and artificial intelligence. Agustín currently holds the position of Principal Data Scientist - Head of R&D at Turing Challenge | Inteligencia Artificial Ágil, starting in January 2023. Prior to this, they worked as a Principal Data Scientist at the same company from January 2021 to January 2023. Agustín also served as a Senior Data Scientist from January 2020 to December 2020 and as a Data Scientist & AI Developer from November 2018 to December 2019.

In addition to their roles at Turing Challenge, Agustín also worked as a Professor of Industrial/Computer Engineering at Universidad de Almería from January 2018 to October 2018.

Before that, they were an Investigator at UNED from December 2012 to November 2016, conducting research and teaching university courses.

Agustín started their career as a Trainee at Universidad de Almería, where they had various roles from 2006 to 2011. These roles included responsibilities such as network administration and maintenance, implementation and management of VOIP services, and administration of wireless networks. Agustín also served as a Teaching Collaborator, preparing and teaching courses on computer systems administration, network administration, computer security, and hardware.

Overall, Agustín Pérez Castro's work experience showcases their expertise in data science, artificial intelligence, and computer systems administration, with a strong background in research and teaching.

Agustín Pérez Castro's education history is as follows:

Agustín completed their Doctorate in Systems Engineering and Control at Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - U.N.E.D in 2018.

In the same year, they also obtained a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Universidad de Sevilla.

Before that, they completed a Master's degree in Systems Engineering and Control from Universidad Complutense de Madrid in 2014.

In 2011, they obtained another Master's degree in Industrial Informatics from Universidad de Almería.

Agustín also pursued a doctoral course at Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, although the field of study is not specified.

Earlier, in 2010, they completed their Bachelor's degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Universidad de Almería.

Additionally, Agustín has obtained several certifications. In February 2020, they completed the "Introduction to TensorFlow for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Deep Learning" course offered by deeplearning.ai.

Agustín also completed the "Introduction to Python for Data Science" course (DAT208x) as well as the "Essential Math for Machine Learning: Python Edition" course (DAT256x) offered by edX. The specific dates of completion for these courses are not provided.

Furthermore, they completed the "Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (AI)" course (DAT263x) and the "Computer Vision and Image Analysis" course (DEV290x), both offered by edX. No specific completion dates are given.

Finally, they obtained the "MOC-40576 Microsoft Cloud Workshop: Azure Synapse Analytics and AI" certification from Microsoft, but the specific date of completion is not mentioned.

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Timeline

  • Principal Data Scientist - Head of R&D

    January, 2023 - present

  • Principal Data Scientist

    January, 2021

  • Senior Data Scientist

    January, 2020

  • Data Scientist & AI Developer

    November, 2018

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