| PERSONAL DATA
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| Professional Address |
Center for Neural Science
New York University
4 Washington Place, Rm 809
New York, NY 10003-1056, U.S.A
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tel : +1 212 992 8751
figueras"_at_"cns.nyu.edu
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| Date / Place of birth |
January 29th 1977 in Banyoles, Catalonia (Spain). |
| Nationality |
Catalan |
| Marital Status |
Single |
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| PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE |
| January 2006 - today |
PostDoc at the Laboratory for Computational Vision, New York University.
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| October 2005 - December 2005 |
Image Processing research in Olivetti Engineering, Yverdon, Switzerland.
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research in image processing algorithms for printers;
study about the possible future printing techniques;
technical and logistical support for signal processing related problems.
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| February 2001 - April 2005 |
Research Assistant with the Signal
Processing Laboratory of the Swiss Federal Institute of
Technology (EPFL) |
research and teaching in signal and image processing;
research in image and video coding;
supervision of student projects and diploma.
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| July 2002 - August 2002 |
Collaboration on the organization of IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME). |
Technical support.
Collaboration in the registration desk.
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| September 2000 - December 2000 |
Stage Engineer with the Signal Processing Laboratory of the
Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. |
Research and development in Watermarking techniques for very large images.
MPEG-7 devices.
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| June 1999 - September 1999 |
Practicum at Robert Bosch GmbH in
Hildesheim (Germany). |
Development of Virtual Home Environment Applications.
Internet Security Study.
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| EDUCATION |
| 2005 |
PhD "Sparse Image Approximation with application to Flexible Image Coding" in Electrical and Electronics, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland. |
| 2003 |
Tutorial "JPEG2000: The basics", given by Majid Rabbani (VCIP2003), Lugano, Switzerland. |
| 2000 |
Telecommunication Engineer (Branch: Communications) within Technical Superior Engineering School, Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain).
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| 1999 |
Practical course in Electronic design by ICT Electronics (UPC). |
| 1999 |
Course of Methodology and Strategy in R+D by Telefonica I+D (UPC). |
| 1998 |
Introduction to Java, by BJT (Barcelona Jove Telecom), UPC. |
| 1998 |
UNIX course, by BJT (UPC). |
| 1997 |
Piano Professional Title, at Conservatori Superior de Msica de Girona. |
| 1995 |
Proficiency in English, University of Cambridge |
| 1994 |
English Language Revalidation, Cambra de Comer, Indstria i Navegaci de Girona (commercial English). |
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| LINGUISTIC SKILLS |
| Catalan |
Mother tongue.
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| Spanish |
Known as if it was mother tongue. |
| English |
Fluent.
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| French |
Fluent oral and reading understanding, satisfactory writing. |
| German |
Medium knowledge.
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| Italian |
Basic oral comprehension. |
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| INFORMATIC SKILLS |
| Programming languages |
C/C++ (under Windows and UNIX), Matlab, Java. |
| Electronic CAD and circuit simulation tools |
Synario, Solo 1400, Spice, SPW, LabView. |
| Data and Mathematics treatment tools |
Matlab and Maple.
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| User and operator skills in Operating systems |
Windows XP/2000/NT, Unix, Windows Millenium/9x, DOS. |
| Document edition |
LATEX, Word, WordPerfect, Excel, PowerPoint... |
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| OTHER INFORMATION |
| Social Activities |
1997-1999: Member of Executive Commission of DAT (Telecommunication Students Delegation) from Escola Tcnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Telecomunicaci de Barcelona.
1997-1999: Member of School Board of Escola Tcnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Telecomunicaci de Barcelona.
1998-1999: Representative of the students at the Department Board and Council of the Department of Signals and Communication Theory from Escola Tcnica Superior d'Enginyeria de Telecomunicaci.
1998: Telecommunication Students Delegation treasurer.
1998: Secretary of the IX Frum de Telecomunicacions i Electrnica (Barcelona).
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| Hobbies |
Music: Listening to it and playing the piano.
Sports: Trekking, skiing, team sports (volleyball, basketball, football...), swimming.
Other: Traveling, reading, cinema and theater.
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