Identification
Personal identification
- Full name
- Rubén Solera Ureña
Citation names
- Solera-Ureña, Rubén
- Solera-Ureña, R.
Author identifiers
- Ciência ID
- 4C1C-619D-C1C7
Websites
- https://www.inesc-id.pt/member/15915/ (Professional)
- https://www.hlt.inesc-id.pt/w/Rub%C3%A9n_Solera_Ure%C3%B1a (Professional)
- https://scholar.google.pt/citations?user=kt_u0y0AAAAJ&hl=es (Scholar)
- https://pt.linkedin.com/in/rsolera (Social media)
Knowledge fields
- Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics
- Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Telecommunications
- Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Communication Engineering and Systems
- Engineering and Technology - Electrotechnical Engineering, Electronics and Informatics - Robotics and Automatic Control
Languages
Language | Speaking | Reading | Writing | Listening | Peer-review |
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Spanish; Castilian (Mother tongue) | |||||
English | |||||
Portuguese |
Education
Degree | Classification | |
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2004 - 2011
Concluded
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Ph.D. in Multimedia and Communications (Doctor)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
"Support Vector Machines for Robust Automatic Speech Recognition (Orig. title: Máquinas de vectores soporte para reconocimiento
robusto de habla)" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Summa Cum Laude |
1998 - 2004
Concluded
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M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering (Master)
Major in Telecommunications Systems and Networks
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
"Codificación de voz de alta calidad y audio" (THESIS/DISSERTATION)
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Affiliation
Science
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2019/01 - Current | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal |
2015/05 - 2018/12 | Postdoc (Research) | Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal |
2010/11 - 2011/09 | Contracted Researcher (Research) | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
2003/11 - 2004/10 | Research Trainee (Research) | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
Teaching in Higher Education
Category Host institution |
Employer | |
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2013/09 - 2014/09 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
2011/10 - 2013/09 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
2008/11 - 2010/10 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
2004/11 - 2008/10 | Assistant (University Teacher) | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
Projects
Grant
Designation | Funders | |
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2015/05 - 2018/12 | INSIDE - Intelligent Networked Robot Systems for Symbiotic Interaction with Children with Impaired Development
CMUP-ERI/HCI/0051/2013
Post-doc Fellow
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Concluded
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2003/09 - 2004/05 | Analysis of a digital speech encoding and modulation system (Orig. title: Análisis de sistema de codificación de voz y modulación
digital)
Research Fellow
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Vídeo Medios S.A. (VIMESA)
Concluded
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Contract
Designation | Funders | |
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2019/01/02 - 2025/01/01 | Não disponível
DL 57/2016/CP1368/CT0003
Post-doc
Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal
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Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia
Ongoing
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Other
Designation | Funders | |
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2012/01 - 2014/09 | Annotation, indexing and codification of user-generated content (orig. title: Anotación, indexación y codificación de contenido
generado por usuario)
TEC2011-26807
Post-doc
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Concluded
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2011/01 - 2012/12 | NowCasting
IPT-120000-2010-24
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Concluded
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2012/02 - 2012/11 | Prospective analysis and algorithm design for video coding (Orig. title: Prospectiva y Diseño de Algorítmica para Codificación
de Vídeo)
Post-doc
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Procesamiento Digital y Sistemas S.L. (PRODYS)
Concluded
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2011/01 - 2011/12 | Application of semi-supervised clustering methods to the analysis of audiovisual content (AMASSACA) (Orig. title: Aplicación
de métodos de agrupamiento semi-supervisado al análisis de contenidos audiovisuales (AMASSACA))
CCG10-UC3M/TIC-5304
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Regional Government of Madrid Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Concluded
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2009/01 - 2011/12 | Supplementary techniques for improved robustness of HMM-based speech recognition systems (Orig. title: Técnicas complementarias
a los HMMs para mejorar la robustez de los sistemas de reconocimiento de habla)
TEC2008-06382
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
Concluded
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2007/01 - 2011/01 | Technologies for automatic creation and management of intelligent audiovisual content (Orig. title: Tecnologías para la creación
y gestión automatizada de contenidos audiovisuales inteligentes)
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Mediaproducción S.L.
Concluded
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2007/01 - 2011/01 | Technologies for automatic creation and management of intelligent audiovisual content (Orig. title: Tecnologías para la creación
y gestión automatizada de contenidos audiovisuales inteligentes)
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Alcatel S.A.
Concluded
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2007/01 - 2007/12 | Application of SVMs to classification problems in speech recognition and video coding (Orig. title: Aplicaciones de las SVMs
a problemas de clasificación en reconocimiento de habla y codificación de vídeo)
CCG06-UC3M/TIC-0812
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Regional Government of Madrid Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Concluded
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2006/01 - 2007/03 | Feasibility of multi-factor and multi-modal (mobile device + voice) solutions for strong authentication in service access
(phases II) (Orig. title: Viabilidad de soluciones multifactor y multimodal (móvil+voz) para autenticación fuerte en el acceso
a servicios (2ª fase))
FIT-360000-2006-35
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
Concluded
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2006/07 - 2007/01 | Design of an audio encoder and the multiplexed frame for DRM (Orig. title: Diseño del módulo de codificación audio y la coordinación
y diseño de la trama multiplexada DRM)
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
|
Vídeo Medios S.A. (VIMESA)
Concluded
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2006/01 - 2006/12 | Applications of discriminative models to speech recognition and video coding (Orig. title: Aplicaciones de modelos discriminativos
en reconocimiento de habla y codificación de vídeo)
UC3M-TEC-05-059
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Regional Government of Madrid Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Concluded
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2005/01 - 2006/03 | Feasibility of multi-factor and multi-modal (mobile device + voice) solutions for strong authentication in service access
(phases I) (Orig. title: Viabilidad de soluciones multifactor y multimodal (móvil+voz) para autenticación fuerte en el acceso
a servicios)
FIT-360000-2005-76
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
Concluded
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2005/01 - 2006/03 | Enhanced vocal interfaces for use of mobile devices by handicapped and elderly people (Orig. title: Interfaces vocales en
dispositivos móviles: mejoras para facilitar su uso por parte de discapacitados y personas mayores)
GR/SAL/0472/2004
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Regional Government of Madrid
Concluded
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2004/01 - 2004/12 | A platform for the deployment of data solutions with vocal interaction for GPRS (phase II) (Orig. title: Plataforma para el
despliegue de soluciones interactivas de datos para GPRS con interacción vocal (2ª fase))
FIT-340100-2004-1
Researcher
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Gobierno de España Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio
Concluded
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Outputs
Publications
Book chapter |
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Conference paper |
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Journal article |
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Thesis / Dissertation |
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Working paper |
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Activities
Oral presentation
Presentation title | Event name Host (Event location) |
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2019/12 | Acoustic-prosodic personality perception in under-resourced domains: a semi-supervised learning approach | Guest lecture, subject Língua Natural, Mestrado em Engenharia Informática e de Computadores
IST, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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2019/10 | Um exemplo de colaboração multidisciplinar em Paralinguística Computacional: perceção automática de personalidade baseada em pistas acústico-prosódicas | Guest lecture, Curricular unit Computational Linguistics, Bachelor Degree
FLUL, Universidade de Lisboa (Lisbon, Portugal)
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Supervision
Thesis Title Role |
Degree Subject (Type) Institution / Organization |
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2016/04/14 - 2016/07/27 | Automatic Speech Recognition in Human-Robot Interaction
Supervisor of Benjamin Chamand
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Masters in Intelligent Systems and Microsystems (ISM) - Robotic and Interactive Systems (SIR) specialization (Other)
UPSSITECH Engineering School, Université Toulouse III Paul Sabatier, France
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2012 - 2012/06 | Prediction of direct normal irradiance using sky-camera images (Orig. title: Predicción de la irradiancia directa normal a
partir de imágenes de una cámara de cielo)
Co-supervisor of Elena Jiménez Vázquez
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M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering (Master)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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2009 - 2009/02 | A tool for visualization and analysis of the localization of support vectors in hybrid HMM/SVM automatic speech recognisers
(Orig. title: Herramienta de visualización y análisis de la localización de vectores soporte en reconocedores de habla híbridos
HMM/SVM)
Co-supervisor of Emilio de Oteo Pérez
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B.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering (Degree)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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2009 - 2009/01 | Automatic speech recognition based on multi-scale analysis: combination of features and likelihoods (Orig. title: Reconocimiento
de habla basado en análisis multiescala: combinación de características y de verosimilitudes)
Co-supervisor of Irene Moreno González
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M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering (Master)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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2008 - 2008/05 | Performance assessment of subphonemic acoustic units in a hybrid SVM/HMM speech recognition system (Orig. title: Ensayo de
unidades acústicas subfonémicas en un sistema de reconocimiento de habla híbrido SVM/HMM)
Co-supervisor of Adrián Lizano Navarro
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M.Sc. Telecommunications Engineering (Master)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Event organisation
Event name Type of event (Role) |
Institution / Organization | |
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2016/11 - 2016/11 | Advances in Speech and Language Technologies for Iberian Languages - Third International Conference, IberSPEECH 2016 - Member
of the Local Organizing Committee (2016/11/23 - 2016/11/25)
Conference (Member of the Organising Committee)
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Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal |
2016/07 - 2016/07 | 6th Lisbon Machine Learning School (LxMLS 2016) - Laboratory tutor (2016/07/21 - 2016/07/28)
Other (Other)
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Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal |
2015/09 - 2015/09 | Conference on Empirical Methods in Natural Language Processing (EMNLP 2015) - Volunteer staff (2015/09/17 - 2015/09/21)
Conference (Other)
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Instituto de Engenharia de Sistemas e Computadores Investigação e Desenvolvimento em Lisboa, Portugal |
Jury of academic degree
Topic Role |
Candidate name (Type of degree) Institution / Organization |
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2019/11/25 | Bayesian and Echoic Log-surprise for Auditory Saliency Detection
(Thesis) Arguer
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Antonio Rodríguez Hidalgo (PhD)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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2017/09/29 | Bio-motivated Features and Deep Learning for Robust Speech Recognition
(Thesis) Arguer
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Fernando de la Calle Silos (PhD)
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
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Association member
Society Organization name | Role | |
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2007/02 - Current | The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) | Member |
2005/06 - Current | Red Temática en Tecnologías del Habla (Spanish Thematic Network on Speech Technology) | Member |
Committee member
Activity description Role |
Institution / Organization | |
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2009/09 - 2010/01 | Member of the Academic Commission of the Degree in Telematics Engineering - Internal Quality Assurance System, Universidad
Carlos III de Madrid
Member
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Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
Conference scientific committee
Conference name | Conference host | |
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2020/10 - 2020/10 | 21st Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2020) | Shanghai, China |
2020/05 - 2020/05 | 2020 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2020) | Barcelona, Spain |
2020/03 - 2020/03 | Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language - 14th International Conference, PROPOR 2020 | Evora, Portugal |
2019/09 - 2019/09 | 20th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2019) | Graz, Austria |
2019/05 - 2019/05 | 2019 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2019) | Brighton, UK |
2018/11 - 2018/11 | Fourth International Conference, IberSPEECH 2018 | Barcelona, Spain |
2018/09 - 2018/09 | 19th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2018) | Hyderabad, India |
2018/09 - 2018/09 | Computational Processing of the Portuguese Language - 13th International Conference, PROPOR 2018 | Canela, Brazil |
2018/04 - 2018/04 | 2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing (ICASSP 2018) | Calgary (AB), Canada |
2017/08 - 2017/08 | 18th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2017) | Stockholm, Sweden |
2016/11 - 2016/11 | Advances in Speech and Language Technologies for Iberian Languages - Third International Conference, IberSPEECH 2016 | Lisbon, Portugal |
2016/09 - 2016/09 | 17th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2016) | San Francisco (CA), USA |
2012/12 - 2012/12 | 19th IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems (ICECS 2012) | Seville, Spain |
Journal scientific committee
Journal title (ISSN) | Publisher | |
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2020 - 2020 | Electronics Letters (1350-911X) | Institution of Electrical Engineers |
2012 - 2016 | IEEE Signal Processing Letters (1558-2361) | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
2015 - 2015 | IEEE Intelligent Systems (1941-1294) | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers |
2013 - 2013 | Signal Image and Video Processing (1863-1711) | Springer-Verlag |
2012 - 2012 | IET Communications (1751-8636) | Institution of Electrical Engineers |
2012 - 2012 | Speech Communication (0167-6393) | Elsevier |
Other jury / evaluation
Activity description | Institution / Organization | |
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2019/02 - 2019/02 | Member of the evaluation committee of two research projects, subject Research Topics, Doutoramento em Engenharia Informática e de Computadores, IST-Universidade de Lisboa | Universidade de Lisboa Instituto Superior Técnico, Portugal |
2007 - 2014 | Member of the evaluation committee of 30 M.Sc. and B.Sc. theses, Univeridad Carlos III de Madrid | Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain |
Distinctions
Award
2012 | 2012 best paper award of the Spanish Thematic Network on Speech Technology (Red Temática en Tecnologías del Habla) for work
published in international indexed journals
Spanish Thematic Network on Speech Technology (Red Temática en Tecnologías del Habla), Spain
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Title
2012 | Accreditation as “Profesor Ayudante Doctor” (Assistant Professor)
Agencia Nacional de Evaluación de la Calidad y Acreditación, Spain
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