Curriculum

EDUCATION

Zaragoza, Spain
Feb 2020 - March 2025

PhD in Electronics

University of Zaragoza

Advances in Music Technology with Deep Learning: From Music Analysis to Production.
Cum Laude

Supervisor: José Ramón Beltrán Blázquez.

Commitee: Isabel Barbancho, Antonio Miguel Artiaga, Iran R. Roman.

Zaragoza, Spain
Sep 2017 – Dec 2019

M.S. in Ingeniería Industrial

University of Zaragoza

Musical Analysis with Artificial Intelligence.

ERASMUS: Politecnico di Milano

Zaragoza, Spain
Sep 2011 – Sep 2017

B.S. in Ingeniería de Tecnologías Industriales

University of Zaragoza

Musical Composition with a Neural Network
Honorary Distinction.

Zaragoza, Spain
Sep 2007 – Jun 2013

Viola

Professional Conservatory of Zaragoza

Viola



PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

London, UK
Apr 2025 - Aug 2025

Research Intern

Universal Music Group

Supervisor: Dr. Elio Qinton

Music Restoration

London, UK
Jan 2025 - May 2025

Visiting Researcher, supported by Ibercaja Grant

Centre for Digital Music, Queen Mary University of London

Supervisor: Prof. Iran R. Roman

Microphone Array Upsampling for Acoustic Imaging

Tokyo, Japan
Mar 2024 - May 2025

Research Intern

Sony CSL Japan

Supervisor: Dr. Taketo Akama

Symbolic Music Generation

Kyoto, Japan
Jan 2024 - Aug 2024

Research Intern, supported by VULCANUS Grant

NTT CSL Japan

Supervisor: Dr. Marc Delcroix

Target Sound Extraction. Accepted 2 papers: IWANENC 2024 and ICASSP 2025

Tokyo, Japan
Apr 2023 - Jul 2023

Research Intern

Sony AI Japan

Supervisor: Dr. Weihsiang Liao

Music Restoration with Diffusion Models. Accepted paper: ICASSP 2024

Zaragoza, Spain
Mar 2021 - Mar 2023

Assistant Researcher

University of Zaragoza

Symbolic Music Generation with Sequence Models

Zaragoza, Spain
Feb 2020 - Mar 2023

Co-Founder and Research Scientist

AIBEATZ

Build, train and test Deep Learning models with Pytorch for sound analysis and music generation and build APIs with Python Flask to develop them in production.

Zaragoza, Spain
Nov 2019 - Jun 2020

Junior Researcher

University of Zaragoza

Audio Segmentation with CNNs

Zaragoza, Spain
Jun 2020 - Sep 2020

Sound Technician Assistant

Audiovisual Laboratory of Zaragoza

Design and perform sound productions

Zaragoza, Spain
Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

Engineering Intern

BSH Home Appliances Group

Drafting of procedures for Laboratory in mechanical tests. Performing measurements and tests with reports

Zaragoza, Spain
Jun 2016 - Jul 2016

Research Intern

University of Zaragoza

Design of a support for a camera using Solid Edge and 3D printing



AWARDS AND GRANTS

VULCANUS Grant 2023-2024
1.900.000 ¥
Ibercaja Doctoral grant for research stays 2024-2025
1.800 €


PRESENTATIONS AND TALKS

[1] LLMs in Music Composition. Data Skeptic Podcast, Aug 2023
[2] Music Composition with Deep Learning: A Review, AI Music Reading Group @ Mila x Vector Institute, Apr 2022 (Invited Talk)



TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Zaragoza
10 Directed and/or Co-directed Theses (B.S.C and Masters)

Pompeu Fabra University
1 Co-directed Master Thesis



RESEARCH PROJECTS

University of Zaragoza
RTI-2018-096986-B-C31
AffectiveLab-T60-20R
OTRI 2022/0214: CARACTERIZACIÓN Y ANÁLISIS DE LAS SEÑALES ACÚSTICAS PRODUCIDAS EN LOS PROCESOS DE EBULLICIÓN Y DESBORDAMIENTO DE LÍQUIDOS



ACADEMIC SERVICE

Journal and Conference Reviewing
TISMIR, TASLP, IJIMAI, CMJ, EURASIP, ICASSP

Conference Volunteer
International Society for Music Information Retrieval Conference (ISMIR)



LANGUAGES

Spanish (Mother Tongue)
English: C1 CAE
Italian: B2 PLIDA
French: B1 CERTACLES
Japanese: N5 JPLT
German: A1

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