I'm Álvaro Arcos
AI Researcher and Developer
- Address Seville, Spain
- Company MCCM Innovations Ltd
- Education PhD in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
Hello! I am Álvaro Arcos. Passionate about technology, Deep Learning and software development. All around developer with years of expertise in the following areas: AI research and development, Full-stack web development and Android development. Well-versed in numerous programming languages including Python, PHP, Java, and SQL. I am self-motivated, team player, proactive and I have a genuine appetite to increase knowledge of my industry. Currently, I am the CTO & AI Director at MCCM Innovations and I hold the top-1 rank position at the international German Traffic Sign Recognition Benchmark.
Work Experience
MCCM Innovations
CTO & Artificial Intelligence (AI) Director
Responsible for the Technology and Artificial Intelligence business areas of the company. Design, build and maintain AI projects: OCR, chat bots, image classification, object detection, natural language processing and document classification.
University of Seville
AI Research and Software Development Engineer
Research and development of deep learning and machine learning models for time series forecasting, Human Activity Recognition and traffic sign recognition systems. Also, I developed several Android apps to monitor user activities, send notifications to students based on the context in which they are in order to offer them the most appropriate learning tasks adapted to such context, and gather information about nearby Bluetooth devices, Wi-Fi networks, physical activity that the user is doing, recorded audio, and orientation of the mobile device.
Open Source
Android Developer
Development of an E-health Android app that aims to improve life quality of COPD patients. Available at Google Play.
SGC-Online
Full-Stack Web Depelover and Android Developer
Development and maintenance of several web (PHP) and mobile (Android) applications with a high number of concurrent users. On one hand, PHP applications were mainly focused on helping out unemployed people to seek new job opportunities. On the other hand, the Android app was a marketplace where users can buy and sell second-hand products.
Freelance
E-commerce web developer
Web development of an e-commerce platform using Prestashop.
Isotrol
Full-stack web developer
Development of a module focused on gender-based violence within the Social Services web application of Seville City Council using the following technologies: HTML, PHP, AJAX, JavaScript and PostgreSQL.
Prodetur
Innovation Consulting
Advise and provide advanced services to companies in the province of Seville.
Isotrol
Full-stack web developer
Development and maintenance of the Social Services web application of Seville City Council and Alcalá de Guadaíra City Council using the following programming languages and technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, PHP, PostgreSQL and Oracle 10g.
Education
PhD in Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence
University of Seville
University Degree in Computer Science
University of Seville
Master’s Degree in Computer Science
University of Seville
Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
University of Seville
Relevant Publications
- Exploiting synergies of mobile mapping sensors and deep learning for traffic sign recognition systems. Á Arcos-García, M Soilán, JA Álvarez-García, B Riveiro. Expert Systems with Applications 89, 286-295. Available here.
- Deep neural network for traffic sign recognition systems: An analysis of spatial transformers and stochastic optimisation methods. Á Arcos-García, JA Álvarez-García, LM Soria-Morillo. Neural Networks 99, 158-165. Available here.
- Evaluation of deep neural networks for traffic sign detection systems. Á Arcos-García, JA Álvarez-García, LM Soria-Morillo. Neurocomputing 316, 332-344. Available here.
My Interests
I love watching movies, listen to music, running and play computer games. I am a photography enthusiastic, TV series addict and travel-coholic.
- Watch TV Series
- Watch Movies
- Walk & Run
- Play computer games
- Listen to music
- Travel around the world
- Photography
References
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Álvaro Arcos García has worked at the Universidad de Sevilla as Developer and Researcher in HERMES project (Healthy and Efficient Routes in Massive Open-Data Based Smart Cities-Citizen, funded by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad) and M-Learning project (La Formación a Través de Dispositivos Móviles. Diseño y Evaluación de Contenidos y Actividades Formativas a Través de M-Learning, funded by Junta de Andalucía).
I supervised his work and Álvaro demonstrated excellent skills developing software (Android, Firebase, Google App Engine, Google Cloud Messaging, etc.) and machine learning algorithms (Deep Neural Networks, Support Vector Machines). He is also an excellent researcher writing the findings of the research team in scientific papers on impact factor journals.
I coordinated the HERMES Project where he is a valuable asset to the research team, furthermore I supervise his Ph.D. Thesis related with Deep Learning applied to identification and recognition of traffic signs in real time.
He is a team player whose excitement for learning enabled him to try new projects and take on more responsibility within the research team.
Álvaro has an aptitude for multi-tasking, giving original solutions for new problems. He is always willing to contribute to projects, is a true pleasure to work with. I am confident he will be successful throughout his career and highly recommend him as a researcher.
Juan Antonio Álvarez García Lecturer and Researcher Computer Science University of Seville. Soft and Hard advisor for startups at Andalucia Open Future -
During the time he was working with us, Alvaro did an extraordinary job in the different projects in which he participated. His level of commitment to the company, his professionalism and the responsibility and dedication with which he performed his work were outstanding.
Rafael R. Lopez Casado CEO & Founder
Contact Me
- E-mail alvaro.arcos@mccminnovations.com aarcos1@us.es
- Twitter @aarcosg