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General
Name | Franco Coltraro |
Location | Barcelona, Spain |
franco.coltraro@upc.edu | |
URL | https://fcoltraro.github.io/ |
Experience
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2023-NOW Post-doctoral Researcher
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) -
2023 Technology Transference
Real Federación Española de Fútbol (Spanish Football Federation) -
2018-2023 PhD student in Applied Mathematics
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) -
2017 - 2018 Data-science Analyst
Minsait (by Indra) -
2016 - 2017 Research Intern
Grupo de Comunicaciones Ópticas y Arquitectura Computadores (UPC) -
2016 Research internship (JAE Intro 2016)
Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial (CSIC-UPC)
Education
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2023 PhD in Applied Mathematics
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) - Robotic manipulation of cloth. Mechanical modeling and perception (see publications).
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2017 Master in Advanced Mathematics and Mathematical Engineering (MAMME)
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) - A logistic queue model for network traffic modelling and simulation (see publications).
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2016 Bachelor degree in Pure Mathematics
Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) - Teorema de Poincaré-Hopf (see publications).
Awards
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2024 - Premi IEC de la Secció de Ciències i Tecnologia de Ciències de l’Enginyeria. Best PhD thesis on Science applied to Engineering defended in Catalan territory during the last 5 years prior to 2023.
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2013/2014/2016 - Beca de Excelencia de la Comunidad de Madrid. Monetary award for great university grades.
Publications
- See publications or download my full CV.
Languages
- Spanish (native), English (C1-C2), German (B2), Catalan (B1) and Italian (oral).
Programing skills
- Python, MATLAB, R, SQL, Neo4j and LaTeX.
Participation in financed projects
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2018-2013 CLOTH manIpulation Learning from DEmonstrations (CLOTHILDE)
- European Research Council (ERC). Grant number H2020-741930- CLOTHILDE.
Teaching
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2022-NOW Profesor Asociado at UPC
- 4 courses taught at ETSEIB. Geometry (twice), Linear Algebra and Calculus II.
Academic interests
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Geometry
- Applied differential geometry, (topological) study of point-clouds, discrete differential geometry.
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Mathematical modeling and simulation
- Modeling with ODE's and PDE's, constrained dynamics, Lagrangian simulation.
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Machine Learning
- Application of topological and geometrical methods for developing classification and regression algorithms.
Other interests
- In my free time I enjoy playing the jazz/classical guitar, doing handstands and wild-camping in the mountains.