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An aeronautical engineer with a master’s degree in Automation and Robotics from the Universitat Polit\u00e8cnica de Catalunya (UPC), he began his career in the field of unmanned aerial systems (UAS), founding a company focused on precision agriculture and aerial inspections. He later specialized in software development, primarily in computer vision, working in sectors such as automotive and embedded systems. In recent years, he has focused on artificial intelligence, leading teams and projects covering the entire AI lifecycle, from model training and evaluation to deployment in production and real-time environments.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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IA\u00b7Veu: synthetic Catalan voices with safe and responsible AI<\/h4><\/div><\/p>\n
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