Talks, seminars & outreach

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From astronomy to AI, and public talks for anyone curious about the sky.

Latest · Outreach talk · Aug 2026

Total solar eclipse in Alustante

On 12 August 2026 mainland Spain saw its first total solar eclipse in over a century. I gave a popular science talk about the Sun and eclipses and helped with the public activities organised by the Luz Cero Astronomical Association and the Hontanar cultural association in Alustante (Guadalajara).

Data science & AI

1. Mar 2024

   How large language models perform on mathematical operations

   Invited talk · International Conference on FOSS Approaches towards Computational Intelligence and Language Technology (FOSS-CILT '24), ICFOSS, Thiruvananthapuram (India)

   Watch the talk · Conference

2. Jan 2021

   Dice score recognition in images and live video

   Project demo · Ironhack Data Analytics bootcamp, final project (selected for the Hackshow)

   Project · Code

   

Astrophysics research

1. Jul 2019

   A thorough investigation on the classification of AGN and its X-ray/optical obscuration

   Talk · Spanish Meeting of AGN Research

2. Jul 2018

   Dust-to-gas ratio in a complete sample of type-1 AGN

   Poster · XIII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), Salamanca

3. Oct 2017

   Dust-to-gas ratio in a complete sample of AGN

   Talk · Spanish X-ray Astronomy meeting, Granada

4. Jul 2016

   On the relation between X-ray absorption and optical extinction in AGN

   Poster · XII Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), Bilbao

5. Jun 2016

   On the relation between X-ray absorption and optical extinction in AGN

   Poster · AGN: What's in a name?, Garching (Germany)

6. Mar 2016

   Comparison of the optical and X-ray obscuration in AGN

   Talk · XXIX XMM-Newton Consortium Meeting, Santander

7. Sep 2015

   Discordant optical and X-ray classification of AGN

   Invited seminar · Brera Astronomical Observatory, Milan (Italy)

8. Jun 2015

   Discordant optical and X-ray classification of AGN

   Talk · Spanish X-ray Astronomy meeting, Santander

9. Sep 2014

   Discordant optical and X-ray classification of AGN

   Talk · XI Scientific Meeting of the Spanish Astronomical Society (SEA), Teruel

10. Jul 2013

    Large databases in astronomy: searching for new automatic analysis methods

    Invited seminar · Starburst research group seminar, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC)

11. Jul 2013

    Master's thesis: a fast, single-pass k-means for classifying galaxy spectra

    Thesis defence · Master's Degree in Astrophysics, University of La Laguna

    Resulting paper

    

Outreach

1. Aug 2026

   Popular science talk ahead of the 12 August 2026 total solar eclipse and astronomical activities

   Outreach talk · Eclipse activities by the Luz Cero Astronomical Association and the Hontanar cultural association at Alustante (Guadalajara)