Mario Martínez-García

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mariomartgarcia@gmail.com

Hello! 👋 I recently completed my PhD in Machine Learning at the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics under the supervision of Iñaki Inza and Jose A. Lozano. My current research focuses on learning using privileged information (LUPI), which leverages relevant features unavailable at deployment time for model training. During my academic journey, I completed an internship at École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS) in Montreal under the supervision of Marco Pedersoli. Before starting my PhD, I obtained my MSc in Data Science from the Open University of Catalonia and my BSc in Physics from the University of Murcia. I am now actively seeking positions as a Data Scientist.

Research interests: I work in applied AI 🤖, focusing on leveraging privileged information, knowledge distillation, and multi-task learning to improve model performance in practical applications. I am particularly interested in applying these techniques to enhance decision-making in clinical and sports environments, providing innovative solutions to real-world problems.

news

Jul 02, 2025 I successfully defended my PhD thesis!
Apr 01, 2025 Paper accepted at Knowledge-Based Systems!
Mar 07, 2025 I gave a talk at UPV-EHU in Donosti as part of the ISG Lecture Series
Jan 28, 2025 Paper accepted at Neurocomputing!
Dec 15, 2024 I completed my stay as a visiting PhD student at École de Technologie Supérieure in Montreal :canada:

selected publications

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    Learning a Battery of COVID-19 Mortality Prediction Models by Multi-objective Optimization
    Mario Martı́nez-Garcı́a, Susana Garcı́a-Gutierrez, Rubén Armañanzas, and 3 more authors
    In Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIME), 2022
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    Extending the learning using privileged information paradigm to logistic regression
    Mario Martı́nez-Garcı́a, Susana Garcı́a-Gutierrez, Lasai Barreñada, and 2 more authors
    Neurocomputing, 2024
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    Teacher privileged distillation: How to deal with imperfect teachers?
    Mario Martı́nez-Garcı́a, Iñaki Inza, and Jose A Lozano
    Knowledge-Based Systems, 2025