Leader

Carlos CASTILLO

CASTILLO, Carlos
ICREA Research Professor
Group Lead

Group Members

Ricardo (Founder) BAEZA YATES

BAEZA YATES, Ricardo (Founder)
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
and Northeastern University

Nataly BUSLÓN VALDEZ

BUSLÓN VALDEZ, Nataly
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher

Alberto CERIA

CERIA, Alberto
Postdoctoral Researcher

Vladimir ESTIVILL CASTRO

ESTIVILL CASTRO, Vladimir
Full Professor

Maria FERNÁNDEZ ARAMBURU

FERNÁNDEZ ARAMBURU, Maria
Research Support

Anna GKATZIOURA

GKATZIOURA, Anna
Postdoctoral Researcher
FINDHR

Manuel PORTELA

PORTELA, Manuel
Senior Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Associate

Michele STARNINI

STARNINI, Michele
Ramón y Cajal Fellow

Ph.D. Students

Adefunke AKINOLA

AKINOLA, Adefunke
PhD student
Advised by C. Castillo

Dinesh AYYAPPAN

AYYAPPAN, Dinesh
PhD student
Advised by C. Castillo

Ioannis BILIONIS

BILIONIS, Ioannis
PhD student
Co-advised by Luis Fernandez-Luque and C. Castillo

Kaloyan DANOVSKI

DANOVSKI, Kaloyan
PhD student
Advised by M. Starnini

Núria G. BOLEA

G. BOLEA, Núria
PhD student
Co-advised by V. Estivil and S. Soto

Morgan GALLAGHER

GALLAGHER, Morgan
PhD student
Advised by C. Castillo

Mattia TARCHINI

TARCHINI, Mattia
PhD student
Advised by M. Starnini

Abolfazl MOHAMMADI-SEIF

MOHAMMADI-SEIF, Abolfazl
PhD student
Advised by Prof. Ricardo Baeza-Yates

Nuru NABUUSO

NABUUSO, Nuru
PhD student
Advised by V. Estivil

Roger G. MARCH

G. MARCH, Roger
PhD Student
Advised by M. Starnini

Antonio RUBIO SERRANO

RUBIO SERRANO, Antonio
PhD student
Co-advised by V. Estivill-Castro and M. Portela Charnejovsky

Mykola TROKHYMOVYCH

TROKHYMOVYCH, Mykola
PhD student
Co-advised by Diego Saez-Trumper and R. Baeza-Yates

JUAN VALENCIA MENDIETA

VALENCIA MENDIETA, JUAN
PhD student
Co-advised by C. Calsamiglia and C. Castillo

Current collaborators

Current co-advisors:

Other collaborators:

PhD Graduates

In reverse chronological ordering of graduation.

  1. Dr. Marina Estévez-Almenzar (PhD 2025 UPF — Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and C. Castillo)
  2. Dr. Karma Peiró (PhD 2025 UPF — Advisors Ruth Rodríguez-Martínez and C. Castillo)
  3. Dr. Francielle Marques (PhD 2025 UPF — Advisors Davinia Hernández-Leo and C. Castillo)
  4. Dr. Fedor Vitiugin (PhD 2023 UPF — Advisor C. Castillo) — Aalto University, FI
  5. Dr. Giorgio Barnabò (PhD 2023 Sapienza — Advisors Stefano Leonardi and C. Castillo) — SylloTips
  6. Dr. Marzieh Karimi-Haghighi (PhD 2023 UPF — Advisor C. Castillo) ­— Barcelona Supercomputing Center
  7. Dr. Lorenzo Porcaro (PhD 2022 UPF — Advisors E. Gomez and C. Castillo) — Joint Research Center, IT
  8. Dr. Francesco Fabbri (PhD 2022 UPF — Advisors F. Bonchi and C. Castillo) — Spotify
  9. Dr. David Solans (PhD 2022 UPF — Advisors C. Calsamiglia and C. Castillo) — Telefonica
  10. Dr. Valerio Lorini (PhD 2022 UPF — Advisor C. Castillo) — Joint Research Center
  11. Dr. Diana Ramírez-Cifuentes (PhD 2022 UPF — Advisors Ana Freire and R. Baeza-Yates)
  12. Dr. Panayiotis Smeros (PhD 2022 EPFL — Advisors Karl Aberer and C. Castillo)
  13. Dr. Meike Zehlike (PhD 2022 Humboldt-Universitaet zu Berlin — Advisors C. Castillo and Ulf Leser) — Zalando, DE
  14. Dr. Maria Rauschenberger (PhD 2019— Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Luz Rello) — Universit of Applied Sciences, DE
  15. Dr. N. Bora Edizel (PhD 2019, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Amin Mantrach) — Warner Media, US
  16. Dr. Lorena Recalde (PhD 2018, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and David Nettleton) — Escuela Politécnica Nacional, EC
  17. Dr. Ioanna Tsalouchidou (PhD 2018, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Francesco Bonchi) — Amazon, DE
  18. Dr. Zeineb Liaghat ­(PhD 2017, Advisor R. Baeza-Yates) — Apple, USA
  19. Dr. Cigdem Aslay (Ph.D 2016, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Francesco Bonchi) — ISI Foundation, IT
  20. Dr. Yasir Mehmood (PhD 2016, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Francesco Bonchi) — Lahore University of Management, PK
  21. Dr. Eduardo Graells-Garrido (PhD  2015. Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Mounia Lalmas) — Univ. de Chile, CL
  22. Dr. Janette Lehmann (PhD 2015,  Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Mounia Lalmas) — Soundcloud, DE
  23. Dr. Ruth García-Gavilanes (PhD 2015,  Advisor R. Baeza-Yates) — Spotify, UK
  24. Dr. Michele Trevisiol (PhD 2014, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Alejandro Jaimes) — Jobandtalent, ES
  25. Dr. Luca Chiarandini (PhD 2014, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Alejandro Jaimes) — Google, CH
  26. Dr. Luz Rello (PhD 2014, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Horacio Saggion) — IE Business School, ES
  27. Dr. Diego Saéz-Trumper (PhD 2013,  Advisor R. Baeza-Yates) — Wikimedia Foundation, US
  28. Dr. Liliana Calderon-Benavides (PhD 2011, Advisor R. Baeza-Yates) — Universidad Autónoma de Bucaramanga, CO
  29. Dr. Cristina González Caro (PhD 2011, Advisor R. Baeza-Yates) — Rovio, SE
  30. Dr. Ximena Olivares (PhD 2011, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Roelof Van Zwol) — Apple, US
  31. Dr. Víctor Pascual (PhD 2010, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Juan Carlos Dürsteler) — OneTandem, ES
  32. Dr. Ilaria Bordino (PhD 2010, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Stefano Leonardi) — Unicredit Services, IT
  33. Dr. Barbara Poblete (PhD 2009, Advisors R. Baeza-Yates and Myra Spiliopoulos) — Amazon, US and Universidad de Chile, CL

Former Collaborators and Members

  • Jorge Saldivar
  • B. Barla Cambazoglu — RMIT, Australia
  • Juan Carlos Dursteler — Indo, Spain
  • Eduardo Graells-Garrido — Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile
  • Sara Hajian — Trustpilot, Denmark
  • Alejandro Jaimes — Dataminr, US
  • Mounia Lalmas — Spotify, UK
  • Stefano Leonardi — Sapienza University of Rome, IT
  • Amin Mantrach — Amazon, LU
  • Myra Spiliopoulou — Magdeburg University, DE
  • Michele Trevisiol — Jobandtalent, Spain
  • Roelof Van Zwol — Airbnb, US