Current Position

Associate Professor (2017-), Postdoctoral Researcher (2010-2016)

School of Information Technology

Halmstad University, Sweden


External Collaborator (2020-)

Computer Graphics and Vision and AI Group

University of the Balearic Islands, Spain


Membership

  • IEEE, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers: Member (2009-), Student Member (2004-2009)

  • IEEE Signal Processing Society: Member (2021-)

  • IEEE Biometrics Council: Member (2021-)

  • IAPR, International Association for Pattern Recognition, Member since 2009 via national affiliation to

AERFAI, Spanish Association of Image Analysis, Spanish liaison of IAPR, 2009-2010

SSBA, Swedish Society for Automated Image Analysis, Swedish liaison of IAPR, since 2011

  • EurAI, European Association for Artificial Intelligence, Member since 2021 via national affiliation to

SAIS, Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society, Swedish liaison of EurAI, since 2021


Education


PhD Telecommunications Engineering (2008), “cum laude” (with Doctor Europeus mention)

  • Universidad Politecnica de Madrid / Technical University of Madrid, Dept. of Signals, Systems and Communications

  • PhD program in Telecommunications - Communication Systems and Technologies (with quality mention MCD-2005-00365 of the Spanish Ministry of Education)

  • Thesis: Biometric Sample Quality and its Application to Multimodal Authentication Systems (available at http://atvs.ii.uam.es/~fernando/2008_PhDThesis_Alonso.pdf)

  • Supervisor: Prof. Javier Ortega-Garcia

  • PhD scholarship (FPI), from Comunidad de Madrid / Regional Government of Madrid (co-funded by the EU, ~52k€) supporting the PhD studies in full (2004-2008)

  • Doctorate Extraordinary Award by Universidad Politecnica de Madrid to outstanding PhD Thesis (February 2011)

  • Award COIT - BANESTO to the Best PhD Thesis on Information and Communication Technologies applied to Banking, by the Spanish College of Telecommunication Engineers (COIT) (May 2010)



M. Sc. Telecommunications Engineering (2003), with Distinction

  • Universidad Politecnica de Madrid / Technical University of Madrid, Dept. of Signals, Systems and Communications

  • M.Sc. program in Telecommunications, specialization in Communications and Audiovisual Systems

  • Thesis: Aircraft Recognition Using Video Sequences

  • Supervisor: Prof. Javier Portillo-Garcia

  • Undergraduate Research Scholarship, Spanish Ministry of Education (~2k€), for initiation in research duties of young graduates within university departments (2001)

Previous Research Positions


Postdoctoral Fellow (2010-2016)

School of Information Technology (ITE), Halmstad University (Sweden)

Funding:

    • Grant for postdoctoral positions in Sweden (Swedish Research Council)

    • Marie Curie Intra-European Fellowship (EU, 7th Framework Program)

    • Project Research Grant for junior researchers (Swedish Research Council)


Postdoctoral Fellow (2008-2010)

Department of Informatics, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain

Funding:

    • Postdoctoral Scholarship, Juan de la Cierva program or the Spanish Ministry of Innovation and Science

    • Departamental funds


Doctoral Fellow (2004-2008)

Biometrics Research Lab. - ATVS, pursuing the PhD degree, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Funding:

    • Ph.D. Scholarship from Madrid Regional Government, co-funded by the EU

    • Departamental funds


Undergraduate Research Assistant (2001-2003)

Dept. of Signals, Systems and Communications, pursuing the M.S. degree, Univ. Politecnica de Madrid, Spain

Funding:

    • Undergraduate Research Scholarship, Spanish Ministry of Education, for initiation in research duties of young graduates within university departments