Adrián Segura Ortiz

I am a computer scientist and researcher in artificial intelligence applied to bioinformatics, working at the intersection of computational methods, biomedical data analysis, evolutionary computation, and reproducible scientific software.

My academic background comprises Bachelor's Degree in Health Engineering with a specialization in Bioinformatics from Universidad de Málaga; Master's degree in Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence from Universidad de Málaga; and Ph.D. in Computer Science from Universidad de Málaga. My professional experience spans 5 years and 7 months at Universidad de Málaga, complemented by research stays of 2 months at Kiyono Lab, belonging to GSES, belonging to The University of Osaka, located in Toyonaka, Japan; 1 month at INAB, belonging to Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, located in Thermi, Greece; 1 month at ORKAD, belonging to CRIStAL, belonging to Université de Lille, located in Lille, France; 3 months at Athena Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies, located in Athens, Greece; and 3 months at ORKAD, belonging to CRIStAL, belonging to Université de Lille, located in Lille, France, for a total of 10 months abroad. Across professional appointments and research stays, this portfolio includes direct work at 5 institutions.

My research output includes 6 journal papers and 1 conference paper, including 2 papers in international collaboration and 1 paper in national collaboration. Within funded research projects, my roles include working team member in 4 research projects, and I have completed reviews for 15 manuscripts submitted to scientific journals.

The software portfolio includes 16 software projects and 4 published packages. The public software portfolio spans 15 repositories, with 64 stars and 3 forks. Package usage records 21,100 downloads.

My teaching activity includes 4 academic years at Universidad de Málaga, amounting to 180 hours across 4 academic years, 8 courses, and 4 degree programmes. This teaching activity began in the 2022/2023 academic year at Universidad de Málaga, when I was the youngest lecturer to take on teaching duties in the Department of Languages and Computer Science, a fact later acknowledged in a 2026 recommendation letter signed by the Director of the ETSII de la UMA. This teaching activity also includes 1 teaching innovation project. Academic supervision includes 1 final degree project and 1 external internship.

Scientific dissemination activity covers 2 scientific dissemination articles, 2 presentations, 27 press items, 17 social media items, and 1 TV media item across media, institutional channels, and public-facing formats. Press coverage spans 14 outlets. Social media items with available metrics account for 68,300 views; the highest recorded item reaches 38,700 views.

This academic trajectory has also been recognized with 4 honors: Master's End-of-Program Extraordinary Award Profesor José María Troya Linero; Bachelor's End-of-Program Extraordinary Award Profesor José María Troya Linero; Destacad@s Awards 2021; and Award for the Best High School Academic Record, and supported by 6 grants: D2 research stay grant, covering Postdoctoral Researcher (International Stay) at The University of Osaka; IMMUNO-model COST Action STSM grant, covering Postdoctoral Researcher (International Stay) at Centre for Research and Technology Hellas; ROAR-NET COST Action mobility grant, covering Postdoctoral Researcher (International Stay) at Université de Lille; FPU mobility grant, covering Postdoctoral Researcher (International Stay) at Athena Research and Innovation Center in Information, Communication and Knowledge Technologies; FPU mobility grant, covering Predoctoral Researcher (International Stay) at Université de Lille; and Predoctoral grant (FPU), covering PhD candidate - FPU Fellowship at Universidad de Málaga and Postdoctoral researcher - FPU-POP Fellowship at Universidad de Málaga.