Eric López Manibardo (PhD in Artificial Intelligence) works as a Data Analyst at TECNALIA. He graduated in Telecommunications Engineering at the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) in 2017, obtained the Master in Telecommunications Engineering at UPV/EHU in 2019 and completed the PhD in Artificial Intelligence again at UPV/EHU in 2024. During his Thesis he spent 5 months at the Behavior Signal Processing Lab group at Nagoya University, Japan.

His research interests can be classified according to two criteria: technology and domain. The technologies he has handled include signal prediction and classification, clustering, image segmentation, and object tracking and identification. These technologies are applied to one-dimensional signals (with special emphasis on time series), two-dimensional signals (images) or tabular data (those expressed in table format). Regarding the scope of application, this is framed in Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and autonomous vehicles. The projects that he develops with major interest are those related to the characterization of vehicular and pedestrian traffic, along with those projects focused on improving the perception of the environment of autonomous vehicles.

He is currently a member of the IEEE ITSS Ad Hoc Committee on Young Professionals, a group focused on helping young participants of the ITS society to achieve a stable and solid professional development, offering support in the form of networking events, trying to bring companies and professionals with more experience closer together.