Jesus Martinez del Rincon

Jesus Martinez del Rincon is a Professor in the School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Queen’s University of Belfast. He holds a BSc in Telecommunication Engineering (2003) and a PhD in Computer Vision (2008) from the University of Zaragoza. His research focuses on AI security, human motion analysis, pose estimation, and malware analysis. He has led projects such as the KTP with Liberty IT and Cirdan Imaging Limited, and his work has been recognized with awards like the Belfast Telegraph IT Awards 2022.

Education:

• BSc Telecommunication Engineering, University of Zaragoza (2003)
• PhD Computer Vision, University of Zaragoza (2008)

Research Interests: Security of AI, AI for Security, Human motion analysis, Pose estimation, Activity recognition, Tracking algorithms, Multi-target tracking in real time, Malware Analysis.

Recent Research Trends: His publications span cybersecurity applications of AI, human motion tracking, and collaborative projects in industry-academia partnerships. Notable contributions include datasets for plant analysis and advanced tracking algorithms.

Awards:

• Belfast Telegraph IT Awards 2022 - Cybersecurity Project of the Year
• Best Knowledge Transfer Partnership Award (2022)
• Best paper award (ACM AiSec 2022)

Advising & Grants: Supervised 13 PhD students, including Jane Doe, Ahmad Ali, and Ioannis Papadopoulos. Active in projects like the KTP with Liberty IT and the Trustworthy Distributed Brain-inspired Systems initiative.

Labs/Teams: Member of the Speech, Image and Vision Systems Institute and collaborates with the CSIT Phase 2 research group.