Juan Manuel Rodriguez

Juan Manuel Rodriguez is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University, Denmark. His affiliation is within The Technical Faculty of IT and Design, specializing in Data, Knowledge, and Web Engineering. Dr. Rodriguez holds a PhD in Computer Science and has a strong focus on research areas including Recommender Systems, Web Services, Deep Learning, and Social Media Analysis. His work often intersects with applications in information retrieval, healthcare systems, and crisis management.

His research explores topics such as misinformation detection, transformer-based news recommendation, and clinical data analysis using knowledge graphs. He has contributed to projects like HEREDITARY (2024–2027), which integrates heterogeneous data for gut-brain research. Rodriguez has also engaged in media collaborations, including work highlighted in 'Udforsker Mars: Studerende fra Aalborg samarbejder med NASA' (June 2024).

Key technical interests include leveraging neural networks for user behavior modeling, optimizing retrieval systems, and addressing ethical challenges in AI. His recent publications (2020–2025) span domains from pandemic mental health tracking to parking availability prediction, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to computational challenges.