Marta Sestelo Perez

Marta Sestelo Perez is a Professor in the Department of Statistics and Operations Research at the Faculty of Economic and Business Sciences, University of Vigo, Spain. She holds a full-time academic position and is affiliated with the SiDOR research group (Statistical Inference, Decision and Operations Research) and CITMAga research center (Centro de Investigación, Transferencia y Madurez Tecnológica de Galicia).

Her research interests include:

• Statistics
• Operations Research
• Machine Learning
• Data Science
• Regression Analysis
• Survival Analysis

Dr. Sestelo has maintained a robust teaching career across multiple Spanish institutions, including the University of Vigo (2014-present), Autonomous University of Barcelona (2013-14), and University of Santiago de Compostela (2007-09). She has delivered specialized courses for industry including Survival Analysis for BBVA Data & Analytics (2017), Machine Learning for GDG DevFest Galicia (2018), and cybersecurity-related data science workshops for Gradiant.

She earned her PhD from the University of Vigo in 2013 with the thesis "Development and computational implementation of estimation and inference methods in flexible regression models applications in Biology, Engineering and Environment" under the supervision of Dr. Javier Roca Pardiñas. Her expertise spans both theoretical statistical methods and practical applications across diverse domains.

Dr. Sestelo actively contributes to the data science community through workshops on R programming and package development, demonstrating her commitment to knowledge transfer and technical skill development among students and professionals.