Santiago Romaní

Santiago Romaní is an Associate Professor of Computer Engineering at the University Rovira i Virgili (URV), Tarragona, Spain. He holds an MSc in Computer Science from the Technical University of Catalonia (UPC, 1991) and a PhD in Computer Sciences from UPC (2006). He leads the RIVI-ITAKA research group and is affiliated with the Department of Computer Engineering and Mathematics at URV's Sescelades Campus.

Education:

• MSc in Computer Science, Technical University of Catalonia (1991)
• PhD in Computer Sciences, Technical University of Catalonia (2006)

Research Focus: Specializes in Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition, Machine/Deep Learning, and Medical Image Analysis. His work integrates artificial intelligence for automated image recognition and medical diagnostics. Notable projects include developing an automatic system for radiological measures in nuclear facilities (2006–2010) and founding the URV spin-off company FLUX (2011–2014).

Professional History:

• Technical development lead for ENRESA collaboration (2006–2010)
• Co-founded FLUX (2011) as a URV spin-off (2012–2014)
• Joined the Intelligent Robotics and Computer Vision (IRCV) group (2016)

Current Activities: Focused on teaching, with prior contributions to two PhD projects in medical image analysis and AI.