Sergio Escalera

Sergio Escalera is a Professor at the Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Universitat de Barcelona, and leads the Human Behavior Analysis Group (HuPBA). He holds affiliations at Aalborg University (Distinguished Professor), Computer Vision Center (UAB), and Mathematics Institute of Barcelona. His roles include editorships at journals like TPAMI and Data-centric Machine Learning. He co-created the Codalab platform and co-founded NeurIPS competitions. His research focuses on human-centric AI, including visual and multimodal data analysis, and he has pioneered challenges like ChaLearn Looking at People.

Education: Doctorate in Computer Science (Universitat de Barcelona). Research spans computer vision, machine learning, and topological deep learning. He has published over 560 papers and holds patents in AI and biometrics.

Research Interests: Inclusive human analysis, transparent AI, affective computing, and sports analytics. Notable projects include SoccerNet for sports video understanding and MyoPS for cardiac MRI analysis. His work bridges theory (e.g., Cellular Transformers) and applications (e.g., mental health monitoring).

Awards: ICREA Academia, ELLIS Fellow, AAIA Fellow, multiple best-paper nominations. He has advised 20+ PhD/Master students and led grants totaling millions in funding. Key labs include HuPBA and collaborations with institutions like NVIDIA Jetson Research.

Current Projects: MetrikaMind (mental health AI platform), SoccerNet 2024 challenges, and TopoX (topological machine learning software). Active in 3D human motion generation, unlearning algorithms, and robust OOD detection.