Diego Santiago Benítez Mejía

Diego Benítez

Computer Science Coordinator
Professor
dbenitez@usfq.edu.ec
Extension
1367
Hayek Building, H-316
USFQ Research
Faculty
College of Sciences and Engineering
Career
Electronic and Automation Engineering
Ingeniería en Matemáticas Aplicadas y Computación (MAC)
Member
Instituto de Neurociencias
External Institution
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Academia de Ciencias del Ecuador (Ecuador).
Expertise area
Pattern Recognition
Automatic learning
Signal Processing
Image processing
Sensors and Automation
  • Postdoc, Sensing, Imaging and Signal Processing Research Group, School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK 2005-2007.
  • Ph.D. Electrical Engineering, University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester-UK 2001.
  • MSc Electrical Engineering, University of Manchester, Institute of Science and Technology (UMIST), Manchester-UK 1997.
Professional Profile

Diego Benítez, with a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Electronic Engineering from the University of Manchester (UK), leads the Department of Electronics at the Universidad San Francisco de Quito (Ecuador). He also heads the Applied Signal Processing and Machine Learning Research Group. Dr. Benítez's research interests encompass signal and image processing, pattern recognition, machine learning, intelligent instrumentation, and measurement systems for medical applications, energy management, security, control, and non-destructive testing. With a background as a Research Engineer at Bosch Research and Technology Center (Pittsburgh, USA), he has authored more than 160 journal articles and papers and holds 26 U.S., European, and foreign patents.

Interests

Vinyl record collections, Cooking, Music (DJ).