Pedro Lara Benítez

Machine Learning Researcher

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Projects

Research publications

A machine learning-based methodology for short-term kinetic energy forecasting with real-time application: Nordic Power System case

JM Riquelme-Dominguez, M Carranza-García, P Lara-Benítez, FM González-Longatt

International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, vol. 156, p. 109730

2024 | DOI: 10.1016/j.ijepes.2023.109730

Short-term solar irradiance forecasting in streaming with deep learning

P Lara-Benítez, M Carranza-García, JM Luna-Romera, JC Riquelme

Neurocomputing, vol. 546, p. 126312

2023 | DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2023.126312

Data streams classification using deep learning under different speeds and drifts

P Lara-Benítez, M Carranza-García, D. Gutiérrez-Avilés, JC Riquelme

Logic Journal of the IGPL

2022 | DOI: 10.1093/jigpal/jzac033

Feature Selection on Spatio-Temporal Data for Solar Irradiance Forecasting

M Carranza-García, P Lara-Benítez, JM Luna-Romera, JC Riquelme

16th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications (SOCO 2021) Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1401, p. 654-664

2021 | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-87869-6_62

Evaluation of the Transformer Architecture for Univariate Time Series Forecasting

P Lara-Benítez, L. Gallego-Ledesma, M Carranza-García, JC Riquelme

Advances in Artificial Intelligence. CAEPIA 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12882, p. 106-115

2021 | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-85713-4_11

Enhancing Object Detection in Autonomous Vehicles by Optimizing Anchor Generation and Addressing Class Imbalance

M Carranza-García, P Lara-Benítez, J García-Gutiérrez, JC Riquelme

Neurocomputing vol. 449, p. 229-244

2021 | DOI: 10.1016/j.neucom.2021.04.001

On the performance of one-stage and two-stage object detectors in autonomous vehicles using camera data.

M Carranza-García, Jesús Torres-Mateo, P Lara-Benítez, J García-Gutiérrez

Remote Sensing vol. 13, no 1, p. 89

2020 | DOI: 10.3390/rs13010089

An Experimental Review on Deep Learning Architectures for Time Series Forecasting

P Lara-Benítez, M Carranza-García, JC Riquelme

International Journal of Neural Systems (IJNS)

2020 | DOI: 10.1142/S0129065721300011

Temporal Convolutional Networks Applied to Energy-Related Time Series Forecasting

P Lara-Benítez, M Carranza-García, JM Luna-Romera, JC Riquelme

Applied Sciences 10 (7), 2322

2020 | DOI: 10.3390/app10072322

On the Performance of Deep Learning Models for Time Series Classification in Streaming

P Lara-Benítez, M Carranza-García, F Martínez-Álvarez, JC Riquelme

15th International Conference on Soft Computing Models in Industrial and Environmental Applications (SOCO 2020). SOCO 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1268

2020 | DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-57802-2_14

Asynchronous dual-pipeline deep learning framework for online data stream classification

P Lara-Benítez, M Carranza-García, J García-Gutiérrez, JC Riquelme

Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, 1-19

2020 | DOI: 10.3233/ICA-200617

Personal projects

ADLStream framework

A python open source library for online learning with Deep Learning models.

Contribution to TensorFlow Addons with Echo State Network (ESN) implementation

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Studies

PhD in Machine learning and data science

University of Seville (Spain) 2019 - 2022 10/10 | A+ (with distinction)

Researching about data science, machine learning and artificial intelligence. Mainly focused on deep learning, time series analysis, data stream mining and object detection.

Master's degree · Software Engineering

University of Seville (Spain)
2018 - 2019 9.3/10 | A

Relevant coursework

Data Engineering 9.0/10 | A  
Machine Learning Engineering 8.3/10 | A  
Data visualization techniques 9.0/10 | A  
Big Data 9.5/10 | A+
Data Science 10/10 | A+

Bachelor of Science · Computer Science

Middlesex University (UK)
2017 - 2018 (Erasmus+ year)

Relevant coursework

Artificial intelligence 8.0/10 | B  
Open Source software 8.0/10 | B  

Bachelor of Engineering · Computer Science - Software Engineering

University of Seville (Spain)
2014 - 2018 8.55/10 | B

Relevant coursework

Data structures and Algorithms 10/10 | A+
Statistics 7.0/10 | B  
Artificial Intelligence 9.0/10 | A  

Languages

Spanish

Native speaker

English

Advanced - C1

Italian

Basic

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Work

Vice President (VP) - Quantitative Financial Analyst

Bank of America   |   February 2024 - Present

  • Architected and implemented distributed computing framework for FRTB model analysis
  • Developed interactive dashboards for framework monitoring and control
  • Built automated big-data analytics pipeline for VaR accuracy and P&L attribution analysis

Assistant Vice President (AVP) - Quantitative Financial Analyst

Bank of America   |   May 2022 - January 2024

  • Led development of Risk Not in Stress (RNiS) application
  • Contributed to VaR Backtesting and Overage Explains processes
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams on project execution

Analyst and developer of business management software

PetMaxi - Spain     |     2019 - 2020 · 6 month

Analyst and developer of patien management information system

BBA Medical Center     |     2017 - 2018 · 1 years

Software developer - Backend and Android app

MSIG Smart Management     |     2017 · 3 months


Technical Proficiency


Programming Languages: Python, JavaScript, Java, SQL

Data Processing & Analytics: Pandas, NumPy, River, DuckDB, Pyarrow, Plotly, Matplotlib, Dash

Web Development: React, Vue, Flask, Django, RESTful APIs

Infrastructure: AWS, Azure, Docker, Git, Linux, Distributed Computing

Domain Expertise: Deep Learning, Time Series Analysis, Risk Analytics, FRTB, VaR, P&L Attribution


Awards


Winer of "Atmira Stock Prediction" challenge - UniversityHack 2021 Datathon

Cajamar Data Lab   |   2021

Selected as top 30 computer-science pre-doctoral student nationwide

Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities   |   2020

Winer of OpenWebinars' prize - HackForGood2017 Sevilla

Think Big, Fundación Telefonica     |     March 2017

Second prize in startup hackathon "HackForGood2017"

Think Big, Fundación Telefonica     |     February 2017

Finalist in GO APP! Seville. Circular economy startup

GO APP! by Google     |     November 2016

Winner first prize in code competition "Everis Codefest Sevilla"

Everis     |     November 2016

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