Francisco Rivas
Computer Vision And Machine Learning Team Lead at Verisk
Community of Madrid, Spain
Summary
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Senior🎓
Top SchoolFrancisco Rivas is a computer vision and machine learning leader with 15 years of experience, currently heading the CV/ML team at Verisk from Madrid. He combines academic rigor—Master’s in Vision Artificial and ongoing PhD work in computer vision and robotics—with hands-on R&D experience building perception systems for geospatial and robotics applications. As a cofounder of Pentalo Labs and former part-time professor, he blends product-minded entrepreneurship and teaching with mentorship roles in multiple Google Summer of Code cohorts. His open-source contributions to JdeRobot’s RoboticsAcademy highlight practical skills in robotics, GUI development with Python/Qt, and vision-driven control schemes like line-following for autonomous platforms. Known for translating research prototypes into production-ready systems, he also has deep experience with biomechanical motion capture and sensor-based 3D tracking from earlier lab work.
15 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Grado en Ingeniería Informática, Ingeniería informática, Grado en Ingeniería Informática, Ingeniería informática at Universidad de LeónIngeniero técnico, Informática de Sistemas, Ingeniero técnico, Informática de Sistemas at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos
English, Spanish
Github Skills (10)
robotics10
qt10
python10
computer-vision9
front-end-development9
gazebo-simulator8
ros8
gazebosim8
c-language7
cprogramming-language7
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
JdeRobot/RoboticsAcademy
Jan 2016 - Mar 2018
Learn Robotics with JdeRobot
Role in this project:
Full-stack Developer
Full-stack DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 1 PR, 9 pushes in 2 years 1 month
Contributions summary:Francisco contributed to the `roboticsacademy` repository by implementing features related to a "follow_line scheme," indicating involvement in robotics and potentially computer vision tasks. They worked on GUI improvements, including changes to form and GUI files, as well as code changes that likely involved the use of Python and Qt framework, which points to a background in front-end or full-stack development. Additionally, there is indication of working with the F1 racing car components.
gazeboroboticscomputer-visionrobotics-programmingros
chanfr/dockerImages
Jul 2017 - Nov 2020
Contributions:7 pushes, 1 branch in 3 years 4 months
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