Summary
Jesús Maillo is a Senior Machine Learning Researcher with 11 years of experience combining academic rigor and industrial impact, holding a PhD in Information Technology from Universidad de Granada. He specializes in scalable k-nearest neighbors and big data methods, translating research into production via collaborations with Repsol and a current role at Funditec. Jesús has taught Big Data and Spark courses, implemented MapReduce instance-based learning, and completed a research fellowship at the University of Nottingham, demonstrating strength in both pedagogy and applied research. Based in Madrid, he focuses on real-world data science problems and has a growing interest in robotics and smart-home automation, bringing a pragmatic bent toward deploying ML on large-scale datasets. Notably, his doctoral work centers on exact, scalable kNN algorithms that bridge theoretical advances and practical system constraints.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information Technology, Title: Fast k-Nearest Neighbors for Big Data and Smart Data, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Information Technology, Title: Fast k-Nearest Neighbors for Big Data and Smart Data at Universidad de Granada