Teresa Canas-bajo
Senior Data Scientist
Granada, Andalusia, Spain
Summary
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Top SchoolTeresa Canas-Bajo is a Senior Data Scientist with nine years of experience applying vision science and machine learning to real-world problems, currently leading data science efforts at Clarity AI from Granada, Spain. She holds a PhD in Vision Science from UC Berkeley and a graduate certificate in Applied Data Science, blending rigorous experimental research with production-focused algorithm development. Her work spans driver attention and human–AV interaction research at Berkeley DeepDrive, ophthalmology image pipelines at Flywheel, and end-to-end model deployment—demonstrating comfort from eye-tracking experiments to scalable data products. As Education Lead for Women in AI Spain she mentors and builds curricula, reflecting a commitment to growing the AI talent pipeline. Notably, her academic projects produced peer-reviewed work on holistic face perception and led to practical signaling interfaces for autonomous vehicles, highlighting a rare mix of human-centred research and applied systems thinking.
9 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Vision Science, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Vision Science at University of California, BerkeleyMaster’s Degree, Experimental Psychology, Master’s Degree, Experimental Psychology at The University of EdinburghBachelor’s Degree, Psychology, 8.3, Bachelor’s Degree, Psychology, 8.3 at Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Spanish, English, French
Github Skills (19)
simulator8
collaboration6
machine-learning6
reinforcement-learning6
correlation5
octave5
matlab5
electrophysiology4
r-language4
tsne4
autonomous-vehicles4
gnu4
python3
classification3
neuroscience3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
teresa-canasbajo/bdd-driveratt
Sep 2019 - Mar 2020
Project in collaboration with Berkeley Deep Drive on driver's attention in manual, semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicles. It uses Pupil Labs and a driving simulator.
Contributions:105 commits, 53 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
autonomouspupil-labssemireinforcement-learningcollaboration
teresa-canasbajo/teresa-canasbajo.github.io
May 2020 - Nov 2020
Github Pages template for academic personal websites, forked from mmistakes/minimal-mistakes
Contributions:112 pushes in 5 months
templategithub-pages-templatemmistakesmistakesjekyll
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