About Me — Manuel Castillo-Cara, PhD
Professor and researcher in Artificial Intelligence at UNED, and Udemy instructor with international courses in AI and Data Science. Creator of the TINTO method and lead developer of TINTOlib, an open-source Python library for transforming tabular data into synthetic images and exploring CNNs, Vision Transformers, and hybrid neural networks for tabular learning.
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👨🏫 Biography
I hold a PhD in Computer Science from the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha (UCLM), awarded with the Cum Laude distinction. My research and teaching focus on Artificial Intelligence. I am also an instructor on Udemy with courses in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, reaching students worldwide through practical, hands-on training.
My research focuses on Synthetic Images and Hybrid Neural Networks for applying vision-based deep learning to tabular data. I am the creator of the TINTO method and lead developer of TINTOlib.
Over the last decade, I have participated in 15+ research projects, including seven competitively funded projects—serving as Principal Investigator on two—and authored 30+ impact-indexed journal articles (Q1/Q2), along with publications in international conferences, a utility model patent, software registrations, and an academic book.
| Period | Academic Position | Institution | Research Group |
|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023 | Professor/Researcher | Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia | CISIAD |
| 2021 – 2023 | María Zambrano AI Postdoctoral Fellow | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid | OEG |
| 2014 – 2020 | Professor/Researcher in Peru | Universidad Nacional de Ingeniería Universidad de Lima | IUT-SCi |
🔬 Scientific Artefacts
- 30+ peer-reviewed journal articles (Q1/Q2 indexed)
- 9 international conference contributions (6 Scopus-indexed) and 1 invited tutorial
- 1 utility model patent
- 2 registered software works
- 1 academic book and 1 book chapter
- Supervision of 11 Master’s theses and 6 Bachelor’s theses
- Participation in 2 IEEE international robotics competitions (3rd place)
📊 Research Impact
| Source | Citations | #Q1 | #Q2 | H-Index |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Web of Science (JCR) | 302 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| Scopus (SJR) | 491 | 21 | 10 | 12 |
| Google Scholar | 800 | – | – | 16 |