Career

Associate Professor

University of Málaga

Research on composable, scalable and distributed digital twins; and streaming machine learning with continuous, federated, TinyML and semi-supervised learning.

Assistant Professor

University of Málaga

Research on open-source frameworks for the definition of digital twins (OpenTwins), and streaming machine learning (Kafka-ML).

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Málaga

Research on continuous and distributed machine learning with data streams (Kafka-ML)

Substitute Professor

University of Málaga

Department of Languages and Computer Science

Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Málaga

Research on IoT systems and structural health monitoring. Definition of the FogPI infrastructure.

PhD Student

University of Málaga

My thesis was focused on the Internet of Things (IoT), specially on resource-constrained devices, cloud integration, application development frameworks, sensor and actuator deployment, and blockchain integration. Recipient of the 2017 Best Survey Paper Award at JNCA.

Research Assistant

University of Málaga

Research Assistant at the ERTIS research group, focusing on IoT and cloud computing. Contributed to highly cited research and designed, analyzed, and developed the Lambda-CoAP architecture, later incorporated into my PhD thesis. Also participated in an ERTIS–Indra collaboration project.

Technical Engineer

AIDA CENTRE, S.L.

Worked remotely for nearly two years at Aida RFID Solutions while completing my degree, contributing to the specification, design, development, and testing of RFID systems. Developed RFID middleware and a network management system, and participated in automating vehicle identification using RFID in the automotive industry.

PhD in Computer Science

University of Málaga

Computer Science

• Thesis: Integrados: facilitating the adoption of the internet of things through the integration of technologies
• Supervisors: Manuel Díaz and Bartolomé Rubio
• Extraordinary PhD thesis award for course 2018/2019 at UMA.

Master's Degree

University of Málaga

Software Engineering and Artificial Intelligence

• Thesis: λ-CoAP: An Internet of Things and Cloud Computing Integration based on the Lambda Architecture and CoAP

Master's Degree

University of Málaga

Computer Science

• Thesis: RFID-system management, monitorization and control

Opentwins-FED: Open Digital Twin Platform for Cross-Domain Simulation and Analytics of Federated and Collaborative Digital Twins

Spanish AEI Generacion Conocimiento 2025 project. Funding €152k + FPI.

• Principal Investigators: Cristian Martin and Manuel Diaz

GEDICAM: Multi-paradigm digital twin compositional platform. Use case of the Integrated water cycle.

Andalusian government R&D&I project. Funding €77K.

• Principal Investigators: Cristian Martin and Manuel Diaz

TRIATHLON: TRIhAlomeTHanes controL thrOugh AI-based techNologies

Spanish AEI Colaboración Público-Privada project. UMA share: €152,000.

• Principal Investigators: Cristian Martin and Manuel Diaz

EVOLVE: Electric Vehicles pOint Location optimization via VEhicular communications

Horizon Europe MSCA Staff Exchange project. UMA share: €150,000.

• Principal Investigator and Coordinator: Cristian Martin

DiTaS: A framework for agnostic compositional and cognitive digital twin services

Spanish AEI Generacion Conocimiento 2022 project. Funding €137,500.

• Principal Investigators: Cristian Martin and Manuel Diaz

5G+Tactile2: Digital twins of verticals for B5G/6G networks

UNICO I+D 5G Avanzado y 6G. Funding €554,194.

• Principal investigator: Manuel Díaz

GEDIER: Smart Farm Digital Twin Framework for Precision

Spanish AEI Ecological Transition and Digital Transition Projects. UMA share: €149,500.

• Principal investigator: Manuel Díaz and Bartolomé Rubio

IntegraDos: Real-time services for the Internet of Things through sensor integration in the cloud

Excellence projects, Andalusian Government. Funding €91,750.

• Principal investigator: Manuel Díaz

rFOG:Improving latency and reliability of delegated Fog computing for critical applications

Spanish AEI Retos project. Funding €179,080.

• Principal investigator: Manuel Díaz and Pedro Merino

Preventive maintenance of wind turbines using deep learning in the Fog

Spanish CEIATECH project. Funding €30,274.30.

• Principal investigator: Manuel Díaz

Advanced monitoring systems based on deep learning services in the Fog

Andalusian government FEDER project. Funding €60,784.98.

• Principal investigator: Manuel Díaz

Energy balancing and resilience solutions for distribution grids (ebalance-plus)

H2020 European Commission project. UMA share: €429,750.

• Principal investigator: Manuel Díaz

Wireless technologies for critical infrastructure monitoring (MIsTIca)

Excellence projects, Andalusian Government. Funding €216,644.

• Principal investigator: Bartolomé Rubio

Balancing energy production and consumption in energy-efficient smart neighbourhoods (E-BALANCE)

FP7 European Commission project. UMA share: €507,740.

• Principal investigator: Manuel Díaz

JNCA Best Survey Paper 2017

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

State-of-the-art, challenges, and open issues in the integration of Internet of Things and Cloud Computing.

Best PhD thesis in Computer Science, academic year 2019/2020

University of Málaga

Spring 2022 Editor's Choice

Future Generation Computer Systems

Kafka-ML: Connecting the data stream with ML/AI frameworks.