PhD Diego Álvarez Estévez  

Investigador contratado no programa Ramón y Cajal (PR-RC)

Research  Individual researcher
Research lines Artificial Intelligence (Quantum) Machine Learning Biomedical Signal Processing Sleep Medicine
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Orcid id0000-0001-5790-0577 ResearcherIDA-5950-2011 Scopus25931333600

Teaching

Subjects taught

This section shows the teaching given in degrees, masters and other officers studies in last 6 years.

Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
Final Year Dissertation. Mention in Computer Science
Degree in Computer Engineering
0 12
Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
Master`s Dissertation 0 15
Work Placement 0 2
Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
Final Year Dissertation
Degree in Data Science and Engineering
0 16
Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
AI Fundamentals
Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence
0 5.25
Explainable and Trustworthy AI
Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence
0 10.5
Multiagent Systems
Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence
0 16
Quantum Computing and Machine Learning
Master's Degree in Quantum Information Science and Technology
0 10.5
Quantum Computing Architectures
Master's Degree in Quantum Information Science and Technology
0 12.5
Quantum Computing Tools
Master's Degree in Quantum Information Science and Technology
0 7
Work Placement
Master in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences
Master in Bioinformatics for Health Sciences
0 0.5
Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
AI Fundamentals
Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence
0 5.25
Computer Communications Networks
Master's Degree in Industrial Computing and Robotics
0 10.5
Explainable and Trustworthy AI
Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence
0 10.5
Information Systems in Industrial Environments
Master's Degree in Industrial Computing and Robotics
0 21
Intelligent Systems
Degree in Computer Engineering
Master's in Computer Engineering
0 13.5
Large Scale Machine Learning
Degree in Data Science and Engineering
0 1
Multiagent Systems
Master's Degree in Artificial Intelligence
0 16
Programming II
Degree in Artificial Intelligence
0 24
Subject and involved studies Distance hours Total hours
Intelligent Systems
Degree in Computer Engineering
Master's in Computer Engineering
Master's in Computer Engineering
0 70
Programming II
Degree in Computer Engineering
0 10

Defined tutoring by teacher for 2025/2026 academic course.

Faculty of Computer Science

Quarter Day Site
1st quarter Tuesday
12:00 a 14:00
Teams / CITIC, planta 2
2nd quarter Tuesday
12:00 a 14:00
Teams / CITIC, planta 2

Research results

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Axudas para a consolidación e estruturación de unidades de investigación competitivas. Modalidade C: persoal investigador con traxectoria excelente (Diego Alvarez Estevez)

Funding entity Consellería de Educación, Ciencia, Universidades e Formación Profesional
Main researches Diego Alvarez Estevez
Type Proyecto Programas Autonomicos
Dates From 01/09/2025 to 31/10/2029

Algoritmos de Aprendizaje Automático de Nueva Generación para el Análisis de Registros Médicos del Sueño

Funding entity Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Main researches Eduardo Mosqueira Rey (IP1) / Diego Álvarez Estévez
Type Proyecto Programas Nacionales
Dates From 01/09/2024 to 31/08/2027

Ayudas Ramón y Cajal. Convocatoria 2022

Funding entity Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades
Main researches Diego Alvarez Estevez
Type Proyecto Programas Nacionales
Dates From 01/07/2024 to 30/06/2029

AXUDAS PARA A CONSOLIDACIÓN E ESTRUTURACIÓN DE UNIDADES DE INVESTIGACIÓN COMPETITIVAS.GRC 2022

Funding entity Consellería de Educación
Main researches Amparo Alonso Betanzos
Type Proyecto Programas Autonomicos
Dates From 01/01/2022 to 20/11/2025

Desarrollo de modelos de aprendizaje automático generalizables y robustos en el contexto de múltiples fuentes de datos independientes

Funding entity Xunta de Galicia
Main researches Diego Alvarez Estevez
Type Proyecto Programas Autonomicos
Dates From 24/07/2021 to 23/07/2025

Improving quality and efficiency in the scoring of sleep data: assessing the validity and comparison between manual and automatic analysis procedures

Funding entity Haaglanden Medisch Centrum, The Netherlands
Main researches Diego Alvarez Estevez
Type Proyecto Otros Programas
Dates From 10/10/2019 to 10/10/2022

Benchmarking quantum machine learning kernel training for classification tasks

Authors Diego Alvarez-Estevez
Journal IEEE Transactions on Quantum Engineering
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/tqe.2025.3541882

Enhancing inter-database generalization and data-privacy safe-warding in automatic sleep staging using decentralized deep-learning strategies

Authors Adriana Anido-Alonso, Diego Alvarez-Estevez
Journal SLEEP MEDICINE Vol. 115 (pages 407 to 407)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2023.11.1093

Quality of Sleep Data Validation From the Xiaomi Mi Band 5 Against Polysomnography: Comparison Study

Authors Patricia Concheiro-Moscoso, Betania Groba, Diego Álvarez Estévez, María del Carmen Miranda-Duro, Thais Pousada Garcia, Laura Nieto-Riveiro, Francisco Javier Mejuto Muiño, Javier Pereira
Journal Journal of Medical Internet Research Vol. 25
DOI https://doi.org/10.2196/42073

Decentralized data-privacy preserving deep-learning approaches for enhancing inter-database generalization in automatic sleep staging

Authors Adriana Anido-Alonso, Diego Alvarez-Estevez
Journal IEEE JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL AND HEALTH INFORMATICS (pages 1 to 12)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/jbhi.2023.3310869

Computer-assisted analysis of polysomnographic recordings improves inter-scorer associated agreement and scoring times

Authors Diego Álvarez Estévez, Roselyne M. Rijsman
Journal PLOS ONE Vol. 17 Num. 9
DOI https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0275530

Manual versus computer-aided scoring of sleep studies: preliminary results on inter-rater agreement and analysis of scoring time differences in one sleep center

Authors Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Roselyne M. Rijsman
Journal SLEEP MEDICINE Vol. 100 (pages S299 to S299)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2022.05.808

Uncertainty in Quantum Rule-Based Systems

Authors Vicente Moret-Bonillo, Isaac Fernández-Varela, Diego Alvarez-Estevez
Journal Archives of Clinical and Biomedical Research Vol. 5 Num. 1 (pages 42 to 60)

Inter-database validation of a deep learning approach for automatic sleep scoring

Authors Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Roselyne M. Rijsman
Journal PLOS ONE Vol. 16 Num. 8

Addressing database variability in learning from medical data: An ensemble-based approach using convolutional neural networks and a case of study applied to automatic sleep scoring

Authors Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Isaac Fernández-Varela
Journal COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE Vol. 119 (pages 103697-1 to 103697-14)

Sleep-related leg movements in obstructive sleep apnea: definitions, determinants, and clinical consequences

Authors Mirjam H. Schipper, Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Korne Jellema, Johan Verbraecken, Stephany Fulda, Roselyne M. Rijsman
Journal SLEEP MEDICINE Vol. 75 (pages 131 to 140)

Large-scale validation of an automatic EEG arousal detection algorithm using different heterogeneous databases

Authors Diego Álvarez Estévez, Isaac Fernández-Varela
Journal SLEEP MEDICINE Vol. 57 (pages 6 to 14)

A Systematic Approach to API Usability: Taxonomy-derived Criteria and a Case Study

Authors Eduardo Mosqueira-Rey, David Alonso-Ríos, Vicente Moret Bonillo, Isaac Fernández Varela, Diego Álvarez Estévez
Journal INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGY Vol. 97 (pages 46 to 63)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2017.12.010

Revisiting the Wang-Mendel algorithm for fuzzy classification

Authors Diego Álvarez Estévez, Moret-Bonillo, V.
Journal EXPERT SYSTEMS
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/exsy.12268

COMBINING MACHINE LEARNING MODELS FOR THE AUTOMATIC DETECTION OF EEG AROUSALS

Authors V. Moret-Bonillo, Iaac Fernández Varela, Elena Hernandez-Pereira, Diego Álvarez Estévez
Journal Neurocomputing Vol. 268 (pages 100 to 108)

Spectral Heart Rate Variability analysis using the heart timing signal for the screening of the Sleep Apnea-Hypopnea Syndrome

Authors Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Vicente Moret-Bonillo
Journal COMPUTERS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE Vol. 71 (pages 14 to 23)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compbiomed.2016.01.023

A Method for the Automatic Analysis of the Sleep Macrostructure in Continuum

Authors Diego Álvarez Estévez, José María Fernández Pastoriza, Elena Hernandez-Pereira, Vicente Moret Bonillo
Journal Expert Systems with Applications Vol. 39 Num. 8 (pages 1796 to 1803)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2012.09.022

On The Automation of Medical Knowledge and Medical Decision Support Systems

Authors Moret-Bonillo, V.. Isaac Fernández-Varela. Elena Hernandez-Pereira. Diego Alvarez Estevez. Volker Perlitz
Book Advances in Biomedical Informatics
Publishing: Springer International Publishing.
ISBN: 978-3-319-67513-8
Pages From 187 to 217

Multi-task deep-learning for sleep event detection and stage classification
IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Health and Medicine (IEEE CIHM)
International

Authors Adriana Anido-Alonso, Diego Alvarez-Estevez
Place Trondheim (Noruega)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/cihmcompanion65205.2025.11002700

Performance Analysis of Quantum Support Vector Classifiers and Quantum Neural Networks
International Joint Conference on Neural Networks 2025 (IJCNN 2025)
International

Authors Tomás Villalba-Ferreiro, Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Eduardo Mosqueira-Rey
Organization International Neural Network Society (INNS)
Place Roma (Italia)

Performance Analysis of Parameterized Quantum Kernel Methods on a Selection of Machine Learning Datasets
VII Congreso XoveTIC 2024
International

Authors Diego Alvarez-Estevez
Organization Centro de Investigación en Tecnoloxías da Información e as Comunicacións (CITIC)
Place Coruña, A (España)
DOI https://doi.org/10.17979/spudc.9788497498913.20

Simultaneous Sleep Events Detection and Stages Classification Using a Multi-Task Deep-Learning Approach
VII Congreso XoveTIC 2024
International

Authors Adriana Anido-Alonso, Diego Alvarez-Estevez
Organization Centro de Investigación en Tecnoloxías da Información e as Comunicacións (CITIC)
Place Coruña, A (España)
DOI https://doi.org/10.17979/spudc.9788497498913.28

Quantum Factory Method: A Software Engineering Approach to Deal with Incompatibilities in Quantum Libraries
23rd International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS 2023)
International

Authors Samuel Magaz-Romero, Eduardo Mosqueira-Rey, Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Vicente Moret Bonillo
Place Praga (República Checa)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36030-5_6

Analysis of ensemble-combination strategies for improving inter-database generalization of deep-learning-based automatic sleep staging
2022 IEEE-EMBS International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (BHI)
International

Authors Adriana Anido-Alonso, Diego Alvarez-Estevez
Organization IEEE-EMBS
Place Ioannina (Grecia)
DOI https://doi.org/10.1109/bhi56158.2022.9926860

Comparison of ensemble-combination approaches in an automatic sleep staging inter-database generalization task
V XoveTIC Conference 2022
Autonomous

Authors Adriana Anido-Alonso, Diego Alvarez-Estevez
Organization Centro de Investigación en Tecnoloxías da Información e as Comunicacións (CITIC)
Place Coruña, A (España)

Validation of the quality of sleep data generated by Xiaomi Mi Band 5
V XoveTIC Conference 2022
Autonomous

Authors Estefanía Rivas, Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Patricia Concheiro-Moscoso, Javier Pereira Loureiro
Organization Centro de Investigación en Tecnoloxías da Información e as Comunicacións (CITIC)
Place Coruña, A (España)

Una red convolucional para la clasificación de las fases de sueño
II Workshop en Big Data y Análisis de Datos Escalable - CAEPIA 2018
National

Authors Isaac Fernández-Varela, Elena Hernandez-Pereira, Diego Alvarez-Estevez, Vicente Moret-Bonillo
Place Granada (España)

Outlining a simple and robust method for the automatic detection of EEG arousals
25th European symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning (ESANN2017) .
International

Authors Isaac Fernández-Varela, Diego Álvarez Estévez, Elena Hernandez-Pereira, Vicente Moret Bonillo
Place Brujas (Bélgica)

Positions

Academic or management positions held by teacher.

Consello do Departamento Ciencias da Computación e Tecnoloxías da Información

PDI (Membros Natos)

From 15/03/2023.

Consello do Departamento Ciencias da Computación e Tecnoloxías da Información

PDI (Membros Natos)