About me

I am an Assistant Professor on Multimodal Learning for Human Behaviour Analysis at the Data Management and Biometrics group at the University of Twente.

My research interests include computer vision, multimodal machine learning, and their intersection for human-centred AI and human behaviour understanding. My research has applications in healthcare and medical AI, assistive technologies, human–robot interaction, intelligent transportation, industrial computer vision, agriculture, and wearable sensing.

Before to joining the University of Twente, I was a lecturer and researcher in the Information Systems group at the University of Groningen. I received my PhD in Computer Science in February 2020 from the University of Barcelona and the University of Groningen, under the supervision of Prof. Petia Radeva and Prof. Nicolai Petkov.

PhD Candidates

Ongoing

• Akash Ramakrishnan - PhD at University of Twente
  
• Betsy Villa Brochero - PhD with Ian Gibson at University of Twente
  
• Rosemary Nalwanga - PhD with Godliver Owomugisha at University of Twente and Busitema University
  
• Melissa Tijink - PhD with Luuk Spreeuwers and Nicola Strisciuglio at University of Twente
  
• Zhiqi Miao - PhD with Jiapan Guo at University of Groningen
  
• Federico González Brizzio - PhD with Petia Radeva at University of Barcelona
  
• Camila Castaño - PhD with Gilberto Ochoa at Tecnologico de Monterrey
  

Graduated

• February 2024 - Willams de Lima Costa - PhD with Veronica Teichrieb and Lucas Silva Figueiredo at University of Pernambruco, Brasil
  

Grants

University of Twente EEMCS Internal Vouchers
Three selected projects on Multimodal Learning for Human–Robot Perception, Social Interaction Analysis, and Fatigue Detection from Wearable Sensor Data, and in collaboration with Dr. Federico Califano, Dr. Sebastian Schneider and Dr. Khiet Truong, and Dr. Annemieke Witteveen, respectively.
2026, €135K

Radboud University–University of Twente TURBO Seed Grant
Co-applicant with Dr. Frans van Workum for Surgical Video Analysis for Surgeons’ Skills Assessment
2025, €80K

NWO Veni
Principal Investigator of Understanding Social Interactions in First-Person Videos with Multimodal Learning
2024–2027, €320K

Erasmus+ KA171
Collaborative project with Dr. Godliver Owomugisha, Busitema University
2024–2026, €54K

Google PhD Fellowship Funding
Co-supervisor with Dr. Godliver Owomugisha, supporting PhD candidate Rosemary Nalwanga
2024

Erasmus+ KA171
Collaborative project with Dr. Godliver Owomugisha, Busitema University
2022–2025, €78K

Google ExploreCSR Award
Co-applicant for the LATAM Undergraduate Research Program, including a €10K TensorFlow add-on
2023, €32K

University of Groningen Data Science Call
Applicant for Cross-Modal Learning for Routine Discovery from Egocentric Photo Sequences, providing 450 hours of data-scientist support
2020, €35K

Research collaborations

I am interested in interdisciplinary research collaborations, industry partnerships, and projects involving multimodal data analysis, foundation models, efficient AI, and responsible AI for real-world environments.

Wanting to collaborate?
You can always reach me at e(dot)talaveramartinez(at)utwente(dot)nl
You can also connect via Linkedin or Twitter.

Starting a PhD?
If you have pre-secured a fellowship/scholarship paying your own salary or intend to apply for one, and your research interests match any of the above topics, then please feel free to send me an email.