Daniel Álvarez González

Daniel Álvarez González received the Telecommunication Engineering degree in 2005 and the Ph.D. degree in Information and Telecommunication Technologies from the University of Valladolid in 2011. His doctoral dissertation received both the Extraordinary Doctorate Award from the University of Valladolid and the Best Ph.D. Thesis Award from the Spanish Official Association of Telecommunication Engineers (COIT). He is currently an Associate Professor (Profesor Permanente Laboral, since January 1, 2026) at the University of Valladolid, where he carries out teaching and research activities. At the same institution, he held a Ramón y Cajal postdoctoral research contract from 2021 to 2025, combining teaching and research duties. Previously, he worked at the Department of Pneumology of the Hospital Universitario Río Hortega, supported by a Juan de la Cierva postdoctoral fellowship. He is a researcher at the CIBER-BBN (Center for Biomedical Research Network in Bioengineering, Biomaterials and Nanomedicine) since 2019, at the High-Complexity Multidisciplinary Sleep Unit of the Hospital Universitario Río Hortega since 2019, at the Consolidated Research Unit UIC-060 of Castile and León since 2018, and has been a member of the Biomedical Engineering Group (GIB) since its foundation in 2004. His research has been funded through 18 competitive public research grants and fellowships. He initiated his research line on computer-aided diagnosis of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in 2005, focusing on biomedical signal processing. In this field, he has authored 69 articles published in Journal Citation Reports (JCR)-indexed journals (h-index: 34 in Web of Science), 9 book chapters, and 207 contributions to international (90) and national (117) conferences. In addition, he has been invited as speaker or moderator in 17 scientific talks (6 international) and 5 round-table discussions. His research excellence has been recognized through 34 awards and distinctions related to innovation and research quality. He has continuously participated in multiple competitive research projects, serving as Principal Investigator in 3 national projects and 1 European Union-funded project, as well as Study Coordinator at Hospital Universitario Río Hortega in 2 international multicenter clinical trials. He has also participated in 9 R&D contracts with companies and public institutions and is co-inventor of 2 U.S. patents and 2 industrial property registrations in Spain. Regarding international experience, he completed postdoctoral research stays at the Interdisciplinary Center of Sleep Medicine of Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin in 2011, the Biomedical Signals and Systems group at University of Twente in 2017, and the Artificial Intelligence for Health (AI4Health) group at University of Porto in 2024. He obtained positive accreditation for the positions of “Profesor Contratado Doctor” and “Profesor de Universidad Privada” from ACSUCYL in 2012, and for “Profesor Titular de Universidad” from ANECA in 2025. He has also been awarded three six-year research assessment periods (“sexenios”) by ANECA (2006–2011, 2012–2017, and 2018–2023, ongoing), as well as the R3 Research Certification granted by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI) since 2024.