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General Information

Full Name Javier Murgoitio-Esandi
Date of Birth 9th May 1993
Languages English, Spanish, Basque

Education

  • 2020 - Present
    Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering. Research area - Generative AI
    University of Southern California
  • 2017-2019
    Master of Research, Research Area - Ocean Engineering
    University College London
  • 2015-2016
    Master of Science, Civil Engineering
    University College London
  • 2011-2015
    Bachelor of Engineering, Civil Engineering
    University of Basque Country

Experience

  • 2023.09 - pres.
    Uncertainty Quantification and Machine Learning in Physics Models, Intern
    Sandia National Laboratories
    • Development of software tools to expand the capabilities of uncertainty quantification in deep learning. Conduct research to improve the understanding of MCMC sampling methods in Bayesian deep learning.

Patents

  • Systems and methods for identification of rare events in biological samples. Patent No. 63/716,845. Issued on November 6, 2024. Role - Co-inventor. Description - The patent relates to a rare event identification method that can be used to determine a patient’s disease state. The method is based on an unsupervised deep learning approach.

Conference presentations

  • NeurIPS
    • Dasgupta, A., Murgoitio-Esandi, J., Ray, D., Oberai, A. A. (2023). Conditional score-based generative models for solving physics-based inverse problems. NeurIPS 2023 Workshop on Deep Learning and Inverse Problems. (Accepted)
  • USNCCM17
    • Murgoitio-Esandi, J., Ray, D., Oberai, A. A. (2023). A novel conditional Wasserstein Generative Adversarial Network for inverse problems. U.S. National Congress of Computational Mechanics 17.
  • WCCM24
    • Murgoitio-Esandi, Dasgupta, A., Ramaswamy H., Foo, K., Kennedy, B., Li, R., Zhou, Q., Oberai, A. A. (2024). Inferring mechanical properties of tissue with quantified uncertainty using conditional generative models. World Congress of Computational Mechanics 2024.
  • WCCM24
    • Oberai, A. A., Dasgupta A., Murgoitio-Esandi, J., Ramaswamy, H. (2024). Conditional diffusion models for solving physics-based inverse problems. World Congress of Computational Mechanics 2024.

Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    • Research award, 3rd price. Future Vision Forum.
  • 2019
    • De Paepe-Willems Award, 2nd price. PIANC.