Dr. Federico Castanedo currently serves as the Academic Director at the Bachelor in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence at IE University. Before, joining IE he has held leadership positions at well-known organizations such as DataRobot and Vodafone and has been an Adjunct Professor at several Universities. Federico also co-founded WiseAthena, a leader in AI price optimization for consumer-packaged goods (CPG) companies and served as the Chief Data Scientist.
He holds a PhD in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence from Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (2010) and has been a visiting researcher at Stanford University. He is also a published author, with several O’Reilly e-books and research papers that have received over 1400 citations.
Corporate Experience
• Director of Data Science Practice, DataRobot, Spain, 2019 - 2022
• Head of Data Science, Vodafone, Spain, 2016 - 2019
• Technical Author, O’Reilly, Remote, 2014 - 2018
• Chief Data Scientist, WiseAthena, Spain, 2013 - 2016
• Software Engineer, Tecsidel, Spain, 2004 - 2006
• Software Engineer, Meteologica, Spain 2002 - 2003
Academic Experience
• Adjunct Professor – Master Big Data, IE University, Spain, 2018 - Present
• Academic Director – Master in Artificial Intelligence, UNIR, Spain 2017 - 2020
• Academic Director – Executive Program on Data Science, U-Tad, Spain 2014 - 2016
• Visiting Researcher – Stanford University, USA, 2010, 2013
• Post-doctoral research fellow – Deusto University, Spain, 2011 - 2013
• Teaching Assistant – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain 2006 - 2011
Academic Background
• Ph.D. in Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain, 2010
• Master’s in computer science, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain, 2005
• Bachelor’s in software engineering, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Spain, 2002