I am a research assistant at Idiap Research Institute and a fourth year PhD student at EPFL (École Politechnique Fédérale de Lausanne). Graduated with a Master of Computer Science from Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education at Ensenada (CICESE), Baja California, in Mexico. I am supported by a Ph.D. scholarship from Mexico’s National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT). My general interests are social computing, machine learning, and human activity modeling.
I am currently focusing on analysis of Emergent Leadership in small groups using nonverbal behavior, as part of the SONVB project.
Email: dscortes@idiap.ch
Telephone: +41 27 721 77 49
Fax: +41 27 721 77 12