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Applied AI \/ Data science \/ Research<\/p>\n\n\n

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Scientific depth.
Real-world purpose.<\/h1>\n\n\n
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We bring AI, data science and scientific expertise to problems that don\u2019t come with a ready-made answer.<\/p>\n\n\n

Explore our projects \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

Publications & supervision \u2193<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Agricultural landscape<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n
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From satellite imagery and information networks to environmental monitoring and plant biology: our work starts with the question, then finds the right method.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Selected work<\/p>\n\n\n

Expertise, put to work.<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

All projects \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Andrey Malakhov & Alessandro Patruno \/ Team Zephyros. ESA \u03a6-lab<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

01 \/ Earth observation<\/p>\n\n\n

Building footprints from space<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n

Machine learning for building-footprint segmentation, bringing Earth-observation data to humanitarian planning.<\/p>\n\n\n

AI4EO \u00b7 UNOSAT \/ ESA \u03a6-lab ↗<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Zephyros Solutions \u00b7 Project Heimdall prototype<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

02 \/ Natural language & networks<\/p>\n\n\n

AI for information integrity<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n

Transformer models and graph analysis to investigate disinformation surrounding 5G deployment.<\/p>\n\n\n

Province of Zuid-Holland \u00b7 Project Heimdall ↗<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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\"Air-quality
Photograph: Waag \u00b7 Urban AirQ<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

03 \/ Citizen science<\/p>\n\n\n

Measuring the air we share<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n

Citizen participation in air-quality monitoring around two busy streets in central Amsterdam.<\/p>\n\n\n

Urban AirQ \u00b7 Making Sense ↗<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Photographic detail, Figure 4 \u00b7 Zuluaga et al. (2020)<\/a> \u00b7 CC BY<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

04 \/ Life sciences<\/p>\n\n\n

Understanding plant resilience<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n

Investigating how rice can maintain disease resistance while responding to drought stress.<\/p>\n\n\n

BED protein domain \u00b7 Research at INRA ↗<\/span><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Research in the open<\/p>\n\n\n

Publications & research supervision<\/h2>\n\n\n

Selected publications co-authored by our team, alongside doctoral research supervision. A record of work across AI, environmental measurement and life sciences.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Publication \u00b7 2025<\/p>\n\n\n

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Genome mining to elucidate antimicrobial and plant growth promoting potentials in Lactic acid bacteria ↗<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n

Vargas, Botero, Rodriguez, D\u00e1vila, Racedo, Barrera, Bernal, Jim\u00e9nez, Zuluaga & Gonz\u00e1lez.<\/p>\n\n\n

European Journal of Plant Pathology<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Publication \u00b7 2023<\/p>\n\n\n

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Transformers and GNNs for Fake News Detection ↗<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n

Bocconi, S., Patruno, A. & Malakhov, A.<\/p>\n\n\n

MediaEval 2022 Workshop \u00b7 Bergen, Norway \u00b7 CEUR, Vol. 3583<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Publication \u00b7 2022<\/p>\n\n\n

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Drought as a modulator of plant\u2013virus\u2013vector interactions: Effects on symptom expression, plant immunity and vector behaviour ↗<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n

Vasquez, Hernandez, Torres, Borrero-Echeverry, Zuluaga & Rincon.<\/p>\n\n\n

Plant Pathology<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Publication \u00b7 2018<\/p>\n\n\n

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Field calibration of electrochemical NO\u2082 sensors in a citizen science context ↗<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n

Mijling, B., Jiang, Q., de Jonge, D. & Bocconi, S.<\/p>\n\n\n

Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 11(3), 1297\u20131312<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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PhD supervision<\/p>\n\n\n

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Application and development of advanced mathematical tools for population and time series analysis in pulsar astrophysics ↗<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n

Rodriguez Garcia, C. \u00b7 Supervised by Dr. Alessandro Patruno.<\/p>\n\n\n

PhD thesis \u00b7 Universitat Aut\u00f2noma de Barcelona repository<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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Capabilities<\/p>\n\n\n

Across disciplines.
Grounded in evidence.<\/h2>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n