Rafael Sotelo

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Education:

Ph.D. in Telematics Engineering, 2010, Universidad de Vigo, España.

MBA, 1999, Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay.

Electrical Engineer, 1994, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, .

Positions at Academia:

Director of the Department of Information and Communications Technology at Universidad de Montevideo, Uruguay, since 2002.
Professor at Universidad de la República, Uruguay, since 1995.
Evaluator for academic quality assessment of Engineering degrees (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay).

Positions at Industry:

Co-Founder at Quantum-South.
1991 – 2010 Technician/Engineer/Technical Manager at TV Channel 10, Montevideo, Uruguay.
Adjunct consultant at Ministry of Industry 2011-2020. Responsible for the international collaboration about Digital TV and responsible for the Digital TV Laboratory.
Consultant at Laboratorio Tecnológico del Uruguay (LATU) www.latu.org.uy, 2018-2020.
Industry consultant at Geocom (Software and Telecommunications) and TCC (Cable TV) since 2000.

Research:

Areas of interest: Television, Multimedia, Video Quality, Quality of Experience (QoE), Recommender Systems, Quantum Computing, and Industry and Social applications of Artificial Intelligence and Technology.
Papers published: Google Scholar.

Prizes and Distinctions:

“Uruguayan scientist with extensive experience” recognition by Ministry of Education (Uruguay) Dec 2019.
Member of the National Research System (Uruguay).
Full member of the National Academy of Engineering of Uruguay.
Awarded IEEE President Medal 2016 by Barry Shoop.
IEEE Senior Member.
Member of the International Program Committee and reviewer of many symposiums and journals.
Lecturer at many national and international events and congresses (US, Japan, Korea, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Cuba, Chile, Paraguay, Colombia, Uruguay, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Spain, France, and UK).
Finalist at Airbus Quantum Computing Challenge, Oct 2020. Team Leader.

Positions at IEEE:

2016-2018 Broadcast Technology Society: AdCom Member at Large,
2019-2021 Broadcast Technology Society: AdCom Member at Large.
2019-2020 Broadcast Technology Society: Chair of Education Committee.
2017 Chair Cono Sur Council (Sections Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay).
2015-2016 Chair Uruguay Section.
2013-2014 ViceChair Uruguay Section.
2012-2020 Chair (founder) of Broadcast Technology Society Uruguay Chapter.
ViceChair of Communications Society Uruguay Chapter.
2017-2019 IEEE Broadcast Technology Newsletter Associate Editor.
2018 IEEE Transactions on Broadcasting Guest Editor Special Issue on Quality of Experience for Advanced Broadcast Systems.
2020 and 2021 Organizer of IEEE Workshop in Quantum Computing Entrepreneurship during IEEE Quantum Week (Denver, CO).