"This MFC project has enhance my professional skills greatly. I feel ready to supervise and guide other researchers in the field of my expertise. In particular, my understanding of econometrics methods for time-varying coefficients in many different types of models and several new applications has improved enormously. Having the opportunity to work with experts in this fields have made it possible. Worth mentioning: a) the work with Eva Ferreira who is a world expert in tv-SURE models and has a great statistical intuition and b) the work with Richard Gerlach who knows how to manage a department and many projects and students, while keeping a good level of research.
Working in BCAM has put me in contact with Mikel Lezaun, Jon Sáenz and Gabriel Berastegui (University of Basque Country) who are involved in wave power electricity production projects. It is my hope to commence some work in this field that is so close to my personal interests and that can result in important societal improvements. We have already shared data for this project and I started working on it in March 2018.
The scholarship has also provided me with funds to attend three courses that have broaden my knowledge of modelling. One in ""Extreme Events"" in Italy, one in ""Data Assimilation"" in Romania and one in ""Deep Learning"" in Spain. In addition, I have been able to fund my research visits to work with Rubén Fernández-Casal in the University of A Coruña and Helena Veiga in the University Carlos III. These two collaborations not only have resulted in deliverables of this project, but also have open two new fronts of research in my careers. I have also been able to invite Yanrong Yang to give a seminar in BCAM and discuss future collaboration. My
The part of the project related with public dissemination gave me the opportunity to experience a hiring process for a BCAM internship. A German student was hired whom I supervised during his visit in BCAM.
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