ABOUT US
The team of Professor Octopus is an interdisciplinary group that provides insight into cross-sectional and experience in the audiovisual sector, Artificial Intelligence and engineering.
CARLOS F. DE VIGO
Founder and CEO of the Laboratory
He has directed numerous R & D projects with the collaboration of more than a dozen laboratories, universities and technology centres in europe. He combines his profile technologist with the producer, director and screenwriter for film and video games. Winner of a Goya Award, 4 times in official competition at Malaga (2 times award winning and award-winning in San Sebastian. Their games are distributed globally on platforms like Play Station 4, Play Station 3, WiiU...
LORENA ARES
Bachelor of Fine Arts. Creative Direction.
Director, screenwriter, and supervisor of animation, film and video games with more than 20 years of experience. Winner of a Goya, 2 times awarded in Malaga and awarded at the Film Festival of San Sebastian. He has participated in a half-dozen R & D projects, including several based on AI.
MINTXO DIAZ
Engineer
Executive producer
Has been selected in prestigious international programs: Berlinale Talents 2017, IDFA Academy 2018, Torino Feature Lab-Extended 2019, The Incubator 2020, EAVE Marketing Workshop 2020 or Focus Copro Cannes 2021. His projects have received more than 200 awards and many more selections in festivals prestigious international.
YERAY ALFAGEME
Engineer
Technical Director with a diverse background and wide in the audiovisual sector, and telecommunications, with an emphasis in roles of leadership and management of technological projects in big-name companies, such as EVS Broadcast Equipment and the Olympic Channel, where he played a variety of roles, from a systems engineer to Business Technology Manager and Service Manager.
MIKEL GALAR
Consultant
Phd in Computer Engineering by the UPNA, where he is currently Professor, director of the group, ARIN and the Chair Tracasa. Specialist in machine learning, big data and computer vision, it has published more than 100 scientific papers, with more than 9,000 citations and several international awards. He has led numerous R & D projects both public and private. In addition, stands out as a teacher in artificial intelligence and data science, co-author of two books and awarded for their teaching excellence.
Lab Staff
The team of researchers and collaborators of the laboratory includes engineers, mathematicians, and artists in diverse disciplines, philosophers, lawyers, sociologists and marketing experts.
- Audiovisual: We have a team experienced in audiovisual productions with extensive experience in projects cinamatográficos and technology.
- Engineering, and math: Our team of engineers, and mathematicians with over 6 years experience in developing R & D projects in the audiovisual industry.
- Art: Our team is complemented by various profiles of the art, as art direction, musical composition, storyboard, editing, animation, 3D artists, etc