Claudia Mazo

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Claudia Mazo is an Assistant Profesor at Dublin City University (DCU) since 2022, a management committee member of the COST Action: CA22103 - A Comprehensive Network Against Brain Cancer from 2023, and an Ad Honorem Lecturer at Universidad del Valle since 2019. From 2021 to 2022, she was a Research Fellow at University College Dublin (UCD). From 2017 to 2021, she was a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow with UCD Computer Science School, CeADAR, and Oncomark Ltd, Dublin - Ireland. From 2017 to 2018, she worked as a Researcher at Vicomtech with the eHealth and Biomedical Applications Area, San Sebastian-Donostia, Spain. She received a double degree PhD, the first one in Engineering in Production and Computing Doctorate from the Universidad de León, León, Spain, in 2016, and the second one in Engineering Doctorate with Emphasis in Computer Science from the Universidad del Valle, Cali, in 2017. From 2009 to 2011, she worked as a young researcher at the Universidad del Valle with the Multimedia and Computer Vision Group.

She has achieved publications in national and international conferences and journals with recognised impact, as the main author. Her research interests include machine learning, image processing, pattern recognition, computer vision, and personalised medicine.  

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2017 Claudia Mazo; Enrique Alegre; Maria Trujillo; Víctor González-Castro (2017) 'Tissues Classification of the Cardiovascular System Using Texture Descriptors' In: [Link] [DOI]

Conference Publication

Year Publication
2018 (2018) Proceedings of the 12th Alberto Mendelzon International Workshop on Foundations of Data Management, Cali, Colombia, May 21-25, 2018 Ontology-based Automatic Reclassication of Tissues and Organs in Histological Images [Link]
2016 (2016) Progress in Pattern Recognition, Image Analysis, Computer Vision, and Applications - 21st Iberoamerican Congress, CIARP 2016, Lima, Peru, November 8-11, 2016, Proceedings Automatic Classification of Non-informative Frames in Colonoscopy Videos Using Texture Analysis [Link] [DOI]

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2022 Claudia Mazo; Claudia Aura; Arman Rahman; William Gallagher; Catherine Mooney (2022) 'Application of Artificial Intelligence Techniques to Predict Risk of Recurrence of Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review'. Journal of personalized medicine, . [Link] [DOI]
2021 Anna Markella Antoniadi; Yuhan Du; Yasmine Guendouz; Lan Wei; Claudia Mazo; Brett A. Becker; Catherine Mooney (2021) 'Current Challenges and Future Opportunities for XAI in Machine Learning-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems: A Systematic Review'. Applied Sciences, . [Link] [DOI]
2021 Jaime Perez; Claudia Mazo; Maria Trujillo; Alejandro Herrera (2021) 'MRI and CT Fusion in Stereotactic Electroencephalography: A Literature Review'. Applied Sciences, . [Link] [DOI]
2020 Claudia Mazo; Enrique Alegre; Maria Trujillo (2020) 'Using an ontology of the human cardiovascular system to improve the classification of histological images'. Scientific Reports, . [Link] [DOI]
2020 (2020) 'Multimodal medical image fusion in stereotactic electroencephalography'. Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine, . [Link] [DOI]
2020 (2020) 'Clinical Decision Support Systems in Breast Cancer: A Systematic Review'. Cancers, . [Link] [DOI]
2020 Claudia Mazo; Stephen Barron; Catherine Mooney; William Gallagher (2020) 'Multi-Gene Prognostic Signatures and Prediction of Pathological Complete Response to Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy in ER-positive, HER2-negative Breast Cancer Patients'. Cancers, . [Link] [DOI]
2019 (2019) '257PMulti-gene prognostic signatures and prediction of pathological complete response of ER-Positive HER2-negative breast cancer patients to neo-adjuvant chemotherapy'. Annals of Oncology, . [Link] [DOI]
2018 Claudia Mazo; Jose Bernal; Maria Trujillo; Enrique Alegre (2018) 'Transfer learning for classification of cardiovascular tissues in histological images'. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, . [Link] [DOI]
2018 (2018) 'In Silico Approach for Immunohistochemical Evaluation of a Cytoplasmic Marker in Breast Cancer'. Cancers, . [Link] [DOI]
2017 (2017) 'Classification of cardiovascular tissues using {LBP} based descriptors and a cascade {SVM}'. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, . [Link] https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2017.06.003
2017 Mazo, C.; Alegre, E.; Trujillo, M. (2017) 'Classification of cardiovascular tissues using LBP based descriptors and a cascade SVM'. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, . [Link] [DOI]
2017 Claudia Mazo; Liliana Salazar; Oscar Corcho; Maria Trujillo; Enrique Alegre (2017) 'A histological ontology of the human cardiovascular system'. Journal of Biomedical Semantics, . [Link] [DOI]
2016 Claudia Mazo; Maria Trujillo; Enrique Alegre; Liliana Salazar (2016) 'Automatic recognition of fundamental tissues on histology images of the human cardiovascular system'. Micron, . [DOI]
2010 (2010) 'Ingeniería y Competitividad'. Ingeniería y Competitividad, . [Link]

Research Paper

Year Publication
2022 Jose Bernal; Claudia Mazo (2022) Transparency of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare: Insights From Professionals in Computing and Healthcare Worldwide”. RP [DOI]

Working Paper

Year Publication
2019 (2019) A Histology-Genomic Integration Analysis Using Machine Learning for Predicting Risk of Recurrence of Breast Cancer. WP [Link] [DOI]

Other Publication

Year Publication
2023 Claudia Mazo; Claudia Mazo; Claudia Mazo; Jaime Peréz; Maria Trujillo; Alejandro Herrera (2023) Fusión Multimodal entre IRM Y TC en Electroencefalografía Estereotáctica con Presencia de Objetos Externos. [DOI]
2021 Fitzgerald, J.; Higgins, D.; Mazo Vargas, C.; Watson, W.; Mooney, C.; Rahman, A.; Aspell, N.; Connolly, A.; Aura Gonzalez, C.; Gallagher, W. (2021) Future of biomarker evaluation in the realm of artificial intelligence algorithms: Application in improved therapeutic stratification of patients with breast and prostate cancer. [Link] [DOI]
2018 (2018) Personalized Breast Cancer Treatment Based on Sox2 Protein Expression.
2014 Claudia Mazo; Maria Trujillo; Liliana Salazar (2014) Automatic Classification of Coating Epithelial Tissue. [DOI]
2013 Claudia Mazo; Maria Trujillo; Liliana Salazar (2013) Identifying Loose Connective and Muscle Tissues on Histology Images. [DOI]
2012 Claudia Mazo; Maria Trujillo; Liliana Salazar (2012) An Automatic Segmentation Approach of Epithelial Cells Nuclei. [DOI]

Book

Year Publication
2014 Mazo, C.; Trujillo, M.; Salazar, L. (2014) Automatic classification of coating epithelial tissue. [Link]
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Honors and Awards

Date Title Awarding Body
01/01/2006 The Third Best Student according to GPA Universidad del Valle
01/01/2014 The best work in the category of Oral Presentation at thematic axes of anatomy, neuroanatomy, histology, embryology and anatomy applied by “BISCAR: desarrollo de un banco de imágenes histológicas del Sistema Cardiovascular” - "BISCAR: development of a histological image bank of the Cardiovascular System" Asociación Colombiana de Morfología
01/01/2007 The Best Student according to GPA Universidad del Valle
01/01/2016 Winner of the ``Convocatoria para el apoyo a la financiación de tesis doctorales en temáticas relacionadas con necesidades empresariales. Convocatoria doctor ULE-TCUE" - "Call for support financing of doctoral theses on topics related to business needs. Call doctor ULE-TCUE" European Union
01/01/2017 Meritorious Thesis by "Automatic Classification of Histological Images and Histological Knowledge Modelling of the Human Cardiovascular System" PhD thesis Universidad del Valle
01/01/2016 International Mention by "Automatic Classification of Histological Images and Histological Knowledge Modelling of the Human Cardiovascular System" PhD thesis Universidad de León Escuela de Ingenierías Industrial e Informática
01/01/2016 Cum Laude Mention by "Automatic Classification of Histological Images and Histological Knowledge Modelling of the Human Cardiovascular System" PhD thesis Universidad de León Escuela de Ingenierías Industrial e Informática
01/04/2023 2021 Best Paper Award Winner in Section Applied Biosciences and Bioengineering by "Current Challenges and Future Opportunities for XAI in Machine Learning-Based Clinical Decision Support Systems: A Systematic Review" Journal applied science

Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
01/08/2015 Universidad de León Engineering in Production and Computing Doctorade (PhD)
01/08/2010 Universidad del Valle Engineering Doctorate with Emphasis on Computer Science (PhD)
01/08/2019 Quality and Qualifications Ireland QQI Project Management Level 6
01/08/2009 Universidad del Valle Systems engineer
29/10/2019 Oxford University Press Intellectual property course, Certified No. 4053521832
29/10/2019 Oxford University Press Research Integrity: Concise Course, Certified No. 4053521782
11/11/2019 European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBO Laboratory Leadership

Patents

Patent Number Title Inventor Granted
Libro 13, Tomo 30, Partida 355, PESPAD: Predicción de la Estructura Secundaria de la Proteína basada en Árboles de Decisión 28/09/2011
P201731430 Procedimiento y sistema de visión artificial para la descripción y clasificación automática de tejidos no patológicos del sistema cardiovascular humano 01/12/2017

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2023 CA3000
2023 CA121
2023 CA266