Optimal motion-in-depth estimation with natural stimuli
Herrera-Esposito, D.; Burge, J (2024). " Optimal motion-in-depth estimation with natural stimuli." bioRxiv.
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Cognitive Neuroscience, Universidad de la República (UdelaR), Uruguay, 2021
- B.S. in Biochemistry, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, 2015 (Summa Cum Laude)
Academic positions
2022-present: Postdoctoral Researcher, Burge Lab, University of Pennsylvania
- 2017-2022: Assistant (Grado 2, UdelaR scale), Laboratory of Neuroscience, Faculty of Sciences, UdelaR
- Research and teaching position
- 2021-2022: Assistant (Grado 2), Interdisciplinary Center for Data Science and Machine Learning (CICADA), UdelaR
- Research and teaching position
- 2013-2017: Assistant (Grado 1), Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Medicine, UdelaR
- Research and teaching position
Note: The Uruguay academic career track has 5 levels or Grados. Grado 5, 4 and 3 correspond to Full, Adjunt, and Assistant professor respectively. Grado 1 is a TA/RA position at the late undergraduate or early graduate level. Grado 2 is a research and teaching position at the late graduate to postdoc level.
Skills
- Programming languages:
- Python (Pytorch)
- R
- Stan
- Matlab
- Statistics:
- Bayesian statistics
- Hierarchical regression models
- Image processing, ideal observer models
- Data analysis in manifolds
- Psychophysics experiments
- Science communication and teaching
Publications
Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 seroassay sensitivity: a systematic review and modeling study
Nana Owusu-Boaitey, Timothy W Russell, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz, Andrew T Levin, Daniel Herrera-Esposito (2023). " Dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 seroassay sensitivity: a systematic review and modeling study ." Eurosurveillance. 28(21).
Contact tracing-induced Allee effect in disease dynamics
Arim, Matı́as; Herrera-Esposito, D.; Bermolen, Paola; Cabana, Álvaro; Fariello, Marı́a Inés; Lima, Mauricio; Romero, Héctor (2022) . " Contact tracing-induced Allee effect in disease dynamics" Journal of Theoretical Biology. 542.
Assesing the burden of COVID-19 in developing countries: systematic review, meta-analysis and public policy implications
Andrew T Levin, Nana Owusu-Boaitey, Sierra Pugh, Bailey K Fosdick, Anthony B Zwi, Anup Malani, Satej Soman, Lonni Besançon, Ilya Kashnitsky, Sachin Ganesh, Aloysius McLaughlin, Gayeong Song, Rine Uhm, Daniel Herrera-Esposito, Gustavo de Los Campos, Ana Carolina Pecanha Peçanha Antonio, Enyew Birru Tadese, Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz (2022). "Assesing the burden of COVID-19 in developing countries: systematic review, meta-analysis and public policy implications." BMJ Global Health. 7.
Age-specific rate of severe and critical SARS-CoV-2 infections estimated with multi-country seroprevalence studies.
Herrera-Esposito, D.; de los Campos, Gustavo. " Age-specific rate of severe and critical SARS-CoV-2 infections estimated with multi-country seroprevalence studies. " BMC Infectious Diseases. 22,311.
Redundancy between spectral and higher-order texture statistics for natural image segmentation
Herrera-Esposito, D.; Gómez-Sena, L; Coen-Cagli, R. (2021). "Redundancy between spectral and higher-order texture statistics for natural image segmentation." Vision Research. 187
Flexible contextual modulation of naturalistic texture perception in peripheral vision
Herrera-Esposito, D.; Coen-Cagli, R.; Gómez-Sena, L; (2021). "Flexible contextual modulation of naturalistic texture perception in peripheral vision" Journal of Vision.
Tyrosine oxidation and nitration in transmembrane peptides is connected to lipid peroxidation
Silvina Bartesaghi, Daniel Herrera, Debora M. Martinez, Ariel Petruk, Veronica Demicheli, Madia Trujillo, Marcelo A. Marti, Dario A. Estrín, Rafael Radi (2017). "Tyrosine oxidation and nitration in transmembrane peptides is connected to lipid peroxidation " Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics. 622.
Talks
A geometric analysis of task-specific natural image statistics
Talk at Alex H. Williams lab meeting, Flatiron Institute, New York, NY, USA
Analytic model of response statistics in noisy neural populations with divisive normalization
Poster at Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) 2024, Lisbon, Portugal
Image-computable Bayesian model for 3D motion estimation with natural stimuli explains human biases
Poster at Shared Visual Representations in Humans and Machines (SVRHM) Workshop @ NEURIPS 2022, New Orleans, LA, USA
Task-dependent contribution of higher-order statistics to natural texture processing
Talk at Virtual Vision Sciences Society Annual Meeting,
Task-dependent contribution of higher-order statistics to natural texture processing
Poster at Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) 2022, Lisbon, Portugal
Age-stratified severe and critical infection rates to estimate COVID-19 under-ascertainment
Talk at 7th International Conference on Time Series and Forecasting, Virtual
Insensitivity of visual segmentation to higher-order statistics reflects redundancy in natural images
Poster at Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) 2021, Virtual
Crowding of naturalistic visual textures
Talk at Uruguayan Society of Biology Meeting 2017, Montevideo, Uruguay
Technical reports
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I participated in UdelaR’s honorary group for COVID-19 data analysis, GUIAD-COVID-19. There I authored technical reports to serve decision makers in Uruguay. The reports are hosted in UdelaR’s institutional repository, and are featured in the university’s Contributions to the COVID-19 response report. Some reports I contributed to:
Report 2: Subexponential growth of reported cases in Uruguay
March 2020
M. Arim; D. Herrera-Esposito; J.I. Sanguinetti-Scheck; J. Pintos; A. Alemán; H. Romero; M.I. Fariello; H. BottiReport 3: Estimation of under-ascertainment of COVID-19 cases in Uruguay
April 2020
D. Herrera-Esposito; P. Bermolen; M.I. FarielloReport 9: COVID-19 dynamics at low numbers: alternative states and policy implications
September 2020
P. Bermolen; D. Herrera-Esposito; A. Cabana; M.I. Fariello; M. Arim; H. RomeroReport 10: Age-stratified severe, critical and fatal COVID-19 cases among individuals infected with SARS-CoV-2
December 2020
D. Herrera-Esposito
Teaching
Service
- Founding co-organizer of the Annual Conference Prof. Ruben Budelli, an annual invited talk in Uruguay, supported by the Federation of Latin American and Caribbean Neuroscience Societies (FALAN)
- 2023 edition: Powering the social brain: Mitochondria and metabolism in social behavior, Carmen Sandi, EPFL
- Reviewer for:
- Journal of Vision
- Nature Communications
- Neurons Behavior Data Analysis and Theory (NBDT)
- Scientific Reports
- Emerging Infectious Diseases (CDC)
- COSYNE 2023
- SVRHM Workshop @ NeurIPS 2021 and 2022
Science communication
- 2022 June: Interviewed for Nature News piece COVID was twice as deadly in poorer countries
- 2021 November: Interview for www.stuff.co.nz/ piece Covid-19 NZ: Just how deadly is the virus?
- 2021 August: Science communication piece published by Uruguay newspaper La Diaria, titled Herd immunity, higiene theater and the end of the pandemic
- 2020 December: Interview for the front page piece on COVID-19 in El País, Uruguay (largest newspaper in the country)
- 2020 December: TV interview at Telenoche Uruguay about the COVID-19 pandemic in Uruguay
- 2019 November: 20 minute interview in TV show Todo tiene un porqué, a science communication show in Uruguay. Title: Why are most of our memories false?
- 2019 May: Science communication piece for Uruguayan website uy.press, titled The reproducibility problem in science
- 2018 June: Radio interview at Justicia Inifinita program in Uruguay Radio, on visual perception research
- 2017 November: Talk titled “Is the world as we see it?”, at High School Liceo Carlos Vaz Ferreira
Funding and awards
- Presenters Travel Grant, Computational and Systems Neuroscience (COSYNE) 2022
- Official collaborator of the Uruguayan government’s Honorary Scientific Advisory Group for the COVID-19 pandemic (GACH)
- Highlight of my research in UdelaR’s report of contributions to the COVID-19 pandemic
- Citation of my COVID-19 research in a hearing in the House of Representatives, USA
- Project funded: Program for specialized knowledge for COVID-19, CSIC, UdelaR. Title: Estimation of under-ascertainment of COVID-19 cases in Uruguay. Responsible researcher
- PhD scholarship from UdelaR, 2016-2021
- Travelers grant by PEDECIBA, UdelaR, to visit Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), NYC in summer 2019
- Travelers grant by CSIC, UdelaR, to visit Albert Einstein College of Medicine (AECOM), NYC in summer 2018
- Graduated top of the 2015 Biochemistry class, UdelaR