Jose Berengueres

Jose Berengueres received an MEE and a PhD in bio-inspired robotics from Tokyo Institute of Technology. He is currently with the Computer Science Department at UAE University, where he teaches Agile, Ethics in IT, Lean UX and Design Thinking. He also coaches entrepreneurs at the university's incubator program and is the founder of PyData Dubai. In addition, he has taught Design Thinking, Big Data Analytics and Business Models at Apple, Bielefeld University, Mexico's CEDIM, and Hult Business School in Dubai. He also consults on UX Design and Data Science for various companies such as Awok, Etihad and Healint in Singapore. In 2007-2008 he developed two startups (a visual Twitter and a photo sharing site). He is the author of Brown Book of Design Thinking, Sketch Thinking and Introduction to Data Visualization & Storytelling. His research focuses on creativity, robotics and applied data science. Jose is a Kaggle competitions master.