Dr Ximena Fernandez
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Her current research interests fall into two main areas:
- Applied Algebraic Topology and Geometry,
- Computational and Combinatorial Topology.
She is specially interested in Topological Data Analysis, Geometric Inference and Homotopy Theory.
She is co-organizing the London-Oxford TDA Seminar.
Qualifications
- PhD Mathematics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2017
- Licenciate in Mathematics, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 2011
Employment
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Swansea University, United Kingdom, October - August 2025
- Lecturer, City, University of London, United Kingdom, September 2024 - present
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Oxford, United Kingdom, September 2023 - August 2024
- Postdoctoral Research Associate, Durham University, United Kingdom, September 2021 - August 2023
- Data Scientist, OLX, Argentina, May - December 2019
- Specialist in Mathematical Models, CAMMESA, Argentina, October 2018 - April 2019
Languages
English (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review) and Spanish - Latin American (can read, write, speak, understand spoken, peer review)
Publications
Publications by category
Conference paper and proceedings
- Brito-Pacheco, D., Ibadulla, R., Fernández, X., Giannopoulos, P. and Reyes-Aldasoro, C.C. Persistent Homology and Gabor Features Reveal Inconsistencies Between Widely Used Colorectal Cancer Training and Testing Datasets. .doi:10.1007/978-3-031-98688-8_7
Journal article
- Fernández, X. (2026). Strong discrete Morse theory. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Section A Mathematics pp. 1-26. doi:10.1017/prm.2025.10105