ICT Researcher and Consultant
Assistant professor and researcher in the field of data economics at the ICT Group of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and Regulatory & Strategy Consultant. Previous experience as Researcher at IMDEA Networks, as Principal at Axon Consulting, as Senior Manager at Deloitte, as Project Manager at Telefónica I+D.
Led +110 consulting projects on regulation & public policy, strategy, and operations. Clients have been telcos, regulatory authorities and governments in +25 countries in EMEA and Latin America. Received:
- A PhD in Telematics Engineering by Univ. Carlos III de Madrid (2023)
- A Master of Arts in Economics by Univ. Nacional de Educación a Distancia (2012)
- A MSc in Telecom Engineering from Univ. Politécnica de Madrid (2001)
Published relevant papers related to the data economy in top venues like IEEE ICDE, IEEE Communications Magazine, IEEE Internet Computing, ACM SIGMOD Record, and ACM SIGSPATIAL.
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GTIC@UPM Conecta
What an intense last week at UPMConecta! We held two engaging debates on the ethics of artificial intelligence at ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas – ETSIAAB and ETS de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, and we showcased…
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Talk @ETSIINF UPM
Pleased to give a talk about the data economy at the ETS de Ingenieros Informáticos of Univ. Politécnica de Madrid. I’ll be sharing my perspective on the data economy — exploring its challenges and highlighting the exciting opportunities it offers…
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CAMELIA in the classroom
Project CAMELIA comes in the classroom! Students enrolled in the Ethical and Legal Framework course of the Bachelor of Science in Data Engineering and Systems at ETS de Ingenieros de Telecomunicación Universidad Politécnica de Madrid have experienced Ethical Data Science…
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Meet me @UPM Conecta
Happy to be participating in the upcoming UPM networking event – UPM Conecta – from 17 to 21 November 2025. The event aims to bring together students, staff, and researchers at UPM to share ideas, spark collaboration, and foster creativity…
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FT: Fixing the Internet
The rise of AI chatbots is threatening the ad-based funding model of the Internet, as users no longer need to visit websites that generate revenue from ads, but instead search for knowledge and content through AI chatbots. According to professor…
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3rd Data EConomy Workshop
And finally, the 3rd edition of the Data EConomy workshop took place on September 5th, co-located with the prestigious VLDB Conference. I had the honour of co chairing the half-day event with Prof. George Konstantinidis, and we enjoyed a great…
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Bachelor Theses on the Data Economy
Yesterday, two bachelor students successfully defended their theses on the monitoring of the emergent data economy. Congratulations! Miguel Eleno García developed and implemented web scraping tools to monitor data markets. He updated my previous work on measuring the price of…
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Closure AI Ethics 2024/25
As the 2024/25 academic year draws to a close, we bid farewell to Diego Castro Freire, who has spent the past four months contributing to the CAMELIA project with dedication and strong commitment. CAMELIA — CAsos prácticos sobre el Marco…
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Talk@Weizenbaum Institute
Back to Madrid after attending the workshop «Data Solutionism in Servicing the Public. The Changing Interplay between Tech Companies and Public Entities» at the Weizenbaum Institute in the wonderful city of Berlin. We had a lovely multidisciplinary journey to how…
Santiago Andrés Azcoitia 