Research

My research sits at the intersection of environmental modeling, and computer science, with a focus on the development and application of inteligent algorithms to address challenges in water resources management and hydroclimate modeling. I have worked on the development of explainable machine learning models for anomaly detection and forecasting in water quality and hydrological time series, as well as the proposal of functional data analysis methods robust to unknown data distributions and outliers for environmental applications.

I have a background in data science, and environmental engineering.

Publications

Introducing AutoML and the noisy-average probabilistic independence of causal influence (PICI) model for the prediction of ornamental stone quality

Maria Pazo, Xurxo Rigueira, Saki Gerassis, David Olivieri, Angeles Saavedra, Isabel Margarida Antunes Engineering Geology 2025

Multivariate functional data analysis and machine learning methods for anomaly detection in water quality sensor data

Xurxo Rigueira, David Olivieri, Maria Araujo, Angeles Saavedra, Maria Pazo Environmental Modelling & Software 2025

Enhancing water quality prediction for fluctuating missing data scenarios: A dynamic Bayesian network-based processing system to monitor cyanobacteria proliferation

Maria Pazo, Saki Gerassis, Maria Araujo, Isabela Margarida Antunes, Xurxo Rigueira Science of the Total Environment 2024

Automatic Characterization of Block-In-Matrix Rock Outcrops through Segmentation Algorithms and Its Application to an Archaeo-Mining Case Study

Andres Cristobal, Xurxo Rigueira, Ignacio Perez-Rey, Xian Estevez-Ventosa, Maria Pazo, Maria Lia Napoli, Brais Curras, Leandro Alejano Geosciences 2024

Impact of artificial intelligence on assessment methods in primary and secondary education: Systematic literature review

Miguel Martinez, Xurxo Rigueira, Ana Larrañaga, Javier Martinez, Iago Ocarranza, Denis Kreibel Revista de Psicodidáctica 2023

Computer vision application for improved product traceability in the granite manufacturing industry

Javier Martinez, Xurxo Rigueira, Maria Araujo, Eduardo Giraldez, Antonio Recaman Materiales de Construccion 2023

Bayesian Machine Learning and Functional Data Analysis as a Two-Fold Approach for the Study of Acid Mine Drainage Events

Xurxo Rigueira, Maria Pazo, Maria Araujo, Saki Gerassis, Elvira Bocos Water 2022

Real-time incremental machine learning for anomaly detection and surveillance in water quality

Xurxo Rigueira, David Olivieri, Maria Araujo, Maria Pazo, Elena Alonso Water Innocation and Circularity Conference 2023

Functional Data Analysis for the Detection of Outliers and Study of the Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Air Quality: A Case Study in Gijón, Spain

Xurxo Rigueira, Maria Araujo, Javier Martinez, Paulino Garcia-Nieto, Iago Ocarranza Mathematics 2022

Multivariate functional data analysis for outlier detection in environmental data

Xurxo Rigueira, Javier Martinez, Maria Araujo, Maria Pazo, Javier Taboada Mathematical Modelling in Engineering & Human Behaviour 2022

Directional outlyingness for the detection of functional outliers in water quality data

Xurxo Rigueira, Javier Martinez, Maria Araujo, Eduardo Giraldez International Congress on Water, Waste and Energy Management 2022

Members

Xurxo Rigueira (he/him)
Ph.D. Candidate