M.A. (Matias) Valdenegro Toro, Dr

Assistant Professor of Machine Learning

Faculty of Science and Engineering

Telephone:

+31 50 36 36533

E-mail:

m.a.valdenegro.toro rug.nl

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Research interests

My research interests are in building trustworthy machine learning models with real-world data for several applications, including medical AI and Robotics. These relate to Uncertainty Estimation, Computer Vision, and Explainable AI.

Publications

Adaptive Prompt Tuning: Vision Guided Prompt Tuning with Cross-Attention for Fine-Grained Few-Shot Learning

Brouwer, E., Woerden, J. E. V., Burghouts, G., Valdenegro-Toro, M. & Zullich, M., 2025, Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications. Vol. 2. p. 114-125 12 p. (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Can Bayesian Neural Networks Explicitly Model Input Uncertainty?

Valdenegro-Toro, M. & Zullich, M., 2025, Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 3 VISAPP: VISAPP. Bashford-Rogers, T., Meneveaux, D., Ammi, M., Ziat, M., Jänicke, S., Purchase, H., Radeva, P., Furnari, A., Bouatouch, K. & Sousa, A. A. (eds.). SCITEPRESS – Science and Technology Publications, Vol. 3. p. 188-199 12 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Large-Image Object Detection for Fine-Grained Recognition of Punches Patterns in Medieval Panel Painting

Bruegger, J., Cătană, D. I., Macovaz, V., Valdenegro-Toro, M., Sabatelli, M. & Zullich, M., 2025, Artificial Intelligence in Music, Sound, Art and Design - 14th International Conference, EvoMUSART 2025, Held as Part of EvoStar 2025, Proceedings. Machado, P., Johnson, C. & Santos, I. (eds.). Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH, p. 34-50 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; vol. 15611 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Uncertainty Estimation for Super-Resolution Using ESRGAN

Adapa, M. S., Zullich, M. & Valdenegro-Toro, M., 2025, Proceedings of the 20th International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications. SciTePress, Vol. 2. p. 367-374 8 p. (Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

A Neuromorphic Approach to Obstacle Avoidance in Robot Manipulation

Abdelrahman, A. F., Valdenegro-Toro, M., Bennewitz, M. & Plöger, P. G., 14-Nov-2024, In: International Journal of Robotics Research. 44, 5, p. 768–804 36 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

How disentangled are your classification uncertainties?

de Jong, I. P., Sburlea, A. I. & Valdenegro-Toro, M., 22-Aug-2024, 11 p.

Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic

Know What You do Not Know: Verbalized Uncertainty Estimation Robustness on Corrupted Images in Vision-Language Models

Borszukovski, M., de Jong, I. P. & Valdenegro-Toro, M., 4-Apr-2024, (Submitted) TrustNLP Workshop @ NAACL 2025: Fifth Workshop on Trustworthy Natural Language Processing. Association for Computational Linguistics, ACL Anthology

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

Mapping Transformer Leveraged Embeddings for Cross-Lingual Document Representation

Tashu, T. M., Kontos, E.-R., Sabatelli, M. & Valdenegro-Toro, M., 12-Jan-2024, (Submitted) arXiv, 12 p.

Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic

Overconfidence is Key: Verbalized Uncertainty Evaluation in Large Language and Vision-Language Models

Groot, T. & Valdenegro-Toro, M., 5-May-2024, (Submitted) arXiv, 27 p.

Research output: Working paper › Preprint › Academic

Transferring BCI models from calibration to control: Observing shifts in EEG features

de Jong, I. P., van den Wittenboer, L., Valdenegro-Toro, M. & Sburlea, A. I., 9-Sept-2024, Proceedings of the 9th Graz Brain-Computer Interface Conference 2024. Müller-Putz, G., Kostoglou, K., Oberndorfer, M. E. & Wriessnegger, S. C. (eds.). Verlag der Technischen Universität Graz, p. 156-161 6 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

All (26) publications

Press/media

Participation in Podcast "Hacia Afuera"

Valdenegro Toro, M.

06/01/2023

Press/Media: Public Engagement Activities › Professional

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