I'm Irene Epifanio. I was born in Valencia (Spain) in 1975.

 I received my degree in Mathematics in 1997 from Universitat de València.

 In 1998, I worked at IMPIVA (the Institute of the small and medium-size Valencian Industry).

 In 1999 I began to work at the Computer Science Department of Universitat de València.

 Since October 2000, I have been with the Mathematics Department of Universitat Jaume I.

 I received my Ph.D. degree on 26th July 2002 from 

 Statistics and Operations Research Department of Universitat de València.

 My supervisors were: Guillermo Ayala and Jesús Malo.

 My PhD dissertation (Texture description: applications to image coding and classification) 

 was awarded with the Premio Extraordinario de Matemáticas y Física 2003 (Universitat de València).

 In the Fall of 2002, I performed a research stay at the European Comission Joint Research Centre, 

 Ispra, Italy.

 My current research interests include image analysis and functional data analysis.