David Azcona
Applied Scientist - david.azcona@zalando.ie
Postdoctoral Researcher - david.azcona@dcu.ie
Fulbright Visiting scholar - david.azcona@asu.edu

Zalando
Dublin City University
Arizona State University

David Azcona
Applied Scientist - david.azcona@zalando.ie
Dublin City University
Arizona State University

Awards

I have been very fortunate to receive a number of awards that have allowed me to learn, pursue my interests and meet like-minded people:

2017/2018	Fulbright Visiting Researcher
	Funding organisation: Fulbright Commission in Ireland
	Location: Arizona State University, US
	Advisors: John Rome, Arthur Blakemore
2015/2019	Government of Ireland Doctoral Awardee
	Funding organisations: Irish Research Council, National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Ireland
	Location: Dublin City University, Ireland
2019	Winners at Oxford Hack 2019: Most Inventive Hack and Hackers’ Choice Awards
	Funding organisation: Major League Hacking
	Location: University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
	Further details can be found here
2019	Winners at HackUPC McKinsey & Co.’s AI Challenge
	Funding organisation: McKinsey & Company
	Location: Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
	Further details can be found here
2019	Winners at Ulster Bank’s Fintech Hackathon
	Funding organisation: Ulster Bank
	Location: Dogpatch Labs, Dublin, Ireland
	Further details can be found here
2019	Runners Up at McKinsey’s Datathon The City Cup (Madrid)
	Funding organisation: McKinsey & Company
	Location: McKinsey & Co., Madrid, Spain
	Further details can be found here
2019	Runners Up at Trinity Learnovate’s Digital Education Hack
	Funding organisation: European Commission, Climate-KIC & Aalto University
	Location: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
	Further details can be found here
2019	Special Mention at Royal Bank of Scotland’s Fintech Hackathon
	Funding organisation: Royal Bank of Scotland and Deloitte
	Location: Royal Bank of Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
	Further details can be found here
2019	Finalist at AI NI Hackathon
	Funding organisation: Northern Ireland Artificial Intelligence Community
	Location: Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
	Further details can be found here
2018	Geek of the Year Winner
	Funding organisation: Novicell
	Location: Denmark, Spain, UK and Norway
	Further details can be found here
2018	Special Mention at StartUp Weekend Dublin
	Funding organisation: Bank of Ireland
	Location: Google, Dublin, Ireland
	Further details can be found here
2018	Huawei’s Future of Vision Challenge Awardee
	Funding organisation: Huawei
	Location: Trinity College Dublin, Ireland
	Further details can be found here and the trip to China here
2018	Microsoft Imagine Cup Awardee
	Funding organisation: Microsoft Imagine Cup
	Location: San Francisco and Seattle, US
	National Awards: Best Use of Artificial Intelligence & 4th place at USA Nationals
	World Awards: Top-6 in Artificial Intelligence & Semifinalists at World Finals
	Further details can be found: USA Nationals & World Finals
2018	Grant for a coding non-profit at Arizona State University
	Funding organisation: ASU Changemaker
	Location: Tempe, AZ, US
	Further details can be found here
2017	Invited scholar at Data Science Conference
	Funding organisation: Open Data Science Conference
	Location: San Francisco, CA, US
2016	Invited scholar at Analytics Summer School
	Funding organisation: Young European Research Universities Network (YERUN)
	Location: University of Essex, UK
2015/2016	Postgraduate Accommodation scholar
	Funding organisation: Faculty of Engineering and Computing
	Location: Dublin City University, Ireland
2015	Accelerator awardee to start up my own company
	Funding organisation: Ryan Academy for Entrepeneurs
	Location: Dublin City University, Ireland
	Further details can be found here
2013/2015	Tuition Reimbursement awardee to course a Master’s Degree
	Funding organisation: IBM
	Location: Dublin City University, Ireland
2012	European internship fellow
	Funding organisations: Erasmus+, IBM
	Location: IBM Belgium
2012	European exchange fellow
	Funding organisations: Erasmus
	Location: Brussels, Belgium
2012	I Renewable Energies Thesis Program awardee
	Funding organisations: Siemens Gamesa, Acciona, Ingeteam
	Location: Ingeteam & Public University of Navarre, Spain