I'm a researcher in Computer Science at Universidad Nacional de La Plata working on Sign Language Recognition and Machine Learning. My research focuses on developing more effective and efficient ways to recognize and translate sign language using computer vision and deep learning techniques.
I've developed several key contributions to the field, including LSA64, one of the first Argentinian Sign Language datasets, and novel methods for measuring invariance and equivariance in neural networks. My recent work has focused on transformer-based architectures for sign language translation and interpretation, especially investigating how these models process and align visual inputs with sequential glosses.
Beyond sign language, I'm also interested in the theoretical aspects of deep learning, particularly in understanding how neural networks learn and encode invariances to transformations. I collaborate extensively with researchers across different institutions on projects ranging from financial analysis to medical imaging, bringing machine learning expertise to solve real-world problems in these domains.
Publications
Study on pose-based deep learning models for gloss-free Sign Language Translation
P. D. Bianco, G. Rios, W. Hasperué, Oscar Stanchi, F. Quiroga, Franco Ronchetti
Journal of Computational Science and Technology 2024
ConvAtt Network: A Low Parameter Approach For Sign Language Recognition
G. Rios, P. D. Bianco, Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga, Santiago Ponte Ahón, Oscar Stanchi, W. Hasperué
Journal of Computational Science and Technology 2024
SignAttention: On the Interpretability of Transformer Models for Sign Language Translation
P. D. Bianco, Oscar Stanchi, F. Quiroga, Franco Ronchetti, Enzo Ferrante
arXiv.org 2024
VISTA: vision improvement via split and reconstruct deep neural network for fundus image quality assessment
S. Khalid, S. Abdulwahab, Oscar Stanchi, F. Quiroga, Franco Ronchetti, D. Puig, Hatem A. Rashwan
Neural computing & applications (Print) 2024
High-Resolution Income Estimates Using Satellite Imagery: A Deep Learning Approach Applied in Buenos Aires
Nicolás F. Abbate, Leonardo Gasparini, Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga
Latin American Computing Conference / Conferencia Latinoamericana En Informatica 2024
Handshape recognition for Argentinian Sign Language using ProbSom
Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga, César Estrebou, L. Lanzarini
arXiv.org 2023
LSA64: An Argentinian Sign Language Dataset
Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga, César Estrebou, L. Lanzarini, Alejandro Rosete
arXiv.org 2023
comparison of small sample methods for Handshape Recognition
Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga, Ulises Cornejo Fandos, G. Rios, P. D. Bianco, W. Hasperué, L. Lanzarini
Journal of Computational Science and Technology 2023
Data vs. information: Using clustering techniques to enhance stock returns forecasting
Javier Vásquez Sáenz, F. Quiroga, A. F. Bariviera
International Review of Financial Analysis 2023
LSA-T: The first continuous Argentinian Sign Language dataset for Sign Language Translation
P. D. Bianco, Gast'on R'ios, Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga, Oscar Stanchi, Waldo Hasperu'e, Alejandro Rosete
Ibero-American Conference on AI 2022
Invariance measures for neural networks
F. Quiroga, J. Torrents-Barrena, L. Lanzarini, Domenec Puig-Valls
Applied Soft Computing 2022
Statistical analysis of the performance of four Apache Spark ML algorithms
Genaro Camele, W. Hasperué, Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga
Journal of Computational Science and Technology 2022
Structured Text Generation for Spanish Freestyle Battles using Neural Networks
P. D. Bianco, I. Mindlin, L. Lanzarini, Franco Ronchetti, W. Hasperué, F. Quiroga
Latin American Computing Conference / Conferencia Latinoamericana En Informatica 2021
Proposal for evaluation and registration of sport injuries in skateboarding. Professional skateboarding injury prevention survey.
Rodrigo A Martínez Stenger, Luis V Parrilla, F. Quiroga
Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness 2021
Reddening-Free Q Indices to Identify Be Star Candidates
Y. Aidelman, C. Escudero, Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga, L. Lanzarini
JCC-BD&ET 2020
Thesis Overview Invariance and Same-Equivariance Measures for Convolutional Neural Networks
F. Quiroga, L. Lanzarini
Journal of Computational Science and Technology 2020
Measuring (in)variances in Convolutional Networks
F. Quiroga, J. Torrents-Barrena, L. Lanzarini, D. Puig
Conference on Cloud Computing & Big Data 2019
Revisiting Data Augmentation for Rotational Invariance in Convolutional Neural Networks
F. Quiroga, Franco Ronchetti, L. Lanzarini, A. F. Bariviera
Modelling and Simulation in Management Sciences 2018
A Study of Convolutional Architectures for Handshape Recognition applied to Sign Language
F. Quiroga, Ramiro Antonio, Franco Ronchetti, L. Lanzarini, Alejandro Rosete
Sign Languague Recognition Without Frame-Sequencing Constraints: A Proof of Concept on the Argentinian Sign Language
Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga, César Estrebou, L. Lanzarini, Alejandro Rosete
Ibero-American Conference on AI 2016
Distribution of action movements (DAM): a descriptor for human action recognition
Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga, L. Lanzarini, César Estrebou
Frontiers of Computer Science 2015
The Implementation of the RISE Algorithm for the Captum Framework
Oscar Stanchi, Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga
JCC-BD&ET 2023
Fgr-Net: Interpretable Fundus Image Gradeability Classification Based on Deep Reconstruction Learning
Saif Khalid Musluh AL Khalidy, Hatem A. Rashwan, S. Abdulwahab, M. A. Mohamed, Domènec Savi Puig Valls, F. Quiroga
Social Science Research Network 2022
A Comparison of Neural Networks for Sign Language Recognition with LSA64
I. Mindlin, F. Quiroga, Franco Ronchetti, P. D. Bianco, G. Rios, L. Lanzarini, W. Hasperué
Communications in Computer and Information Science 2021
Invariance and Same-Equivariance Measures for Convolutional Neural Networks
F. Quiroga
CLEI Electronic Journal 2021
A Comparison of Neural Networks for Sign Language Recognition with LSA64
I. Mindlin, F. Quiroga, Franco Ronchetti, P. D. Bianco, G. Rios, L. Lanzarini, W. Hasperué
JCC-BD&ET 2021
Recognizing Handshapes using Small Datasets
Ulises Cornejo Fandos, G. Rios, Franco Ronchetti, F. Quiroga, W. Hasperué, L. Lanzarini
A support system for the diagnosis of balance pathologies
Augusto Villa Monte, F. Quiroga, Franco Ronchetti, César Estrebou, L. Lanzarini, P. M. Estelrrich, Claus Estelrrich, Raimundo Giannechini
A novel competitive neural classifier for gesture recognition with small training sets
F. Quiroga, Leonardo Corbalán
Expert Systems With Applications
S. Khalid, Hatem A. Rashwan, S. Abdulwahab, M. Abdel-Nasser, F. Quiroga, D. Puig