About

A bit about myself

Pablo building his Prusa MK2 3D printer

I'm Pablo Núñez Pölcher. I live in Madrid, Spain, with my wife and my black cat, Hawking.

In my four decades of life, I've probably spent more time in front of computers than I'd like to admit: I've over 15 years of experience in the software industry, partially overlapping with the 3-4 years I spent doing research in biosensors.

During my career, I've worked in disparate projects, from search engines to simulators for the prevention of fraud and prototyping of hardware for biosensor research.

I'm interested in the application of software and hardware design to natural sciences and medicine, such as the design of medical devices, measurement instruments, connected laboratories, and the systems that "glues" them together.

My projects focus on the design of low-volume prototypes for research purposes, which I use to gain a deeper understanding of the process of moving from an idea to an actual working device, and on cloud systems to collect and process the data they produce.

I am also interested in machine learning and, in particular, in the techniques and the hardware needed to run models on edge devices. Some of my projects will cover the different approaches to optimizing machine learning models so that they can be run on resource-constrained devices.

As of today (Jan 2024), I work as a Solutions Architect at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Needless to say, whatever I write about here is my own opinion, and does not necessarily reflect those of my employer.

There are so many blogs out there... why another one?

The main reason I decided to start blogging is to share my experiences in prototyping software and hardware that can be used in research in medical and natural sciences.

I am not aware of a whole lot of blogs out there that have such a multidisciplinary approach to prototyping, and that is why I hope to help fill a gap and encourage others to do the same. That is also why, if you know a blog that covers these or other similar topics, or are the author of one, let me know. I'll be happy to get in touch.