In2Lab is dedicated to the study and application of intelligent methods for complex information problems. Our work addresses both fundamental research questions and real-world applications, with a strong emphasis on collaboration with clinical, industrial, and academic partners across Colombia and internationally. We publish in top-tier venues and actively share code and datasets.

Research lines

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Intelligent Information Systems

Research on the design and development of intelligent information systems using artificial intelligence, including machine learning, deep learning, pattern recognition, signal and image processing, computer vision, recommender systems, intelligent agents, and natural language processing to extract knowledge, automate tasks, and support complex decision-making processes.

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Data Science, Analytics and Big Data

Research on methods and technologies for collecting, managing, processing, analyzing, and visualizing large volumes of data, including data mining and supervised and unsupervised learning, to discover patterns, generate knowledge, and provide evidence-based support for organizational decision-making and strategic planning activities.

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Software Architecture and Distributed Systems

Research on the design and development of software architectures and distributed systems, including microservices, cloud-native platforms, high-performance computing, resilient architectures, and cybersecurity mechanisms, to enable scalable, efficient, reliable, and secure operation of complex computational services and applications across diverse environments.

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Data Governance and Interoperability

Research on models, methods, and standards for ensuring data quality and interoperability across heterogeneous systems, while addressing data management, information exchange, ethical principles, privacy, security, and responsible governance in the collection, integration, sharing, and use of large-scale data across organizations.

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Digital Transformation and Intelligent Organizations

Research on strategies, models, and technologies for digital transformation and intelligent organizations, including technology adoption, digital maturity assessment, process automation, and robotic process automation, to improve organizational capabilities, operational efficiency, service delivery, and innovation in public and private organizations.

Digital Transformation

Projects

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Active projects

Data Governance Framework for Higher Education Institutions
Active
Since 2024 · Universidad de Antioquia — CODI

Define a conceptual and methodological framework based on the people, processes, and technology approach to support strategic planning for data governance in public institutions of higher education.

Data Governance Digital Transformation Education
Team: Gina P. Maestre Góngora
Design of an AI-Based Co-Adaptive Control System to Improve Adherence to Myoelectric Transradial Prostheses
Active
Since 2022 · CODI

This project proposes the design of an AI-based co-adaptive control system for myoelectric transradial prostheses, aimed at improving users’ interaction with and continued use of the prosthesis. The approach combines user adaptation and system adaptation, allowing the control strategy to progressively adjust to changes in the user’s myoelectric signals, movement patterns, and interaction context.

Machine Learning Biomedical Signal Processing Healthcare
Team: Maria B. Salazar-Sánchez · Sofía C. Henao · Daniel Escobar Saltarén
Prediction of Hospital Readmission Risk in Hospitalized Patients
Active
Since 2023 · CODI

This project focuses on developing predictive models to identify hospitalized patients at increased risk of readmission. Using clinical and demographic data, machine learning techniques can be applied to characterize patterns associated with subsequent hospital readmission and estimate individual patient risk.

Machine Learning Biomedical Signal Processing Healthcare
Team: Maria B. Salazar-Sánchez · Angelower Santana
Multimodal Models for Tuberculosis Lineage Classification through the Integration of Clinical and Radiographic Data
Active
Since 2025

Development of multimodal machine learning models that integrate clinical and chest radiographic data to classify tuberculosis lineages. The approach aims to exploit complementary information from both data modalities to improve classification performance and provide a more comprehensive characterization of tuberculosis case

Machine Learning Biomedical Signal Processing Healthcare Natural Language Processing
Team: Maria B. Salazar-Sánchez · Luis Felipe Buitrago · Antonio Tamayo
Prodromal phospholipid signature of cognitive dysfunction and dementia
Active
Since 2022 · MinCiencias

This project aims to characterize the serum phospholipid profile across distinct stages of AD progression — from presymptomatic to symptomatic phases — using both a triple-transgenic mouse model (3xTg-AD) and human familial AD patients. By mapping phospholipid signatures at defined time points, the study seeks to identify early lipid biomarkers associated with disease onset and progression. These signatures will be correlated with neuroinflammatory and histopathological markers in the hippocampus to establish mechanistic links between peripheral lipid dysregulation and central pathology. Building on these findings, candidate phospholipids will be encapsulated in liposomes to assess, in vitro, the effects of both pathological and protective lipid signatures on astrocyte and microglial activity in co-culture with neurons. Together, this work aims to advance the understanding of phospholipid-driven neuroinflammation in AD and to evaluate liposome-based platforms as potential therapeutic or diagnostic tools for cognitive decline and dementia.

Metabolomics Healthcare
Team: Gloria P. Cardona-Gómez (PI) · Julián D. Arias-Londoño

Completed projects

Automatic Fraud Detection in Virtual Debit and Credit Card Transactions
2016–2018
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Development of machine learning models and continuous learning strategies for the automatic detection of fraudulent transactions in virtual debit and credit card systems.

Machine Learning Finance
Team: Julián D. Arias-Londoño · John Freddy Duitama Muñoz · Germán Eduardo Melo Acosta

For a complete list of publications associated with these projects, see the Publications page or our GrupLAC profile.