About me
I was born in Puebla City, 2 hours away from Mexico City, the capital of Mexico. Besides of doing Computer Sciences, I do enjoy reading, listening to music, watching cartoons, movies and tv-series, cooking, sleeping... anyway the list is long.
I do like cats!!! they are my favourite pets, though I just got one at home, back in Mexico. She is small and very funny although she is very old now, almost 13 years old. Here a picture of her. Her name is cat. So creative, isn't it? Sorry, but she was so beautiful that we didn't want to spoil her with a bad name so we named her “cat” whilst we wrongly tried to come up with a name, unfortunately we got used to the name cat... :S... still we love her (my family and me).
Also I want to say that I have been learning how to play guitar the last couple of years and I should say it is quite entertaining!! so I strongly recommend to learn it or at least, learn how to play any instrument. I strongly believe that we should complement our life with nice food, nice reading and nice music. I think it is not too bad to be part of those activities in a creative way, so we need to learn how to do a little bit from each one of them...
Finally, here I leave some details about my education and work experience.
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Education
- PhD. in Computer Sciences, 3rd Year University of Bristol.
- MSc. in Computer Sciences. 2006 National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics.
- BSc. in Computer Science. 2004. Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.
Bristol, Uk.
In process...
Thesis:Efficient Map Building in Monocular SLAM
Puebla, Mexico.
GPA: 9.6/10
Thesis: Object Tracking by using a new foveal vision approach.
Check out the publications section.
Puebla, Mexico.
GPA: 9.6/10
Thesis: System for Visualization and Analysis of Digital Medical Images.
Check out the publications section.
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Work Experience
- Teaching assistant
Department of Computer Science
University of Bristol
Assistant in the following units:
COMS11500: Introduction to C (Computer Science service course) Winter 2011 COMS21202: Symbols, Patterns and Signals Spring 2008.
COMS22101: Concurrency and Communications Winter 2008.
COMS99995: Linux Crash Course. September 2008.
- Machine Vision System to Measure Mexican Fruit Fly Behavior. Project developed in collaboration with the UCDAVIS University of California, Davis USA and El Colegio de la Frontera Sur ECOSUR, Mexico.
- OptoElectronic Sight System - Garfio 2.0. Project developed for the Secretariat of Navy Armed of Mexico.
- VIEP Project: Design and Construction of a Mobil Robot and Computational Test available in Internet for Master and Undergraduate Students. Facultad de Ciencias Fisico Matematicas.
Computer Vision Laboratory.
National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics.
Chief Director: Dr. Leopoldo Altamirano Robles.
Position: Developer and Programmer.
February - July, 2007
Computer Vision Laboratory.
National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics.
Chief Director: Dr. Leopoldo Altamirano Robles.
Position: Developer and Programmer.
April, 2006 - March, 2007
Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla.
Head of the project: Dr. Valiesevich Vladimir Alexandrov.
Position: Programmer.
January - November, 2003.
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Honors and Awards
- Scholarship granted by the National Council of Science and Technology CONACYT to cover the full cost of Doctorate Studies in UK. Based on Academic Merits. September 2007
- First Place in the 3rd Mexican Tournament of Cleaner Robots, Category: Aquatics. July 2006.
- Highest Grade Point Average Award in Master Studies. November 2005.
- Scholarship granted by the National Council of Science and Technology CONACYT for Master Studies. Based on Academic Merits. September 2004
- Highest Honors (Cum Laude) in Bachelor studies. July 2004.
- Scholarship granted by the Sistema Integral de Becas de la Benemérita Universidad de Puebla for Bachelor studies. 2000 – 2003. Based on Academic Merits.
- Honor Mention in the 2003 ACM Central America Programming Contest. November 2003.
- Awarded to represent Mexico in the 9th International Youth Scientific Exhibition ESI 2003, celebrated in Moscow, Russia. July 2003.
- Second Place in the National Scientific Fair: 9º Gran Encuentro de Ciencia Joven. November 2002.
- Academic Performance Award in Bachelor Studies. July 2001.
- Second Place in the IV Mexican Olympiad in Informatics. May 1999.
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Other Activities and Outreach
- Assistant in the Hands-on Computer Science & Robot Programming Event. University of Bristol. 2008-2010.
- Assitant in the Exhibition given at the Explore at Bristol Museum. The visual slam system developed by the real-time computer vision group was demonstrated for kids. September 2008.
- EPSRC-BMVA Summer School in Computer Vision. University of Essex, UK. I was sponsored by the Roberts Fund for Training Skills from the Department of Computer Science. University of Bristol. July, 2008.
- Assistant in the Hands-on Computer Science & Robot Programming Event. University of Bristol. February, 2007.
- Participation as scientific staff in the 18th International Olympiad in Informatics, celebrated in Mexico, August 2006.
- Coach of the Puebla State Team participating in the Mexican Olympiad in Informatics. 2000 – 2003.
- Voluntary Assistant in the Research Laboratory of Applied Mathematics LIMA in the Facultad of Ciencias Fisico Matematicas in the Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla. 1998 – 2003.
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Invited talks
- Recently, I gave a talk about my work at The National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics, within the Computer Science Department. Thanks to Dr. Leopoldo Altamirano for this opportunity. January, 14th, 2010.
- I was invited to give a seminar at The Research and Advanced Studies Center of the National Polytechnic Institute, campus Guadalajara, with the group of Dr. Eduardo Bayro. December, 16-17th, 2009.
- I presented a talk in the departmental seminar at The Computer Science Department from The Univeristy of Bristol, UK. June, 4th, 2009.