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Ph.D. Computer Engineering

National University of Colombia - Medellín

• The topic of my Ph.D. dissertation was ¨Shape Analysis and Description Based on the Isometric Invariances of Topological Skeletonization¨. My research focused on shape analysis with applications on shape retrieval and shape classification. In my dissertation, I designed an equivariant feature descriptor to classify shapes based on the properties of their Medial Axis.
• I successfully applied the approach developed in my work to the problem of pose-invariant shape classification and retrieval in 2D and 3D. All the methods and algorithms in my Ph.D. research were designed and coded using state-of-the-art technologies including data parallelism and GPU-enabled frameworks.

M.Sc. Computer Engineering

National University of Colombia - Medellín

• The topic of my master's thesis was ""Automatic landform classification using texture analysis on satellite images."

B.S.E. Computer Engineering

National University of Colombia - Medellín

Assistant Professor

University of Texas at Arlington

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Drexel University

• Lead independent research on machine learning-based 3D acoustic localization of under-water targets. Managed and administered computer servers and other hardware necessary for developing research projects within the iMaple Lab. Mentored and supervised multiple Ph.D., Master’s, and undergraduate students.

Post-Doctoral Researcher

University of Pennsylvania - GRASP Lab

• My current work includes conducting and leading independent research on machine learning and geometric computer vision, shape reconstruction, video prediction, and physics-informed machine learning. I work under the supervision of Kostas Daniilidis.

Visiting Scholar

University of Pennsylvania - GRASP Lab

• I worked on deep learning and geometric computer vision research under the supervision of Kostas Daniilidis.

Software Developer

Gotta Ingenieria

• I designed and developed several python-based hydromorphology simulation plug-ins for ArcGIS.

Software Developer

Launchpad

• I developed client/server mobile apps for the iOS platform in Objective C and Swift programming languages.

Assistant Researcher

University of Wisconsin - Laboratory for Molecular and Computational Genomics

• I conducted research on the development of new computer vision approaches for detection, sequencing, and alignment of single DNA molecules under confinement. I worked under the supervision of Dr. David C. Schwartz.

Software Engineer

Early Warning System of the City of Medellin (SIATA)

• I developed software tools for weather forecasting and created software to support geospatial data visualization. Additionally, I developed computer vision tools to process images generated from Doppler microwave weather radars.

• Computer Vision.

• Algorithms (Teaching assistant).

• Databases.

• Introduction to Programming.

• Web Development.

• Physics Simulations and Software Engineering for Instrumentation.

• Algorithms.

• Computer Vision.

• Enlazamundos Scholarship, Medellín - Colombia

• MinCiencias Doctoral Scholarship - 727-2015, Colombia