Experience

  1. Neuro AI Researcher

    CHUSJ Research Center (PPSP laboratory)

    Responsibilities and achievements include:

    • Research on social cognition problems, translating insights from basic social neuroscience into AI
    • Developing simulations that reflect the broad social spectrum of humans, focusing on dilemmas involving cooperation and competition
    • Projects: 1) AI inspired by metacognition and 2) modular attention for competitive/cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning
    • Achieved numerous academic participations in national and international conferences, as well a co-authorship of the Neuromatch Neuro AI course 2024 (refer to CV in bio for additional information)
    • Received multiple awards including AI scholarship (DIRO), Redaction scholarship (DIRO), and travel grants from Mila and UNIQUE
  2. Research Assistant

    CHUSJ Research Center (PPSP laboratory)

    Responsibilities and achievements include:

    • Collecting and analyzing data for computational resources grant for the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (DRAC)
    • Communicating with 25 team members to identify and measure computational needs
    • Managing design, measurements, analysis, and writing of grant proposal
    • Successfully increased RGU allocation from 1 to 65 RGU years (equivalent to CAD $220,000 using H100 80 GB GPUS metrics)
  3. BSM Consultant

    Procedata Internacional (Experian Colombia)

    Responsibilities and achievements include:

    • Managing key business system (control-M) at Colombia’s leading credit bureau
    • Working with internal and external stakeholders (including Bancolombia and BBVA bank) to automate business workflows
    • Identifying areas for improvement to enhance efficiency and productivity
    • Updating control-M servers to industry standards, patching over 80% of vulnerabilities
    • Resolving 100% of assigned critical incidents threatening credit data availability within an average of 2 hours
  4. Intern (Semi-autonomous driving division)

    Robert Bosch GmbH

    Responsibilities and achievements include:

    • Supporting the development of automatic camera composition design using machine learning (1-click camera)
    • Developing a centralized, SQL-based graph that enlarged the associated relational neural network on ANZO by 40%+
    • Creating a centralized site for internal knowledge storage and sharing
    • Collecting 5000+ data points for a machine-learning readable database
    • Achieved 100% mark for internship performance

Education

  1. MSc Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence major

    Université de Montréal, Canada

    GPA: 85%

    Courses included:

    • Reinforcement Learning
    • Representation Learning
    • Artificial General Intelligence
    • Distributed Systems

    Thesis on Metacognitive Architecture for Perceptual and Social Systems, a Neuro-inspired Metacognition Approach. Supervised by Prof Guillaume Dumas. Presented papers at Canadian AI 2024 and AAAI 2025.

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  2. BSc Electronics engineering

    Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Colombia

    GPA: 86%

    Courses included:

    • Digital systems
    • Physics of electronic devices
    • Process automation
    • Economic engineering
Skills & Hobbies
Technical Skills
Python
Machine Learning
SQL
C
MATLAB
Docker & Kubernetes
Additional Technical Skills
Linux
Git
Power BI
AutoCAD
LaTeX
Certifications
Trustworthy and Responsible AI
Machine Learning
Azure AI & ML Deployment
Fintech Applications
Stock Market Analysis
Hobbies
Chess
Basketball
Bridge (card game)
Awards
Excellence Scholarship
DIRO (Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle) ∙ April 2025
Scholarship (worth CAD $4,000) awarded to support computer science students with an excellent track record.
Travel Grant
UNIQUE ∙ February 2025
Grant to support travel to present my workshop paper at the AAAI 2025 conference.
Redaction Scholarship
DIRO (Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle) ∙ December 2024
Scholarship (worth CAD $5,000) awarded to support the academic writing and publication of my research paper.
Entrepeneurship grant (2)
Mila Quebec AI Institute ∙ June 2024
One of my projects was awarded 2 entrepeneurship grants (worth CAD $10,000) by Mila Quebec AI Institute for the development of a financial chatbot.
Travel Grant
Mila Quebec AI Institute ∙ May 2024
Grants to support travel to present research papers at the Canadian AI 2024 conference.
International Fellowship (Winter)
DIRO (Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle) ∙ April 2024
International fellowship (worth CAD $4,000) awarded to support my graduate studies and research at Université de Montréal.
AI Scholarship
DIRO (Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle) ∙ March 2024
Merit-based scholarship (worth CAD $5,000) awarded to support research in artificial intelligence at Université de Montréal.
International Fellowship (Fall)
DIRO (Département d'Informatique et de Recherche Opérationnelle) ∙ December 2023
International fellowship (worth CAD $3,000) awarded to support my graduate studies and research at Université de Montréal.
Exemption Scholarship
UdeM ∙ September 2023
Tuition exemption scholarship (worth CAD $12,000) for graduate studies at Université de Montréal.
Colfuturo Scholarship
Colfuturo ∙ September 2023
Prestigious colombian government scholarship (worth CAD $75,000) to pursue graduate studies in Computer Science with AI Research focus at Université de Montréal.
KOSPIE Scholarship
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) ∙ July 2020

Competitive scholarship (worth CAD $40,000) awarded to only 50 engineering students in Colombia annually. The scholarship covered all expenses including travel, accommodation, and living costs for:

  • A 1-year German language course in Colombia
  • A 2-month intensive German course (B2) in Germany
  • An academic semester in Germany (done at Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg, achieved 90% GPA)
  • An internship semester in Germany (done at Robert Bosch GmbH, achieved 100% mark)
Half Tuition Scholarship
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali ∙ August 2017
Merit-based scholarship covering half of tuition costs for undergraduate studies in Electronics Engineering from 2017 to 2021.
Excellence Honor Mention
San Antonio María Claret High School ∙ July 2017
Excellence honor mention awarded to students with at least 8 out of 14 classes with a grade of 92% or higher, with no class grade lower than 80%. Recognition given for academic excellence throughout the entire academic year.
Math Olympiads

Over the years I enjoyed logical challenges through math competitions. This hobby started back in 2013, though factual results started to show only from late 2015

Languages
98%
Spanish (native)
95%
English (C2/TOEFL)
75%
German (B2/TestDaF)
60%
French (B1)