Mario Romero
 
 
 
Work Phone: 404 610 9021
Fax: 404 894 0673
Home Phone: 770 955 2084
Other (URL, Phone, etc): www.cc.gatech.edu/~mromero
2383 Akers Mill Rd., K-17
Atlanta, GA 30339, United States
mromero@cc.gatech.edu
 
Objective
 

My goal as an intern is to align my current research in semi-automatic video content analysis supported by computer vision and information visualization with current industrial research interests.

 
Education
 
May 2009
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Ph.D, Computer Science, Minor: Digital Media
GPA: 3.83, Expected 2009
Research Area: Human-Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous Computing, Information Visualization, Computer Vision
 
December 2001
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champain, Urbana, Illinois
Masters, Computer Science
GPA: 3.61, Area: Artificial Intelligence
 
May 1996
Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Engineering and Construction Engineering, Minor: English
GPA: 3.62, Major GPA: 3.9 Cum Laude.
243 credits (180 required).
 
Skills
 
Expertise in Matlab and rapid prototyping
Expertise in real-world development, deployment, and evaluation of ubiquitous computing systems
Fluent in Java, C/C++
Fluent in Spanish, French, and English
Successful entrepreneur
Project management and consulting
Academic curriculum design and teaching
Academic advising
 
Experience
 
January 2002 to Present
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Graduate Research Assistant

The current focus of my research and the direction of my proposal is semi-automatic video behavioral-content analysis supported by practical computer vision and information visualization techniques. I use human computer interaction evaluation methodologies to demonstrate improved performance at application tasks. In the past I have enjoyed research in artificial intelligence, computer vision, and computer graphics.

 
August 2006 to September 2007
IBM - Georgia Tech collaboration, Atlanta, Georgia
Research Scientist
Developed, deployed, and tested aging-in-place health care applications supported by practical computer vision techniques.
 
August 2004 to December 2005
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Coordinator of the Intel Opportunity Scholars Program
Support and encourage the academic success, retention and ultimate graduation rates of underrepresented students in Computer Science and Electrical and Computer Engineering. Interview and select prospective scholars. Design the goals and sub goals of the program and how to achieve them. Coordinate research and events.
 
January 2003 to May 2007
Intel Opportunity Scholars Program, Atlanta, Georgia
Intel Mentor
Founding Mentor. Tutored four undergraduate students, Daniel Hernandez, Marlena Frank, Katie Flinn, and Kate Rosier. We completed four projects in computer graphics and animation. Advised scholars academically and personally.
 
August 2001 to May 2003
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia
Graduate Teaching Assitant
CS8803 Pattern Recognition. Professor Aaron Bobick. Spring 2003. CS1050 Constructing Proofs. Professor Larry Hodges. Fall 2001. Graded homework and exams, prepared and taught a number of sessions and tutored students.
 
January 1998 to July 1999
Grupo Microsistemas, Quito, Ecuador
Project Manager / Software Consultant
First PeopleSoft Project Manager in the company and the country. Brought the advanced PeopleTools know-how from camps in Miami to Quito. Assisted the first sale processes of PeopleSoft in Ecuador. Set up the first systematic help-desk in the company.
 
January 1994 to December 1997
Coporación Cultural Valdivia, Quito, Ecuador
Member of the Board / Technical Advisor
Founding member and member of the Board. Designed and implemented the Mathematics, Physics and Computer Science curricula of the business-management-oriented restructuring project we won with the Ecuadorian Air Force Academy. Taught Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science and English and headed the Strategic Games Club.
 
September 1992 to June 1996
Freelance Graphic Designer, Quito, Ecuador
Independent Graphic Designer
Won the contracts for logotype and image development for three companies and one contract for a national launching publicity campaign. Financed my undergraduate studies with this income.
 
Publications
 
"Alien presence in the home: the design of Tableau Machine ." Journal of Personal and Ubiquitous Computing. London: Springer, October 2007.
 
"Automatic administration of the get up and go test." International Conference On Mobile Systems, Applications And Services. ACM, July 2007.
 
"Tableau machine: an alien presence in the home." Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. ACM, June 2006.
 
"A Preliminary Investigation of Alien Presence." Proceedings of Human-Computer Interaction International (HCII 2005). HCII, July 2005.
 
"Tracking Head Yaw by Interpolation of Template Responses." Face Processing in Video. Washington, DC. Proc. IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), June 2004.
 
Honors and Awards
 
Fulbright Scholarship - Foreign Student Program , Fulbright Commission, Quito, Ecuador, August 1999 to June 2001. Two-year scholarship for Masters degree based on open competition and academic excellence.
Full tuition and fee waiver based on academic excellence, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, August 1999 to June 2001
Cum Laude, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, June 1996. Highest GPA among Construction Engineering graduates of 1996.
Full tuition and fee waiver based on academic excellence, Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Quito, Ecuador, July 1992 to June 1996
 
References
 
Dr. Gregory Abowd (Advisor)
Distinguished Professor
School of Interactive Computing
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
abowd@cc.gatech.edu
404 894 7512

Dr. Michael Mateas
Assistant Professor
Computer Science Department
University of California, Santa Cruz
michaelm@cs.ucsc.edu
831 459 1789

Dr. John Stasko
Professor and Associate Chair
School of Interactive Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
stasko@cc.gatech.edu
404 894 3164

Dr. Maureen Biggers
Senior Research Scientist
College of Computing
Georgia Institute of Technology
maureen@cc.gatech.edu
404 894 3181