Mario Romero | |
Work Phone: 404 610 9021 Fax: 404 894 0673 Other (URL, Phone, etc): www.cc.gatech.edu/~mromero | 1306 Renaissance Way Atlanta, GA 30308, United States mario@gatech.edu |
| Objective | |
My goal is to be part of an industry research team that collaborates to bring ideas to reality. I want to have impact on the lives of people, both by helping develop new technologies and creating new job and research opportunities. | |
| Education | |
| August 2009 | Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia |
| Ph.D, Computer Science, Minor: Digital Media | |
| GPA: 3.83, 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. | |
| May 2008 to August 2008 | Seagate Research, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Summer Intern / Research Scientist | |
| Designed, installed, and operated a sensor (camera) network at the Terabyte Home, Seagate’s living laboratory. Created sensing algorithms to capture human behavior in data rich environments. Organized live data capture with participants under real everyday conditions. Created an interactive ubiquitous computing environment to track the location of participants and use this information to authorize distributed file access across a ubiquitous storage system. Created a smart digital picture frame to rate the value of images for its consumers. | |
| 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. Spring 2003. CS1050 Constructing Proofs. 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. | |
| June 1995 to September 1995 | Pinturas Wesco, Quito, Ecuador |
| Summer Intern / Plant Engineer | |
| Measured times and movements of plant operations to optimize production process efficiency. | |
| 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. | |
| 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. John Stasko Professor and Associate Chair School of Interactive Computing Georgia Institute of Technology stasko@cc.gatech.edu 404 894 3164 Dr. Tim Rausch Research Staff Member Seagate Technology Tim.Rausch@seagate.com 412 918 7140 Dr. Maureen Biggers Assistant Dean for Diversity and Education School of Informatics Indiana University biggersm@indiana.edu 812 856 0739 | |