I am Electronic Engineer from Universidad de Nariño, I have a master's degree in Automation, and a Doctorate in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from Universidad del Valle. I did a short-term  research at University of Oxford, England, at Mobile Robotics Group MRG in 2016. Mi doctoral tesis was awarded as "Tesis Meritoria".

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Actually, I am developing a postdoctoral project sponsored by Fundación CEIBA and supported by UNAD, CCAV Pasto, DAVINCI research group. The title of the project is "Sistema portátil para asistir a personas invidentes en navegación con objetivo en tiempo real usando una cámara RGBD, un dispositivo de procesamiento embebido y realimentación háptica".

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Some of the awards and academic recognitions are: Google Research Awards for Latin America LARA 2018, grant holder from Fundación CEIBA for doctoral studies (2015), one of the best papers in LARS-SBR (Latin American Robotics Symposium, 2015), winner of a research competition "Alberto Quijano Guerrero" (Universidad de Nariño, 2007), best secondary school student in academic modality (INEM Pasto, 2003)

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My research fields are mobile robotics, computer vision, real time applications, optimization, control process and machine learning.

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If you want to know about my academic publications, please click on

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