QUALIFICATIONS
Performance-driven and analytical Computer Scientist. Professional with seven years of experience in research and development of computer models. Background in successful design, implementation and performance evaluation of state of the art prototype algorithms to solve or improve engineering problems.
PROFESSIONALEXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, Minneapolis, MN 2008
Postdoctoral Associate, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.
· Research on compressive sensing. Appointment from January 14 to June 30, 2008.
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, Mayaguez, PR 2001-2004
Instructor, 2001-2002
· Instructor at the laboratory of electric measurements, January 2001 to May 2001.
· Instructor at the laboratory of electronic II, January 2002 to May 2002.
Teacher Assistant
· Assistant instructor in the class Introduction to Remote Sensing, January 2004 to May 2004.
· Assistant instructor in the class Estimation, Detection and Stochastic Processes, August 2004 to December 2004.
UNIVERSITY “TECNOLOGICA DE BOLIVAR”, Cartagena, Colombia 1998-2000
Assistant Professor,
· Courses taught: Calculus I, Electromagnetic Theory, Signal and Systems, Electric Measurements, and Lab. of electric measurements.
“ALVARO JAVIER JORDAN”, Contractor, Cucuta, Colombia 1995-1998
Resident Engineer
· Design and supervision of electric constructions in low and medium tension (~13.2 Kv).
· Inspector of Electric Constructions (consultor).
EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO, Mayagüez, PR
PhD in Computing and Information Sciences and Engineering, Major in Computing Engineering, December 2007
GPA: 4.0
Thesis: Geometric scale-space framework for the analysis of hyperspectral imagery. University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (UPRM), Puerto Rico.
MSc in Electrical Engineering, Major in Signal Processing, June 2003
GPA: 4.0
Thesis: Sensitivity analysis of the water column effect on the remote sensing reflectance, the shallow waters case. University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez (UPRM), Puerto Rico.
UNIVERSIDAD INDUSTRIAL DE SANTANDER, Colombia
BS in Electrical Engineering, Major in Electric Power, June 1995
GPA: 4.14 (max GPA is 5.0 here)
Thesis: Program for computing the illumination in interiors and exteriors with obstructed spaces.
Universidad Industrial de Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES
JAVA, C++, OpenMP, Matlab, Fortran 95.
OPERATIVE SYSTEMS
Windows 2000/2003/XP.
OTHER SKILLS
Detail oriented, self-motivated, patient, enthusiastic, good programming skills, innovative problem solving, and proactive.
OTHER TOOLS
Microsoft Office, ENVI.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Center for Subsurface Sensing and Imaging Systems, Research Assistant: An NSF Engineering Research Center, supervised by Dr. Miguel Vélez-Reyes from 2001 to 2007.
PUBLICATIONS
J. M. Duarte-Carvajalino, M. Velez-Reyes, S. Tarantola, F. Gilbes, and R. Armstrong “A probabilistic sensitivity analysis of water-leaving radiance to water constituents in coastal shallow waters,” Ocean Remote Sensing and Imaging II. Proceedings of the SPIE, vol. 5155, pp. 162-173, 2003.
J. M. Duarte-Carvajalino, M. Velez-Reyes, and P. Castillo, “Scale-space in Hyperspectral Image Analysis,” Proceedings of the SPIE, vol. 6233, pp. 334-345, 2006.
J. M. Duarte-Carvajalino, P. Castillo, and M. Velez-Reyes, “Comparative Study of Semi-implicit Schemes for Anisotropic Diffusion in Hyperspectral Imagery,” IEEE Transactions on Image processing, vol. 16, no. 5, pp. 1303-1314, May 2007.
J. M. Duarte-Carvajalino, G. Sapiro, M. Velez-Reyes, and P. Castillo “Fast multiscale regularization and segmentation of hyperspectral imagery via anisotropic diffusion and algebraic multigrid solvers,” Proceedings of the SPIE vol. 6565(12), 2007.
J. M. Duarte-Carvajalino, S. Tarantola, M. Velez-Reyes, and W. Castaigns, “Methodology to Assess Parameter Identifiability in Optically Shallow Waters using Global Sensitivity Analysis,” to be submitted to Remote Sensing of Environment.
J. M. Duarte-Carvajalino, G. Sapiro, M. Velez-Reyes, and P. Castillo, “Multiscale Representation and Segmentation of Hyperspectral Imagery using Geometric Partial Differential Equations and Algebraic
Multigrid Methods” to appear IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 46, no. 7, July 2008. Preprint available at http://www.ima.umn.edu/preprints/jun2007/jun2007.html
J. M. Duarte-Carvajalino, G. Sapiro, and M. Velez-Reyes “Unsupervised Spectral-Spatial Classification of Hyperspectral Imagery using Real and Complex Features and Generalized Histograms” accepted to be presented at the SPIE defense and Security Symposium, Orlando, Fl. March 16-20, 2008.
HONORS
· Outstanding student 1986 and 1987. BS Cum Laude, 1995.
· National Dean’s List 2003/2004, 2004/2005. Chancellor’s List 2004/2005, 2005/2006.
· NSF-EPSCOR fellowships 2004, 2005, and 2006.
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
Computer Systems Architecture ·Object Oriented Software Design · Data Structures · High Performance Computing · Experimental Design ·Numerical Methods for PDEs ·Numerical Linear Algebra · Analysis of Algorithms ·Multidimensional Signal Processing ·Adaptive and Optimal Signal Processing. | 
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