Education

• B.S. in Mechatronics Engineering, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Mexico, December 2012.
• M.S. in Systems and Control, TU Eindhoven, The Netherlands, September 2015.
• Ph.D in Electrical Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium, November 2020.

Work experience

• Feb. 2021 - Present: Postdoctoral Research Scholar
  • Berkeley Wireless Research Center. University of California, Berkeley.
  • Research on resource-efficient hybrid cognitive systems integrating probabilistic inference and high-dimensional computing.
  • PI: Prof. Jan Rabaey
• Nov. 2015 - Dec 2020: Graduate Researcher and Teaching Assistant
  • KU Leuven Microelectronics and Sensors (MICAS) Lab. Leuven, Belgium.
  • PhD thesis project on hardware-aware machine learning for embedded applications.
  • Co-mentoring of master theses.
  • Advisors: Prof. Marian Verhelst, Dr. Wannes Meert.
• Sept. - Dec. 2018: Visiting Researcher
  • UCLA Statistical and Relational Artificial Intelligence (StarAI) Lab. Los Angeles, California, USA.
  • Joint project on hardware-awareness for learning of tractable probabilistic models.
  • Advisor: Prof. Guy Van den Broeck
• Jan. - Sept. 2015: Research Intern
  • KU Leuven Robotics Research Group. Leuven, Belgium.
  • M.S. thesis project on model predictive motion planning for robots.
  • Advisor: Prof. Herman Bruyninckx.
• Sept. - Dec. 2014: Research Intern
  • ASML. Veldhoven, The Netherlands.
  • Project on hysteresis modeling, identification and control of a piezo-actuared motion system for Extreme Ultra Violet Litography Machines.
• Aug. 2012 - May 2013: Undergraduate Research Assistant and Laboratory Instructor
  • Tecnologico de Monterrey. Mexico City, Mexico.
  • Team leader of RoboCup Rescue Kauil-TecMty. Implementation of SLAM algorithms with ROS and system integration.
  • Supervision of bachelor students’ course project on mechatronics integration for drones.