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| Name:
Daniel Arturo Barrero Ulloa |
| Origin:
Bogota, Colombia, Earth |
| Nationality:
Colombian |
| Birth
Date: July 31 1971 |
| Race:
Human Gender: Male |
| Marital Status:Single |
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Communication
Abilities:
Spanish(mother
tongue, R/W/S)
English(fluent, R/W/S)
French (bilingual, lived on france
for 4.5 years and 2 years in Canada, R/W/S) |
| Current
Location: Vancouver, Canada, Earth |
| E-Mail:
Permanent: danybu@lycos.com |
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Actual:
daniel.barrero@gmail.com |
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Academic
Career |
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Dates:
September 2002 - February 2005
Title:
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Research Subject:
CFD (Fire and Smoke Simulation, HVAC), Scientific Visualisation.
Institution:
CERCA (Centre de Recherche en Calcul Applique) - Ecole Polytechnique de
Montreal
Localization:
Montreal, Canada
Observations: Research
conducted at the Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering
departments.
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Dates:
July 1997 - January 2001
Degree:
Ph.D. in Computer Science in the area of Computer Graphics
Thesis Title:
Simulation and Visualization
of Natural Phenomena for Computer Graphics (turbulence and combustion
phenomena)
Institution:
IRIT-Université
Paul Sabatier
Localization:
Toulouse, France
Observations: Financed
by a French
government Grant. |
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Dates:
October 1996 - June 1997
Degree:
D.E.A. de l'Image et du Languaje
(French MsCS in the area of Computer Graphics)
Research Area:Modeling
and Simulation
of turbulence phenomena in the participating media.
Institution:
IRIT-Université
Paul Sabatier
Localization:
Toulouse, France
Observations: Financed
by a French
Government Grant. |
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Dates:
January 1994 - September 1996
Degree:
Master in Science in Systems and Computer Engineering
(MsCS/CE in Computer Graphics)
Thesis Title:
Modeling and Simulation
of Turbulence Phenomena for VR systems
Institution: Universidad
de
Los Andes
Localization:
Bogota, Colombia
Observations: Financed
by University
Assistantships |
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Dates:
1988-1994
Degree:
Bachelor Degree in Systems and Computer Engineering
(Equivalent to a BsCS/CE)
Thesis Title: A
Physically Based Modeling
And Simulation System
Institution:
Universidad de
Los Andes
Localization:
Bogota, Colombia |
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Additional
Studies |
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Dates:
January - April 1995
Description: One
Semester exchange
student within the MsCS program with the Universidad Simon Bolivar at
Caracas,
Venezuela.
Institution:
Universidad Simón
Bolivar
Localization:
Caracas, Venezuela |
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Dates:
January - April 1995
Course:
Special Topics in Artificial Intelligence
Research Area:Simulation
of an evolutionary
behavior by the utilization of predatory practices and genetic mutations
Institution:
Universidad Simón
Bolivar
Localization:
Caracas, Venezuela |
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Dates:
January - April 1995
Course:
Advanced Topics in Computer Graphics
Research Area:Modeling
of Character
Movement Based on physics models and Neural Networks as a behavioral
control
system.
Institution:
Universidad Simón
Bolivar
Localization:
Caracas, Venezuela |
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Awards |
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Date:
1993
Type:
Award
Award:
Third place at the Colombian XI Programming Marathon
Description:
Programming competition
to show the speed, efficiency and quality of a 2 programmer's team to
solve
a complex problem in less than 8 hours (from the problem formulation to
the fully working solution)
Localization:
Bogota, Colombia
Observations: Finished
in less than
5 hours (20 min after the first one and 1:30h before the 4th), Received
an special mention for the speed and quality of the heuristic algorithm
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Work
Experience |
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Date:
March 2005 - current
Title:
Programmer
Description:
Graphics programmer
Localization: Relic
Entertainment dba THQ
Vancouver, Canada
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Date:
September 2002
- February 2005
Title:
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Description:
Conduct Research at the
Mechanical Engineering and Computer Engineering
departments on CFD (Fire and
Smoke Simulation, HVAC) and Scientific Visualisation.
Localization: CERCA (Centre de Recherche en Calcul Applique)
Ecole Polytechnique de
Montreal,
Montreal, Canada
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Date:
January - September 1996
Title:
Research
Assistant at the MOX Super computing Center
Description:
Web mastering and
system administration and maintenance, miscellaneous research in the
area
of computer graphics, programmer.
Localization:
MOX
Super computing Center
Universidad de Los Andes
Bogota, Colombia |
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Date:
August - December 1995
Title:
Research Assistant Liikuva Project at the Universidad de Los Andes
Description:
Research in the
areas of Terrestrial Navigational Systems and Computational Geometry.
Localization:
group
DFAC
Universidad de Los Andes
Bogota, Colombia |
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Date:
January - December 1994
Title:
Research Assistant DIGITAL Project at the Universidad de Los Andes
Description:
Research in the
areas of Client Server tools, architectures, and intercommunication of
heterogeneous systems
Localization:
group
HIDRA
Universidad de Los Andes
Bogota, Colombia |
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Date:
August - December 1993,
August - December 1992
Title:
Course Assistant/Monitor for the Computer Graphics Course at the
Universidad
de los Andes
Description:
Course tutorials,
tools creation and formation for the CG students, examination of
projects,
and partial results of the students.
Localization:
group
DFAC
Universidad de Los Andes
Bogota, Colombia |
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Date:
August 1992 - February 1993
Title:
Full time Systems Analyst/programmer and Network Administrator at the
Colpatria
Financial Company
Description:
Network Administration,
Database Programming, end user support.
Localization:
Departamento
de Sistemas
Compañia Financiera Colpatria
Bogota, Colombia |
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Date:
January 1991 - August 1992
Title:
Course Assistant/Monitor for the Numerical Analysis Course at the
Universidad
de los Andes
Description:
Course tutorials,
tools creation and formation for the NA students, examination of
projects,
and partial results of the students.
Localization:
Mathematics
Department/Faculty
Universidad de Los Andes
Bogota, Colombia |
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Areas
of Interest |
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- Computer Graphics:
Visualization, Physically
Based Modeling, Photo realistic Rendering, Real Time Rendering, Virtual
Reality, etc....
- Animation, Modeling
and
Simulation of complex
systems and natural phenomena.
- Film making and
visual
effects
- Scientific
Visualization
- GUI: programming
and
design.
- Artist tools
programming.
- Real time and Game
Programming
- Image Processing
- Computational
geometry
- Artificial
Intelligence
and Artificial life techniques
for animation control
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Personal
Interests |
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- Computer
Programming.
- Colaborating with
Free
software and Open Source
Proyects.
- Reading (Sci-fi
mostly).
- Movies.
- Computer Games.
- Drawing, Painting,
Sketching.
- Roller Skating and
Paragliding.
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