Carlos Penaloza

About me

My name is Carlos. I am a BSc student at Universidad de los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. I will be graduating on April 2020.

My education

I am currently enrolled in a double major degree at Universidad de los Andes: Systems and Computing Engineering & Industrial Engineering

Courses

My passions

I love learning new things, coding, meeting new people, travelling around the world and playing sports.

My current interests

Right now I am interested in Machine Learning, Software Development, Operations Research, and IT consulting.

Experience

Universidad de los Andes

August 2015

Current GPA: 4.35/5.0

Began my undergraduate studies.

BSc Systems & Computing Engineering

BSc Industrial Engineering

Teaching Assistant

January 2016 – Present

Explain topics and help solve doubts to students. Review and grade assessments. Aid the teacher throughout the course.

Courses:

Algorithms & Object Oriented Programming (Jan – Jun 2016)
Data Structures (Jan – Jun 2017)
Software Development in Teams (Aug – Dec 2017)
Web Development (Aug – Dec 2018)
Business Intelligence (Jan – Jun 2019)

Research Assistant

August 2017 – Present

Contribute to the research and development of PhD projects.

Projects:

Web framework that enables financial analysis and simulation of a Solution Architecture project

Technologies: Python, Flask, SciPy
AI driven Software Architecture: speech and visual recognition to understand software architecture decisions

Technologies: Python, Java
Software architecture simulation, deployment and evaluation: Test and analyse possible architectures to make the best decision

Technologies: JavaScript, Java, Kafka, Kubernetes

Skills

I am constantly working on acquiring new abilities. I'm a fast learner and will be happy to learn new technologies.

Java

Python

SQL

JavaScript

HTML+CSS

R

Projects

Heuristic inventory planning

Developer, Team size: 3

Description: Easy to use application made for a hospital's inventory planning based on inventory planning heuristics.

Technologies: JavaScript, React Js, Meteor, Mongo DB, HTML+CSS

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Event Planner

Developer, Team size: 2

Description: Web application that enables users to easily plan and discover events.

Technologies: JavaScript, React Js, Meteor, Mongo DB, HTML+CSS

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Colmines

Team Leader, Team size: 5

Description: IoT application aimed at preventing health issues in mines by monitoring different variables and activating control systems as necessary.

Technologies: Python, Django, Node Red, Kafka, ZooKeeper, Cassandra, HTML+CSS, Arduino

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Tecsai Optimization

Developer, Team size: 4

Description: Web dashboard made for Tecsai Engineering during a consulting project. The app allows the company to schedule its projects, handle inventory and update budget. Companion app for a linear optimization model developed for the company.

Technologies: JavaScript, React Js, Meteor, Mongo DB, Recharts, HTML+CSS

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