Juan Fernando Mancilla Caceres
609 W. Main #15, Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 721-861’

summary

My background includes the areas of Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Electrical Engineering. I got my M.S. degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign under the supervision of Eyal Amir. I am currently pursuing a PhD while working in the Knowledge Representation and Reasoning Group of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. My advisor is Eyal Amir. My current work is focusing on collecting and evaluating commonsense knowledge extracted automatically from the Web with collaboration from users.

Presentations

Commonsense Knowledge Symposium 2010 / To be November 2010
  • Presentation: A Turing Game for Commonsense Knowledge Extraction

Demo Presentation at the CS Spring 2010 Grad Expo at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / Spring 2010
  • Demo presentation: Extracting Commonsense Knowledge Automatically from the Web using a Turing Game

EDUCATION

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / 2008 - 2010
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
  • M.S., Computer Science
  • M.S. Thesis: A Turing Game for Commonsense Knowledge Extraction.

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala / 2001-2006
Guatemala, Guatemala
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering
  • Graduation Project: Obstacle avoidance and path finding for a robot using vision algorithms.
  • Graduated with honors (Cum Laude)

relevant academic projects

Relevant Academic Projects
  • Face recognition system using SIFT features.
  • Comparing algorithms of Feature Selection for text classification.
  • Combining Commonsense Knowledge Bases.

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign / 2008-2010
Urbana-Champaign, Illinois
  • Reasoning in AI
  • Machine Learning
  • Planning Algorithms (Motion Planning)
  • Cognitive Science
  • Logic in AI
  • Computer Vision

At Universidad del Valle de Guatemala / 2001-2006
Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Computer Graphics
  • Signal Processing

ACADEMIC ACHIVeMENTs

Most Outstanding Demo Presentation / Spring 2010
  • CS Grad Expo at University of Illinois

Fulbright Alumni / 2008-2010
  • Awarded to study an M.S. degree at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Graduated Cum Laude at Universidad del Valle de Guatemala / 2001-2006
  • Top 5 of my class
  • Received 4 academic achievement awards during my studies

SKILLS

Programming Languages
  • Microsoft Visual C++® and C
  • Familiar with Microsoft Visual Basic®, Assembler and Macromedia Flash
  • PHP and MySQL

EXPERIENCE

Universidad del Valle de Guatemala / 2007-2008
Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Physics Lab Coordinator: designing experiments to show principles studied in class.
  • Physics Instructor: Introductory course on classical mechanics and electromagnetism.
  • Statistics Instructor: Introductory course on probability and hypothesis testing.

NEXTEC, S.A. / 2006-2007
Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Turn key systems designer: Design interfaces for automated rooms and museums in Guatemala

OTHER

AFS Cultural Exchange
  • One year of high school done in Bilzen, Belgium

Languages
  • Spanish (Native language)
  • English
  • Dutch (Read and spoken)