Education

  • 09/2006 - : PhD in Electrical and Computing Engineering, ECE Department, University of Minnesota. My advisor is Prof. Georgios B. Giannakis.

    You can find the list of graduate level courses I've taken so far, as well as research projects and related publications I've been involved in during this period.

  • 03/2000 - 09/2005: B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering (Telecommunications option), Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay. Some projects I've done as a requirement for the degree:

    1. "SIP & *: Implementaciones de VoIP basadas en SIP, un estudio utilizando Asterisk" in 2004-2005. VoIP implementations based on SIP, using Asterix (the Linux PBX) as evaluation platform. More info (in Spanish).
    2. "La Bola" in 2003. Convex autonomous robot, capable of avoiding obstacles in its way to scoring in an illuminated goal. More info (in Spanish).

  • 03/1997 - 11/1999: Final three high school years (Scientific orientation), The British Schools, Montevideo, Uruguay. I received the International Baccalaureate Diploma in 1999, and the following awards:

    1. "Outstanding all-round student (High School & English studies 6th year)" in 1999.
    2. "John Thewlis Prize for Excellence in Mathematics" in 1998.

  • 03/1988 - 11/1996: First three basic high school years and primary school, St. David's School, Montevideo, Uruguay.