Gonzalo Vaca-Castano
Phone: (407)6946324
http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~gvaca/
E-mail:
gonzalo.vaca@gmail.com
EDUCATIONÂ Â Â Â Â Ph.D.
in Electrical Engineering (Computer Vision)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â GPA:4.0
(4.0 scale)
                       University
of Central Florida.
                       Expected
graduation: Aug 2015
                       M.S.
Electrical Engineering (Signal Processing)Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â GPA:
3.8 (4.0 scale)
                       University of Puerto
Rico- Mayaguez, PR. 2010
                       Thesis: A Framework
for Anuran Monitoring, Species Classification and          Â
                       Bioacoustical Studies.
          Â
B.S. (Hons) Electronic
Engineering                                           GPA 4.07 (5.0
scale)
Pontificia Universidad
Javeriana. Cali - Colombia . 2003
Thesis: Web-based
learning system applied to control systems.
EXPERIENCE
Sighthound                 Summer 2015-Now
Computer Vision
Research Intern.
Bosch Research and
Technology Center North America                  Summer 2014
Computer Vision
Research Intern.
University of Central
Florida - Research/Teaching Assistant         Aug 2010- May 2014
                       University
of Puerto Rico- Research Assistant                      Jun
2008 - Jun 2010
                       Research & Development Engineer                                          JunÂ
2005 – Dec 2007
                       Colombian
Navy (DARET) – Cartagena, Colombia.
                       ASP.Net
Web developer                                                    Sep
2003 -Â Jun 2005
                       Freelance
(2005) - Illustrato tecnologias de la información (2003-2004)
                      Â
PUBLICATIONS
"Semantic Image
Search from Multiple Query Images". Gonzalo Vaca-Castano and Mubarak Shah.
ACM Multimedia
Conference, 2015.
"Improving
Egocentric Vision of Daily Activities". Gonzalo Vaca-Castano, Samarjit
Das, and Joao P Sousa. IEEE
International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2015.
"City Scale
Geo-spatial Trajectory Estimation of a Moving Camera". Gonzalo
Vaca-Castano, Amir Roshan Zamir and Mubarak Shah. IEEE International Conference
on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition(CVPR), 2012.
"Using syllabic
Mel cepstrum features and k-nearest neighbors to identify anurans and birds species".
Gonzalo Vaca-Castano, Domingo Rodriguez. IEEE Workshop on Signal Processing Systems
(SIPS), 2010.
"A Framework for
Bioacoustical Species Classification in a Versatile Service-Oriented Wireless Mesh
Network". Gonzalo Vaca-Castano, Domingo Rodriguez, Julio Castillo, Kejie
Lu, Alejandro    Rios, Fernando Bird. 18th European Signal Processing
Conference (EUSIPCO-2010).
OTHERÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â B.S. Physics
STUDIESÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Universidad
del Valle. Cali-Colombia
                       1995
– 1999
SKILLSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â -
C++ , C .
                       -
Python & Linux Shell scripting.
                       -
Computer Vision Libraries (OpenCV, Caffe)
                       -
Knowledge in development of web applications (php, ASP .Net, python).
                        -
Spanish (native language)Â
HONORSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Daniel
D. Hammond Engineering Endowed Scholarship. University of central Florida.
2015-2016
                      Â
Graduate Research
Excellence Fellowship. University of Central Florida. 2014-2015
Elizabeth S. Lampp
Trust and Estate Endowed scholarship fund. University of Central Florida 2012
                      Â
                       Academic
and Human Excellence Honor Mention. 2003
                       BS
Degree ceremony. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana Cali , Colombia.
