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Alexander Martinez Mendez

Master in systems engineering and computer science

Education

Doctorate in Computer Science

Universidad Industrial de Santander
2023 - Present

MSc in Systems and computer engineering

Universidad Industrial de Santander
2023

BSc in Systems and computer engineering

Universidad Industrial de Santander
2017

Languages

  • Spanish (Native)
  • English (B2)

Interests

About Theme

Career Profile

IT Whisperer, liaison between scientific & IT groups. Open Science ambassador.

Experiences

Software architect and systems administrator

2020 - Present
LA-CoNGA physics

Design, deploy and administer the MiLab platform, available at the URL https://milab.redclara.net/. This platform provides research support in data management, software, scientific computing and communications, following open science principles. Support users in the use of the services provided by MiLab. Manage and support the LA-CoNGA Courses learning content management system, LCMS https://laconga.redclara.net/courses/. This platform aims to facilitate access to the educational resources of the LA-CoNGA physics academic programme.

Young Researcher

2019 - 2020
Minciencias - Universidad Industrial de Santander

Design of a repository network based on ckan software for meteorological data management.

Data Curator

2018
Corporación Latinoaméricana de Redes Avanzadas (RedCLARA)

Implementation of a prototype for an open scientific data repository, with functionalities for interoperability, persistent digital identifiers, dissemination, and metadata collection.

Projects

My projects.

MiLab - A platform as a service in the cloud to support the work of research groups and institutions associated with RedCLARA in project management, the preservation of their digital history and collaborative work.
RACIMO-Móncora - Racimo-Móncora is a citizen science project that seeks to create science seedbeds in schools in Bucaramanga and thereby expose high school students early to scientific research environments and tools.
Co-Afina Hackathon - Hackathon promoted by LA-CoNGA physics in which university students in Latin America collaboratively develop solutions to solve problems related to scientific and educational topics with social impact.

Publications

Academic work.

  • High-Performance Computing for Astrophysical Simulations and Astroparticle Observations
    • L.M. Becerra, C. Sarmiento-Cano, A. Martínez-Méndez, Y. Dominguez and L.A. Núñez
    10th Latin America High Performance Computing Conference, CARLA 2023
  • Modelo de Gestión de Recursos Computacionales para Asistir la Reproducibilidad de Experimentos Científicos
    • Alexander Martínez-Méndez, Luis A. Nuñez, Gabriel Pedraza, Carlos González and Pablo Crespo
    Congreso Iberoamericano de Ciencia Abierta, 2022
  • MiLab, Plataforma para la Reproducibilidad de la Ciencia
    • Alexander Martínez-Méndez, Luis A. Nuñez, Gabriel Pedraza, Carlos González and Pablo Crespo
    VII Congreso Colombiano de Astronomía y Astrofísica, CoCoA, 2022
  • Academia, datos y reproducibilidad de la ciencia
    • Alexander Martínez-Méndez and Luis A. Nuñez
    Revista UIS Ingenierías, 2020
  • Gestión de Datos en la Colaboración LAGO, Estrategia y Reflexiones.
    • Alexander Martínez-Méndez, Luis A. Nuñez and Gilberto Díaz¹
    OpenCon LatAm, 2019
  • Lago Distributed Network Of Data Repositories
    • A. Martínez-Méndez, H. Asorey, L.A. Núñez and A. Valbuena-Delgado.
    XV Reunión Latinoaméricana de la Unión Astronómica Internacional (XV LARIM), 2017

    Skills & Proficiency

    Bash

    GNU/Linux

    git

    Docker

    Open Science

    Data Managment