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Alexander Martinez Mendez

Doctoral student in Computer Science

Education

Doctorate in Computer Science

Universidad Industrial de Santander
2024 - 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 (B1)

Interests

About Theme

Career Profile

Systems administrator and PhD student specializing in Workflows, Computing Continuum, Open Science, and data management. I manage research platforms that enhance collaboration and reproducibility, combining technical expertise with advanced research skills.

Experiences

Software architect and systems administrator

2025 - Present
EL-BONGÓ physics

Design, deploy and administer the ElBongo Science Gateway, a platform that integrates workflows, data management tools, and computing resources to support research under open science principles. Support users in the use of the Science Gateway, facilitating the execution, monitoring, and reproducibility of computational experiments. Manage and extend the workflow management services that enable researchers to design, share, and reuse workflows across distributed computing infrastructures. https://elbongo.redclara.net/

Software architect and systems administrator

2020 - 2024
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. Manage and support the LA-CoNGA Courses learning content management system, LCMS https://laconga.redclara.net/courses/

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.

Certifications and Short Courses

ACM Europe Summer School on HPC Computer Architectures

- Sep 2024
Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)
ACM-BSC School Barcelona 2024

The 2024 ACM Europe Summer School offers PhD students and postdocs an immersive week in Barcelona, focusing on AI, HPC, and emerging fields like Quantum Computing.

14th International SuperComputing Camp 2023

- May 2023
SC-Camp
SC-Camp 2023

The 14th International SuperComputing Camp 2023 offers Master and PhD students a 6-day program in Cartagena, Colombia, focused on High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Distributed Systems.

Open Seeds program | Cohort 3

- May 2021
Open Life Science
OLS-3

Mentorship and cohort-based training, where participants share their expertise and gain knowledge essential to create, lead, and sustain Open Science projects.

41th International School for Young Astronomers

- Jul 2018
International Astronomical Union (IAU)
ISYA 2018

The International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA), is a three-week program offering comprehensive lectures, practical exercises, and observational training in astronomy and astrophysics.

Projects and Colaborations

My projects.

EL-BONGÓ physics - An Erasmus project that seeks to democratise physics education and research for the university population of Latin America. The main effort is focused on the digital transformation of higher education in Latin America, from the creation of virtual communities of scientific training, with a collaborative logic, open science and strengthening of practical skills in digital fabrication.
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.
LAGO - The Latin American Giant Observatory - Global-scale astroparticle observatory. Primarily focused on research in three branches of astroparticle physics: the extreme universe, space weather phenomena, and ground-level atmospheric radiation.
Pierre Auger Observatory - A leading international observatory in the detection of extensive air showers, specializing in the analysis of particles with energies exceeding 10^19 eV through surface detectors and fluorescence telescopes.
Co-Afina Hackathon - Hackathon in which university students in Latin America collaboratively develop solutions to solve problems related to scientific and educational topics with social impact.

OSS Contributions

MiLab - MiLAB is a cloud-based platform-as-a-service designed to support research groups and institutions associated with RedCLARA. It facilitates project management, digital history preservation, and collaborative work.

Publications

Academic work.

  • Driving Computational Efficiency in Large-Scale Platforms using HPC Technologies
    • Alexander Martinez Mendez, Antonio J. Rubio-Montero, Carlos J. Barrios H., Hernán Asorey, Rafael Mayo-García, Luis A. Núñez
    12th Latin America High Performance Computing Conference, CARLA 2025
  • A Scientific Data Integrity system based on Blockchain
    • Gian Sebastian Mier Bello, Alexander Martinez Mendez, Carlos J. Barrios H., Robinson Rivas, Luis A. Núñez
    12th Latin America High Performance Computing Conference, CARLA 2025
  • 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
  • Astroclimate, a Citizen Science Climate Awareness
    • Asorey, H.; Balaguera-Rojas, A.; Martínez-Méndez, A.; Núñez, L. A.; Peña-Rodríguez, J.; Salgado-Meza, P.; Sarmiento-Cano, C.; Suárez-Durán, M.
    XV Reunión Latinoaméricana de la Unión Astronómica Internacional (XV LARIM), 2017

    Skills & Proficiency

    Bash

    GNU/Linux

    git

    Docker

    Open Science

    Data Managment