Since this is my website and I can write whatever I want, and few loving people will read it, I wanted to write about my latest CV and what it contains more in detail.
Page 1
Here’s my main info. About my education, bachelor, masters x2, and PhD. I also wanted to show selected publications since this is an important aspect of my career so far. Publications are almost a currency in academy, and whether I continue in academy or not, these works show that I am a researcher and that I like to write, create and solve problems. Additionally I show contact details, skills in many areas and languages, human ones at least.
Long ago in 2007 I started the way to a 5 year bachelor program that is so good that it is equivalent to European program where people do 3+2 years and while they end up as “masters” I was still considered a bachelor. Then I started my master in Colombia and before finished I was offered to start an M2 in France. After I finished that master I came back to finish the one in Colombia. This is why The road is displayed like this, I like to tell stories. Also it resembles the branching and merging of version control.
This is my favorite part of the CV. I took it from my thesis defense. All the aspects of being an image analyst and computer scientist and researcher are colorfully displayed in the bottom. Each of those aspects can be covered in the publications and I wanted to show which aspects could be found in each paper, I love this idea I had to basically summarize the paper in a small image. Additionally on the side there is a square containing the type of microscopy image used. Microscopy is an enormous and beautiful field where many different modalities are used.
This is my tool belt. In order to do what I do, a lot of magic is needed. I speak human and computer languages. I also learned how to use the frameworks for Artificial Intelligence but most specifically PyTorch and Scikit-Learn. I use Pandas to store and process my data and I also know how to use MySQl databases although I prefer NoSQL databases like MongoDB. I use, love and promote Linux but I also work on Windows if necessary. As you may know I love and use Blender for everything. I also use other visualization tools like D3 and Seaborn. It’s safe to say I know how to use a lot more software and tools but I haven’t used them professionally or at work but I am a box of surprises.
Finally, easy, the languages. My native language is Spanish but I think one doesn’t ever discover all the wonderful things about a language which is why I leave a little part uncovered. The same for English, I have used it all my life but I am not a native. My impostor syndrome tells me I know less french than I do but the proof is that I lived in France and I studied a master in the language so I must know enough to have managed that at least. I am learning Swedish and it has been a difficult language because I don’t have time anymore, doing a PhD was tough and I had little time but I tried, on my own and with friends and now I finally have time and money to pay for a small group course.
All other pages
Since I will apply to academic positions I need to have a list of publications which is page 2. I add all my other Academic experience in page 3 and work experience in page 4 and since It was a bit white and cold and lonely I put the art I made for my thesis which is quite nice, if I may say so myself.
How to
I have been asked to explain how I do my illustrations and how the whole process goes. So here are some tips. For insights about visualization in general read the last chapter of my thesis, it’s quite short and nicely summarizes everything I think about visualization. I might write a post about it.
I use Inkscape, I only use free and open source tools. Inkscape is a fantastic software for vector graphics and I do all my posters and figures in it, along with GIMP and Blender. I use a lot of shortcuts and I’m quite efficient.
The tools I use the most are:
and of course Selection and edit paths by nodes. I really recommend learning key shortcuts. If you want to learn how to use Inkscape let me know. We can talk about it.