Biography

I was born and raised in Cuauhtemoc, Chihuahua, Mexico. In the Fall of 1995 I began my undergraduate degree in Computer Engineering at the College of Engineering of the Autonomous University of Chihuahua. I finish my undergraduate studies in the Fall of 1999.

Then, I started my masters degree in Statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences of the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP), under the supervision of Dr. Javier Rojo, who help me to develop the foundations of my thesis. My thesis was finished under the guidance of Dr. Patricia Nava. I continued my graduate students in the Ph.D. program of Computer Engineering of UTEP's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Again, my advisor was Dr. Patricia Nava.

Once that I got my Ph.D. I was hired by Dr. Ming-Ying Leung as Post Doctoral Researcher for the Bioinformatics Program of UTEP.

Since Fall 2007, I am Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Texas A&M University-Texarkana. During 2008, on Saturdays I worked with my colleague Dr. V. Govindaswamy on a C Programming Clinic. This clinic was free for anybody who wants to attend it.

Now I am the Vice-Chair of the IEEE Shreveport Section and and Organizer of the STEAM Conference.

Education

• Computer Engineering, B.S., College of Engineering, Autonomous University of Chihuahua. Fall 1995 - Fall 1999
• Statistics, M.S., Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Texas at El Paso. Spring 2000 - Fall 2001
• Computer Engineering, Ph. D.,  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Univ. of Texas at El Paso. Spring  2002 - Spring 2005

To my friend V (English Major, LSU-S):  I hope that you finish your philosophy book soon. I can't wait to read it. Buena Suerte!!!

Research Interests

• Solving Bioinformatics Problems using Soft Computing Methods

1. Prediction of Viral Replication Origins: Collaborators: Dr. M.Y. Leung, Dr. C.K. Choi (National Univ. of Singapore) and Dr.  D. Chew (U. of Southern Cal)
2. Location of Transcription Factor Binding Sites:  Collaborators: Dr. M.Y. Leung and M.S. B. Wesdeslassie
3. Distribution of Inversions in RNA Sequences with  Pseudoknots: Collaborators Dr. M.Y. Leung and C. Aguilar (UTEP)
4. Diabetes Prediction using Mass Spectrometry Data: Collaborators: Dr. A. Dabney (Texas A&M) and Dr. Y.V. Karpievitch (Texas A&M)
5. Prediction of Bacterial Replication Origins: Collaborators: Dr. M.Y. Leung, Dr. D. Dominguez (UTEP) and Dr.  D. Chew (U. of Southern Cal)

• Applications of Fuzzy Logic:

 Collaborators: Dr. Patricia Nava, Dr. Rafael Cabeza and M.S. Elvia Martin Del Campo (White Sands Missile Range)

• Application of Artificial Neural Networks

1. Pavement Deformation:   Collaborators: Dr. Patricia Nava, Dr. Dr. S. Nazarian (UTEP) and Jannette Briones (NASA)
2. Multilayer feedforward Neural Network with Multivalued-Neuron :  Collaborators: Dr. I. Aizenberg (TAMU-T)

• Applications of Neuro-fuzzy systems

          Collaborators: Dr. Patricia Nava

To my friend V:  I hope that you finish your philosophy book. I can't wait to read it. Good luck!!!

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Math 335 "Linear Algebra" Fall 2009

 Syllabus Section: 101   401

Section 401 (NTCC):    Exam #2 (Word)              Exam #2 (PDF)

Lectures:

• Lecture 1 
• Lecture 2 
• Lecture 3 
• Lecture 4 
• Lecture 5 
• Lecture 6
• Lecture 7
• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10 
• Lecture 11 
• Lecture 12 

Math 597 "Multivariate Statistics" Fall 2009

 Syllabus

Lectures:

• Lecture 1 
• Lecture 2 
• Lecture 3
• Lecture 4
• Lecture 5
• Lecture 6
• Lecture 7
• Exam #2     Word     PDF (Change of plans: Exam #2 is due on Wednesday December 2, not Monday November 30th)
• Lecture 8
• Lecture 9
• Lecture 10

Summer 2009 material

Spring 2009  material. 

Fall 2008  material. 

Robotics Summer Camp 2008

Summer 2008  material. 

Spring 2008  material.

Fall 2007 material.

UTEP material from Spring 2006 to Spring 2007 is here.