I am a PhD student in Engineering and a researcher at the Center for Research and Formation in Artificial Intelligence (CinfonIA), directed and supervised by Prof. Pablo Arbeláez at Universidad de Los Andes in Bogotá, Colombia. I received my Bachelors degree and graduated with honors in Systems and Computation engineering from Colombia's National University. My interests are 3D & 4D reconstruction and understanding, robustness and generative models.
Gabriel Perez Santamaría
Carrera 58 # 119 A - 98, Bogota, Colombia
g.perezsantamaria@uniandes.edu.co
In my role as an AI researcher at Universidad de Los Andes during my PhD studies, I have participated in international research projects in collaboration with institutions like Meta AI, Google, and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology. My involvement has primarily focused on leading research efforts and co-authoring papers, providing me with valuable experience in collaborating with leading global teams in the field of artificial intelligence. This work has allowed me to develop my technical and collaborative skills further.
In addition to my research responsibilities, I serve as the SUDO (Technological Infrastructure Manager) within CinfonIA at Universidad de Los Andes. In this capacity, I am responsible for the comprehensive management of our servers, encompassing maintenance, updates, and the installation of new modules. I also handle the creation of user accounts, along with the configuration of roles and permissions, ensuring robust and secure access to our technological resources. This role has equipped me with critical hands-on experience in managing and safeguarding the infrastructure that supports our AI research initiatives.
At the National University of Colombia, whilst finishing my Bachelors degree, I held the position of Full Stack Engineer and Deployment Infrastructure Overseer. My primary responsibility was the development and maintenance of a coding judge platform, similar to HackerEarth, used for internal courses at UNAL. Each week, I was tasked with addressing assigned bugs and implementing new features. Additionally, I oversaw the deployment server, ensuring its smooth operation and addressing hardware issues as they arose, albeit infrequently. I also provided user support for both professors and students utilizing the platform, facilitating a seamless experience for all users.
In 2021, I had the opportunity to be a Visiting Student Researcher at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) through the Visiting Student Research Program (VSRP). My time there was spent working in the Image and Video Understanding Laboratory (IVUL), under the guidance of renowned researcher Bernard Ghanem and my thesis director, Fabio Augusto Gonzalez from the National University of Colombia. I spearheaded my own research project with direct supervision from Silvio Giancola. As the project progressed, it garnered interest from various PhD students, including Motasem Alfarra and Juan Camilo Pérez. The culmination of this research was a significant achievement: a scientific paper that was accepted and published at CVPR 2022, one of the foremost conferences in computer vision.