Salvador Barrera - Curriculum

Tels:
Monterrey:(52-81) 8215-1432
Japan: 81+9044-206128

E-mail:
aldanasal@hotmail.com

Work Experience

Universidad de Monterrey.Monterrey, Mexico.
Associate Professor in the division of Computer Science, Monterrey University, June 2005, till now.
Tokyio Institute of Technology.Tokyo, Japan.
The Division of Computer Graphics, April 2002 – March 2005 Developed a new input device for the virtual environment, designed for the foot, which allows people to walk around the virtual environment without making any step at the time of playing or walking into the virtual space. Several papers were published or in the process of being published, such as SIGGRAPH 2002. San Antonio Texas.
Core Laboratories. Houston, Texas.
Technical Support Administrator, June 1996 – March 1999 Utilized Unix platform systems to maintain computer equipment used in the petroleum industry in the State of Mexico.
911 Emergency Response Service. Mexico city, Mexico.
Technical Support Administrator, April 1994 – May 1996 Developed and maintained a Help Desk and Technician Dispatch Program for 911 Emergency Response service in the State of Mexico. Developed and administrated a new phone system to handle increased call volume, assuring quality customer service. Acted as a liaison between customers, sales persons and technicians to ensure customer satisfaction.
Television and Broadcasting Company. Mexico city, Mexico.
echnical Support Specialist, August 1991 – March 1994 Developed and installed computer programs for various internal departments such as Accounting, Human Resources and Import & Export. Facilitated and coordinated educative workshops to introduce the new systems to the employees maintained and performed quality control of hardware and software systems.

Education

Ph. D. In Virtual Reality.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan. April 2002 – March 2005.
Masters in Computers Science.
Department of Computers Science and Engineering. Tokyo Institue of Technology, Tokyo, Japan.
Professional Certification For Image Processing.
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Kanazawa, Japan.
Bachelors of Science, Computers Science.
College of Computer Science and Engineering, Universidad del Valle de Mexico, Mexico city, Mexico.
September 1987 - July 1991.

Scholarships and Grants

Scholarship from the Japanesse Ministry of Education to study at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Tokyio, Japan. 1998 - 2005.
Scholarship from the Japan International COoperation Agency to study at Kanazawa Institute of Technology in Kanazawa, Japan.
March 1997 - November 1997

Training and Seminars

Invited Speaker. - S. Barrera, P. Romanos, H. Takashi, S. Saito, M. Nakajima, WARAJI: Foot-Driven Navigation Interfaces for Virtual Reality Applications, PC:M 2004, 2004 Pacific-Rim Conference on Multimedia, Proceedings of the PCM 2004.
Tokyo Waterfront City, Japan.
March 1997 - November 1997 .

Languajes

Fluent in English, Japanesse and Spanish

Skills

Computer Skills and Programming Languajes:
Visual Basic, Pascal, Cobol, Dbase, Fox Base, Clipper, Oracle Database, SQL, HTML, Java.
Networks Protocols:
IPX/SPX/NetBEUI/ Net BIOS
Operating Systems and Environments:
DOS, Novell Netware, OS/2, Windows NT, Machintosh and NEXT plataforms and Microsoft Office, UNIX, Open Works, Geo-Data Management.