Computer Science

Alejandro Cornejo

MIT - Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab Phone: 617-***-****

The Stata Center, Building 32-G670 Email: ********@*****.***.***

** ****** **, ********* ** 02139 Site: http://people.csail.mit.edu/acornejo

Interests Distributed Robotics, Distributed Computing, Fault-Tolerance, Mobile Wireless

Networks.

Education Massachusetts Institute of Technology (CSAIL), Cambridge, MA

PhD Candidate in Computer Science - 2007 { 2012 (expected) GPA: 5.0/5.0

Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico (UNAM), Mexico, D.F., Mexico

Institute of Applied Mathematics and Systems

Master in Computer Science, with highest honor (08/17/2007)

Instituto Tecnolgico de Mexico (ITAM), Mexico, D.F., Mexico

B. Eng. in Computer Engineering, with highest honor (04/29/2005)

B. Eng. in Telematics Engineering, with highest honor (05/16/2005)

Research CSAIL (MIT) Research AssistantNancy LynchSeptember 2007 - Present

My research has focused on local distributed algorithms for multi-robot systems and

dynamic

wireless networks. Some of the problems I've worked on include: maintaining connectivity

(or

k-connectivity) of a robot swarm while allowing each robot to perform tasks

independently;

reliable and e cient computation with beeps (maximal independent set, coloring, etc); en-

vironment characterization for robotic exploration; prioritized information dissemination

in

vehicular networks; distributed localization of networks of simple robots (using only

bearing

sensors); failure detectors in asynchronous systems; aggregation in dynamic networks.

Oracle InternMark DilmanJune 2011 - September 2011

Developed methodology and evaluation framework for workload management algorithms for the

Oracle globally distributed database system. Designed various load balancing algorithms

tai-

lored for different configurations of the databased system, and identified database

performance

metrics for optimal load balancing.

Institute of Mathematics (UNAM) Research AssistantSergio RajsbaumJuly 2006 - August 2007

Theoretical distributed computing. We defined an enriched version of the iterative

immediate

snapshot model augmented with failure detectors. We analyzed the limits of problem

solvability

under the traditional notion of failures and provided alternative failure definitions

that allow

the extended iterative snapshot model to be as powerful as the asynchronous shared memory

model with failure detectors.

Microsoft Research InternOnur MutluJanuary 2007 - April 2007

Designed and implemented an X86 performance multi-core simulator that includes pipeline

details, out of order execution and a cache model that includes interconnection latencies

and

memory coherence. Implemented trace generation/reading tools to profile ordinary

applications

in the X86 performance simulation.

Cannes Laboratory Research AssistantAlfredo WeitzenfeldAugust 2003 - August 2004

Extended the NSL (Neural Simulation Language) system execution to a distributed master-

slave computer network, the master displays results and dispatches simulation and

training

work to the slaves. The core simulation component of NSL can be executed on embedded

systems and the results can be visualized o ine or online by a computer.

Papalote Museo del Nino Independent Contractor

Children's MuseumOctober 2003 - June 2005

Designed and implemented several interactive systems including the virtual tours (Juega,

Toca y

Aprende andNutricin), which later became full expositions. Developed interactive 3D

monkey

character that imitates spectators, as well as the interactive educational game on

nutrition (Qu

comes que adivinas? ).

Neuroimaging Laboratory Research AssistantMara Elena AlgorriAugust 2002 - November 2005

Developed calibration and 3d tracking algorithms for stereoscopic vision. Implemented an

image segmentation algorithm for localizing objects based on shape and color. An inverse

kinematics system for animating virtual characters. Worked on a reconstruction algorithm

to

recover polygonal surfaces from medical studies (CAT, MRI, etc).

Publications Alejandro

References Nancy **********@*****.***.***

James ****************@****.***

Awards and

Alfonso Caso Award 2008, UNAM

Honors

Akamai Presidential Graduate Fellowship 2007, MIT

Institute of Mathematics Fellowship 2006, UNAM

Alumni Association Research Award for Computer Engineering 2006, ITAM.

CONACyT Fellowship 2004-2006 (National Council of Science and Technology of Mexico)

Best Thesis of Computer Engineering and Information Technology 2005, ANIEI

Award to Academic Excellence in Computer Engineering 2004, ITAM

Best GPAs of Telematics Engineering 2004, ITAM

Best GPAs of Computer Engineering 2004, ITAM

Mention in the University Robotics Contest 2002, UIA

rd

3 place in Latin American ACM Programming Contest finals 2002

Other Activities See my website for details on extracurricular projects.

http://people.csail.mit.edu/acornejo

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