About me

I’m a PhD student in Computer Science in the Games Intelligence Group (GIG) at the University of Essex, under the supervision of Professor Simon M. Lucas. My research focuses in Reinforcement Learning, Monte-Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) and general game tree search techniques using Games.

Before enrolling in the PhD program I did an MSc in Computer Science (Software Engineering). My thesis focused in developing an agent using Artificial Intelligence techniques to play in a simulator of the game Ms. Pac-Man. I used a hybrid approach of game-tree search techniques and genetic algorithms to evolve heuristics.

Education

• PhD Candidate in Computer Science

  Supervisor: Professor Simon M. Lucas
  University of Essex
  Colchester, United Kingdom
  2008 – Present

• MSc in Computer Science

  University of Essex
  Colchester, United Kingdom
  2007 – 2008

• BSc in Information Systems Engineering

  Institute of Technology and Higher Education of Monterrey
  Hermosillo, Mexico
  2001 – 2006

Teaching experience

Graduate Laboratory Assistant, University of Essex

• CE705 Programming in Java, Autumn 2009.
• CE112 Procedural and Object-Oriented Programming, Spring 2010.
• CE212 Web Application Programming, Spring 2010.
• CE705 Programming in Java, Autumn 2010.
• CE152 Object-Oriented Programming, Spring 2011.
• CE218 Computer Game Programming, Spring 2011.

IT Certifications

• Cisco Certified Network Associate (February 2006).
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (May 2007).