List of Academic Courses


Fall/2007
Introduction to Statistical Machine Translation
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona. This course introduced students to basic concepts in Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) from both theoretical and practical points of view. [get the sylabus] [go to the course's website (access info:smt/fall07)]
June/2007
Hidden Markov Models, in "Advanced Signal Processing"
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona. This four session seminar presented the fundamental theory of Hidden Markov Models and the related problems of dynamic programming, the viterbi algorithm and the EM algorithm. [sildes S1, S2, S3, S4]
Spring/2007
Laboratory of Communications I
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona. This course included lab sessions on oscillocope and spectrum analyzer usage, as well as some basic analog and digital modulation/demodulation schemes. [related materials (in Spanish)]
Fall/2006
Laboratory of discrete-time signals & systems
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Barcelona. This course included lab sessions on discrete-time signal processing: linear and time-invariant system properties, the Fourier series and transforms, the samplig theorem, and basic methods for designing digital filters.
Spring/2004
Discrete-time signals & systems
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas. This course included theory sessions on discrete-time signal processing: linear and time-invariant system properties, the Fourier series and transforms, the samplig theorem, and basic methods for designing digital filters. [get the sylabus (in Spanish)] [sildes (in Spanish) M1, M2, M3, M4, M7, M8]
Spring/2004
Laboratory of discrete-time signals & systems
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas. This course included lab sessions on discrete-time signal processing: linear and time-invariant system properties, the Fourier series and transforms, the samplig theorem, and basic methods for designing digital filters. [get the guide (in Spanish)]
2003-2004
Electric circuit analysis
Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, Caracas. This course included both theory and practice of basic first and second order electric circuit analysis with both passive and active components.
2003
Introduction to MATLAB for Geophysicists
Centro de Adiestramiento y Desarrollo Tecnológico Petrolero, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas. This course provided a comprehensive introduction to MATLAB and its use in problems related to Geophysical Sciences.
2002-2003
Digital circuits
Universidad Simón Bolívar, Caracas. This course included both theory and practice of analysis and design of basic digital circuits.
1999-2000
Signal processing
Universidad Nueva Esparta, Caracas. This course included both theory and practice of analog signal processing and communications theory.