MSc Candidate in Artificial Intelligence
University of Ljubljana
B.S. in Robotics and Digital Systems (2024)
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Ljubljana, Slovenia
jh65312@student.uni-lj.si
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Robotics Engineer & AI Research (MSc)
Current Research Focus
Unlearning Identity Information in Latent Diffusion Models
MSc Research Project — 2025
Development of a concept editing method to prevent identity reproduction in the Arc2Face model by targeting key–value representations in cross-attention layers.
Ongoing — Imitation Learning of VLA Models
Master’s Thesis Research (Expected: July 2026)
Extending SmolVLA for real-world robotic manipulation using SO-ARM101 arms, planning on focusing on deformable object interaction.
Updates and findings will be shared as the research progresses
Featured Academic Projects
"Each challenge overcome is a key, unlocking doors to tomorrow's unknowns."
My Trajectory
Academic
2024 - Present
MSc in Artificial Intelligence
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master in Artificial Intelligence
Specialisation in Data Science at the University of Ljubljana.
Universitat Pompeu Fabra -
Barcelona
2024
Sapienza Università di Roma
2025
University of Ljubljana
2025-2026
Research‑focused Erasmus Mundus programme integrating machine learning and modern AI across leading European universities.
2021 - 2024
BSc in Robotics and Digital Systems
Tecnologico de Monterrey
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Focused on digital and embedded systems, intelligent AI and robotics systems, automation, and
control logic.
2019 – 2021
BSc in Physics Engineering (incomplete)
Tecnológico de Monterrey
Studied 2 years in the program, focusing on:
- Mathematical modeling and applied physics
- Theoretical foundations in engineering and science
Experience
March 2022 - Present
Co-Founder, Data Engineer & Machine Learning Engineer
SAVEWARE
Building a data-driven platform to optimize manual labor operations in bulk and pallet cargo plants across LATAM.
- Developing predictive models for operation duration estimation using attention-based regression techniques to model heteroskedastic probability distributions.
- Designing end-to-end data pipelines for ingestion, cleaning, processing, and sanitization, integrating PostgreSQL back-ends with FastAPI microservices.
- Created models to accurately estimate operational costs based on the quantity of material moved.
January 2024 - February 2024
Robotics Lab Assistant
Kavraki Lab, Rice University
• Designed and implemented a ROS system for integrating motion
planning and Samsung Labs’ SceneGrasp for multi-object 3D reconstruction and grasp pose
estimation of robotic manipulators using RGB-D data.
• Developed a ROS package for pick-and-place using ArUco markers; validated in simulation and
on hardware.
March 2022 - October 2023
Business Automation Intern
Steelcase
• Developed and implemented automation solutions for business
processes for internal clients.
• Utilized Agile methodology and technologies such as UiPath RPA, Excel VBA, Power Automate,
and Python.
Professional Skillset
Frameworks & Libraries
PyTorch
PyTorch Lightning
TensorFlow
Scikit-Learn
Pandas
OpenCV
Tools, Platforms & Cloud
Docker
Git
Linux
PostgreSQL
AWS
Robotics & Embedded
ROS
NVIDIA Jetson
ESP32
Arduino
Programming Languages
Python
C++
MATLAB
R
Courses & Certifications
Data Science Diploma
2021|Instituto Tecnológico del Petróleo y Energía
60 hours diploma program covering Data cleaning, engineering and analysis, machine learning fundamentals, and data visualization.
CS50's Introduction to AI
2024|Harvard University - CS50
Comprehensive course combining search algorithms, logic, machine learning, neural networks, and language processing through hands-on Python projects.
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Machine Learning Specialization
2024|DeepLearning.AI - Coursera
Supervised learning (regression, classification), unsupervised learning (clustering, recommender systems, RL foundations), and deep learning, along with practical machine learning workflows.
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