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Welcome to my personal site. Here you will find my publications, teaching courses, and other resources. More important, you will find my blogs
Please review my one page resume for more information. If you like the longer version (vitae) please download it here or review my html version.
As you can see by the URL of my site, my name is Francisco R. Ortega. I was born in San Fernando, Chile to later reside in Concepcion, Chile until I was 14. Later, I came to the United States where I have lived in Miami,FL ever since. I hold dual citizenship from my birth place (Chile) and my home (USA).
I’m married to the most beautiful woman in the world, Luz Adriana. My direct family consist of my 3 sisters, their children and their husbands as well as my Mom and Dad. I have to give a special thanks to my dad Francisco and my mom Patricia as well as my sisters Marcela, Cecilia and Jimena and their husbands Roberto, Kenny and Eddie. As well as all of their children.
Currently, I’m a Computer Science Ph.D. Candidate in the School of Computing and Information Sciences at Florida International University. I’m also a GAANN Fellow provided by The Department of Education and supervised by Dr. Milani. I also received my Bachelor in Computer Science (cum laude) and Master in Computer Science from the same institution.
My reseach concentrates in Human-Computer Interaction and 3D User Interfaces. My specific topic is about 3D Navigation using Multi-Touch Devices. I’m co-advised by Dr. Rishe and Dr. Barreto. My Committe is also made of Dr. Clarke, Dr. Raju, and Dr. Zeng. While not in my committee, but always helpful to my dissertation and research is Dr. Adjouadi
I also would like to mention collaboration and/or support that I have received from DSPLAB, HPRDC, CATE, SCIS, ECE, and CREST at Florida International University.
I have also need to thanks Dr. Pelin and Dr. Weiss.
My Chinese name is 智龙 (zhì lóng) given to me by Dan (Daisy) Lu.
If you want to see real cool projects and a Ninja Coder by Design, go to my friend’s web site, Frank Hernandez.
You can also look at my friend, Xabriel Collaso.
Please also visit my friend Raymond. He is a TRUE COMPUTER SCIENTIST at heart (but EE in paper). Visit his blog at http://raysear.wordpress.com/ or his home page at http://raysear.com/
You can read a more extensive biography in About Me Page (coming soon…)
Please feel free to email me at Francisco Raul Ortega .AT. GMAIL . COM . You can also call me at the DSP LAB at country code +1 area code 305 and number : 348 6072.