CV
Contact Information
| Name | Juanpablo Heredia |
| Professional Title | PhD Student in Mathematical Modelling and Data Science |
| jherediaparillo@gmail.com |
Experience
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2024 - 2025 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Teaching Assistant
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
Assisted in teaching the undergraduate Data Visualization course across two semesters.
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2022 - 2023 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Guest Researcher (Internship)
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
- Developed an LLM-based chatbot to generate visualizations from natural language queries and CSV datasets.
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2022 - 2022 Arequipa, Peru
Full Stack Developer
Inhogar Real Estate
- Built a website and CRM platform supporting real estate and HR workflows.
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2020 - 2022 Arequipa, Peru
Research Student
Catholic University San Pablo
- Conducted pre-professional research in computer vision.
- Developed image-based emotion recognition pipelines using machine and deep learning methods.
Education
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2023 - 2027 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
PhD
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Visual Data Science Lab
Mathematical Modelling and Data Science
- {“Supervisor”=>”Prof. Jorge Poco.”}
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2016 - 2021 Arequipa, Peru
BSc
Universidad Catolica San Pablo
Computer Science
- {“Supervisor”=>”Prof. Regina Ticona.”}
- Ranked 2nd in class.
Publications
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2022 Adaptive multimodal emotion detection architecture for social robots
IEEE Access
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2021 A multi-modal visual emotion recognition method to instantiate an ontology
16th International Conference on Software Technologies
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2023 A framework to evaluate fusion methods for multimodal emotion recognition
IEEE Access
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2022 Multimodal emotional understanding in robotics
SENTIRobots Workshop at 18th International Conference on Intelligent Environments
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2024 FishBiasLens: Integrating Large Language Models and Visual Analytics for Bias Detection
IEEE VAST Challenge
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2024 Tracking Overfishing: Visual Analytics of Suspicious Behaviors in Commercial Fishing Vessels
IEEE VAST Challenge
Awards and Scholarships
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2025 Best Paper Award
SIBGRAPI Visualization and Computer Graphics Track
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2024 Strong Data Enrichment Award
IEEE VAST Challenge
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2024 IEEE VIS Diversity and Inclusion Award
IEEE VIS
Registration and accommodation grant for IEEE VIS 2024.
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2023 Direct PhD Scholarship
Sao Paulo State Research Support Foundation (FAPESP)
Full scholarship with monthly stipend (through 2027-05).
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2023 PhD Scholarship
Getulio Vargas Foundation (FGV)
Tuition support (through 2027-02).
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2021 Undergraduate Thesis Competition
Universidad Catolica San Pablo
Awarded 3rd place.
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2020 Academic Distinguished Undergraduate Award
Universidad Catolica San Pablo
Ranked 2nd in undergraduate class.
Skills
Programming: Python, C++, JavaScript, MATLAB/Scilab, LaTeX
Machine Learning: PyTorch, scikit-learn, HuggingFace Transformers, TensorFlow, Keras
Technologies: Git, Pandas, NumPy, Node.js, Django, Linux, GCS
Languages
Spanish : Native
English : Intermediate (B2)
Portuguese : Intermediate
Italian : Elementary