Jose Luis Rativa Medina

Contributed to the end-to-end design and development of voice-based conversational agents, integrating real-time speech recognition and synthesis. Designed and implemented RAG architectures and conversational memory components, and applied knowledge distillation from Mistral Large to a Qwen 0.5B student model for user-intent classification.

Contributed to the architecture and development of a web platform for student pre-registration for Colombia's national Saber Pro exam. Designed database schemas and performed ongoing maintenance of information systems, ensuring data integrity and operational continuity.

Activities and societies: Relevant Coursework: Computer Vision, Deep Learning, Probability for Machine Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Large-scale Generative Models for NLP and Speech Processing, Relational and Distributed Data Management, Stochastic Processes, Ethics and Laws in AI and Data Science.

Pursuing a Master’s Degree in Engineering with a Data and AI track, covering computer vision, deep learning, and large-scale generative models.

Activities and societies: Relevant Coursework: Calculus, Linear Algebra, Software Engineering, Software Architecture, Introduction to Intelligent Systems, Object Oriented Programming, Data Structures, Compilers and Programming Languages, Algorithms, Project Management.

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Systems and Computer Engineering, with coursework in software engineering, intelligent systems, and algorithms.