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General Information

Full Name Alberto Merino
Date of Birth 22th July 1999
Languages English, Spanish

Education

  • 2023-Current
    PhD in Computer Science
    University of Castilla-La Mancha
  • 2022 - 2023
    Máster Universitario en Ingeniería Informática (MUii)
    University of Castilla-La Mancha, Albacete, Spain

Experience

  • 2021 - 2025
    Research Assistant
    University of Castilla-La Mancha
    • Analyzing the performance of existing congestion control algorithms.
    • Developing new tools for analyzing network performance
    • Analyzing the impact of different network parameters on performance.
    • Analyzing the impact of different traffic patterns on congestion control performance.
    • Authored and co-authored scientific publications in peer-reviewed journals and conferences
  • 06.2024 - 09.2024
    Summer of Nix Contributor
    NixOS Foundation
    • Contributed to improving the building processes of libraries and security software firmware in a remote-friendly team.
    • Enhanced cross-compilation workflows using the Nix ecosystem for efficient builds.
    • Present our work in the NixCon 2024

Open Source Projects

  • 2024-now
    NixPkgs
    • Mantainer of multiple NixPkgs

Academic Interests

  • High Performance Computing Networks.
    • Congestion Controntrol.
    • DCQCN.
    • Congestion Isolation.
  • Performance Engineer.