Curriculum Vitae

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Personal information

Name: Carlos García Argos
Place and date of birth: Málaga, July 1st, 1980

Formal Education

Universidad de Valencia, Valencia, Spain: PhD in Physics
Thesis: A Silicon Strip Detector for the Phase II High Luminosity Upgrade of the ATLAS Detector at the Large Hadron Collider
Graduated: January 2015. Summa cum laude.
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain: Masters in Computer Science and Telecommunication
Major: Communications and Networking
Attended: October 2008 - June 2010
Graduated: May 2011
Master Thesis: An Industrial Application of Multilayer Traffic Engineering Techniques. Passed with Distinction
Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain: Telecommunication Engineering
Majors: Telematics and Electronics
Attended: October 1998 - June 2005
Graduated: January 2008
Final Thesis: Definition and evaluation of multipath routing strategies for optical burst switching networks.

Professional Experience

December 2018-today: Electronic Engineer at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, designing and developing hardware and software solutions for the experiments at the Physics Institute.
March 2017-November 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, working on the ATLAS ITk Upgrade for the High Luminosity LHC in the Karl Jakobs Group.
March 2014-February 2017: Marie Curie COFUND Fellow at CERN, working at the Technology Department, Machine Protection and Electrical Integrity Group. I developed solutions for the LHC and SPS Beam Interlock System (BIS) upgrade and performed maintenance tasks on the current system. Visiting Researcher at the Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg from March 2016.
July 2011-February 2014: Trainee at CERN, working in the ATLAS Detector, one of the LHC experiments. I participated in the Upgrade for High Luminosity LHC of the ATLAS Inner Tracker.
March 2008-June 2011: R&D Engineer at Nova Notio, working as a collaborator at the Technology Analysis Section in Telefónica I+D. At the New Network Technologies since May 2008.
March 2007-March 2008: Internship at Telefónica I+D (Research and Development), within the Protocols and Network Core Section.
July 2005-March 2007: Internship at Telefónica I+D (Research and Development), within the Technology Analysis Section.
1999-2002: DTE Laboratory Instructor at University of Málaga. Functions: to support and help solve problems related to the laboratory subjects to first and second cicle students in Telecommunications Engineering.

Publications

ONDM 2008: R.Muñoz, R.Martinez, R.Casellas, R.Morro, C.Cavazzoni, Sabine Pizzaja, M.Jaeger, H.M.Foisel, J.Jiménez, C.García, H.Dentler, Experimental seamless interworking between ASON and GMPLS in the NOBEL2 Pan-European Multi-domain Multi-Layer Control Plane Emulator. Invited paper.
BroadBand Europe 2007: Óscar González de Dios, María L. García Osma, Antonio J. Elizondo, Juan Fernández-Palacios, Carlos García Argos, Jorge Rodríguez Sánchez, Francisco Javier Jiménez Chico, Towards the instantiation of Network Planes on Optical Networks: a joint vision from AGAVE and NOBEL.
ICTON 2007: Carlos García Argos, Óscar González de Dios, Javier Aracil, Adaptive multi-path routing for OBS networks. Invited paper.
ONDM 2007: Oscar Gonzalez de Dios, Miroslaw Klinkowski, Carlos Garcia Argos, Davide Careglio, Josep Sole Pareta, Performance analysis of routing algorithms for optical burst switching

Collaborations

2001: Translation into Spanish of the Konsole handbook for project KDE-es.
1999-2000: RFC (Request For Comments) Translations into Spanish:
- RFC1459: IRC Protocol.
- RFC1591: Domain Name System Structure and Delegation.
- RFC2810: Internet Relay Chat: Architecture.
- RFC2811: Internet Relay Chat: Channel Management.

Additional Training

July 2017: Course at the University of Freiburg. Successful Leadership and Supervision.
July 2017: Course at the University of Freiburg. Project and Innovation Management for Postdocs.
April 2016: Course in Coursera. Managing Project Risks and Changes.
April 2016: Course in Coursera. Budgeting and Scheduling Projects.
July 2015: Course in Coursera. Initiating and Planning Projects.
July 2015: Course at CERN. Reliability and System Risk Analysis.
January 2015: Course at CERN. AXEL: Introduction to Particle Accelerators. 15 hours.
July 2014: Course at CERN. Electromagnetic Compatibility: Applications. 3.5 hours.
March 2014: Course at CERN. Habilitation Electrique - Electricial Low Voltage - Initial. 24 hours.
December 2013: Course at CERN. Electromagnetic Compatibility: Introduction. 3.5 hours.
July 2013: Course at CERN. Introduction to VHDL. 16 hours.
June 2013: Course at CERN. Signal Integrity: Essential Principles of Signal Integrity. 16 hours.
June 2013: Course at CERN. Laser Experts. 16 hours.
November 2012: Course at CERN. Failure Analysis and Qualification Planning, focussing on Silicon Detectors and Electronics. 6 hours.
August 2011: Course at CERN. Radiological Protection. 4 hours.
June 2007: Course at Telefónica I+D WirelessLAN Networks and VPN. 20 hours.
December 2006: Course at Telefónica I+D Innovation Management. 12 hours.
December 2005: Course at Telefónica I+D Introduction to UMTS. 16 hours.
December 2005: Seminar at Telefónica I+D 3G IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). 4 hours.
November 2005: Course at Telefónica I+D Bluetooth: Protocols and Profiles. 15 hours.

Idioms

Spanish: Mother tongue.
English: Native or bilingual proficency.
French: Professional working proficency.
German: Limited working proficency.

Computers

Operating Systems:
- Windows: high level.
- Linux: user and administration level with Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo and Mandrake or Mandriva.
- Solaris/FreeBSD and Mac OS X: user level.
- Programming: Java, C, assembler, Phython, Linux kernel modules, socket
- Office: Microsoft Office, OpenOffice.org, LaTeX2e.
- Networking: MPLS/GMPLS, OBS, advanced optical switching, adaptive routing, traffic engineering, ns-2, Omnet++ and OPNET simulator, network protocols programming, local area network installation and configuration.
- Databases: MySQL, Access.
- Others: Matlab/GNU Octave
Electronics
- PCB Design using KiCad and Altium.
- Programmable logic: microcontrollers and FPGA.
Other information
- Driving license: Category B, since 1998
- Hobbies: Chinese martial arts, styles Hung Gar Kuen, Tai Ji Quan (Tai Chi Chuan), Gun Shu (staff), Dao Shu (broadsword), Jian Shu (straightsword), Chang Quan (long fist)
Last Update: 10/09/2019