Professional Speaker Series: Musings of Pitt Alumnus in Paris
Engineering International Programs is very happy to announce that Swanson School of Engineering Alumnus Jorge Gil will present his talk Musings of a Pitt Alumnus in Paris as part of the Global Engineering Engagement Series.
November 2nd at 12:10pm - 1:00pm . Open to all SSOE students - sign up using this link! ECE students: this talk will take place in your regular seminar - please use your regular ECE seminar link.
Synopsis of his presentation:
“Why study eigenvectors and eigenvalues?... I’ll never use them!” my college roommate once retorted. For me, it turned out, nothing could have been farther from the truth: they became the bread and butter of my career. In retrospect, it is curious that linear algebra played such a critical role in tracing a nonlinear career that deflected an aspiring American medical school student in rural Venezuela, into a software developer working on machine learning in Paris. This talk is about crafting your education with the goal of an international and interdisciplinary career. It is an exhortation, from the minutiae to the philosophical, to exploring the world as part of your studies, internships, and profession.
Bio:
Born in Pittsburgh, PA and raised in Maturin, Venezuela. Attended medical school in Universidad Central de Venezuela (Razetti 1992). Received a BS in Engineering Physics (Pitt 1998), an MS in Bioengineering (Pitt 2003), and an MS in Computer Science (Georgia Tech 2018). Contributed to a number of publications in the field of orthopaedic biomechanics alongside professor Savio L-Y Woo, PhD, DSc, at the Musculoskeletal Research Center (Pitt). Led numerous software development projects and teams at ANSYS, Inc., in Canonsburg, PA and Paris, France. Is fascinated by cutting edge and interdisciplinary technology. Adores his wife and children and will forever dream to play for the Pittsburgh Pirates and become a virtuoso classical guitarist.