Fully Open Assess PhD Thesis
Pushing the frontiers of knowledge is indeed a great challenge but no less important than making such knowledge open accessible and reproducible. That said, in this talk I will present some lessons I learnt during my four-year PhD journey that ended up with the first open accessible and %100 reproducible thesis since the establishment of the University of Birmingham in 1900. Furthermore, I will share experiences that helped me to put together my thesis such as the use of GNU/Linux Ubuntu, open-source programming languages, version control tools and a bit of continuous integration and development. Finally, I will talk about open access scientists open-source enthusiast who have been inspiring me through this journey of trying to become a better scientist.
Miguel Xochicale received his BSc in Electronic Engineering at Puebla Institute Technology (Mexico) in 2004. After completed his MSc in Signal Processing at National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics (Mexico), he taught Mechatronics and Computer Engineering in various universities in Mexico for five years. In July 2019, he was awarded a PhD in Computer Engineering at University of Birmingham under the supervision of Prof. Chris Baber (Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing) and Prof. Martin Russell (Information Engineering). After completing his PhD, he joined the School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences. as a research associate in which he is pushing forward the state-of-the-art of ultrasound guided procedures through scientific contributions to new algorithms, software and hardware. He has 21 years’ experience in human-robot interaction, electronics, mechatronics and signal processing, along with 13 years’ experience as a teaching assistant in Mechatronic and Computer Engineering. His lifetime ambition is to advance the fields of Robotics, AI and Physics with the hope to contribute with them to the benefit of society.
Tue 25th Feb at 1 PM
Maisey Seminar Room
St Thomas’ Hospital
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