$ cat education.txt
Education
- B.Sc., Computer Science | Universidad Nacional de Colombia
GPA: 4.3/5.0
$ ls research/
Research Experience
GNN Research Project @ Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sept 2025 – Present
Mentors: Prof. Humberto Sarria & Petar Veličković (external mentor)
- Investigating graph neural network approaches with an emphasis on practical evaluation.
- Developing a reproducible JAX / Haiku / Optax pipeline with custom components to benchmark alternatives.
Research Intern @ Purdue University Aug 2024 – Feb 2025
PIs: Prof. Andres Bejarano and Ethan Dickey
- Designed a Python-based app using
GPT-4oto support competitive programming students through self-explanation and reflective prompts. - Applied prompt engineering to align AI guidance with programming learning objectives.
Research Project @ Universidad Nacional de Colombia Feb 2024 – Jun 2024
Mentored by: Prof. Marco Avella
- Studied differential privacy algorithms in statistical inference with user-level privacy constraints in a collaborative project with Columbia University
$ cat publications.bib
Publications
Owlgorithm: Supporting Self-Regulated Learning in Competitive Programming through LLM-Driven Reflection.
Juliana Nieto-Cardenas, Erin Kramer, Peter Kurto, Ethan Dickey, Andres Bejarano.
To appear in Proceedings of the 57th ACM Technical Symposium on Computer Science Education V. 2 (SIGCSE TS 2026).
Status: Accepted (ERT track) • Venue: SIGCSE TS 2026
$ history | grep "work"
Work Experience
Software Developer @ Amadeus April 2025 – Oct 2025
- Part of the Disruption team, developing
C++code, implementing business logic, and designing unit and regression tests.
Software Engineer Intern @ Twilio June 2024 – August 2024
- Built a service for geolocating phone numbers across 10+ countries.
- Designed scalable APIs with Spring Boot for reliability and efficiency.
Software Engineer @ Dept. of Statistics, UNAL Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
- Collaborated on a data governance strategy for health information using the DAMA-DMBOK framework.
Full Stack Engineer @ Instituto de Investigaciones Jurídico Sociales UNAL April 2021 – July 2021
- Built a Flask web app integrating citation database APIs to automate research paper collection.
$ ls -la projects/
Projects
Clozit Oct 2025
- 3rd place, BCG Hackathon 2025
- A learning tool powered by AI that makes use of the Cloze Method to teach people to reason by themselves instead of overdependence on ChatGPT.
mc² Talent May 2025
- Contributed to an AI-powered talent-matching platform, enhancing search functionality and user onboarding experience.
Owlgorithm Dec 2024
- Built a GenAI-based web platform that generates Bloom's Taxonomy–aligned reflective prompts for competitive programming learning.
Secret Safe Nov 2022
- Developed a Python desktop app implementing RSA, ElGamal, and AES cryptosystems.
COVID in Colombia Nov 2022
- Analyzed 6M+ COVID case records using
PostgreSQLandScikit-Learnto identify epidemiological patterns and predict case trends.
$ cat leadership.txt
Leadership
Búhos ICPC UNAL Competitive Programming Club April 2023 – September 2025
- Volunteered teaching algorithm lessons.
- Coordinated the club's activities and events.
- Organized and participated in competitive programming competitions.
- Qualified for the National Competition and Maratona Feminina de Programação (MFP).
$ echo $LANG
Languages
- Spanish (Native) • English (Proficient)