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1 Intro
Earned my master’s degree from the University of Texas at El Paso in 2020. Since then, I’ve been working on my family’s business which involve managing and maintaining an online store, while on the side, working on some projects and ideas.
As a trained Software Engineer, most of my interests are in coding and overall finding and making new tools that facilitate switching an idea into code. What most interest me is the security aspect of programming, it is extremely easy to disregard this aspect of software, specially when it is so easy to ignore the implications of having a vulnerable system. For the most part, most users are not at fault for being non-technical, they tend to be mostly interested in a working product rather than a secure one.
As for non-technical interests, I also play piano and guitar on my free time. After a good day of coding I haven't been able to find a more suitable exercise than to get lost on music and just play.
2 Education And Training
Graduate from the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) on Dec. 2020 with my Master’s Degree in Software Engineering with Concentration in Cyber-Secure Systems under the guidance of Dr. Salamah Salamah. Also holds a Bachelor’s Degree on Computer Science with a Minor in Mathematics 2016 under the guidance of Dr. Ann Gates.
My training also includes an internship on the Cyber-Security team on City Of El Paso IT Department under the guidance or Ernesto Arriola.
- M.S. in Software Engineering with a Concentration in Secure Cyber-Systems
- University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
- Awarded: Dec. 2020
- B.S. in Computer Science with a Minor in Mathematics
- University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
- Awarded: May 2016
- Associate of Arts
- El Paso Community College (EPCC)
- Awarded: Dec 1, 2012
3 Current Projects
This section includes some of the projects I've been working on as well as some past projects.
3.1 Face Recognition Project
This is a website that lets you input an image and helps you identify the faces in that image using the CLARIFAI API. It also lets you create a profile to keep count of the number of images you have input in the system.
The Front End was created with HTML5 and CSS3 using the REACT web framework.
The Back End was created using Node.js and Express.js for the servers and it is also connected to a PostgreSQL database for keeping the profiles saved.
3.2 CyberCat Mobile Game
This is a puzzle game for mobile devices that I’ve been working on about a cat that's looking for it's friend while going through a futuristic city. It entails most of my interests which includes music, pets, which I have way too many according to some, and the future.
The game is being developed on Unity3D with C# on using pixel art. Which I'm also making in Aseprite
Available soon on Google Play
3.3 ChatGPT Mobile App
Working on a mobile application design to give the user easy access to the A.I. Assistant (ChatGPT) on their everyday tasks as well as to provide them with image generation functionalities.
The app is being built with the OPENAI API on Android Studio with Java/Kotlin and is expected to release at the end of the year.
4 Tutorials
This section is dedicated to teaching some of the things I’ve learned throughout my years in Computer Science as well as some interesting things that I am passionate about that I deem useful enough to teach.
5 Contact Info
Any questions you can reach me at my email: jiochoa@miners.utep.edu
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/juan-ochoa-55a15b112
GitHub: github.com/jiochoa